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Voice of America, 98-10-27Voice of America: Selected Articles Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Voice of America <gopher://gopher.voa.gov>CONTENTS
[01] CLINTON / KOSOVO (L) BY DAVID GOLLUST (WHITE HOUSE)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240810 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYS HE IS ENCOURAGED BY YUGOSLAV TROOP WITHDRAWALS IN KOSOVO, WHICH HAVE PROMPTED NATO TO SHELVE ITS THREAT OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST SERBIAN MILITARY TARGETS. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS STRESSING THAT MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE TO COMPLETE A KOSOVO SETTLEMENT. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TEXT: MR. CLINTON CALLED IT A HOPEFUL MOMENT, BUT SAID THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD BE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS, AND THERE REMAINS WHAT HE TERMED "A LONG HARD ROAD TO WALK" BEFORE THERE IS FULL PEACE IN THE BALKANS. THE PRESIDENT DISCUSSED KOSOVO AT A MEETING OF FEDERAL EXECUTIVES HERE, SHORTLY AFTER NATO SAID IT WOULD INDEFINITELY SET ASIDE ITS THREAT TO USE FORCE BECAUSE OF THE YUGOSLAV PULLBACKS IN THE PROVINCE. /// FIRST CLINTON ACT ///NATO'S WILLINGNESS TO ACT, COMBINED WITH DETERMINED DIPLOMACY, CREATED THIS CHANCE TO END THE SUFFERING AND REPRESSION IN KOSOVO, AND TO PUT ITS PEOPLE ON THE PATH TO PEACE. BUT THIS IS A CHANCE, NOT A GUARANTEE. THAT IS WHY NATO TODAY AGREED TO RETAIN THE AUTHORITY, THE FORCES AND THE READINESS TO ACT, IF MR. MILOSEVIC BACK-SLIDES ON HIS COMMITMENTS. /// END ACT ///MR. CLINTON SAYS HE HOPES THE DEPARTURE OF YUGOSLAV FORCES WILL PROMPT REMAINING ETHNIC-ALBANIAN REFUGEES IN KOSOVO TO COME DOWN FROM THE HILLS AND GET RELIEF HELP. HE ALSO IS URGING CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE FOR FULFILLMENT OF THE POLITICAL STEPS FOR KOSOVO, WHICH THE YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT PLEDGED TO UNDERTAKE UNDER THE OCTOBER 13TH AGREEMENT MEDIATED BY U-S DIPLOMAT RICHARD HOLBROOKE. /// SECOND CLINTON ACT ///MR. MILOSEVIC HAS AGREED TO INTERNATIONALLY-SUPERVISED DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS ON KOSOVO, SUBSTANTIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND A LOCAL POLICE. IN SHORT, RIGHTS THE KOSOVARS HAVE BEEN DEMANDING SINCE MR. MILOSEVIC STRIPPED THEIR AUTONOMY A DECADE AGO. /// END ACT ///MR. CLINTON SAYS THAT IN THE LONG RUN, STABILITY DEPENDS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY, INCLUDING A FREE PRESS, THROUGHOUT THE BALKANS. THE NATO DECISION, WHICH CAME AT THE EXPIRATION OF A WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE SET BY THE ALLIES 10 DAYS AGO, MEANS AN ACTIVATION ORDER FOR THE USE OF FORCE WILL BE EXTENDED INDEFINITELY. /// REST OPT ///NATO MEMBERS HAVE ASSEMBLED A FORCE OF SOME 400 WARPLANES FOR
POSSIBLE ACTION. EXTENDING THE ACTIVATION ORDER, RATHER THAN
RESCINDING IT, IS AIMED AT KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON BELGRADE
AUTHORITIES TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OCTOBER 13TH ACCORD
AND THE SUBSEQUENT U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO.
(SIGNED)
[02] KOSOVO PULLBACK (L-ONLY) BY PHILIP SMUCKER (OBRINJE, KOSOVO)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240779 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: YUGOSLAV FORCES CONTINUED A RACE AGAINST A NATO DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM KOSOVO. BUT A SENIOR REBEL LEADER IN THE KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY CALLS THE MOVEMENT OF POLICE AND MILITARY POSITIONS SIMPLY A "MASQUERADE". PHILIP SMUCKER REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE OF OBRINJE. TEXT: DOZENS OF BUSES PACKED WITH THOUSANDS OF HEAVILY-ARMED SERBIAN POLICEMEN HAVE LEFT KOSOVO SINCE MONDAY. THE MASSIVE POLICE MOVEMENT FOLLOWS A LIMITED DRAWBACK OF YUGOSLAV ARMY UNITS TO THEIR BARRACKS. BUT THE MOVEMENT -- TIMED TO MEET A NATO ULTIMATUM FOR REMOVAL OF SERBIAN SECURITY FORCES -- HAS BEEN MET WITH SKEPTICISM BY THE REBEL LEADERS IN THE KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY, OR K-L-A. ONE OF THE K-L-A'S TOP COMMANDERS CALLED THE SERBIAN TROOP AND WEAPON MOVEMENTS A MASQUERADE. /// SHALA ACT IN ALBANIAN -- ESTABLISH, AND UNDER ///COMMANDER SHABAN SHALA SAYS THAT THE YUGOSLAV TROOP PULLBACK IS A "MASQUERADE" THAT DOES NOT AMOUNT TO A REAL WITHDRAWAL. THE K-L-A IS FIGHTING FOR AN INDEPENDENT STATE IN KOSOVO. SERBIAN SECURITY FORCES HAVE BEEN ACCUSED BY WESTERN GOVERNMENTS OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE -- AND COMMITTING ATROCITIES -- IN THEIR BATTLE AGAINST THE K-L-A. SOME OF THE YUGOSLAV ARMY UNITS BEING WITHDRAWN TO BARRACKS WERE ONLY DEPLOYED A WEEK AGO -- WELL AFTER NATO THREATENED TO USE AIR STRIKES. THEIR RETURN TO BARRACKS HAS RAISED WESTERN DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS THAT YUGOSLAV OFFICIALS ARE ENGAGED IN A SHOW OF COMPLIANCE, BUT NOT A REAL EFFORT TO PULLBACK FROM THE BATTLEFIELD. WESTERN DIPLOMATS SAY THAT AN ACTIVATION ORDER FOR POSSIBLE NATO BOMBING MAY BE EXTENDED PAST THE DEADLINE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT NOT TO REDEPLOY ITS FORCES. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE U-S-LED KOSOVO DIPLOMATIC OBSERVER MISSION SAID THAT WESTERN OBSERVERS ESTIMATED THAT FOUR-THOUSAND SERBIAN POLICEMEN HAVE LEFT KOSOVO SINCE MONDAY. DIPLOMATIC MISSION SPOKESMAN RICHARD HUCKABY SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE MOVEMENT, ADDING THAT -- IN HIS WORDS -- THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO SEE THEM GO. HE CAUTIONED THAT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THE SERBIAN ARMY AND POLICE PULLBACKS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH NATO AND U-N DEMANDS. //OPT//MANY OBSERVERS EXPECT A STANDOFF BETWEEN THE NEARLY 16-THOUSAND SERBIAN SECURITY FORCES AND AN ESTIMATED 10-THOUSAND K-L-A GUERRILLAS TO LAST THROUGH THE WINTER AND INTO THE SPRING. WESTERN DIPLOMATS FEAR THAT BOTH SIDES ARE GEARING UP FOR A WIDER
WAR NEXT SPRING. (SIGNED)
[03] KOSOVO PULLOUT (L UPDATE) BY LAURIE KASSMAN (BELGRADE)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240793 CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// EDS: THIS REPORT UPDATES CR 2-240758 ////// EDS: KOSOVO DEADLINE IS 1900 U-T-C (2 PM EST) ///INTRO: SERB SPECIAL FORCES ARE WITHDRAWING FROM YUGOSLAVIA'S KOSOVO PROVINCE JUST HOURS BEFORE NATO'S DEADLINE FOR THEM TO COMPLY. AND SOME ETHNIC ALBANIANS WHO FLED THEIR HOMES THERE ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO RETURN. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT LAURIE KASSMAN IN BELGRADE REPORTS THAT FOREIGN OBSERVERS IN KOSOVO SAY THERE WERE NO MAJOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CEASEFIRE ON TUESDAY. TEXT: SERB FORCES HAVE BEEN ON THE MOVE IN KOSOVO, HEADING OUT OF THE PROVINCE OR BACK TO THEIR BARRACKS. AN ADVANCE TEAM OF NATO-APPROVED VERIFIERS IS WATCHING THEIR EVERY MOVE. THE SPECIAL U-S ENVOY FOR KOSOVO, CHRISTOPHER HILL, SOUNDS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. /// HILL ACT ///THE REPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO COME IN, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A FINAL STATUS. BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT HERE. /// END ACT ///NATO HAS THREATENED AIR STRIKES IF YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT (SLOBODAN) MILOSEVIC DOES NOT FULLY COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS DEMANDS TO WITHDRAW HIS SPECIAL FORCES FROM KOSOVO. // OPT // THE DEADLINE WAS ALREADY EXTENDED ONCE. // END OPT // THE WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT BROKERED BY U-S SPECIAL ENVOY RICHARD HOLBROOKE ALSO WILL FACILITATE ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC ALBANIANS WHO FLED THEIR HOMES IN KOSOVO AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN NEARBY HILLS AND FORESTS. THE GOAL IS TO HELP THEM RETURN TO THEIR VILLAGES. AS THE SERB SPECIAL FORCES PULL OUT, MANY FAMILIES ARE HEADING BACK. MR. MILOSEVIC HAS ALSO PROMISED TO RENEW AUTONOMY TALKS WITH KOSOVO'S ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS. AMBASSADOR HILL TOLD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN BELGRADE THAT IT IS URGENT TO TRANSLATE THAT PROMISE INTO REALITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE VIOLENCE AND PREVENT A POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN KOSOVO. /// HILL ACT TWO ///WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS AGREEMENT DONE VERY QUICKLY. WE'D LIKE IT TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS. I HATE TO MAKE PREDICTIONS BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED A POLITICAL AGREEMENT. WE NEED A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT HERE IN KOSOVO. IT'S A POLITICAL PROBLEM. IT'S GOING TO NEED A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. /// END ACT ///ANALYSTS IN BELGRADE SAY THE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE
THREATENED BY ETHNIC ALBANIAN REBELS WHO WANT NOTHING LESS THAN
INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. SOME ARE ALREADY REPORTED TO BE MOVING
BACK INTO POSITIONS ABANDONED BY THE SERB FORCES. (SIGNED)
[04] NATO / KOSOVO (L-ONLY) BY JOHN FRASER (BRUSSELS)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240801 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: NATO HAS LIFTED THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST SERBIA, FOLLOWING A MAJOR WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM KOSOVO PROVINCE. HOWEVER, THE ALLIANCE IS WARNING YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC THAT NATO STILL COULD TAKE MILITARY ACTION, UNLESS THERE IS FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE IN KOSOVO. JOHN FRASER REPORTS FROM NATO HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS. TEXT: A MEETING OF NATO AMBASSADORS (TUESDAY NIGHT) RAN RIGHT UP TO THE DEADLINE FOR YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC TO BOW TO THE WILL OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND END THE OPPRESSION IN KOSOVO. NATO AMBASSADORS WERE TOLD THE THREAT OF AIR STRIKES HAS BROUGHT AN IMPORTANT CLIMB-DOWN BY THE SERBIAN LEADERSHIP -- AND A MAJOR WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS AND SPECIAL-POLICE UNITS FROM KOSOVO. NATO OFFICIALS SAY THE SERBIAN FORCES REMAINING IN KOSOVO HAVE LARGELY RETURNED TO THEIR BARRACKS. REFUGEES HAVE BEEN FLOODING INTO VILLAGES WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE TOO SCARED TO STAY. NATO AMBASSADORS SAY THEY ARE SATISFIED THAT THIS AMOUNTS TO SUBSTANTIVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE INTERNATONAL COMMUNITY. SO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO LIFT THE THREAT OF IMMEDIATE MILITARY ACTION -- WHILE WARNING THE ALLIANCE REMAINS READY AND WILLING TO USE FORCE IF THE SERBS SEND FRESH FORCES INTO KOSOVO. ALLIANCE SECRETARY-GENERAL JAVIER SOLANA SAYS IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANTIVE NON-COMPLIANCE, NATO WILL BE READY TO USE FORCE. THE AMBASSADORS HAVE REQUESTED THEIR MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO REMAIN PREPARED TO CARRY OUT MILITARY OPERATIONS, IF NECESSARY. THE HUNDREDS OF AIRCRAFT AND WARSHIPS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF YUGOSLAV TARGETS REMAIN ON A STATE OF ALERT. MR. SOLANA CLAIMS THAT PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ONLY MOVES [YIELDS] WHEN HE IS PRESENTED WITH A CREDIBLE THREAT OF FORCE. DESPITE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE, HE ADDS THE CRISIS IS STILL FAR FROM OVER. NATO IS STILL DETERMINED TO SEE SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS ON A PERMANENT POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS IN KOSOVO. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THE AUTHORIZATION FOR NATO AIR STRIKES REMAINS ACTIVE, ALTHOUGH A FURTHER MEETING OF NATO AMBASSADORS WILL BE NEEDED FOR MILITARY ACTION TO GO AHEAD. OFFICIALS SAY NATO HAS SOME SYMPATHY FOR ARGUMENTS BY THE YUGOSLAVIAN LEADERSHIP THAT A TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM KOSOVO WOULD EFFECTIVELY HAND OVER CONTROL OF THE PROVINCE TO KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY REBELS. THE SITUATION IN KOSOVO WILL BE KJEPT UNDER REGULAR REVIEW BY
NATO, ALTHOUGH OFFICIALS SAY IF THERE IS NO REVERSAL OF THE
RECENT WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES, THERE IS LITTLE PROSPECT OF AIR
STRIKES GOING AHEAD. (SIGNED)
[05] RUSSIA / KOSOVO (S ONLY) BY PETER HEINLEIN (MOSCOW)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240771 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RUSSIA IS URGING NATO TO REVOKE ITS THREAT OF AIRSTRIKES AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PETER HEINLEIN REPORTS FROM MOSCOW. TEXT: A RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT SAYS THE WESTERN ALLIANCE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY REVERSE ITS DECISION ALLOWING FORCE IN KOSOVO NOW THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAS APPROVED A MISSION TO MONITOR A POLITICAL DEAL THERE. THE RUSSIAN PLEA CAME HOURS BEFORE NATO AMBASSADORS ARE TO MEET TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SUSPEND AUTHORITY GIVEN TO ALLIANCE COMMANDERS TO USE AIR STRIKES AGAINST SERBIAN MILITARY TARGETS. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT SAYS LAST SATURDAY'S U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CLEARS THE WAY FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE KOSOVO CRISIS. THE U-N RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES OBSERVERS UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE
ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE TO DETERMINE
WHETHER YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IS COMPLYING WITH
THE NATO DEMAND TO PULL BACK FORCES FROM KOSOVO. (SIGNED)
[06] U-N KOSOVO BY LISA SCHLEIN (GENEVA)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240772 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY, U-N-H-C-R, SAYS AN ESTIMATED 35-HUNDRED ETHNIC ALBANIANS STILL LIVING ON A HILL IN THE SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO REFUSE TO GO HOME UNTIL SERBIAN POLICE GUARDING THE AREA WITHDRAW. BUT THE U-N AGENCY SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED PLEDGES FROM A TOP SERBIAN OFFICIAL THAT THE POLICE WILL BE GONE BY LATER TODAY TUESDAY, FOLLOWING A DEADLINE THREAT OF RETALIATION BY NATO WARPLANES. LISA SCHLEIN REPORTS FROM GENEVA. TEXT: THE U-N AGENCY SAYS THE ETHNIC ALBANIANS ARE LIVING ON A HILL NEAR KISNA REKA, AN AREA ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS FROM THE KOSOVO CAPITAL, PRISTINA. THE DISPLACED PEOPLE TOLD U-N WORKERS THEY WERE SCARED OF SERBIAN POLICE STATIONED IN THE AREA. BUT, THEY SAID THEY WOULD GO HOME, IF THE POLICE WITHDREW. U-N-H-C-R SPOKESMAN, KRIS JANOWSKI, SAYS A TOP SERBIAN OFFICIAL HAS PROMISED THAT ALL THE POLICE WOULD BE GONE FROM THE AREA TUESDAY. WHILE KOSOVO AID WORKERS HAVE SEEN THE SERBIAN MILITARY DISMANTLE MANY CHECKPOINTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE MAIN ROAD, MR. JANOWSKI SAYS THE SITUATION REMAINS TENSE. ///JANOWSKI ACT///SOME PLACES IN KOSOVO -- SOME TOWNS AND VILLAGES, VERY NOTABLY JUNIK AND MALISEVO, WHICH WERE VISITED BY OUR PEOPLE ON MONDAY -- ARE VIRTUALLY EMPTY AND THERE IS STILL A LOT OF FEAR WHICH KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK. ///END ACT///AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CRISIS, AN ESTIMATED 50-THOUSAND MOSTLY ETHNIC ALBANIANS FLED THE FIGHTING AND SOUGHT REFUGE IN NEARBY MOUNTAINS. THE U-N REFUGEE AGENCY NOW PUTS THE NUMBER CLOSER TO 10-THOUSAND STILL LIVING AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES AND VILLAGES. KRIS JANOWSKI SAYS HE EXPECTS THE NUMBER WILL SHRINK EVEN MORE AS HARSH WINTER WEATHER SETS IN. BUT HE ADDS THAT MANY HAVE NO HOME IN WHICH TO RETURN. ///SECOND JANOWSKI ACT///A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENED IN KOSOVO. AS MANY AS PERHAPS 20-THOUSAND HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. A LOT OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOOTED. AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF FEAR HAS BEEN INSTILLED IN THE ETHNIC ALBANIAN POPULATION. AND, THIS HAS BEEN AND IT IS THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO RETURN. ///END ACT///MR. JANOWSKI SAYS U-N WORKERS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY KOSOVO REFUGEES
THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL MONITORS WOULD REASSURE THEM AND
MAKE THEM FEEL THEY CAN RETURN HOME SAFELY. THIS YEAR'S
FIGHTING IN KOSOVO HAS DISPLACED AN ESTIMATED 350-THOUSAND
PEOPLE. (SIGNED)
[07] U-S / KOSOVO (L-UPDATE) BY DAVID GOLLUST (WHITE HOUSE)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240797 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SAYS YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC -- UP AGAINST A (TUESDAY) NATO DEADLINE FOR POSSIBLE MILITARY INTERVENTION -- HAS MOVED INTO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS OF THE U-S BROKERED AGREEMENT TO END THE KOSOVO CRISIS. VOA'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TEXT: THOUGH THE ACTUAL DECISION WAS BEING TAKEN BY NATO'S NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL IN BRUSSELS, OFFICIALS HERE WERE MAKING IT CLEAR WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE DEADLINE THAT YUGOSLAV COMPLIANCE WAS SUBSTANTIAL -- AND ENOUGH TO AVERT MILITARY SHOWDOWN. WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOE LOCKHART TOLD REPORTERS THAT WELL OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE YUGOSLAV FORCES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED UNDER TERMS OF U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ELEVEN-NINETY-NINE HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM KOSOVO IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE DEADLINE. HE SAID YUGOSLAV FORCES WERE ALSO TEARING DOWN HIGHWAY CHECKPOINTS, SENDING HEAVY WEAPONS BACK TO BASES AND COOPERATING WELL WITH EUROPEAN OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND. MR. LOKCHART ATTRIBUTED THE PROGRESS TO NATO PRESSURE AND DETERMINATION, AND STRESSED THAT THE ALLIES MUST NOT RELENT IN GETTING YUGOSLAV COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE U-N RESOLUTION: /// LOCKHART ACTUALITY///WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE COME TO, THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL LEVELS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, AND THERE IS SOME MECHANISM TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE INTO THE FUTURE. ///END ACT///YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IS ALSO COMMITTED TO -- AMONG OTHER THINGS -- A POLITICAL PROCESS THAT WILL RESTORE AUTONOMY FOR THE MAJORITY-ALBANIAN PROVINCE THAT HAD BEEN REVOKED BY BELGRADE AUTHORITIES IN 1989. NATO HAD THREATENED AIRSTRIKES AGAINST YUGOSLAV MILITARY TARGETS UNLESS MR. MILOSEVIC HALTED HIS CRACKDOWN ON ETHNIC ALBANIAN SEPARATISTS IN THE PROVINCE AND CUT HIS FORCES TO THE LEVELS IN PLACE BEFORE THE CONFLICT ERUPTED IN FEBRUARY. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NEARLY 300-THOUSANDS
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE FIGHTING. THE OCTOBER 13TH
KOSOVO AGREEMENT MEDIATED BY SENIOR U-S DIPLOMAT RICHARD
HOLBROOKE IS TO BE MONITORED BY NATO AIR SURVEILLANCE AND A
2000-MEMBER VERIFICATION FORCE BEING ASSEMBLED BY THE O-S-C-E.
(SIGNED)
[08] RUSSIA / TURKEY / KURDS (S ONLY) BY PETER HEINLEIN (MOSCOW)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240783 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RUSSIAN POLICE SAY THEY HAVE FAILED TO LOCATE A FUGITIVE KURDISH REBEL CHIEF WHO TURKISH AUTHORITIES SAY IS HIDING OUT NEAR MOSCOW. V-O-A'S PETER HEINLEIN REPORTS FROM OUR MOSCOW BUREAU. TEXT: RUSSIA'S FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE SAYS IT CANNOT CONFIRM THE WHEREABOUTS OF KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY (P-K-K) LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN. A STATEMENT ISSUED TUESDAY SAID A "SCRUPULOUS SEARCH" IS CONTINUING FOR THE REBEL LEADER. TURKISH PRIME MINISTER MESUT YILMAZ LAST WEEK TOLD REPORTERS THAT MR. OCALAN FLED TO A MOSCOW SUBURB FROM SYRIA AFTER A TENSE CONFRONTATION IN WHICH TURKEY THREATENED TO USE FORCE AGAINST SYRIA UNLESS IT HALTED SUPPORT FOR THE P-K-K REBELS. PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ CALLED ON RUSSIA TO HAND OVER MR. OCALAN, AND LATER SAID HE HAD RECEIVED CONCRETE ASSURANCES FROM MOSCOW THE REBEL LEADER WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE ON RUSSIAN SOIL. MR. OCALAN HAS LED A 14-YEAR ARMED SEPARATIST CAMPAIGN IN MAINLY
KURDISH SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY. NEWS AGENCIES SAY MORE THAN
30-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE CONFLICT. (SIGNED)
[09] YUGOSLAV MEDIA (L ONLY) BY LAURIE KASSMAN (BELGRADE)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240794 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SERBIA'S NEW MEDIA LAW IS THE LATEST SIGN OF A RENEWED CRACKDOWN ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN YUGOSLAVIA'S DOMINANT REPUBLIC. IN BELGRADE, V-O-A CORRESPONDENT LAURIE KASSMAN REPORTS THAT AMERICAN OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN UP THE MATTER WITH YUGOSLAV AUTHORITIES. TEXT: THE U-S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO, CHRISTOPHER HILL, TOLD A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EDITORS AND REPORTERS IN BELGRADE THAT HE HAS DISCUSSED THE NEW MEDIA RESTRICTIONS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT. HE DID NOT SOUND POSITIVE ABOUT OFFICIAL REACTIONS, BUT SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE THE ISSUE IN FUTURE MEETINGS. /// HILL ACT ///WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS YUGOSLAVIA AS A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN GOOD STANDING. WE WANT TO SEE YUGOSLAVIA TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN EUROPE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SITUATION IN KOSOVO HAS BEEN INTOLERABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. AND MOREOVER NOW, THE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA IS NOT SOMETHING IN KEEPING WITH THE STANDARDS OF EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. /// END ACT ///THE NEW MEDIA LAW RESTRICTS THE PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES UNDERMINES NATIONAL INTERESTS. AUTHORITIES HAVE JUSTIFIED THE NEW CURBS AS PART OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY BROUGHT ON BY THE THREAT OF NATO AIR STRIKES. ON SUNDAY, ARMED POLICE CONFISCATED EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PROPERTY AT THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY TELEGRAPH" AND TRIED TO DO THE SAME AT THE HOME OF THE NEWSPAPER'S OWNER. HE HAS BEEN SUED AND FINED MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER THE NEW LAW AFTER PUBLISHING A HIGHLY CRITICAL OPEN LETTER TO (YUGOSLAV) PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC. TWO OTHER INDEPENDENT DAILIES, THAT WERE TEMPORARILY CLOSED DOWN
TWO WEEKS AGO, HAVE NOT PUBLISHED AGAIN UNDER THE NEW
RESTRICTIONS. THE OWNER OF THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" HAS REGISTERED
HIS NEWSPAPER IN MONTENEGRO (THE SMALLER OF YUGOSLAVIA'S TWO
REPUBLICS) AND HOPES TO RESUME PUBLISHING A SMALLER VERSION OF
THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" THERE. BUT HE DOUBTS THE PAPER WILL BE
ALLOWED TO CIRCULATE INSIDE SERBIA. (SIGNED)
[10] E-U-RUSSIA (L ONLY) BY RON PEMSTEIN (VIENNA)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240782 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER YEVGENY PRIMAKOV LED A DELEGATION TO VIENNA TODAY / TUESDAY TO DISCUSS RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY WITH LEADERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE MEETING AFTER DOCTORS ORDERED AILING PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN TO GET SOME REST. BUT AS VOA'S RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM VIENNA, THERE WERE ENCOURAGING WORDS AT THE MEETING -- BUT NO NEW COMMITMENTS. TEXT: PRIME MINISTER PRIMAKOV TRIED HIS ECONOMIC REFORM PACKAGE OUT ON THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE HOPE OF UNLOCKING EUROPEAN AID AND INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STALLED IN THE WAKE OF RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS. BUT AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR VIKTOR KLIMA TELLS REPORTERS THE EUROPEAN UNION WANTS TO SEE SOME RESULTS FROM RUSSIA'S REFORM PACKAGE BEFORE LARGE INVESTMENTS CAN RESUME. HE SPEAKS THROUGH AN INTERPRETER. ///KLIMA ACT IN GERMAN WITH/INTERPRETER///THE E-U REASSERTS THE NEED FOR AN ECONOMIC PROGRAM WHICH SHOULD IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND ENABLE RUSSIA TO FULFILL ITS FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS -- IN PARTICULAR, TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN RUSSIAN MARKETS AND CURRENCY. ///END ACT///AUSTRIA CURRENTLY HAS THE, ROTATING SIX-MONTH PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. CHANCELLOR KLIMA WAS JOINED BY JACQUES SANTER, THE HEAD OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, IN TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER PRIMAKOV. THE RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE GAVE PRACTICAL ANSWERS TO PRACTICAL QUESTIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, HE WARNS HIS REFORM PACKAGE MUST HAVE POPULAR SUPPORT AT HOME. ///PRIMAKOV ACT IN RUSSIAN W/INTERPRETER///WE HAVE, I THINK, MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CAN ONLY CARRY OUT MONETARISM (MONETARY REFORM) WITH THE POPULATION ON YOUR SIDE. I ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THAT RUSSIA ATTACHES A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANCE TO ITS LINKS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION. WE BELIEVE THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A STRUCTURE THAT IS DYNAMIC AND THAT IS CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING AND HAS ALREADY BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN CENTERS OF WORLD ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. ///END ACT///THE EUROPEAN UNION IS RUSSIA'S MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND TRADING PARTNER, WITH 35 TO 40 PERCENT OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN TRADE. IT IS CLEAR FROM REMARKS CHANCELLOR KLIMA MADE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION IS WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF RUSSIA'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BEFORE ANY NEW COMMITMENTS FROM EUROPE ARE MADE. THE FUND HAS HELD OFF THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF AID UNTIL RUSSIA IMPLEMENTS ECONOMIC REFORMS. THERE WAS NO MENTION BY EITHER SIDE WHETHER MR. PRIMAKOV ADDED
DETAIL TO HIS REQUEST FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE TO HELP RUSSIA GET
THROUGH THE WINTER. (SIGNED)
[11] GERMANY / SCHROEDER (L ONLY) BY SUZANNE KELLY (BONN)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240788 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: GERHARD SCHROEDER HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS GERMANY'S NEW CHANCELLOR. SUZANNE KELLY IN BONN REPORTS THE CEREMONY WAS HELD A FEW HOURS AFTER PARLIAMENT VOTED TO MAKE MR. SCHROEDER GERMANY'S SEVENTH POST-WAR LEADER. TEXT: SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, THIS IS A DAY THAT GERHARD SCHROEDER HAS DREAMED OF. HE SAYS THAT IN HIS YOUTH, HE ONCE SHOOK THE GATES OF THE CHANCELLERY, DEMANDING TO BE LET IN. THAT DAY FINALLY CAME TUESDAY. /// SCHROEDER ACT - FADE UNDER ///GERHARD SCHROEDER WAS ELECTED BY THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY AND SWORN IN AS GERMANY'S SEVENTH POST-WAR CHANCELLOR. HIS ADMINISTRATION IS SURE TO MARK A DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE FROM THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT OF HELMUT KOHL. MR. SCHROEDER'S COALITION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL GREENS PARTY IS THE FIRST LEFT-OF-CENTER GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY IN 16 YEARS. MR. SCHROEDER IS WASTING NO TIME IN GETTING TO THE COUNTRY'S BUSINESS AT HAND. HIS FIRST CABINET MEETING WAS TO PLACE TUESDAY EVENING. THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION WERE SURE TO INCLUDE WAYS TO TACKLE GERMANY'S HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL -- NOW ABOVE 10 PERCENT AS WELL AS ANOTHER ISSUE LONG RESISTED BY THE PREVIOUS CONSERVATIVE RULE, UPDATING GERMANY'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. GERMANY IS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST ECONOMY AND THE BUSINESS-FRIENDLY SCHROEDER HAS PROMISED TO REMAIN A FRIEND TO BIG BUSINESS. BUT HIS POWERFUL FINANCE MINISTER, OSKAR LAFONTAINE, IS CLOSER TO THE OLD LEFT-WING OF THE PARTY. THE GERMAN NEWS MEDIA HAS ALREADY SPECULATED ABOUT A POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN, A REPORT THAT BOTH MEN DENY. MR. SCHROEDER WILL BE THE LAST CHANCELLOR TO SERVE FROM BONN. HE
SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SPEED THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE FROM
BONN TO BERLIN NEXT YEAR. (SIGNED)
[12] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240811 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: STOCK PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE DOWN TODAY (TUESDAY) AS WAS THE CONFIDENCE OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS. VOA CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. TEXT: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED AT 83 HUNDRED 66, DOWN 66 POINTS. THE STANDARD AND POOR'S 500 INDEX CLOSED AT ONE THOUSAND 65, DOWN SEVEN POINTS. ANALYSTS SAY SOME TRADERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT RUMORS THAT BRAZIL WILL DEVALUE ITS CURRENCY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT EXPERTS SAY THOSE RUMORS ARE COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED. ANALYSTS SAY SOME PULL-BACK IN U-S STOCK PRICES IS TO BE EXPECTED AFTER THE RECENT STRONG RALLIES. ///BEGIN OPT//////ROTH ACT///DECEMBER IS NORMALLY THE MONTH WHERE THE MARKET HAS MODEST CHANGES, UP OR DOWN. THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHSOF THE NEW YEAR ARE USUALLY STRONG BECAUSE OF RE-INVESTMENT DEMAND. SO I AM LOOKING FOR THE MARKET TO BE IRREGULAR IN LATE '98 BUT START OF '99 UP. ///END ACT & OPT///A MONTHLY INDEX OF CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES IS DOWN FOR THE FOURTH MONTH IN A ROW. ANALYSTS SAY FALLING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE COULD MEAN TROUBLE FOR RETAILERS AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON WHICH STARTS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. ///REST OPT///BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO, THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST CIGARETTE COMPANY, SAYS ITS PROFITS FELL SEVEN PERCENT IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. THE COMPANY BLAMES RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND UNSTABLE CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES. THE OIL MINISTER OF KUWAIT SAYS THERE IS STILL TOO MUCH SUPPLY IN
WORLD MARKETS AND THAT KUWAIT WILL SUPPORT A THIRD ROUND OF
PRODUCTION CUTS TO BOOST OIL PRICES. (SIGNED)
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[13] TUESDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW N. GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST NUMBER=6-10977 TELEPHONE=619-3335 EDITOR=ASSIGNMENTS CONTENT= ////////INTRO: A PAIR OF TOPICS, THE MIDEAST PEACE AGREEMENT REACHED LAST WEEK IN MARYLAND AND THE SNIPER KILLING OF A NEW YORK DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED ABORTIONS, DOMINATE THE EDITORIAL COLUMNS OF TUESDAY'S U-S PAPERS. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE A LONG-SOUGHT PEACE IN THE ANDES; A NOBEL PRIZE FOR A PORTUGUESE WRITER; AND ECOLOGICAL TERRORISM AT ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST FAMOUS SKI RESORTS. NOW, HERE WITH SOME EXCERPTS AND A CLOSER LOOK IS _________________ AND TODAY'S EDITORIAL DIGEST. TEXT: MANY PAPERS CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE PEACE ACCORD REACHED LAST FRIDAY IN EASTERN MARYLAND. SEVERAL PAPERS ARE QUESTIONING THE NEW AND EXPANDED ROLE THAT THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WILL PLAY IN MONITORING THE AGREEMENT. IN RHODE ISLAND, "THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL" SAYS THE AGREEMENT CAN BE LOOKED AT AS NOT HAVING ACHIEVED MUCH, BUT THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR. VOICE: ... THE WYE PACT, EVEN INSOFAR AS IT MERELY REAFFIRMED OSLO, CAN BE SEEN AS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. OSLO, AFTER ALL, WAS THE WORK OF THE LEFT-LEANING LABOR COALITION LED BY PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN. THOSE ACCORDS WERE ANATHEMA TO ISRAELI EXTREMISTS, ... [AND] WERE ALSO VIEWED WITH SUSPICION BY THE RIGHT-LEANING LIKUD OPPOSITION. WELL, THE LIKUD COALITION WON THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION, AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS LEADER OF ITS GOVERNMENT; SURELY, IT IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT THAT HE HAS NOW BECOME PARTY TO A WYE PACT THAT REFLECTS THE OSLO ACCORDS. /// OPT /// SOME OBSERVERS WILL SUSPECT THAT MR. CLINTON AGREED TO THIS UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT [USING THE C-I-A TO HELP SUPERVISE PALESTINIAN ANTI-TERRORIST EFFORTS] IN ORDER TO SEAL AN AGREEMENT THAT MIGHT BOOST HIS POLITICAL FORTUNES WHILE HE'S FACING POSSIBLE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS. WE PREFER TO BELIEVE THAT HE ACTED IN ORDER TO BOOST THE CHANCES OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. /// END OPT /// TEXT: IN NEIGHBORING CONNECTICUT, "THE HARTFORD COURANT" SUGGESTS THAT IT IS STILL "TOO EARLY TO CELEBRATE PEACE." PRAISING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THE CANCER-STRICKENED KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN, THE PAPER POINTS TO THE HARSH REALITY THAT GREETED THE MEN AS THEY RETURNED HOME. VOICE: ISRAEL'S FANATICS TOOK TO THE STREETS AND VILIFIED MR. NETANYAHU. THEIR PARLIAMENTARY ALLIES VOWED TO FORCE NEW ELECTIONS IN HOPES OF SABOTAGING THE AGREEMENT. PALESTINIAN FANATICS CONDEMNED MR. ARAFAT FOR 'SELLING OUT.' ... SO DON'T JUMP FOR JOY BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER ... CEREMONY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. ... FOR THIS ONE TO STICK, [WORK] MR. NETANYAHU AND MR. ARAFAT WILL HAVE TO SHOW EXTRAORDINARY FORTITUDE, EVEN WHILE SABOTEURS PLOT TO DESTROY THE AGREEMENT. TEXT: "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" IS TROUBLED BY THIS NEW ROLE FOR THE C-I-A IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND TODAY'S "WASHINGTON POST" APPLAUDS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY SENATOR RICHARD SHELBY, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, THAT HE FINDS THE IDEA "TROUBLING' AND WILL HOLD HEARINGS ON IT. THE "WASHINGTON POST" WRITES: VOICE: THIS MISSION IS A PATHBREAKER AND EXPOSES THE UNITED STATES TO A RANGE OF CONTINGENCIES THAT NEED TO BE THOUGHT OUT BEFORE THE AGENCY PLUNGES IN. TEXT: THE DAY'S OTHER MAJOR EDITORIAL TOPIC IS OUTRAGE AT THE SNIPER SLAYING, IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, OF ONE OF THE FEW DOCTORS IN THE BUFFALO AREA WHO STILL PERFORMED ABORTIONS. ABORTION-RIGHTS-ADVOCATES SAY AN ANTI-ABORTION PROTEST MOVEMENT HAS SCARED MANY OTHERS ENOUGH TO STOP THE PROCEDURE. DOCTOR BARNETT SLEPIAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY A HIGH POWERED RIFLE THROUGH HIS KITCHEN WINDOW. SAYS "THE MIAMI HERALD" THIS "ANTI-ABORTION TERRORISM MUST BE STOPPED." VOICE: NO LESS THAN AMERICA'S BELIEF IN THE RULE OF LAW, CIVIL PROCESS, AND AN OPEN SOCIETY ARE IMPERILED BY SUCH VILE ACTS. THE COUNTRY MUST MOUNT THE SAME KIND OF CONCERTED EFFORT AGAINST THESE KILLERS THAT IT USED TO TRACK DOWN THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT TERROR ATTACKS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA, OR THE UNABOMBER. ... THEY ARE SICK COWARDS WHO ATTEMPT TO EFFECT CHANGE THROUGH THE TERROR OF SELECTIVE VIOLENCE. TEXT: "THE [NEW YORK] DAILY NEWS ASKS IN ITS HEADLINE, "WHERE WAS HIS RIGHT TO LIFE?," WHILE "THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER" IS EQUALLY OUTRAGED. VOICE: WEEP, BECAUSE EVIL HAS STOLEN THE CLOAK OF PRINCIPLE. WEEP, BECAUSE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, BECAME BOSNIA. WEEP, BECAUSE IN EVERY SEASON OF DISPUTE, SOME AMERICANS POISON DISSENT WITH CALCULATED BLOODSHED. ... TYRANTS AND TERRORISTS USE COLDBLOODED MURDER AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLICY. CITIZENS OF A FREE REPUBLIC - - WHO ARE BLESSED WITH A FAIR CHANCE TO PROMOTE THEIR VIEWS IN DEMOCRATIC FORUMS - - NEVER SHOULD. /// OPT ///TEXT: AND "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" ADDS: VOICE: THE TERROR THAT TOOK DR. SLEPIAN'S LIFE IS AN ASSAULT ON ALL OUR LIBERTIES. /// END OPT ///TEXT: IN HEMISPHERIC ISSUES, TODAY'S "MIAMI HERALD "SALUTES THE LONG-AWAITED PEACE IN THE ANDES BETWEEN TWO LONG-TIME ANTAGONISTS. VOICE; AFTER 57 YEARS OF HOSTILITIES AND THREE WARS [OVER A BORDER DISPUTE], PERU AND ECUADOR ARE AT PEACE. YESTERDAY THEY SIGNED A TREATY THAT PUTS THE BORDER IN THE CORDILLERA DEL CONDOR MOUNTAINS, WHERE PERU WANTED. ECUADOR GETS [A LITTLE MORE THAN 100 HECTARES] INSIDE PERU THAT ECUADORAN SOLDIERS DEFENDED IN THEIR 1995 WAR. KUDOS TO ECUADORAN PRESIDENT JAMIL MAHUAD AND PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI FOR ENDING THIS FEUD .... TEXT: THE AWARD OF THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE TO THE PORTUGUESE WRITER JOSE SARAMAGO IS HAILED BY "THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL" WHICH ALSO SEES THE AWARD AS A TRIUMPH FOR THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE, PREVIOUSLY UNHONORED BY THE NOBEL COMMITTEE. VOICE: MR. SARAMAGO ... IS A POPULAR AUTHOR, PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE.... [HE] IS THE FIRST PORTUGUESE-LANGUAGE WRITER EVER TO WIN THE NOBEL, AN HONOR HE CLAIMS FOR HIS COUNTRY AND MOTHER TONGUE NEARLY AS MUCH AS FOR HIMSELF. /// OPT ///TEXT: LASTLY, SOME COMMENTS FROM "THE ORLANDO SENTINEL" ON ANOTHER ACT OF TERRORISM IN THIS COUNTRY, ARSON FIRES AT SEVERAL BUILDINGS AT THE FAMED VAIL, COLORADO, SKI RESORT BY ANTI-DEVELOPMENT, PRO-ENVIRONMENT ACTIVISTS. VOICE: NOBEL INTENTIONS DON'T EXCUSE ACTS OF TERROR, SUCH AS THE ARSON FIRES .... A SHADOWY GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR SETTING THE FIRES THAT CAUSED 12-MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MOUNTAINTOP BUILDINGS AND CHAIR [SKI] LIFTS OWNED BY VAIL RESORTS. .... THE GROUP STATED THAT IT SET THE FIRES TO ATTACK THE DEVELOPER FOR PLANNING CONSTRUCTION IN AN AREA THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE INHABITED BY LYNX, AND ANIMAL SIMILAR TO A WILDCAT. ... ADVOCATING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS A NOBLE MISSION. INTENTIONALLY DAMAGING PROPERTY ... HOWEVER, IS NOTHING TO BOAST ABOUT. IT'S A CRIME. TEXT: ON THAT NOTE, WE CONCLUDE THIS SAMPLING OF EDITORIALS FROM
TODAY'S U-S PRESS.
[14] SOROS CLOSES ONE FUND (S&L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)DATE=10/27/98TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-240798 CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// EDS: DROP OPTS FOR LONG VERSION ///INTRO: GEORGE SOROS, THE PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIER, IS CLOSING ONE OF HIS INVESTMENT FUNDS, AFTER IT SUFFERED MAJOR LOSSES THIS YEAR. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. TEXT: MR. SOROS SAYS HE WILL CLOSE THE ONE-AND-ONE-HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR QUANTUM EMERGING GROWTH FUND. INVESTORS MAY EITHER CASH OUT [RECEIVE CASH FOR THE SHARES THEY OWN] OR RECEIVE SHARES IN THE MUCH LARGER QUANTUM FUND, WHICH HAS ALMOST NINE-BILLION DOLLARS IN INTERNATIONAL ASSETS. THE EMERGING-GROWTH FUND, WHICH CONCENTRATES ON INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, HAS LOST 31 PERCENT OF ITS VALUE THIS YEAR. MR. SOROS SAYS THE LOSSES ARE NOT THE REASON FOR CLOSING THE FUND, BUT PART OF A RESTRUCTURING WHICH WILL SIMPLIFY THE JOB OF STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER, HIS CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST. // OPT //HEDGE FUNDS, SUCH AS THOSE OPERATED BY MR. SOROS, ARE OPEN ONLY TO VERY WEALTHY INVESTORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WELL-TIMED INVESTMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES AND CURRENCIES. /// REST OPT ///THE HEDGE FUNDS, WHICH ARE LARGELY UNREGULATED, HAVE COME UNDER
SCRUTINY LATELY BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LONG-TERM
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FUND. THAT FUND WAS RESCUED FROM ALMOST
CERTAIN COLLAPSE BY A THREE-AND-ONE-HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR CASH
INFUSION, FROM A GROUP OF BANKS AND INVESTMENT FIRMS WHICH HAD
LOANED MONEY TO THE FUND. (SIGNED)
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