Subject: U-S/TURKEY INCURSION (S) By DAVID GOLLUST/STATE DEAPRTMENT
From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" <dep@bu.edu>
 
DATE=3/23/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-175983
TITLE=U-S/TURKEY INCURSION (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=STATE DEAPRTMENT
CONTENT=
  
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INTRO:  WHILE INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OF TURKEY'S OFFENSIVE IN  
NORTHERN IRAQ IS MOUNTING, THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO EXPRESS
MEASURED SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY DRIVE AGAINST KURDISH REBELS.   
AS V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, U-S  
OFFICIALS SAY TURKEY HAS ASSURED THE UNITED STATES THAT ITS  
OBJECTIVES IN IRAQ ARE LIMITED.

TEXT:  THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS, FROM THE OUTSET OF THE  
TURKISH OFFENSIVE, EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING FOR THE ANKARA  
GOVERNMENT'S MOTIVES IN STRIKING AT THE IRAQI BASES OF THE  
KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY, THE P-K-K.

TURKEY MAINTAINS THE BASES WERE USED AS LAUNCHING PADS FOR  
TERRORIST ATTACKS INSIDE TURKEY.  STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN  
DAVID JOHNSON SAYS LEGITIMATE TURKISH ACTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM  
DESERVE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.

                   /// JOHNSON ACTUALITY ///   

         THE UNITED STATE RECOGNIZES THE VERY SERIOUS THREAT  
         WHICH TERRORISM POSES TO TURKEY AND THE TURKISH PEOPLE.  
         WHILE WE SHARE MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS OF OUR ALLIES,  
         WE BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT ALL LEGITIMATE  
         TURKISH EFFORTS TO COUNTER THIS THREAT.

                         /// END ACT ///

MR. JOHNSON SAID TURKISH OFFICIALS, IN THEIR CONTACTS WITH THE  
UNITED STATES, HAVE EMPHASIZED THE LIMITED NATURE OF THE  
OPERATION.  HE SAID THE U-S SIDE CONTINUES TO STRESS TO TURKISH  
AUTHORITIES THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVING RECOGNIZED STANDARDS OF  
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DURING THE MILITARY DRIVE, AND THE  
NEED TO MAKE A MAXIMUM EFFORT TO PROTECT CIVILIANS. (SIGNED)

NEB/DAG/CB/LWM

23-Mar-95 8:07 PM EST (0107 UTC)
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