Voice of America, 97-09-11

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[01] BOSNIA / BOYCOTT (L) BY ART CHIMES (BUGOJNO)

[02] BOSNIA ELECTION (S) BY PAMELA TAYLOR (BANJA LUKA)

[03] CHICAGO / BOSNIA ELECTIONS (L-O) BY MICHAEL LELAND (CHICAGO)

[04] CLINTON/BOSNIA (L) BY DAVID GOLLUST (WHITE HOUSE)

[05] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

[06] GERMANY / COMMUNISTS (S ONLY) BY KYLE KING (BONN)

[07] HUNGARY / NATO (L ONLY) BY STEFAN BOS (BUDAPEST)

[08] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

[09] NORTHERN IRELAND (L-ONLY) BY ANDRE DE NESNERA (LONDON)

[10] SCOTTISH VOTE (L) BY ANDRE DE NESNERA (LONDON)

[11] THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW N. GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)

[12] U-S / BOSNIA RADIO (S) BY REBECCA MCMENAMIN (PENTAGON)

[01] BOSNIA / BOYCOTT (L) BY ART CHIMES (BUGOJNO)

INTRO: EARLIER THIS WEEK THE LEADING NATIONALIST PARTY OF BOSNIA-CROATS CALLED FOR BOYCOTT OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION WHICH WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT'S TOO SOON TO TELL HOW EFFECTIVE THE BOYCOTT WILL BE BUT MANY BOSNIA-CROATS SAY THEY PLANNED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS ALTHOUGH, HOWEVER CONSIDERED THEIR DUTY TO VOTE. V-O-A'S CORRESPODENT ART CHIMES REPORTS.

TEXT: THE LARGEST BOSNIA CROATS PARTY THE "CROATSIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION" THIS WEEK CALLED THE BOYCOTT FINDING FLAWS IN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS HOWEVER SAY THE BOYCOTT WAS MORE LIKELY DECLARED IN RESPONSE TO LIKELY LOST OF CONTROL OF THE KEY CITY OF MOSTAR. WHATEVER THE REASON WESTERN POWERS CONDEMNED THE ACTION SAYING THE BOSNIAN CROATS WERE OBSTRUCTING THE PEACE PROCESS BY REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE.

ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PRESUADE THE CROATS PARTY KNOW AS THE HDZ TO CALL OFF THEIR BOYCOTT, BUT FOR NOW MANY BOSNIAN CROATS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY HOME. AMONG THOSE SUPPORTING THE BOYCOTT IS THE MAYOR OF THE CENTRAL BOSNIAN TOWN OF JAJCE. JAJCE WAS IN THE NEWS LAST MONTH WHEN MUSLIM REFUGEES TRIED TO RETURN HOME AND WERE DRIVEN BACK BY ANGRY RESIDENTS. THE TOWN WAS IN THE NEWS AGAIN THIS WEEK WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS' REPORT CONDEMNED LOCAL POLICE FOR FAILING TO INTERVEN TO STOP LAST MONTH'S VIOLENCE.

IN HIS WOOD PANEL OFFICE JAJCE MAYOR IVO SARAF EXPLAINED THAT EVENTHOUGH MOST RESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY ARE CROATS, THE MAJORITY OF REGISTERED VOTERS ARE MUSLIMS. THIS IS A RESULT OF ELECTION RULES THAT ALLOW BOSNIANS TO REGISTER EITHER WHERE THEY ACTUALY RESIGNED, WHERE THEY USED TO LIVE IF THEY WERE DISPLACED BY THE WAR OR EVEN WHERE THEY PLAN TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE. FOR MAYOR SARAF THAT REGISTRATION SYSTEM IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IN SUCH A SITUATION THE ELECTION ENGINERRING HE SAYS, WE CANNOT CONSENT TO TAKE PART.

FORTY-FIVE KILOMETERS TO THE SOUTH IS THE TOWN OF BUGOJNO, BUT HERE THE CROATS ARE IN MINORITY. THE CROAT PRIEST AT ST. ANTHONY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, FATHER MIRO MIDANDZIC, SAYS THE BOYCOTT CALLED BY THE HDZ PARTY WAS A MISTAKE.

[02] BOSNIA ELECTION (S) BY PAMELA TAYLOR (BANJA LUKA)

INTRO: INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS IN THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (SEPT. 13 & 14), THIS AFTER SERIOUS VIOLENCE WAS AVERTED EARLIER THIS WEEK (EDS: TUESDAY) IN THE WESTERN TOWN OF BANJA LUKA. ANOTHER REASON FOR OPTIMISM, THEY SAY, IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE RULING SERB PARTY THAT IT HAS DECIDED NOT TO BOYCOTT THE ELECTIONS. VOA'S PAMELA TAYLOR REPORTS FROM BANJA LUKA.

TEXT: FOLLOWING TUESDAY'S FAILED COUP ATTEMPT, INTERNATIONAL ELECTION ORGANIZERS IN BANJA LUKA SAY THEY NOW BELIEVE BOSNIA'S ELECTIONS WILL BE MORE FREE AND FAIR THAN MANY EXPECTED. TO FURTHER INSURE THIS, THE (ELECTION-SUPERVISING) ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, OR O-S-C-E, HAS AGAIN AMENDED THE ELECTION REGULATIONS.

THE LATEST CHANGE STIPULATES THAT ONLY PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN "OFFICIALLY" INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES BY AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL IN THE HAGUE NEED WORRY ABOUT BEING ARRESTED, IF THEY TURN OUT TO VOTE. THE WORD "OFFICIALLY" WAS INSERTED TO REASSURE ANYONE WHO FEARED HIS OR HER NAME MIGHT BE ON A SECRET, OR SEALED, INDICTMENT.

OTHER OFFICIALS IN BANJA LUKA ALSO EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT A CRISIS HAD BEEN AVERTED AND SAID THEY EXPECT THE ELECTIONS TO GO SMOOTHLY. OFFICIALS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCE IN BOSNIA SAID THE BEST EVIDENCE OF THIS WAS THAT SEVERAL POLITICAL RALLIES HAVE BEEN HELD IN ALL ACROSS BOSNIA THESE PAST FEW DAYS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 11:20 AM EDT (1520 UTC)
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[03] CHICAGO / BOSNIA ELECTIONS (L-O) BY MICHAEL LELAND (CHICAGO)

INTRO: AMONG THOSE ON HAND FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA WILL BE ROUGHLY TWO-THOUSAND ELECTION MONITORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MANY WILL BE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUCH AS THE 400 COMING FROM THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT, BUT MANY WILL ALSO BE VOLUNTEERS. VOA'S MICHAEL LELAND RECENTLY SPOKE WITH A CHICAGO WOMAN WHO WILL SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER ELECTION MONITOR AND HAS THIS REPORT.

TEXT: KAY FLEISCHER IS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT IN CHICAGO. SHE AND HER HUSBAND CORNELL WERE MONITORS FOR LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA AND SAYS MUCH OF THE WORK SHE WILL HAVE TO DO IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT DONE BY U-S ELECTION JUDGES. THERE ARE POLLING STATION RULES TO ENFORCE.

NO CAMPAIGN LITERATURE CAN BE POSTED. NO ONE CAN COME IN (TO A POLLING STATION) WEARING CAMPAIGN BUTTONS. THERE IS A 100-FOOT (30-METER) RADIUS IN WHICH YOU CANNOT POST ANY CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

MS. FLEISCHER SAYS SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED, THOUGH NOT SURPRISED, THAT VOTERS LAST YEAR PRETTY MUCH FAVORED CANDIDATES OF THEIR OWN ETHNICITY. SHE HOPES VOTERS THIS YEAR WILL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHERE THE VARIOUS CANDIDATES STAND ON ISSUES, BECAUSE MS. FLEISCHER FEELS THIS YEAR'S VOTE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LAST YEAR'S.

AS WE ALL KNOW, POLITICS ARE LOCAL AND THESE (ELECTIONS) ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY MATTER BECAUSE WHO IS GOING TO RUN YOUR COMMUNITY IS MORE CRITICAL THAN WHO IS GOING TO RUN THE STATE.

MS. FLEISCHER PREDICTS ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS IS THAT MANY REFUGEES FROM THE BOSNIAN WAR HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN HOME, AND MANY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE SAME DISTRICTS WHERE THEY VOTED IN 1991, THE YEAR OF THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. SHE SAYS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN BOSNIA SINCE THE FIGHTING STOPPED HAS NOT MADE HER VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE.

I CAN NOT SAY I AM TERRIBLY SANGUINE ABOUT IT THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DAYTON ACCORDS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND IT IS JUST NOW THAT THE NATO TROOPS ARE STARTING TO PUT THE SCREWS ON (PRESSURE) THE REPUBLICA SRPSKA.

MS. FLEISCHER AND HER HUSBAND WERE IN NORTHEASTERN BOSNIA FOR LAST YEAR'S ELECTIONS, AND SAYS MANY BOSNIANS SHE MET FELT IT WAS ONLY THE PRESENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE THAT KEPT THE WARRING SIDES FROM RESUMING THEIR BATTLES.

THE BOSNIAN PEOPLE, WE WERE POSTED IN THE AREA OF TUZLA WHERE EAGLE CAMP (THE U-S BASE) IS. THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICANS AND THEY WERE VERY BLUNT. THEY SAID IF NATO LEAVES, WE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE IT (THE WAR) IS GOING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

MS. FLEISCHER AND HER HUSBAND ARE SERVING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS PROVIDING 600 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO KEEP AN EYE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY'S VOTING IN BOSNIA. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 3:37 PM EDT (1937 UTC)
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[04] CLINTON/BOSNIA (L) BY DAVID GOLLUST (WHITE HOUSE)

INTRO: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS A REJECTED A U-S SENATOR'S CALL TO REASSESS THE DAYTON ACCORDS AND FORMALLY PARTITION BOSNIA ALONG ETHNIC LINES. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST HAS DETAILS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

TEXT: WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HARD WORK REMAINS IF A MEASURE OF MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY IS TO BE RESTORED TO BOSNIA. BUT THEY REJECT THE NOTION THAT THE DAYTON ACCORDS, AS WRITTEN, ARE A LOST CAUSE AND SHOULD BE CHANGED TO PERMIT THE PARTITION OF THE COUNTRY.

THE REMARKS CAME IN RESPONSE TO A NEW YORK TIMES COMMENTARY BY REPUBLICAN SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM HER SIXTH VISIT TO BOSNIA.

SHE SAID U-S TROOPS THERE ARE "PERILOUSLY CLOSE" TO BEING DRAWN INTO ARMED CONFLICT BY INTERVENING IN THE DISPUTE BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF SERB HARDLINER RADOVAN KARADZIC -- AN INDICTED WAR CRIMES SUSPECT -- AND BOSNIAN SERB PRESIDENT BILJANA PLAVSIC.

SENATOR HUTCHISON, WARNING OF A REPEAT OF THE DISASTROUS U-S MILITARY MISSION IN SOMALIA, SAID THE BEST HOPE FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IN BOSNIA LIES IN A RENEGOTIATION OF THE DAYTON ACCORDS AND A FORMAL PARTITION ALONG THE EXISTING ETHNIC BOUNDARIES.

RESPONDING THE SENATOR, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAID HER ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IS AT ODDS WITH THOSE OF U-S MILITARY COMMANDERS AND THOSE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THE CIVILIAN ELEMENTS OF DAYTON. AND HE SAID PRESIDENT CLINTON STRONGLY OPPOSES A PARTITION SCENARIO:

THE PRESIDENT JUST FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREES WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT WE SHOULD REWARD THE AGGRESSION THAT OCCURRED IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, THE GENOCIDE THAT OCCURRED, AND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARTITION OF A GOVERNMENT. THE FORMULA DEVELOPED PAINSTAKINGLY IN THE NEGOTIATION IN DAYTON THAT LED TO THE DAYTON ACCORDS AT LEAST OFFER SOME HOPE OF A RESTORATION OF CIVILIAN LIFE THAT INCLUDES MORE MULTI-CULTURAL ASPECTS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING HARD TO IMPLEMENT. IT IS DIFFICULT WORK TO BE SURE, BUT THE PRESIDENT DISAGREES WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT WE SHOULD JUST CUT AND RUN.

MR. MCCURRY ALSO REJECTED REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN WARNER'S ASSERTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION LACKS AN "EXIT STRATEGY" FROM BOSNIA. HE SAID THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TIME-TABLE FOR AN END TO THE NATO MISSION IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, BUT THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE NOT ON THE EXIT DATE BUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW TO SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 4:03 PM EDT (2003 UTC)
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[05] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES FELL SHARPLY IN TRADING THURSDAY IN EUROPEAN EXCHANGES. V-O-A'S JACK HUIZENGA HAS THE CLOSING MARKET REPORT FROM LONDON.

TEXT: IT WAS A DAY OF SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES IN ALL THREE MAJOR EUROPEAN MARKETS.

THE BIGGEST DROP WAS IN FRANKFURT. THE DAX-30 INDEX ENDED THE DAY OFF MORE THAN 77 POINTS, ALMOST TWO PERCENT OF THE FRANKFURT MARKET'S TOTAL VALUE. PRICES DROPPED EVEN MORE IN LATER COMPUTERIZED TRADING. IN LONDON, PRICES WERE DOWN FOR THE FOURTH DAY THIS WEEK. THE FOOTSIE-100 INDEX CLOSED DOWN MORE THAN 50 POINTS, ABOUT ONE PERCENT.

AND IN PARIS, THE CAC-40 INDEX DROPPED 31 POINTS, ABOUT ONE PERCENT.

ON THE LONDON CURRENCY EXCHANGE, THE U-S DOLLAR DROPPED IN VALUE AGAINST THE JAPANESE YEN, THE GERMAN MARK, AND THE BRITISH POUND.
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11-Sep-97 1:48 PM EDT (1748 UTC)
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[06] GERMANY / COMMUNISTS (S ONLY) BY KYLE KING (BONN)

INTRO: THE LAST HARDLINE LEADER OF COMMUNIST EAST GERMANY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM A BERLIN JAIL WHILE HE APPEALS HIS CONVICTION FOR MANSLAUGHTER. V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM BONN.

TEXT: THE BERLIN COURT SUSPENDED AN ORDER THAT HAD KEPT EGON KRENZ IN JAIL SINCE LAST MONTH, WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED OF COMPLICITY IN THE DEATHS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FLEE THE BERLIN WALL.

ALTHOUGH HIS MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION IS NOT CONSIDERED FINAL UNTIL HIS APPEAL IS HEARD, HE HAD BEEN HELD IN JAIL BECAUSE AUTHORITIES BELIEVED HE MIGHT TRY TO FLEE THE COUNTRY.

BUT AFTER LAWYERS FOR THE FORMER EAST GERMAN LEADER ARGUED HE HAD NEVER MISSED EARLIER COURT APPEARANCES, THE JUSTICES RULED HE COULD BE SET FREE.

MR. KRENZ IS ONE OF THREE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST POLITBURO WHO WERE CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER AT THE HIGH PROFILE TRIAL.

ALL THREE HAVE ARGUED THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE NOTORIOUS SHOOT TO KILL ORDERS AT THE BERLIN WALL. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 10:23 AM EDT (1423 UTC)
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[07] HUNGARY / NATO (L ONLY) BY STEFAN BOS (BUDAPEST)

INTRO: NATO HAS OPENED MEMBERSHIP TALKS WITH HUNGARY -- ONE OF THREE FORMER SOVIET BLOC NATIONS INVITED TO JOIN THE ALLIANCE. STEFAN BOS IN BUDAPEST REPORTS THE TALKS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY HUNGARY'S PLANS TO HOLD A NATIONAL REFERENDUM ON NATO MEMBERSHIP IN NOVEMBER.

TEXT: HUNGARY'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP, FERENC SOMOGYI -- BACK IN BUDAPEST AFTER THE TALKS IN BRUSSELS -- SAID NATO OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HUNGARY'S PLANS TO HOLD A BINDING REFERENDUM ON NATO MEMBERSHIP.

MR. SOMOGYI SAID NATO OFFICIALS FEAR THE MEMBERSHIP PROCESS MIGHT BE DELAYED BY THE VOTE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.

IN FACT THE ISSUE WAS RAISED (ONLY) FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, BECAUSE IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT BOTH SIDES ARE EAGER TO SEE THAT THE TIMING OF THE REFERENDUM FITS INTO PROCEDURE.

THERE IS NO REASON TO HINDER THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ACCESSION TALKS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS ONE OPEN QUESTION. IT IS OPEN THEORETICALLY, AND WE ALL ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE POSITIVE, AND NOBODY WILL FEEL SORRY TO START ACCESSION TALKS BEFORE THE LAST QUESTION MARK WAS CLARIFIED.

HUNGARY'S GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN RECENT MONTHS ON A MEDIA CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO RAISE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP.

SOME POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN HUNGARY, SUCH AS THE COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY, ACCUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF MISUSING TAXPAYER MONEY TO BRAINWASH THE PUBLIC. THE CRITICS ALSO SAY NATO MEMBERSHIP WOULD MEAN THAT HUNGARY WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE OCCUPIED BY FOREIGN TROOPS, JUST LIKE UNDER COMMUNISM WHEN THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WERE BASED HERE.

STATE SECRETARY SOMOGYI SAYS SUCH CHARGES ARE PREMATURE BECAUSE NATO HAS NOT ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO PERMANENTLY BASE TROOPS OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN HUNGARY.

HUNGARY IS THE FIRST FORMER EAST BLOC COUNTRY TO BEGIN NATO MEMBERSHIP TALKS. A DELEGATION FROM POLAND WILL HOLD TALKS AT NATO HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC WILL START ITS TALKS A WEEK LATER, SEPTEMBER 23RD.(SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 1:36 PM EDT (1736 UTC)
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[08] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE DOWN TODAY (THURSDAY), BUT DID MAKE A STRONG RECOVERY FROM STEEP LOSSES EARLIER. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

TEXT: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED AT 76-HUNDRED-60, DOWN 58 POINTS. THE MORE INCLUSIVE STANDARD AND POOR'S 500 INDEX CLOSED AT 912, DOWN SIX POINTS.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT STOCK PRICES CLOSED DOWN, THEY MADE A STRONG RECOVERY FROM EARLIER IN THE SESSION. IN THE AFTERNOON, THE INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE HAD LOST MORE THAN 130 POINTS. ANALYSTS SAY MANY TRADERS WERE NERVOUS ABOUT CORPORATE EARNINGS WARNINGS; THE STRONG U-S DOLLAR, WHICH COULD HURT PROFITS BY AMERICAN COMPANIES IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; AND FRIDAY'S WHOLESALE PRICE FIGURES.

THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS FILING CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FELL BY AN EXPECTEDLY LARGE 14-THOUSAND PEOPLE LAST WEEK.

A HUGE TAKEOVER IN THE AMERICAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY WAS ANNOUNCED WITH A PLANNED PURCHASE OF "FIELDCREST CANNON" BY THE "PILLOWTEX CORPORATION." THE VALUE OF THE DEAL IS ESTIMATED AT 700-MILLION DOLLARS.

THE STOCK OF THE "CORNING CORPORATION" FELL MORE THAN 10 PERCENT AFTER THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED ITS PROFITS THIS YEAR WILL BE LESS THAN EXPECTED. CORNING BLAMED SLOWER GROWTH IN ITS OPTICAL FIBER AND CABLE BUSINESSES.

THE STOCK OF THE "IMMUNEX BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY" SOARED MORE THAN 15 PERCENT AFTER ANNOUNCING THAT AN IMPORTANT STUDY OF ITS NEW ARTHRITIS DRUG SHOWS IT TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. "GENERAL MOTORS" SAYS IT WILL DOUBLE PRODUCTION AT ITS POLISH PLANT TO 22-THOUSAND VEHICLES A YEAR. A SECOND G-M PLANT IN POLAND IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATING WITHIN A YEAR. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 4:49 PM EDT (2049 UTC)
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[09] NORTHERN IRELAND (L-ONLY) BY ANDRE DE NESNERA (LONDON)

INTRO: THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY -- THE I-R-A -- HAS REPEATED ITS VIEW THAT IT WILL NOT HAND OVER ANY WEAPONS BEFORE AN AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF NORTHERN IRELAND IS IN PLACE. V-O-A'S ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM LONDON.

TEXT: JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE START OF POLITICAL TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF NORTHERN IRELAND (EDS: BEGIN NEXT MONDAY), THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HAS APPARENTLY DISTANCED ITSELF FROM ITS POLITICAL WING, SINN FEIN.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A SINN FEIN PARTY NEWSPAPER, AN I-R-A SPOKESMAN SAID THE PARAMILITARY GROUP HAS PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY AGREED TO BY SINN FEIN EARLIER THIS WEEK. THESE INCLUDE A PLEDGE TO DEMOCRATIC AND EXCLUSIVELY PEACEFUL MEANS OF RESOLVING POLITICAL ISSUES, A RENUNCIATION OF THE USE OF FORCE AND A COMMITMENT TO THE TOTAL DISARMAMENT OF ALL PARAMILITARY GROUPS. AFTER AGREEING TO THOSE PRINCIPLES TUESDAY, SINN FEIN GAINED ACCESS TO THE POLITICAL TALKS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK OUTSIDE BELFAST.

THE I-R-A SPOKESMAN SAID WHAT SINN FEIN DOES IS ITS OWN AFFAIR. AS FOR HANDING IN WEAPONS BEFORE A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS REACHED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IS "UNREALISTIC." THE SPOKESMAN REPEATED THE I-R-A'S VIEW THAT HANDING IN WEAPONS IS TANTAMOUNT TO SURRENDER.

THE I-R-A STATEMENT CAME AS THE LARGEST PRO-BRITISH PARTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND -- THE ULSTER UNIONISTS -- IS DECIDING WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TALKS WHICH START MONDAY. ALREADY TWO OTHER SMALL PRO-BRITISH PARTIES HAVE SAID THEY WOULD BOYCOTT THEM.

KEN MAGINNIS IS SECURITY SPOKESMAN FOR THE ULSTER UNIONISTS. HE SAYS THE I-R-A STATEMENT SIMPLY UNDERSCORES HIS PARTY'S VIEW THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS TOO HASTY IN BRINGING SINN FEIN INTO THE MAINSTREAM POLITICAL PROCESS. AT THE SAME TIME, MR. MAGINNIS GAVE THE CLEAREST INDICATION TO DATE THAT HIS PARTY WILL TAKE PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS -- A DECISION TO BE TAKEN BY SENIOR OFFICIALS OF HIS PARTY, BY NEXT MONDAY.

I DO NOT WANT TO PREEMPT WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE AGREED AT THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE ULSTER UNIONISTS. BUT PERHAPS, CAN I GIVE YOU A STEER BY SAYING THAT THE ULSTER UNIONISTS WILL NOT ABDICATE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO SOCIETY. AND HENCE, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT WE WILL BE THERE //OPT// CHALLENGING TO ASK SINN FEIN/I-R-A: ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT IN AGREEMENT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A TOTAL DISARMAMENT OF PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATIONS? DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE CONCERNED, EXPRESSED THROUGH THE BALLOT BOX, IS THE WAY FORWARD, IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN DEMOCRACY? THOSE ARE POINTS THAT WE WILL BE STICKING ON AND WHERE SINN FEIN/I-R-A CANNOT CONTINUE TO EQUIVOCATE. //END OPT//

COMING BACK TO THE I-R-A STATEMENT, MR. MAGINNIS SAYS IT IS INTENDED TO REASSURE THE PARAMILITARY GROUP'S ACTIVISTS THAT ANY PROMISES MADE BY SINN FEIN AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WILL NOT BE ADHERED TO. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 10:36 AM EDT (1436 UTC)
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[10] SCOTTISH VOTE (L) BY ANDRE DE NESNERA (LONDON)

INTRO: SCOTTISH VOTERS ARE CASTING BALLOTS IN A REFERENDUM TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN PARLIAMENT WITH TAX-LEVYING POWERS -- THUS GAINING SOME POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE FROM LONDON. V-O-A'S ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH CAPITAL.

TEXT: SCOTTISH VOTERS ENTERING POLLING PLACES ARE GIVEN TWO BALLOTS -- A WHITE ONE ASKING THEM WHETHER THEY ARE FOR A SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT AND A GREEN ONE ASKING THEM IF THE PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET LEVELS OF TAXATION.

SOME ANALYSTS SAY ANSWERING THOSE TWO QUESTIONS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL DECISION FACED BY SCOTS SINCE THE ACT OF UNION WITH ENGLAND IN 1707.

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS INDICATE SUPPORT FOR BOTH PROPOSALS PUT FORTH BY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR IN AN ATTEMPT TO MODERNIZE BRITISH INSTITUTIONS AND GIVE REGIONS MORE SAY IN RUNNING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH RADIO, THE SENIOR MINISTER IN CHARGE OF SCOTLAND -- DONALD DEWAR -- SAID A POSITIVE RESPONSE WILL NOT ONLY BE GOOD FOR SCOTLAND, IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A WHOLE.

WE REALLY HAVE TO START MODERNIZING OUR CONSTITUTION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. IF YOU LOOK AT MOST OF THE SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIES AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE DEVOLVED FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. THEY DO NOT CONCENTRATE ALL POWER NARROWLY AT ONE FOCAL POINT -- IN OUR CASE WESTMINSTER. THEY TRUST PEOPLE TO TAKE DECISIONS IN THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY LIVE -- AND THAT IS REALLY THE PRINCIPLE THAT LIES BEHIND THE DEVOLUTION PACKAGE WE ARE OFFERING.

HOWEVER BRITAIN'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY -- THE CONSERVATIVES -- ARGUES A SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE BREAK-UP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THAT VIEW WAS REPEATED DURING CAMPAIGNING THIS WEEK BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER WILLIAM HAGUE.

MY CONCERN IS THAT SCOTLAND WILL BE LEFT WORSE OFF AND WITH LESS INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARLIAMENT WOULD RAISE GREAT HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS IN SCOTLAND -- AND THEN BE FOLLOWED BY YEARS OF DISILLUSIONMENT, LETDOWN AND BITTERNESS - AND HIGHER TAXATION.

ANALYSTS SAY IF OPINION SURVEYS ARE CORRECT AND VOTERS AGREE ON A PARLIAMENT FOR SCOTLAND, IT IS HARD TO PREDICT WHAT EFFECT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND LONDON.

WHAT IS KNOWN IS THAT IF VOTERS GIVE THE GO-AHEAD, ELECTIONS FOR THE 129-SEAT BODY WILL TAKE PLACE IN EARLY 1999 -- AND SCOTTISH LAWMAKERS WILL BEGIN THEIR WORK ON JANUARY FIRST, 2000. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 12:12 PM EDT (1612 UTC)
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[11] THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW N. GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)

INTRO: VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE CONTINUES TO RECEIVE HARSH CRITICISM IN THE PRESS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN FUND RAISING PRACTICES, SPECIFICALLY ATTENDING AN EVENT AT A BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE MONEY WAS RAISED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. MR. GORE HAS STEADFASTLY INSISTED HE DID NOT KNOW THE EVENT WAS A FUND RAISER. OTHER TOPICS TO BE FOUND ON THE NATION'S EDITORIAL PAGES THIS THURSDAY INCLUDE HOPES FOR THE PEACE TALKS IN NORTHERN IRELAND; THE CONTINUING REFUSAL OF THE SENATE TO HOLD CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON WILLIAM WELD AS AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO MEXICO; THE C-I-A'S EFFORT TO PRESERVE ITS SECRECY; AND A PAKISTANI JOURNALIST'S SUFFERING FOR REPORTING THE TRUTH.

NOW, HERE WITH SOME QUOTES AND A CLOSER LOOK IS ______________ AND TODAY'S EDITORIAL DIGEST.

TEXT: RECENT REVELATIONS THAT VICE PRESIDENT GORE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN CANDID ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN MONEY RAISING ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO COME UNDER SCRUTINY IN THE NATION'S PRESS. MOST OF IT IS UNFAVORABLE TO MR. GORE -- AND PARTLY BECAUSE, UNTIL THESE LATEST REVELATIONS, HE GENERALLY WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MORE HONORABLE AND HONEST MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

TODAY'S PORTLAND PRESS HERALD IN MAINE SUMS IT UP THIS WAY IN AN EDITORIAL HEADLINE, "CHARGES AGAINST [MR.] GORE REQUIRE FULL INQUIRY."

VOICE: "CONTINUING CHARGES OF ABUSE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS BY HIGH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS RENDER SUSPECT ANY FURTHER DELAY IN NAMING A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THEM. IN PARTICULAR, THE ACTIONS OF VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE REQUIRE INVESTIGATION.... AMERICANS ARE GROWING EVER MORE CONCERNED THAT THEIR HIGHEST OFFICIALS ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE LAW. ONLY AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL CAN REASSURE THEM THAT THE LAW IS SUPREME OVER ANY INDIVIDUAL NO MATTER HOW HIGHLY PLACED."

TEXT: THE BALTIMORE SUN, SUGGESTING MR. GORE -- TO USE THE PAPER'S EXPRESSION -- IS "NO LONGER A BOY SCOUT" [A SLANG REFERENCE TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WHO SWEAR AN OATH OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HONESTY], SAYS HE MAY, EVENTUALLY, BE INDICTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES.

VOICE: "'UNSEEMLY' IS THE MOST CHARITABLE WAY TO CHARACTERIZE THESE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES [OF THE VICE PRESIDENT]. THE SCENE BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE OF ROBED BUDDHIST CLERGY CONFESSING TO VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW IN HOLDING A FUND-RAISER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THEIR CALIFORNIA TEMPLE WAS THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT YET FOR CAMPAIGN-FINANCE REFORM."

TEXT: AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SEES THE STRONG POSSIBILITY OF A CONSPIRACY, ORCHESTRATED BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.

VOICE: "WE DON'T FOR A MINUTE BELIEVE ALL THIS STUFF [THE FINANCING PLANS] WAS BORN IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. [ATTORNEY GENERAL]JANET RENO SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO PURSUE AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL INVESTIGATION THAT IGNORES THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONSPIRACY DIRECTED OUT OF THE [PRESIDENT'S] OVAL OFFICE."

TEXT: THE NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE TALKS SEEM TO BE SLOWLY GAINING MOMENTUM, AND THE LOS ANGELES TIMES SAYS "GRADUALISM" IS THE KEY, NOTING:

VOICE: "WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY ON JULY 20 RESTORED A CEASE-FIRE THAT HAS HELD UNTIL NOW.... MO MOWLAN, BRITAIN'S NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY, HAS DECLARED THE CEASE-FIRE GENUINE. AND ... THE I-R-A'S POLITICAL ARM, HAS VOWED UNEQUIVOCAL COMMITMENT TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION.... THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THE MEANING OF WORDS LIKE 'UNITY' AND 'CONSENT' WILL HAVE TO BE CLARIFIED, BUT FOR NOW, WITH THE STRUCTURE SO FRAGILE, THIS APPROACH SEEMS SENSIBLE. RELAX THE TENSIONS, DON'T RUSH HEADLONG TO THE MOST DELICATE PART OF THE PROBLEM."

TEXT: [OPT] IN A RELATED EDITORIAL, THE [NEW YORK] DAILY NEWS APPLAUDS THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO SUSPEND EFFORTS TO DEPORT A BUNCH OF IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY SUPPORTERS FROM NEW YORK WHO, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRISON TERMS FOR TERRORISM, VIOLATED U-S VISA-APPLICATION LAWS, AND WERE TO BE DEPORTED. [END OPT]

FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, COMES SUPPORT FOR A SENATE HEARING ON THE MERITS OF FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR WILLIAM WELD'S QUEST TO BE THE NEXT AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO, A MOVE OPPOSED BY THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIRMAN, JESSE HELMS.

VOICE: "[THE] SENATE'S DEFERENCE TO JESSE HELMS MAKES THE WHOLE BODY LOOK IRRESPONSIBLE.... IF [MR.] HELMS PERSISTS IN HIS RESISTANCE, THE SENATE AS A WHOLE SHOULD BYPASS HIM, ORDER A HEARING AND THEN VOTE ON THE WELD NOMINATION -- AND SUBSEQUENT ONES THAT FALL PREY TO ANY SENATOR'S SIMILAR VETO. IF THE RULES DON'T PERMIT THAT, THE SENATE NEEDS TO RECONSIDER ITS RULES."

TEXT: NEWSDAY NOTES THAT, IN SENATE HEARINGS TO CONFIRM GENERAL HENRY SHELTON AS THE NEXT CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE GENERAL ADMITTED THE PENTAGON DOES NOT HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR THE MISSION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, WHICH THE LONG ISLAND PAPER SAYS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

VOICE: "PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON MUST COME CLEAN [TELL THE TRUTH] ON THIS: HE MUST EITHER MAKE THE CASE FOR TURNING THE MILITARY MISSION TO BOSNIA INTO AN OPEN-ENDED COMMITMENT IN THE PURSUIT OF THE FRAYED DAYTON ACCORD'S GOALS, OR STICK TO A FIRM DEADLINE TO GET OUT OF BOSNIA. [OPT] WHAT'S STARTLING ABOUT [GENERAL] SHELTON'S ADMISSION IS THAT IT IS AT DISTINCT ODDS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S PUBLIC COMMITMENT OVER THE PAST YEAR TO BRING ALL U-S TROOPS BACK HOME NEXT AUGUST -- THOUGH LATELY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS EQUIVOCATED BY HINTING AT A NEW BUT SMALLER PEACEKEEPING MISSION AFTER THE DEADLINE." [END OPT]

TEXT: THE NEW YORK TIMES IS UPSET AT THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S CONTINUED REFUSAL TO RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LAW AND OTHER ABUSES IT APPARENTLY SANCTIONED IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

VOICE: "IT WOULD SEEM SELF-EVIDENT THAT EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORM CONGRESS ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF LAW, ABUSES OF AUTHORITY AND OTHER MISCONDUCT THEY ENCOUNTER AT WORK, EVEN IF THE MISDEEDS INVOLVE CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, INFLUENCED BY THE SECRECY ZEALOTS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, DISAGREES, AND IS DOING ITS BEST TO BLOCK LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AFFIRM AND MAKE EXPLICIT THAT RIGHT. CONGRESS SHOULD INSIST ON THE MEASURE, OVERTURNING A THREATENED PRESIDENTIAL VETO IF NECESSARY.... THE NATURAL TENDENCY OF BUREAUCRACIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE IMMERSED IN SECRECY, IS TO HIDE THEIR MISTAKES AND TO FEAR THE WHISTLE-BLOWER [INSIDE INFORMER] WHO ACTS OUTSIDE NORMAL CHANNELS."

TEXT: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF FORMER CONGOLESE DICTATOR MOBUTU SESE SEKO COMES FROM THE SUN IN BALTIMORE, WHICH LAMENTS:

VOICE: "THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT SOON LIVE DOWN ITS LONG SUPPORT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MORE BRUTAL AND VENAL DICTATORS ... MOBUTU SESE SEKO, WHO DIED SUNDAY ... WHILE IN EXILE IN MOROCCO.... HE LOOTED HIS COUNTRY, THEN WAS DEPOSED, AND NOW IS BARELY MOURNED."

TEXT: AND FINALLY A PLEA FROM THE PORTLAND [MAINE] PRESS HERALD, IN SUPPORT OF A PAKISTANI JOURNALIST, ZAFARYAB AHMED, WHO EXPOSED CHILD LABOR ABUSES ONLY TO FIND HIMSELF ARRESTED IN JUNE OF 1995 ON SUSPICION OF BEING AN INDIAN SECRET SERVICE AGENT.

VOICE: "PAKISTAN WOULD DO WELL ON THIS, ITS 50TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE, TO RE-ESTABLISH ITS CREDENTIALS AS A DEMOCRATIC NATION. ONE WAY IT COULD DO THAT IS UNDERSCORE ITS COMMITMENT TO A FREE PRESS BY DROPPING UNSUBSTANTIATED 'HIGH TREASON' CHARGES AGAINST ONE OF PAKISTAN'S BETTER KNOWN JOURNALISTS ... ZAFARYAB AHMED.... WHERE IS PAKISTAN HEADED AFTER 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE? WHAT HAPPENS TO ZAFARYAB AHMED WILL PROVIDE A CLUE."

TEXT: ON THAT HUMANITARIAN NOTE, WE CONCLUDE THIS BRIEF SAMPLING OF EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM TODAY'S U-S PRESS.
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11-Sep-97 10:59 AM EDT (1459 UTC)
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[12] U-S / BOSNIA RADIO (S) BY REBECCA MCMENAMIN (PENTAGON)

INTRO: THE U-S MILITARY IS SENDING SPECIAL WAR PLANES TO THE BALKAN REGION TO JAM WITH WHAT U-S OFFICIALS SAY ARE INFLAMMATORY RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS BY HARDLINE BOSNIAN SERBS. REBECCA MCMENAMIN HAS THIS REPORT FROM THE PENTAGON.

TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS ARE DISPATCHING THREE SPECIALLY EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT TO BE USED OVER BOSNIA. THE E-C-130 PLANES ARE CAPABLE OF BROADCASTING -- AS WELL AS JAMMING LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION WAVES.

THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE BASED IN BRINDISI, ITALY, ACROSS THE ADRIATIC FROM BOSNIA. THEY ARE SLATED TO BE DEPLOYED AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND'S LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY.

A PENTAGON SPOKESMAN CALLS THE DEPLOYMENT A DIRECT RESPONSE TO A PERSISTENT PATTERN OF VEHEMENT RHETORIC AND INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE BROADCAST BY SERB RADIO AND TELEVISION.

THE MOVE COMES JUST DAYS AFTER AMERICAN OFFICIALS CHARGED THAT HARDLINE BOSNIAN SERBS, LOYAL TO INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC, HAD FAILED TO SCALE BACK THEIR ANTI-NATO AND ANTI-DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS RHETORIC, AS AGREED EARLIER. (SIGNED)
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11-Sep-97 11:11 AM EDT (1511 UTC)
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