Subject: CLINTON - CILLER (S) BY DAVID BORGIDA/WHITE HOUSE
Topic: voa
From: yanni@ix.netcom.com (Ioannis Bousnakis)
 
DATE=4/19/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-177241
TITLE=CLINTON - CILLER (S)
BYLINE=DAVID BORGIDA
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TANSU CILLER IS ASSURING PRESIDENT
CLINTON THAT TURKISH TROOPS WILL SOON BE COMPLETELY WITHDRAWN 
FROM NORTHERN IRAQ, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING KURDISH REBELS 
FOR A MONTH.  SHE GAVE THE PRESIDENT NO SPECIFIC TIMETABLE FOR 
COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL, ARGUING THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO TROOPS 
CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR REBELS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND CAVES OF 
NORTHERN IRAQ.  WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DAVID BORGIDA REPORTS 
SHE MADE HER CASE TO A SYMPATHETIC PRESIDENT CLINTON.

TEXT:  WITH ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE TURKISH TROOPS WHO TOOK PART
IN THE INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ ALREADY WITHDRAWN, THE 
TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ASSURED PRESIDENT CLINTON AT A WHITE HOUSE
MEETING THE OPERATION WOULD SOON BE OVER. 

                        ///CILLER ACT///

         WE ARE THERE ONLY FOR A LIMITED TIME.  WE HAVE GOTTEN A 
         HOLD OF THE BASES THAT WE WANTED TO DO.  THE MAJORITY OF
         THE JOB IS DONE AND OVER WITH.  THE WITHDRAWAL WILL BE 
         VERY SOON.

                          ///END ACT///

U-S ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD HOLBROOKE TOLD REPORTERS
AFTER THE CILLER-CLINTON MEETING "VERY SOON" MEANT IN A MATTER OF
WEEKS. 

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE 
INCURSION AND ITS IMPACT ON CIVILIANS.  BUT MR. HOLBROOKE SAYS 
THE KURDISH REBELS, KNOWN AS THE P-K-K, ARE A TERRORIST GROUP, 
AND HE SAID THE TURKISH ACTION IS  NOT  A VIOLATION OF 
INTERNATIONAL LAW.  HE UNDERSCORED TURKEY'S STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE 
TO U-S NATIONAL INTERESTS.

FOR HIS PART, PRESIDENT CLINTON CALLED TURKEY A VALUED AND 
IMPORTANT  ALLY, AND SAID IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP 
INTO THE FUTURE, EACH SIDE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND EACH 
OTHER'S PROBLEMS. (SIGNED)

NEB/BORG/MMK

19-Apr-95 12:53 PM EDT (1653 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America