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Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 01:02:15 CDT
From: Mary Jacobs <U45301@uicvm.uic.edu>
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Subject: CLINTON TEXT: MEETING WITH BORIS YELTSIN

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GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON ON MEETING WITH BORIS YELTSIN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
JUNE 18, 1992

I just had a very good meeting with President Yeltsin in which we
reviewed his trip. I told him I thought his address to the
Congress yesterday was magnificent and I hoped that it would help
to make the case to pass the support package in Congress.

As you know, I have been a consistent and strong supporter of the
aid package. I think that he has made an incredible effort here
to reach out to the United States. The arms control agreement is
very, very good for this country and was embraced at some risk to
him and his country and I think that after he goes to Kansas
today and speaks to the American heartland and then leaves our
country, we should join ranks across party lines to pass this
package. It is very much in the interest of the United States to
do that.

I think this man represents a fundamental departure from anything
we have ever seen in Russia -- a spirit of real democracy, real
change, a real grass-roots commitment to market economics. And I
think we have a very great interest in seeing that that
experiment succeeds and becomes permanent and irreversible. I
don't think that is the case today and I think we need to support
the effort.

So, that is what we discussed. It was a very lively and energetic
discussion. There was, I can tell you, there was no discussion of
American domestic politics in any way. So, I felt good about it.

























                       QUESTION AND ANSWER
         GOVERNOR CLINTON ON MEETING WITH BORIS YELTSIN
                        WASHINGTON, D.C.
                          JUNE 18, 1992


HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCE FROM GEORGE BUSH'S
PROPOSAL?


Well, as you know, the foreign policy speech I gave in New York
several weeks ago recommended an aid package very much like the
one he proposed to the Congress. While President Yeltsin is here,
I think I should say that there is no substantial difference on
my support for the arms control agreement or my support for the
aid package.

There is only one aid package in the Congress now and I think we
should just all support it -- get it out there as quick we can.


DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A LINK TO AID AND THE LINK TOWARD THE
REFUGEES AND THE POW'S THAT PRESIDENT YELTSIN HAS RAISED HERE?

I do not because we have no reason to believe that he will not
proceed in complete good faith on that. We would not even know
about that issue had he not raised it. So, I agree with what
Senator McCain said yesterday after hearing President Yeltsin. I
think the package should proceed.

Thank you very much.