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PARIS -- FRIDAY APRIL 8, 1994
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
THE UNPRECEDENTED PRIME-TIME "ALL AGAINST AIDS ° GALA
BROADCAST SIMULTANEOUSLY ON FRANCE'S SIX NATIONWIDE TV
NETWORKS LAST NIGHT MAKES THE HEADLINES IN THE PRESS
THIS MORNING. ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITIES JOINED
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, SCIENTISTS AND AIDS VICTIMS IN THE
PROGRAM.
ANOTHER LEAD STORY IS THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STRIKE
WHICH PARALYZED THE PARIS REGION YESTERDAY WITH TRAINS,
BUSES AND METROS BARELY FUNCTIONING AND ROAD TRAFFIC
CRAWLING IN 300 KILOMETERS (188 MILES) OF TRAFFIC JAMS.
A THIRD MAJOR DOMESTIC STORY, THE SUICIDE OF FRANCOIS DE
GROSSOUVRE, A 76-YEAR-OLD FRIEND AND AIDE TO PRESIDENT
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FRANCOIS MITTERRAND, AT HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELYSEE PALACE
OFFICE YESTERDAY. THE ELYSEE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING
THAT THE POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING.
PRIME MINISTER EDOUARD BALLADUR'S OFFICIAL VISIT TO
CHINA IS STILL A MAJOR STORY. THE PRESS REPORTS THAT
THE FRENCH AND CHINESE PRIME MINISTERS ADDRESSED THE
HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTION FOR 20 MINUTES YESTERDAY. THE
VISIT IS PRIMARILY POLITICAL, COMMENTATORS REPORT,
EXPLAINING THAT ITS AIM IS THE "NORMALIZATION" OF
FRANCO-CHINESE RELATIONS.
THE DEATHS OF RWANDA'S AND BURUNDI'S PRESIDENTS IN A
PLANE CRASH ON WEDNESDAY IS A MAJOR FOREIGN STORY.
COMMENTATORS EXPECT INCREASED "PASSIONS" IN THE TWO
COUNTRIES; LE MONDE SPEAKS OF THE RISK OF "A NEW
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY;" LE FIGARO OF A RISK OF "ETHNIC
MASSACRES AND CIVIL WAR."
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SOUTH AFRICA IS ALSO IN THE NEWS, AS A QUADRI-PARTITE
SUMMIT WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY WITH PRESIDENT DE KLERK,
ANC LEADER MANDELA, ZULU LEADER BUTHELEZI AND ZULU KING
GOODWILL. CATHOLIC LA CROIX SPEAKS OF "THE SUMMIT OF
THE LAST CHANCE."
BOSNIA IS STILL IN THE NEWS. FOCUS IS ON THE SITUATION
IN THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE. SPEAKING TO
JOURNALISTS YESTERDAY, FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER FRANCOIS
LEOTARD SAID HE WAS IN FAVOR OF USING FORCE TO HALT THE
SERBIAN AGGRESSION IN GORAZDE. AIR STRIKES ARE
"TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE IF WEATHER CONDITIONS ALLOW" THEM,
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HE SAID, ADDING THAT "POLITICAL WILL" WAS THE ONLY THING
NEEDED (AFP QUOTES). MFA SPOKESMAN RICHARD DUQUE SAID
YESTERDAY: "NATO FORCES ARE IN PLACE. IT IS UP TO
UNPROFOR TO DECIDE WHETHER IT IS OPPORTUNE FOR IT TO
CALL FOR (NATO) AIRPLANES" TO DEFEND THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE
(AFP).
THE ECONOMIC PRESS DEVOTES WIDE COVERAGE TO THE
COMPROMISE REACHED IN GENEVA YESTERDAY ON THE "SOCIAL
CLAUSE" ON GATT. LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS MAKE THEIR
FRONT-PAGE HEADLINES WITH THIS STORY. ALL COMMENTATORS
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STRESS THAT THIS COMPROMISE WILL PREVENT THE APRIL 12-15
MARRAKESH MEETING FROM BECOMING "A NORTH-SOUTH
CONFRONTATION." WHILE LA TRIBUNE SPEAKS OF "A RETREAT"
FOR PARIS AND WASHINGTON, WHICH HAD STRONGLY ADVOCATED
THE INCLUSION OF A SOCIAL CLAUSE IN THE MINISTERIAL
DECLARATION, LIBERATION SAYS THAT THE COMPROMISE
REACHED--A "VERY DIPLOMATIC. SOLUTION"--ALLOWS ALL TO
"SAVE FACE.°
STILL ON GATT, LE FIGARO'S FIG-ECO REPORTS ON THE U.S.EUROPEAN DISPUTE ON THE AUDIOVISUAL, SPEAKING OF "A
CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATION" BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND
AMERICANS.
LIBERATION REPORTS ON THE "GREEN BOOK" ON AUDIOVISUAL
WHICH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ADOPTED ON WEDNESDAY, AND
ITS CALL FOR "AUDIOVISUAL RESISTANCE" TO THE PENETRATION
OF U.S. AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTS IN THE EU MARKET.
(B) STORIES COVERED IN REPORT:
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1. AFRICA: RWANDA-BURUNDI; SOUTH AFRICA
2. NORTH KOREA
3. RUSSIA
4. GATT
(C) HEADLINES:
AFRICA:
"CHAOS IN RWANDA" (LE FIGARO-FRONT PAGE)
"A GUNPOWDER KEG" (LE MONDE-FRONT PAGE)
"CIVIL WAR IN KIGALI" (LE QUOTIDIEN-PAGE 15)
"THE BUTHELEZI DANGER" (LA CROIX-PAGE 3)
"A ZULU HEADACHE" (LE FIGARO-PAGE 3)
"THE ZULUS: THE FINAL OBSTACLE" (LE QUOTIDIEN-PAGE 16)
GATT:
"COMPROMISE ON THE SOCIAL CLAUSE" (LE FIG-ECO-PAGE 3)
"CONFLICTING INTERPRETATIONS BY EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS"
(LE FIG-ECO-BACK PAGE)
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"NORTH-SOUTH COMPROMISE ON THE SOCIAL CLAUSE IN GATT"
(LES ECHOS-FRONT PAGE)
"THE SOCIAL CLAUSE IS POSTPONED" (LA TRIBUNE-FRONT PAGE)
(D) SUPPORTING TEXT:
1. AFRICA:
A--RWANDA-BURUNDI:
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INFLUENTIAL LE MONDE FRONT-PAGE UNATTRIBUTED EDITORIAL:
..THE GREAT LAKES REGION, CALLED 'A GUNPOWDER KEG'
SINCE THE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MASSACRES IN BURUNDI,
DESERVES MORE THAN EVER THIS SAD NAME. IN THE TWO
COUNTRIES (BURUNDI AND RWANDA), DISPLACED
POPULATIONS...MAY INCREASE THE RISKS OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE.
HUTU AND TUTSI EXTREMISTS MAY TRY TO BENEFIT FROM THE
FEARS IN EACH COMMUNITY."
PHILIPPE GELIE IN CONSERVATIVE LE FIGARO: "...TODAY THE
PEACE PROCESS SEEMS JEOPARDIZED: THE ASSASSINATION OF
THE (RWANDAN) PRESIDENT MAY TRIGGER PASSIONS, AT A
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MOMENT WHEN HUTU NATIONALISM SEEMS TEMPTED TO IMPLEMENT
A 'RADICAL' SOLUTION TO THE TUTSI QUESTION."
B--SOUTH AFRICA:
CONSERVATIVE LE FIGARO'S JOHANNESBURG CORRESPONDENT
CAROLINE DUMAY: "...IF THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT
REFUSES TO GIVE IN TO BUTHELEZI (RECOGNITION OF THE ZULU
KINGDOM), WILL THE ZULUS RESORT TO THEIR WEAPONS AS THEY
PROMISE THEY WILL DO? NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHO WILL
FOLLOW THE INKHATA LEADER. NELSON MANDELA IS MORE
POPULAR THAN BUTHELEZI IN NATAL, AND AT LEAST HALF OF
THE ZULUS BELONG TO THE RANKS OF THE ANC. BUT THE
PARTISANS OF (BUTHELEZI'S) INKHATA FREEDOM PARTY HAVE
ALREADY SHOWN THEY CAN KILL."
HENRI VERNET IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN: "...THE
ONLY WEAK HOPE IS THAT THE FOUR LEADERS WILL PERHAPS
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FIND A COMPROMISE TODAY. BUT MUCH WILL HAVE TO BE
CONCEDED TO THE ZULUS--PROBABLY THE POSTPONMENT OF
REGIONAL ELECTIONS, AND THE GUARANTEE OF A REFORM OF THE
CONSTITUTION-- , WITH ONLY DEFENSE AND FOREIGN POLICY
REMAINING IN THE HANDS OF THE CENTRAL POWER, THUS THE
ANC. ARE FREDERIK DE KLERK, AND ABOVE ALL NELSON
MANDELA READY FOR SUCH A SACRIFICE?"
MARIA MALAGARDIS IN CATHOLIC LA CROIX: "THIS IS THE
LAST-CHANCE SUMMIT IN ORDER TO AVOID INCREASED
CONFRONTATION, EVEN A GENERAL EXPLOSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
BEFORE THE APRIL 27 ELECTIONS."
2. NORTH KOREA:
PATRICK WASJMAN AUTHORS AN OP-ED PIECE IN CONSERVATIVE
LE FIGARO: "...THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME IS DETESTABLE.
ONE DAY OR ANOTHER, IT WILL DISAPPEAR JUST LIKE MOST
COMMUNIST REGIMES WHICH ONE THOUGHT WERE ETERNAL.
HOWEVER, THIS CRISIS MUSTN'T BE HANDLED WITH
BRUTALITY.... FOR THE TIME BEING, IT WOULD BE WISE FOR
THE U.S. TO:
-CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE DEFENSIVE SYSTEM OF ITS SOUTH
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KOREAN ALLY, BUT WITHOUT ANNOUNCING IT.
-CONVINCE BEIJING TO BRING PYONGYANG BACK TO REASON.
AFTER ALL, THE CHINESE HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED THIS ZONE
AS BELONGING TO THEIR AREA OF INFLUENCE.
-SECRETLY GET IN TOUCH WITH NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS AND
CLEARLY EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WASHINGTON REMAINS OPEN TO
A GENEROUS COMPROMISE; THAT THIS COMPROMISE IMPLIES
PYONGYANG'S RENUNCIATION OF ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL; AND
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THAT THE NUMBER ONE WORLD POWER WILL NOT LET ITSELF BE
INTIMIDATED BY A DICTATORSHIP....
WHEN A CRISIS IS VERY SERIOUS, AND WHEN A SINGLE MISTAKE
CAN HAVE INCALCULABLE CONSEQUENCES, SECRET DIPLOMACY IS
OFTEN GOOD, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR CONCESSIONS NOT TO BE
MADE INTO HUMILIATIONS. IN THE PAST, NIXON AND
KISSINGER USED IT (SECRET DIPLOMACY), IN A SUCCESSFUL
WAY. WHO REMEMBERS THAT IN 1970 THE WHITE HOUSE MANAGED
TO CONVINCE THE SOVIETS TO DISCREETLY DISMANTLE THE
NUCLEAR SUBMARINE BASE THEY WERE BUILDING IN CIENFUEGOS,
CUBA? THE PRESS DID NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.°
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ECONOMIC LES ECHOS BACK-PAGE UNSIGNED EDITORIAL:
"...RUSSIA'S DESIRE NOT TO HAVE ITS MILITARY COOPERATION
WITH NATO PLACED ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THAT OF COUNTRIES
LIKE ALBANIA OR MOLDOVA IS PROBABLY JUSTIFIED. IT IS
ALSO PROBABLY JUSTIFIED THAT THE SIXTEEN NATO COUNTRIES
RESERVE FOR RUSSIA A RANK WHICH IS CONMESURATE.WITH ITS
AMBITIONS INSIDE THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM.
NOTHING WOULD BE WORSE FOR THE WEST THAN TO HUMILIATE
THE RUSSIANS AND DESTABILIZE BORIS YELTSIN. HOWEVER, IT
WOULD BE DANGEROUS FOR THE WEST TO DEAL WITH RUSSIA AS
IT USED TO DEAL WITH THE USSR. IT IT TIME TO TELL THAT
COUNTRY THAT ITS AREA OF INFLUENCE NOW STOPS ON ITS
WESTERN BORDERS."
IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN, PAUL CAMBON COMMENTS ON
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS' "CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS" ABOUT
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THEIR INTENTION TO JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE
PROGRAM: "...WESTERN DIPLOMATS IN MOSCOW PUT FORWARD A
SURPRISING HYPOTHESIS TO ACCOUNT FOR MOSCOW'S
HESITATIONS (ON PFP). ACCORDING TO THEM, THE RUSSIANS
ARE IRRITATED NOT TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE JUNE 6 DDAY CEREMONIES, AND ARE THUS EXERTING SUBTLE PRESSURE SO
THAT RUSSIAN OFFICIALS WILL FINALLY BE INVITED TO
NORMANDY. BE IT ONLY SYMBOLICALLY."
4. GATT:
NICOLAS BEYTOUT ON RADIO RTL THIS MORNING: "...IT
(SOCIAL CLAUSE) IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE, WHICH IS FAR FROM
RESOLVED. IT WAS JUST PUT IN PARENTHESIS BY GATT
COUNTRIES YESTERDAY. SOMETIMES, DIPLOMATS' WISDOM SUITS
THE ECONOMY."
FRANCOIS ROCHE AUTHORS AN EDITORIAL ON THE BACK PAGE OF
FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE: "...TO INTRODUCE A SOCIAL CLAUSE
INTO INTERNATIONAL TRADE TALKS IS TO RUN THE RISK OF A
DOUBLE DRIFT: THAT OF AN ABUSIVE USE OF THE CLAUSE IN
ORDER TO PROTECT ONE'S BORDERS; AND THAT OF A
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ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES CONCERNED BY LOW SALARIES AND
LACK OF SOCIAL GUARANTEES -- WHEN ONE WANTS TO SELL
BEIJING NUCLEAR PLANTS, PLANES OR WEAPONS? THIS
EXPLAINS WHY THE LEADERS OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS,
DESPITE THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS, ARE VERY CAUTIOUS ON
THIS QUESTION.... THE U.S. AND FRENCH RETREAT (THE
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SOCIAL CLAUSE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE MINISTERIAL
DECLARATION) IS EASILY ACCOUNTED FOR. AND ONE BETS THAT
THE TALKS ON THE SUBJECT, IN THE FUTURE WTO FRAMEWORK,
WILL BE MODELS OF LINGUISTIC CONTORSION. CHINESE,
PAKISTANI, MADAGASCAN AND SRI-LANKAN WORKERS WILL NOT BE
BETTER PAID, AND PROTECTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE."
MARC DEGER AND DANIEL VIGNERON REPORT FROM GENEVA IN LA
TRIBUNE: "THE U.S. AND FRANCE, WHICH HAD DEVOTED
INSTENSE DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY FOR INCLUDING A SOCIAL
CLAUSE INTO THE MINISTERIAL DECLARATION, HAVE NOT
WON.... BUT THE DOOR IS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED. BUT THE
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TRADE ORGANIZATION). THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL HAVE TO
FIGHT IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THIS QUESTION INTO THE WTO'S
MANDATE."
CATHERINE CHATIGNOUX IN ECONOMIC LES ECHOS: "...FINALLY,
A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD VERSION WAS ADOPTED (BY GATT
COUNTRIES) IN GENEVA YESTERDAY, IN AN EFFORT NOT TO CAST
A SHADOW ON THE SIGNING CEREMONY NEXT WEEK IN
MARRAKESH.... THE SOLUTION ADOPTED YESTERDAY WILL
PREVENT THE MARRAKESH MEETING FROM BECOMING A NEW
DIPLOMATIC BATTLEFIELD. COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA ALREADY
HAVE A HARD TIME CONVINCING A RELUCTANT PUBLIC OF THE
BENEFITS THAT IT WILL DRAW FROM THE URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
ACCORDS. TOO CONSTRAINING A SOCIAL CLAUSE WOULD HAVE
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BEEN INTERPRETED (BY LDC'S) AS A REAL DECLARATION OF WAR
BY THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, THE SOLUTION ADOPTED
REMAINS FORMAL, AND THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED. IT MAY
EVEN PIT THE NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH, BUT DIVIDE
NORTHERN COUNTRIES."
LE FIG-ECO GENEVA CORRESPONDENT LAURENT MOSSU: "...IN A
WAY TO CALM THINGS DOWN, THE U.S. AND FRANCE HAVE GIVEN
UP THEIR DEMANDS FOR FORMALLY INCLUDING THE SOCIAL
CLAUSE INTO THE DOCUMENTS SIGNED IN MARRAKESH. IN ORDER
TO PREVENT THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE FROM BECOMING A
VIRULENT NORTH-SOUTH CONFRONTATION, A DIPLOMATIC
SOLUTION HAS BEEN WORKED OUT IN GENEVA.... IT REMAINS
THAT THE MINISTERS WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE
INTERESTED. GERARD LONGUET AND HIS U.S. COUNTERPART
MICKEY KANTOR WILL UNDOUBTEDLY USE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND
TRY TO PUSH THEIR MESSAGE (ON LABOR STANDARDS) ALONG."
LE FIG-ECO BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT BAUDOUIN BOLLAERT:
"ONE WEEK BEFORE THE OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE URUGUAY
ROUND ACCORDS IN MARRAKESH, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
REACTED WITH MODERATION AND VIGILANCE TO THE ANNUAL
REPORT BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (ON TRADE
BARRIERS). THE (EUROPEAN) MODERATE REACTION IS
JUSTIFIED BY SEVERAL REASONS: FIRST BECAUSE THE REPORT
IS ALWAYS PUBLISHED BEFORE MARCH 31. THERE IS THUS NO
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ATTEMPT AT INTIMIDATION ON THE PART OF WASHINGTON, A FEW
DAYS BEFORE THE MARRAKESH CONFERENCE; RATHER, IT IS 'AN
ORDINARY EVENT' AND A COINCIDENCE OF DATES. ON THE
OTHER HAND, ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSION SPOKESMAN, THE
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1994 REPORT IS 'MUCH BETTER' FOR THE TWELVE EU COUNTRIES
THAN THAT OF LAST YEAR.... FINALLY, BECAUSE THERE IS A
'DIALOGUE' BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND THE TWELVE....
HOWEVER, EU AUTHORITIES REMAIN CONCERNED BY THE
UNILATERAL SANCTIONS WHICH WASHINGTON MAY DECIDE TO
IMPOSE ON THE EU IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLES 301 AND
SUPER 301 OF ITS TRADE LEGISLATION."
BLANDINE HENNION IN INFLUENTIAL LIBERATION: "...THE
COMPROMISE REACHED YESTERDAY ALLOWS ALL (GATT COUNTRIES)
TO SAVE FACE. AS THEY WANTED, THE POOREST COUNTRIES
DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A FINAL TEXT WHICH INCLUDES A
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REFERENCE (TO SOCIAL STANDARDS). FRANCE AND THE U.S.
CAN BE SATISFIED FOR HAVING PUSHED THIS IDEA (SOCIAL
CLAUSE) FORWARD."
LIBERATION'S BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT JEAN QUATREMER
REPORTS ON THE EU "GREEN BOOK" ON AUDIOVISUAL: "EUROPE
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HAS ONLY A FEW YEARS LEFT TO PREVENT ITS AUDIOVISUAL
SECTOR FROM BECOMING A U.S. SUBSIDIARY. IN THE 'GREEN
BOOK' WHICH IT ADOPTED WEDNESDAY, THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION IS CALLING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REAL
INDUSTRIAL POLICY BASED ON SUBSIDIES AND WELL-UNDERSTOOD
PROTECTIONISM.... AT A TIME WHEN THE UNION HAS 18
MILLION UNEMPLOYED, ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS CALL FOR
MOBILIZATION AGAINST THE YANKEE INVADER IS NOT ONLY THE
RESULT OF ILL-PLACED EUROPEAN PRIDE." KORENGOLD
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