DATE=12/14/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-224105

TITLE=U-N /IRAQ (L)

BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON

DATELINE=WASHINGTON

CONTENT=

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INTRO:  HIGH-LEVEL TALKS ARE UNDERWAY IN BAGHDAD ON THE FATE OF 

U-N ARMS INSPECTIONS.  THE CHIEF U-N INSPECTOR SAYS HE MUST HAVE 

ANSWERS FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY THURSDAY.  CORRESPONDENT 

PAULA WOLFSON REPORTS RICHARD BUTLER SAYS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL 

BE CRITICAL.



TEXT:  MR. BUTLER SAYS THE U-N POSITION IN THE TALKS IS FIRM.



                       /// BUTLER ACT ///



         WE MUST HAVE ACCESS IF WE ARE GOING TO FIND THOSE 

         WEAPONS, GET RID OF THEM, AND HELP IRAQ OUT OF THIS HOLE

         IN WHICH IT HAS PUT ITSELF.



                         /// END ACT ///



IRAQ IS WITHHOLDING ACCESS TO KEY SITES, ON NATIONAL SECURITY 

GROUNDS.  THE SITES INCLUDE DOZENS OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACES.  MR. 

BUTLER SAYS HE BELIEVES A SOLUTION IS WITHIN REACH.



                       /// BUTLER ACT ///



         THIS IS A DEFINING MOMENT.  AND I GUESS WE WILL HAVE A 

         CLEARER IDEA OF THE ANSWER IN THE NEXT 48-HOURS.  I HOPE

         AND PRAY IT IS A GOOD AND POSITIVE ONE.



                         /// END ACT ///



THE CHIEF U-N ARMS INSPECTOR WAS INTERVIEWED ON AMERICAN 

TELEVISION JUST HOURS BEFORE AN INITIAL MEETING IN BAGHDAD WITH 

IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ.  THEY PLAN TO MEET AGAIN 

MONDAY.   (SIGNED)



NEB/RAE



14-Dec-97 1:41 PM EST (1841 UTC)

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Source: Voice of America

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