CONGRESS-TURKEY (S ONLY) BY PAULA WOLFSON/CONGRESS
DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181233
TITLE=CONGRESS-TURKEY (S ONLY)
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=CONGRESS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
*FYI -- THE CUTS INVOLVED ONLY ECONOMIC AID. MILITARY AID WAS
NOT TOUCHED.
INTRO: THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS VOTED TO SLASH
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY. V-O-A'S PAULA WOLFSON REPORTS
LAWMAKERS APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN AID BUDGET TO
REDUCE THE ALLOTMENT FOR TURKEY FROM 46 MILLION DOLLARS TO 21
MILLION.
TEXT: THE LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO THE BILL BY REPUBLICAN JOHN
PORTER OF ILLINOIS. HE SAYS THE UNITED STATES MUST SEND A
MESSAGE TO TURKEY THAT ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD -- PARTICULARLY
REGARDING ITS KURDISH MINORITY -- IS UNACCEPTABLE.
////PORTER ACT////
NO FRIEND -- A TRUE FRIEND -- STANDS ASIDE WHILE HIS
FRIEND IS VIOLENTLY ABUSING HIS FAMILY.
///END ACT////
BUT OTHER LAWMAKERS SAY A CUT IN AID SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.
REPUBLICAN ROBERT LIVINGSTON OF LOUISIANA ARGUES TURKEY IS WORTHY
OF U-S ASSISTANCE.
////LIVINGSTON ACTUALITY///
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS WELL INTENTIONED AS THE
AMENDMENT MAY BE, IT FIDDLES (TINKERS) DANGEROUSLY WITH
A U-S STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH ONE OF OUR NATO ALLIES AND
IT SHOULD BE REJECTED.
///END ACTUALITY////
MR. LIVINGSTON SAYS TURKEY IS IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF
THE ALLIANCE, HELPS CONTAIN IRAQ AND -- DESPITE ITS PROBLEMS --
IT IS A SECULAR DEMOCRACY WITH A FREE-MARKET ECONOMY. (SIGNED)
NEB / KK / WOD
29-Jun-95 7:07 AM EDT (1107 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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