[PEN-L:1379] Re: Czar Camdessus: who elected him?

[Bill Rosenberg <w.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The article Tom Walker posted -

> IMF warns Russia of "disaster" if reforms are rolled back
> Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:33:34 PDT
> Copyright 1998 by Agence France-Presse

said

>    At the same briefing, US national security adviser Sandy Berger
> said Washington and other Western nations will continue to support
> and cooperate with Russia in its economic crisis if Moscow keeps on
> the path toward reform, a top US official said Friday.
>    "The Russian people should know that, particularly in times of
> difficulty, the United States and the West will not turn away from
> cooperation," Berger said.

This is a senior security adviser talking, reinforcing the Deputy
Treasury Secretary (Summers) who would presumably be the normal
sender of such messages. Should this be taken as a threat that if
those economic policies are not followed, non-economic action (covert
or military) will be taken in addition to economic?

Bill



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