Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search
File: 950901_95923762.txtJULY 30 MEDIA REACTION -- VISA CEILINGS FOR FOREIGN ARTISTS, MOSCOW SUMMIT, KUWAITI OIL FIRES 1. AN EDITORIAL IN THE JULY 30 LIBERAL TORONTO STAR TAKES AIM AT VISA CEILINGS PROPOSED FOR FOREIGN ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS VISITING THE US, CONTRASTING CALLS BY USTR HILLS FOR FREE MARKETS IN PERFORMING ARTS WITH REGULATIONS IN THE 1990 IMMIGRATION ACT WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE STAR, ARE PREMISED ON THE BELIEF "THAT AMERICANS SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO MORE THAN 25,000 LIVE PERFORMERS FROM FOREIGN CULTURES EACH YEAR. THAT'S THE ANNUAL WORLDWIDE QUOTA THE US WOULD SET ON VISAS FOR ATHLETES, ARTISTS AND TECHNICIANS. IT WOULD BE A REAL SHAME IF WASHINGTON FORCED EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER BARBARA MCDOUGALL TO CARRY OUT HER RECENT THREAT TO IMPOSE RECIPROCAL MEASURES ON ATHLETES AND ARTISTS FROM THE US." 2. AN OP-ED COLUMN IN THE SAME PAP\R BY THE STAR'S LONDON CORRESPONDENT RICHARD GWYN ARGUES THAT, DURING THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, PRESIDENT BUSH WILL DISCOVER "THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS NOW NOT SOVIET, NOR IS IT A UNION. JUST WHAT THIS COUNTRY NOW IS, AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE CALLED, IS HARDER AND HARDER TO KNOW." STILL, GWYN ACKNOWLEDGES, "BUSH HAS GOOD REASONS FOR TREATING THE SOVIET UNION AS IF IT STILL IS A SINGLE COUNTRY AND SO, EVEN WHILE NO LONGER A SUPERPOWER, STILL ABLE TO PLAY A CRITICAL PART IN HELPING HIM TO BUILD HIS 'NEW WORLD ORDER.'" 3. AN EDITORIAL IN THE LIBERAL MONTREAL GAZETTE, ENTITLED, "THE OTHER WAR IN THE GULF," LOOKS AT THE NEED TO EXTINQUISH OIL FIRES STILL RAGING IN KUWAIT AND ARGUES THAT "THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD RALLY TO THIS CHALLENGE WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM SHOWN IN THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ. THE FIRES...ARE CAUSING UNDENIABLE DAMAGE TO THE GULF ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH OF KUWAITIS...GIVEN THE FIRES' POTENTIALLY HUGE IMPACT, IT IS DISTURBING TO HEAR THAT THE US GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WITHHOLDING DATA GATHERED BY ITS SCIENTISTS. THIS MONTH'S SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN REPORTS THAT GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS WERE ORDERED NOT TO DISCUSS THE FIRES. MOTIVES FOR THE SECRECY ARE UNCLEAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THE UNITED STAT\S IS WORRIED IN PART BECAUSE THE FINDINGS SHOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE BEGAN WITH ALLIED BOMBING OF IRAQI OIL FACILITIES." PENDERGRAST NEY ADMIN BT #5057 INFODATE: 0 Filename:95923762 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 23762 GENDATE: 950629 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX811 MCN = 91211/33294 TOR = 912112021 OTTUZYUW RUEKJCS5057 2112022-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER O 302022Z JUL 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL RUEOACC/CDRPSYOP GP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUCIAEA/FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH//SCIR// RUEALGX/SAFE O 302021Z JUL 91 FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA TO RUEHFO/USINFO WASHDC IMMEDIATE INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4335 RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC RUEATRS/DEPT-OF TREASURY WASHDC RUCPDC/USDOC WASHDC RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC RUVESLA/HQ USSPACECOM PETERSON AFB CO//POLAD 0028 RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE RUEADWW/THE WHITE HOUSE RUEHGA/AMCONSUL CALGARY 4365 RUEHHA/AMCONSUL HALIFAX 9092 RUEHQU/AMCONSUL QUEBEC 0063 RUEHMT/AMCONSUL MONTREAL 4768 RUEHON/AMCONSUL TORONTO 0856 RUEHVC/AMCONSUL VANCOUVER 5352 RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 2018 BT CONTROLS UNCLAS OTTAWA 05057 USIA AGENCY FOR P/M (INFO P/R); P/GF; P/FW; P/FN; VOA/BXN; P/PFE; EU; B/TVWPA (BPADDEN) STATE FOR EUR/CAN; EUR/PA STATE PASS USTR WHITE HOUSE PASS NSC/WEUROPE E.O. 12356 N/A BODY TAGS: ECPS, PREL, CA, ETRD, MX, CY SUBJECT: JULY 30 MEDIA REACTION -- VISA CEILINGS FOR FOREIGN ARTISTS, MOSCOW SUMMIT, KUWAITI OIL FIRES 1. AN EDITORIAL IN THE JULY 30 LIBERAL TORONTO STAR TAKES AIM AT VISA CEILINGS PROPOSED FOR FOREIGN ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS VISITING THE US, CONTRASTING CALLS BY USTR HILLS FOR FREE MARKETS IN PERFORMING ARTS WITH REGULATIONS IN THE 1990 IMMIGRATION ACT WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE STAR, ARE PREMISED ON THE BELIEF "THAT AMERICANS SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO MORE THAN 25,000 LIVE PERFORMERS FROM FOREIGN CULTURES EACH YEAR. THAT'S THE ANNUAL WORLDWIDE QUOTA THE US WOULD SET ON VISAS FOR ATHLETES, ARTISTS AND TECHNICIANS. IT WOULD BE A REAL SHAME IF WASHINGTON FORCED EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER BARBARA MCDOUGALL TO CARRY OUT HER RECENT THREAT TO IMPOSE RECIPROCAL MEASURES ON ATHLETES AND ARTISTS FROM THE US." 2. AN OP-ED COLUMN IN THE SAME PAP\R BY THE STAR'S LONDON CORRESPONDENT RICHARD GWYN ARGUES THAT, DURING THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, PRESIDENT BUSH WILL DISCOVER "THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS NOW NOT SOVIET, NOR IS IT A UNION. JUST WHAT THIS COUNTRY NOW IS, AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE CALLED, IS HARDER AND HARDER TO KNOW." STILL, GWYN ACKNOWLEDGES, "BUSH HAS GOOD REASONS FOR TREATING THE SOVIET UNION AS IF IT STILL IS A SINGLE COUNTRY AND SO, EVEN WHILE NO LONGER A SUPERPOWER, STILL ABLE TO PLAY A CRITICAL PART IN HELPING HIM TO BUILD HIS 'NEW WORLD ORDER.'" 3. AN EDITORIAL IN THE LIBERAL MONTREAL GAZETTE, ENTITLED, "THE OTHER WAR IN THE GULF," LOOKS AT THE NEED TO EXTINQUISH OIL FIRES STILL RAGING IN KUWAIT AND ARGUES THAT "THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD RALLY TO THIS CHALLENGE WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM SHOWN IN THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ. THE FIRES...ARE CAUSING UNDENIABLE DAMAGE TO THE GULF ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH OF KUWAITIS...GIVEN THE FIRES' POTENTIALLY HUGE IMPACT, IT IS DISTURBING TO HEAR THAT THE US GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WITHHOLDING DATA GATHERED BY ITS SCIENTISTS. THIS MONTH'S SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN REPORTS THAT GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS WERE ORDERED NOT TO DISCUSS THE FIRES. MOTIVES FOR THE SECRECY ARE UNCLEAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THE UNITED STAT\S IS WORRIED IN PART BECAUSE THE FINDINGS SHOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE BEGAN WITH ALLIED BOMBING OF IRAQI OIL FACILITIES." PENDERGRAST NEY ADMIN BT #5057 INFODATE: 0
Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search