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TRANSCRIPT B GUS O'DONNELL/FRANCIS CORNI SH/MARK PELLEW
LONDON BACKGROUND BRIEFING -
22 FEBRUARY 1993
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economic reform programmes, what sort of constraints there might
be. Might the reform process stop? How can we help it without committing vast amounts of money to what might end up being a
failed experiment?
HELLA FICK (THE GUARDIAN):
What
You said that Bosnia, ex-Yugoslavia, would be on the agenda.
Does Britain agree with form do you think those talks will take? the idea of air drops just to start with and to what extent will you be doing forward planning on deployments in Bosnia if a peace
accord is reached?
GUS O'DONNELL:
I will start on that and I will let Francis add something.
On Bosnia, I expect there will be a lengthy discussion because it
They has been a process where American thinking has moved on. started with certain positione; they are now working very hard to
Dr. Owen has been come up with some good practical solutions.
over there talking to them at length.
We have been involved there in a humanitarian effort with troops on the ground for a long time now so in terms of the air drops we welcome the American moves towards helping on this humanitarian aid front although I have to say that technically I don't think air drops are the answer at all and it is not a way we would have
thought of of delivering aid.