| Show qaijmw044d4titk The Salt Lake Tribune NATIONWORLD A17 Sunday April 4 1993 Clinton Bets $1 Billion on Yeltsin Reforms 0 1 EILL 0 ilitctittraraussvotTrztaRRon 4 4 1 New Era as Talks Focus Friendly Summit Begins On Butter Not Guns U Continued from - But Will It Pay Off? A-- 1 Al II Continued from NIMOMMiiiilon believes these assessments are erroneous In an interview Saturday with The Salt Lake Tribune Mr Plekhanov said the summit — the first for Mr Clinton third for Mr Yeltsin and the 22nd since US and Soviet leaders first met in 1955 — might be "one of the most important international events to happen after the Soviet Union's demise" 'This meeting is critical because it opens a new page in our relations" said Mr Plekhanov who is deputy head of the US and Canada Studies Institute in Moscow "Everyone is talking about this $1 billion but there is another aspect which is more important This is the very first meeting of our leaders where they don't intend to focus on nuclear arms and will primarily talk about 'the economy stupid'" The makeup of the Russian delegation confirms Mr Plekhanov's g expectations There are no military officers in Mr A - 4 FT brief photo opportunity Clinton said the United States viewed its relationship with Russia as a longterm partnership rather than one dominated by the question of aid Yeltsin interjected "and for the world too" — and Clinton agreed The first meeting ran nearly two hours Yeltsin later took a cruise of Vancouver's harbor and was asked by reporters accompanying him what he thought of Clinton "I need another day" he responded Speaking with reporters after his boat ride Yeltsin said of Clinton: "For him what is happening in Russia is just as important as the national interests of America You understand That's very interesting "I am very satisfied" he added "You know we developed a kind of psychological perception contact with each other despite the difference in our ages" White House communications director George Stephanopoulos said the meeting established a "strong atmosphere of cooperation and partnership" Yeltsin complained about a recent incident in which a US submarine collided with a Russian Z ' k M i 11 Z 11 1: t t gfN ) A high-rankin- Yeltsin's unusually close-kni- t summit team He took with him vice premiers and respected economists Alexandr Shokhin and Boris Fyodorov "There have been attempts to switch to economic issues in the past — for example at the Malta meeting between President Bush and leader Mikhail Gorbachev where Mr Bush brought a list of possible Amen- can economic proposals to help the Soviet reforms" said Mr Piekhanov "But then it still was considered just a side dish to the disarmament talks" Mr Plekhanov said Mr Clinton7s words about a "strategic alliance" with Russia mean a lot more than any onetime aid packages no matter how big "If the Americans are serious about it Russia at last can consider itself a member of the world community" Mr Plekhanov who earned his doctorate researching the trends of the US economy and politics said ' Mr Clinton's latest announcements regarding Russia can be risky for him "He is a young president and foreign aid has never been popular among the:Americans But eventually then-Sovi- pre-summ- it full-fledg- —11---- President Clinton reviews Royal Canadian police cadets Saturday 66This meeting Ls critical because it opens a new page in our relations 9 t Summit Pressure Doesn't Hurt Clinton's Appetite REUTER NEWS SERVICE VANCOUVER British Columbia — Boris Yeltsin may have suf- SERGEI PLEICHANOV Russian scholar eryone will see he's right" Alexei Burmistenko another veteran relations analyst who is covering the Vancouver summit for one of the largest Russian newspapers Trud was more cautious in his evaluations of possible consequences "I've attended at least five summits and all of them were first downplayed and then overestimated For example Yeltsin meetings with Mr Bush — in Washington last June and in Moscow last January — have been War sumcalled 'first mits' This one will probably be called that too" said Mr Burmistenko "I prefer to see if there are results that the people can actually feel That's what will matter — for Mr Clinton and especially for Mr Yeltsin" US-Russi- post-Col- d ' 4P4ItPV!War The Associated Press fered from jet lag when he sat down to a summit dinner Saturday but President Clinton had no trouble cleaning his plate John Bishop chef at Seasons restaurant said the Russian president only picked at his food but his US counterpart showed an extremely good appetite Bishop started them off with a course of ravioli stuffed with fresh Dungeness crab and spinach with a light fennel sauce and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese Next came salmon sugar-snapeas banana squash and mashed potatoes rolled with vermicelli followed by a salad of romaine lettuce with a dressing of roasted beetroot vinaigrette Dessert was a blueberry tart with lemon zest and maple ice cream The leaders drank a California Chardonnay that Clinton had brought along submarine close to Russian shores Stephanopoulos said He said Clinton promised that US subs would patrol at distances further from the shoreline The two leaders also had "quite an intense discussion" about the political situation in Russia Stephanopoulos said Yeltsin's power will be tested in a national referendum April 25 Clinton raised with Yeltsin the issue of lagging Russian troop withdrawals from the Baltics and the situation in restive Georgia Stephanopoulos said Yeltsin reaffirmed Russia's commitment to the integrity and independence of Georgia and to withdrawing from Latvia Estonia and Lithuania They also discussed the bloodshed in Bosnia and immigration of Russian Jews p - NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- Columbia at MacKenzie House with a dazzling view of the sea The two leaders were joined at the opening session only by note takers and translators During a 1 r':' WASHINGTON — An assessment of President Clinton's week: WORLD LEADER: Clinton full presidential stature this weekend at Vancouver British Columbia where he took charge as the world's best hope to save embattled Boris Yeltsin and Russia's historic experiment in democracy Clinton showed his sure grasp of the big task in a visionary address Thursday on why the United States must help Russia Comparing today's East Bloc confusion to the late 1940s Clinton said the United States must respond with the same commitment that Harry Truman Dean Acheson and George Marshall brought to shaping their postwar world "The end of the long twilight struggle does not ensure the start of a long peace" Clinton said "We cannot stop investing in the peace now that we have attained it" UNDER SIEGE: Closer to home Clinton must have felt like Gen Custer as arrows flew at him from all sides Western Democrats pressured him into an embarrassing retreat on federal land use reform Senate Republicans blocked his stimulus plan to dramatize their view that it's pure pork And Ross Perot also took off the gloves denouncing Clinton and his economic program No one scored a knockdown but the noisy sniping signals trouble ahead THE THRILL OF VICTORY: The president did win one big one — Senate passage of his budget goals — but that had become a foregone conclusion Now the hard part starts — fighting over the plan's details Clinton's cave-ito Western Democrats bought him votes needed for victory but the price was high — sharks all over town now sense this president would rather deal than fight THE AGONY OF DEFEAT: OK maybe it wasn't exactly agony or defeat but Clinton's continuing friction with the military last week inflicted at least a bee sting of embarrassment First the president was seen fawning attention on Gen Colin Powell at a recent media dinner Then the Washington Post trumpeted a story about a junior White House aide's arrogant dismissal of another Army n i general — the aide reportedly said she did not stoop to speak to military men Clinton condemned that and other "Clinton vs the military" stories as lies — but the general says the incident happened Clinton's thin skin was and the military probshowing lem bruises it painfully ROSS DISSES THE BOSS: The Texas tycoon wasted no time trying to inflame Clinton's dispute with the military telling the New York Times that Clinton has no moral authority to criticize any Army general because he "ducked" military service Perot's comments came only hours after Clinton denounced " him for about the president's rocky relations with the brass One day earlier Perot had slammed Clinton's tart-tongue- d "rumor-mongering- economic program saying it won't work and is being sold dishonestly Clinton fired back that his plan is "almost identical" to Perot's campaign proposals except Clinton's is more fair Obvi- their ously post-electio- diplo- n matic dance is over these two heavy hitters are ready to go toeto-toe As Perot told the Times: "If he wants to climb into the ring any time anywhere" CLINTON STANDARD TIME: As Americans prepared to turn forward their clocks today Clinton was going the other way It became undeniable that Clinton will miss his 100-da- y d deadline for delivery of a plan to reform the nation's health-carsystem His program has been promised by May 3 But health honcho Hillary Rodham Clinton has been at her stricken father's bedside in Little Rock Ark since March 19 Meanwhile 500 of her e health advisers still struggle through a maze of puzzling policy questions Now that Clinton's package is sure to be delayed many Washington insiders say there is no way these complicated reforms will become law this year THE BOTTOM LINE: Try though he might to focus on the economy the world won't let Clinton set his own schedule Russia won't wait Neither will Congress — nor Perot Clinton's still winning but the water is getting deeper and the sharks are pl?p Trr '1r0'W4"PrkW1wsm0174IttaiATIPvoreywrottyl”-mqrs7m- 01 ii11d& agpNamxUmiea t ? 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