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TN t"ir:' D-- a ives tst9 tatdes N'An ! t his shoulders and a faded Yankees cap on his head "It's the first time I've been back in 50 years and time was getting away from me" he added "I'm getting old" On a European tour commemorating World War II anniversaries the president Friday went to the US cemetery near Anzio Beach to pay tribute to the US soldiers whose liberation of Rome 50 years ago today quickly was overshadowed by the invasion of Normandy that followed two days later "We stand today in fields forever scarred by sacrifice" Clinton declared before an audience of perhaps 1000 veterans and their families as well as hundreds of residents from this Mediterranean village "Too many Americans do not know what that generation did" Clinton said "We cannot leave memory to chance We must recall Elie Wiesel's commandment to fight forgetfulness" Wiesel is a survivor of the Holocaust The soldiers who were slender young ld 1em ' ? 010's tr - - 4-- ' r ''' i 't L7 -t - ilL- t I-- 4 v ' it At' ov t412 ''''''''17et 4 414 '' 1 ' 1- - ' 01 111''' g tr"--zki:! - t 3 I! 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A-- 4 A-- 4 The flurry of activity marked the start of what is expected to be a complex effort to build a coalition in favor of some sort of sanctions — by the middle of next week officials hope when the UN Security Council is scheduled to take up the issue of the International Atom- Hans Mix director-genera- l ic Energy Agency briefed Security Council members on his agency's conclusion that Pyongyang has made it all but impossible for inspectors to determine whether it has diverted spent fuel to make nuclear weapons Meanwhile North Korea appealed for a new round of talks with the United States But it was rebuffed by'the administration which repeated its intention to pursue CI See A-- 4 Column 3 traveling with President Clinton in Europe conferred privately with British French and German counterparts They also telephoned Chinese officials whose support is crucial for approval of a sanctions resolution Clinton called South Korean President Kim Young Sam who agreed on the broad American strategy The president also phoned Russian President Boris Yeltsin rejecting a new Russian proposal to convene an international conference to discuss the standoff about North Korea's nuclear program - k t I - : POST cutor investigating the assassination of Mexico's leading presidential candidate is backing away from his own widely publicized conspiracy theory saying now that the accused gunman appears to have acted alone Special prosecutor Miguel Montes Garcia said he will continue searching for evidence against three men accused of assisting alleged gunman Mario Aburto Martinez in the March 23 shooting death of ruling party candidate Luis Donald° Colosio But he acknowledged no new evidence has surfaced against the three all of whom were arrested and charged on the basis of photographs depicting suspicious-looking actions by them moments before Colosio was shot at a Tijuana campaign rally Montes' statement was only the latest development effectively slowing the investigation into Colosio's death while the nation gears up for hotly contested presidential elections Aug 21 Officials of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) say they fear voter cynicism prompted by an inconclusive investigation could harm the party's chances It has not lost a presidential race in 65 years Other factors affecting the inquiry's progress include: MI A federal judge threatening legal action against two of Colosio's government-appointe- d bodyguards — one of whom is an army general — for defying a court summons to testify in the case The governor of Baja California where Tijuana is located saying this week that he had suspended a probe into the killing of Tijuana police Chief Jose Frederic° Benitez because he could not guarantee the safety of his investigators In late April Benitez who claimed to have independent evidence suggesting a second gun was involved in Colosio's shooting was shot to death while driving on a Tijuana street In an interview the day before his death he said files he kept on suspects in the Colosio case had been stolen from his office A committee appointed by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to conduct an independent investigation resigned with members complaining Salinas never gave them legal or constitutional authority to carry out their mission Two weeks ago Salinas replaced Montes' boss Atty Gen Diego Valades who had been accused by opposition parties of politicizing the Colosio investigation Last week PRI workers began painting over old Colosio campaign signs with new ones promoting the party's replacement candidate Ernesto Zedillo Although Zedillo repeatedly has called for a thorough government investigation into the Colosio case PRI officials acknowledge that lingering public suspicions about the party's involvement in the killing may be hurting the new candidate whose popularity has dropped dramati- cally in some polls I - i MEXICO CITY —A government prose- III mwOL US Seeks Allies' Advice and Consent on N Korea Sanctions punitive sanctions against North Korea but officials said the plan initially calls for only mild restrictions to avoid pushing Pyongyang into further isolation Robert Gallucci assistant secretary of state for affairs met separately in Washington with South Korean and Japanese officials in preparation for a broader conference involving all three allies today s At the same time senior administration fce Vasa' tch- - at-S- TIMES Li313? : 14L( still-strappi- ANGELES -- 41e ' '7 : : : orl ' 1 A i 4- 'k': 04 4 f ' 4'' 7 1 i e etre- - VellerVH-- 1 - -- - elk-W- i 1 '':51'5-- 1'1' 11 ?- r - 4 t ioxivAworobt 4 it t - i ' '- '' ' ' 4s Mexico's Probe Finds No Proof Of Conspiracy But Assassination Fallout Still May Be Felt at the Polls i - YK1 111 - I --- -- Is ' men then are stooped old men now They wore their medals pinned to suit jackets and Windbreakers as they strolled in the sunshine among the MNing rows of graves peering at the marble engravings for a familiar name Rosenblatt was looking for the grave of a guy named Feinstein who he recalled with a laugh always was singing "Minnie the Moocher" — until he was silenced by an artillery shell Clinton noted that his father William Jefferson Blythe II who died in a car accident before he was born had served in Italy about 100 miles north of here A niece wrote Blythe about the beautiful Italian countryside she had heard about he said and asked that he send a single leaf home for her to take to school "My father had only sad news to send back" he said "There were no leaves every one had been stripped by the fury of the battle" To his side sat four US senators who See A-- 3 Column 1 2 1 - 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NETTUNO Italy — At a quiet ceremony before a broad field of white marble crosses and Stars of David Judah Rosenblatt of New York listened to President Clinton pay tribute to the Americans who fought in the "forgotten" Italian campaign of World War II and said he was glad he finally had returned to the scene of such fierce battles long ago "I was always afraid to walk in cemeteries ordinary cemeteries But not here" where so many friends are buried the retired accountant said his old Army jacket with the 1st Armored Division insignia draped over Z - I EAlt If- - g ft0011N"4 - k:c- - F - - '- et-- 'ft Of-- i 7:6x L 1:--- -qlrt1r 4 I' f'z':'7 i ' 4 1 - - - The Fight House: The book describes Clinton's temper tantrums and it depicts him as frequently indecisive and reluc: taut to delegate It portrays virtually ev ery member of Clinton's inner circle including his wife as critical of the president's management style On the vital economic front Greenspan is described as a central player albeit removed from the inner circle The book recounts what Woodward calls a crucial meeting between Clinton and Greenspan in Little Rock Ark in December 1992 the month before Clinton's inauguration session the Fed During the boss told the president-elec- t that reducing the federal deficit was "essential" and that the economic recovery could fall on its face if policies credible to Wall Street particularly to bond traders were not advanced Greenspan In later conversations with Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen put a number on what would be credible: cutting the deficit $140 billion or more by 1997 By tradition and law the Fed is an indeit sets monetary policy pendent agency while the White House and Congress decide how much the government will spend raise in taxes and borrow It is customary for the president and the Fed leader to hold periodic meetings But in Woodward's recounting of their relationship Greenspan a Republican appointed by President Reagan and reappointed by President Bush comes across as a senior adviser almost a teacher to Clinton In what became a pattern the Fed boss made suggestions Clinton acted on them and Greenspan rewarded the action with approving words to Congress or other public comments meant to signal his approval Greenspan outlined to Clinton an economic approach Woodward calls the ncial-markets strategy" Policy was to be designed to send a message to Wall Street and ultimately drive down interest rates According to the theory the economy would improve and as a result Clinton would have more tax revenue to spend on domestic programs and be reelected in 1996 Ann Landers Asimov Quiz It k tc r a:Tiiit4 wt ''A016g °''1Z'"P--- W 14"4't : : iteeF::Z7::" r'--- S : Mudi i' TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES ' - A-- 3 : Forgotten Liberators - DOD See 1z ' POST policy-makin- g I ii t Clinton WWII Vets Remember Italy's WASHINGTON — Insistent advice from Federal Reserve Board boss Alan Greenspan to President Clinton during the presidential transition and early in the new administration led Clinton to pursue lower deficits at the expense of the economic populism of his campaign according to a new book The book The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House by Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward is an intimate look at how the new Democratic president and his stumbling feuding team of advisers struggled to formulate and adopt an economic program during Clinton's first year in office It depicts a chaotic operation crucial intercessions by Hillary Rodham Clinton and an active policy role played by four outside political advisers The four were given open access to the White House which they used in part to criticize the economic team They complained that Clinton's fall in popularity was a result of policies being promoted by the economic advisers — or at least the way those policies were packaged for sale to the public The two groups are described as virtually at war with each other ! :4 ::' By Ann Devroy THE WASHINGTON t ' 1- e Book Says Clinton Sold Out Masses To Please Markets k wasi - 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