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Re: Clinton questions independance of Quebec [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Sat Oct 9 02:55:52 1999
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 23:39:24 -0700
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
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Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
At 09:49 PM 10/8/99 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
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> October 8, 1999
> Web posted at: 6:48 PM EDT (2248 GMT)
>
> MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec (Reuters) -- U.S. President Clinton traveled to
> separatist Quebec Friday to deliver the message that the dream of
> independence is questionable if human rights are being respected.
>
> He never mentioned the French-speaking province of Quebec by name, but
> Clinton's message was unmistakable: Think twice about breakups during
> an era of globalization.
A Canadian friend told me that during the first secession vote Clinton and
his advisors were on the phone all night with Canada's federal leaders. It
was clear from Canadian news coverage that Clinton viewed any victory by
Quebec secessionists as a possible catalyst to similar anti-federal groups
in the U.S. None of this, to my knowledge, was related in the major U.S. media.
--Steve
