DATE=10/6/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-239808
TITLE=CLINTON / HUNGARY ONITER (S&L)
BYLINE=DEBORAH TATE
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN IS TO MEET WITH 
PRESIDENT CLINTON AT THE WHITE HOUSE LATER TODAY (TUESDAY) TO 
DISCUSS HIS COUNTRY'S ENTRY INTO NATO.  V-O-A'S DEBORAH TATE 
REPORTS.

TEXT:  PRIME MINISTER ORBAN IS EXPECTED TO BRIEF MR. CLINTON ON 
THE PREPARATIONS HIS COUNTRY IS MAKING FOR NATO ACCESSION NEXT 
YEAR.

HUNGARY -- ALONG WITH POLAND AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- WAS 
INVITED TO JOIN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE AT ITS SUMMIT IN MADRID LAST
YEAR. 

MR. ORBAN'S VISIT ROUNDS OUT MR. CLINTON'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
LEADERS OF THE THREE FORMER WARSAW PACT NATIONS THAT ARE TO 
BECOME NATO'S NEWEST MEMBERS.  

THE U-S PRESIDENT MET WITH CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV HAVEL LAST 
MONTH AND WITH POLISH PRIME MINISTER JERZY BUZEK IN JULY.    

DURING THEIR TALKS, MR. ORBAN AND MR. CLINTON ARE ALSO TO DISCUSS
THE SITUATION IN THE BALKANS AS NATO PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE AIR 
STRIKES ON BELGRADE TARGETS -- IF YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN 
MILOSEVIC DOES NOT FULLY COMPLY WITH U-N RESOLUTIONS ON KOSOVO.

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THE POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER, WHO WAS ELECTED IN 
MAY, CONCLUDES HIS FIVE-DAY OFFICIAL U-S VISIT FRIDAY.  

BEFORE RETURNING HOME, MR. ORBAN WILL TRAVEL TO NEW YORK CITY TO 
VISIT WALL STREET AND DELIVER A SPEECH AT RUTGER'S UNIVERSITY IN 
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY. (SIGNED)     

NEB/DAT/WDC

06-Oct-98 6:38 PM EDT (2238 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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