The article Tom Walker posted - > IMF warns Russia of "disaster" if reforms are rolled back > Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:33:34 PDT > Copyright 1998 by Agence France-Presse said > At the same briefing, US national security adviser Sandy Berger > said Washington and other Western nations will continue to support > and cooperate with Russia in its economic crisis if Moscow keeps on > the path toward reform, a top US official said Friday. > "The Russian people should know that, particularly in times of > difficulty, the United States and the West will not turn away from > cooperation," Berger said. This is a senior security adviser talking, reinforcing the Deputy Treasury Secretary (Summers) who would presumably be the normal sender of such messages. Should this be taken as a threat that if those economic policies are not followed, non-economic action (covert or military) will be taken in addition to economic? Bill Bill Rosenberg, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
