[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 12 (Monday, March 29, 1993)]
[Pages 478-479]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With Members of the Council 
of Churches

 March 24, 1993

Russia

    Q. Mr. President, did you and Mr. Kozyrev reach any kind of 
agreement on the type of aid package that might be most helpful for 
Russia?
    The President. No, we discussed what I was thinking about and what 
our people are working on. And I told him it would be a good and 
specific package, and I was looking forward to having the opportunity to 
discuss it with President Yeltsin.
    Q. Did he give you any encouragement, sir, that the current 
political crisis could be resolved?
    The President. I think he's hopeful.
    Q. Any specifics as to how it might be resolved, sir?
    The President. No, he's been here with me.

Note: The exchange began at 3:50 p.m. in the State Dining Room at the 
White House. A tape

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