[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 24 (Monday, June 21, 1993)]
[Pages 1084-1085]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Exchange With Reporters Prior to Discussions With Prime Minister Edouard 
Balladur of France

 June 15, 1993

Cuba

    Q. Mr. President, are you willing to talk to the Cubans about 
improving relations?
    The President. I'm here with the Prime Minister of France. 
[Laughter]
    Q. [Inaudible]--French about the Blair House agreement, Mr. 
President?
    Q. [Inaudible]--Cubans' announcement today that they'd like to talk 
about reparations?
    The President. I don't have any reaction at this time.

Trade Negotiations

    Q. Do you think you can find common ground with the French about 
Blair House, sir? About the Blair House agreement?
    The President. Well, I was very pleased to see that the oilseeds 
portion will go forward. But I think the rest of it we need to talk 
about. The United States supports the Blair House agreement.

[At this point, one group of reporters left the room, and another group 
entered.]

President's Schedule

    Q. Mr. President, are you going to France anytime in the near 
future?
    The President. I wish I could go in the very near future, but I 
suppose that depends on when I can travel again. Of course, I have

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to go to the G-7 meeting in Tokyo, and that will be my first trip out of 
the country except for the brief visit to Vancouver with President 
Yeltsin. I'd very much like to go back. I haven't been in a long time.

Note: The exchange began at 3:35 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White 
House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this 
exchange.