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HELMS 'DISSAPOINTED' AT CLINTON DECISION
10/22/97 11:39 EST

Both the IRA and Sinn Fein should be designated terrorist
organizations if the IRA breaks the ceasefire in Northern
Ireland, Senator Jesse Helms said last night in a letter to
President Bill Clinton. Helms, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, expressed "disappointment" over
the State Department's omission of the IRA from its' list of
foreign terrorist groups published on October 8.


He noted that the State Department still considered London
to be a "medium-threat post" for US diplomats. Quoting a
document issued by the US embassy, he said that despite the
IRA's ceasefire declaration, "the danger of sustaining
collateral damage or injury by being in the vicinity of a
bombing remains a risk".


He added: "I hope, Mr President, that you agree that any
organization that poses a threat to US diplomats and
citizens abroad is by definition a terrorist organization.
"I respectfully ask you assurance that if the IRA breaks the
current ceasefire, you will designate (it) and its political
wing, Sinn Fein, as foreign terrorist organizations... And
that you will then take every possible measure available
under law to terminate their operations both in the United
States and abroad."

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