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Article: Adams to be denied White House talks
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 3, 1994
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GERRY ADAMS, the Sinn Fein president, arrives in Washington
today for talks with members of Congress and officials of the
United States Administration but will be denied the symbolically
important prize of a visit to the White House.
While a meeting with President Clinton may never have been
realistic, Sinn Fein strategists were hopeful that Mr Adams would
at least be given access to the White House for talks with Anthony
Lake, the president's National Security adviser.
The White House has decided to shun Mr Adams in spite of
considerable pressure from friends of the nationalist cause on
Capitol Hill. It was agreed not to give him high-level treatment,
an official said, "because he hasn't ...