Newsfront: Various Reports

Call Number
350-1-1:746/2

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:746/2
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS NTSC #746 / No. 2
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000746
Date of production
1999
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour 11 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Bob Kur reports from the White House on President Clinton's reactions regarding Milosevic's offer to release the three U.S. POWs. Statement by President Clinton.
- Campbell Brown reports on the Pentagon position towards the potential use of ground troops in Kosovo. Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Chuck Wald featured. .
- Ron Allen reports from Belgrade on the Yugoslav government position towards the possible release of the three U.S. POWs; Allen describes atmosphere among Belgrade residents.
- Interview with retired U.S. army Lieutenant General Dan Benton regarding NATO's military strategy and the weapons used in the air campaign against Yugoslavia.
- White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart holds press conference regarding refugees, including the latest in the Kosovo crisis.
- Interview with retired U.S. army Lieutenant General Dan Benton regarding NATO's military strategy and the weapons used in the air campaign against Yugoslavia continued.
- Discussion with Paula and Dennis Nowicki, seargent Stone's relatives . They describe how they are dealing with Stone's imprisonment by the Yugoslav army.
- Campbell Brown reports: Pentagon confirmed that a surveillance plane was shot down; there were no casualties. Statement by U.S. Air Force General Chuck Wald.
- Ron Allen reports from Belgrade on the atmosphere in the city, and the latest position of the Yugoslav government regarding the three U.S. POW's.
- ITN Tim Ewart reports on how the Macedonian authorities have been trying to get refugees out of "no man's land" by loading them onto buses and driving them in the direction of Albania, Turkey, Greece, and Germany. Albanian student interviewed.
- Interview with former POW, retired Lieutenant Colonel Orson Swindell. Swindell recalls his POW experience in Vietnam, relating it to the experience of the three U.S. soldiers currently held hostage by the Yugoslav authorities.
- Discussion with Dan Goure of the Center for Strategic and International Studies regarding the efforts to negotiate the release of the U.S. POWs.
- Kerry Sanders reports from Aviano Air Base in Italy on different aircraft used in the air strikes against Yugoslavia.
- Discussion with Dan Goure of the Center for Strategic and International Studies regarding efforts by Macedonian authorities to relocate Kosovo refugees to other countries, and Milosevic's cease-fire offer .
- Fredricka Whitield describes the situation in "no man's land," where a number of refugees still remain trapped; the Macedonian government relocated the majority of refugees to neighboring countries.
-Jacob Dayan of the Israeli Relief Mission describes efforts to set up hospitals in refugee camps and provide medical care to Kosovar refugees in Macedonia.
- Bob Kur reports on the White House reactions regarding the possible release of U.S. POWs: main points from the last press briefing recounted. Statement by President Clinton included.
- Charles Sabine reports on Defense Secretary William Cohen's meetings with NATO leaders in Brussels, Belgium.

Context

Associated Names
MSNBC (Producer)