NKorea Warns U.S. on Reactor Deal

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NKorea Warns U.S. on Reactor Deal



TOKYO (AP) Mar 18 - North Korea's state-run media on Sunday 

warned President Bush he risks drastically worsening relations if 

the United States reconsiders a Clinton-era deal to help build 

nuclear reactors. 



Such a move would lead North Korea to ``take up an extreme 

hardline stance,'' the broadcast on Radio Pyongyang said. It was 

monitored in Tokyo by the Radiopress News Agency. 



Radio Pyongyang said it was reacting to reports that Sen. Jesse 

Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had 

recommended Bush cancel the deal. 



The U.S. newsletter Defense News reported that Helms made the 

recommendation to the president in a letter sent March 9. 



Under the 1994 agreement, the United States agreed to supply 

nuclear reactors for electricity generation in exchange for the 

country halting its suspected nuclear weapons program. 



North Korea has threatened to pull out the nuclear pact to protest 

President Bush's tougher stance toward Pyongyang. 



``We're in a position where we'll have to respond to war with war,'' 

said the report broadcast by Radio Pyongyang. 



Earlier this month, Bush met with South Korea's President Kim 

Dae-jung and expressed skepticism with regard to North Korea's 

intentions. He said any deal in which the North agrees to limit its 

missiles must include ways to check for cheating. 



That prompted a furious response from North Korea, which 

accused Washington of trying to ``isolate and stifle'' the North. 



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