THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release June 13, 1994

Statement by Lloyd Cutler, Special Counsel to the President

Independent Counsel Robert Fiske, who is in the process of concluding the Washington phase of his inquiries, conducted interviews yesterday afternoon at the White House with President and Mrs. Clinton.

As the President has previously announced, he and Mrs. Clinton are cooperating fully with the Independent Counsel and voluntarily agreed when the interviews were requested. The interviews were conducted under oath. The subject matters were the events surrounding the death of Vincent Foster and the communications between the Treasury and White House staffs concerning the Resolution Trust Company and Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan. At the request of the Independent Counsel, no further statement about the content of the interviews will be made at this time.

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