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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release March 31, 1995

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRESIDENT ARISTIDE IN PHOTO OP

                          The National Palace
                         Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Q: President Aristide, was your Interior Minister involved in the Tuesday assassination?

PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: No.

Q: Have these allegations cast a damper over the President's visit?

PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: No.

Q: Have you asked the FBI to look into the possibility that he might have been involved in the Bertin death?

PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: We welcome help from the international community, from the United States in helping us finding proof of this violence for months -- for days. And together we'll be working.

Q: Mr. President, are you satisfied the Interior Minister was not involved?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: President Aristide asked the FBI to help investigate this. They are doing an investigation. I think we should applaud this quick and decisive action and let the investigation proceed, and not presume its results.

This is a day of celebration, and nothing can cast a cloud on it. It's a day of mission accomplished for the United States; a day of celebration for Haiti and for the United Nations force. And a day for looking ahead for the work still to be done.

Q: How did you like your reception, Mr. President?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: I liked it a lot. It was very nice. It was great.

Q: Must be a little bit tired -- all the handshaking.

PRESIDENT CLINTON: It was quite wonderful.

Q: -- was your idea?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: No, but I liked it, though.

THE PRESS: Thank you.

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