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BLAIR DISMISSES SEITZ ALLEGATIONS
02/03/98 11:15 EST

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has dismissed fears that
alleged security leaks to the IRA have caused the British
government doubts about the Clinton administration. He was
commenting for the first time on claims by former US envoy
to Britain Raymond Seitz about the role of some White House
staff and the US embassy in Dublin. In his memoirs, Seitz
said the British government withheld sensitive information
because they could not trust the US administration.

But Blair said he had "no problems" and praised Clinton's
rock-solid support for his peace strategy. Blair was
speaking ahead of tomorrow's visit to Washington where the
peace process will be on the agenda when he meets Clinton.
He said: "No, we don't have any difficulty at all in sharing
any of our thoughts or things we may know about Northern
Ireland with our American colleagues. "I would pay tribute
to the tremendous support certainly I have had from the
American president on Northern Ireland."

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