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To: Ironyman who wrote (42796)	10/12/1999 2:58:00 PM
From: Alex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116837

Pakistan crisis: White House would be 'concerned' by foreign interference WASHINGTON (AFX) - The White House would be "concerned" if other nations were to attempt to "take advantage" of the political turmoil in Pakistan following the apparent coup d'etat there, spokesman Joe Lockhart said. He was speaking in response to a question at his daily press briefing on whether the U.S. government fears the possibility that India might try to make an aggressive move against Pakistan "during this time of turmoil". Saying he had not heard "any comments coming out of the Indians or the Indian government," Lockhart added that "obviously ... we would be concerned about anyone trying to take advantage of any uncertainty in the current situation." He said President Bill Clinton had not contacted the Indian government to counsel restraint, but could not say what conversations might be taking place at other levels. Lockhart said he is unaware of any concern within the U.S. government about the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal following the "dismissal" of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by the army chief of staff who he had sacked earlier. Asked whether there "are any concerns about the security of the (Pakistani) nuclear holdings," Lockhart said "no concern has been relayed to me (about that) as something the United States government is currently worried about." Lockhart said the U.S. government had been unaware of Sharif's intentions of sacking General Pervez Musharraf. "I don't think there was anyone in the U.S. administration who was aware of that move," he said. Informed during the briefing of news reports that Musharraf had dismissed Sharif and will address the nation tonight, he said he could not comment until he has independent confirmation of that. "We're dealing with a very fluid situation, where the facts are unfolding, and I would caution everyone to try not speculate based on incomplete or pieces of information that are coming in," Lockhart said in response to a question on what might have brought on the current crisis. al/zax N For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com ¸ Copyright 1999, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Please read our Disclaimer, Trademarks, and Privacy Statement.

To: Ironyman who wrote (42796)	10/12/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116837

Repeats: Metals volume and open interest totals-Oct 12 -Figures of previous business day- open --Metals-- volume interest change GC COMEX gold 26,563 217,344 up 4,316 KI CBT kilo gold 36 465 up 2 XK MIDAM gold 85 951 dn 9 SI COMEX silver 4,956 96,126 up 1,019 AG CBT 1000 oz silver 10 941 up 3 SH CBT 5000 oz silver 0 20 unch XY MIDAM silver 36 920 dn 11 PA NYMEX palladium 59 3,161 dn 31 PL NYMEX platinum 639 15,063 dn 156 XU MIDAM platinum 8 49 dn 3 HG COMEX hg copper 16,007 75,117 dn 484 End Bridge News, Chicago--Tel: (312) 454-3486 Send comments to Internet address: stats@bridge.com The Bridge ID for this story is 09232 (c) Copyright 1999 FWN futuresource.com