George H.W. Bush: “Well, what I have done is task our intelligence community to use every…”

On the recordAugust 6, 1992

Well, what I have done is task our intelligence community to use every asset available to see if we can confirm them. We know that there is horror in these detention camps. I cannot confirm on hard evidence some of the charges that have been made. It is absolutely essential, whatever is going on there, that there be open inspection and that humane treatment of the people in these concentration camps be guaranteed. But in all honesty, I can't confirm to you some of the claims that there is, indeed, a genocidal process going on there.

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George H.W. Bush

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