Americans Warned of Threats at Summit
MANILA — The United States warned of “possible threats” against Americans at an economic summit here to be attended by President Clinton.
The warning raised doubts about security arrangements for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which has been beset by security headaches since it opened Wednesday.
Authorities have found two bombs in Manila and have struggled to restrain anti-APEC protesters.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Cabinet ministers and top officials from APEC’s 18 member countries met Friday. Clinton and other heads of state are to gather Monday.
On Friday, U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns warned that “the U.S. Embassy in Manila has received information about possible threats to American diplomats in the Philippines during this conference.”
He refused to elaborate.
A Philippine official, however, denied that there were any threats.
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