Fourth US official quits
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Stephen Walker, a specialist in Eastern Europe, is the fourth officer to leave in protest at the Clinton administration's handling of the crisis in former Yugoslavia in the past year. In a letter to Warren Christopher, the US Secretary of State, Mr Walker states that he is leaving because he 'can no longer countenance US support for a diplomatic process that legitimises genocide and aggression' - a reference to the conduct of the Serbs.
Mr Walker was with the office of East European affairs, the desk officer for Croatia, and also a member of the department's Balkans Conflict group, assigned to the Bosnian crisis.
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