July 10, 1992

Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas today selected Senator Al Gore of Tennessee to join him as his Vice-Presidential running mate when he receives the Democratic nomination for President in New York next week. In making the much-anticipated announcement on the lawn of the Governor's mansion here, Mr. Clinton emphasized Mr. Gore's experience in foreign policy and the environment. And with their wives and children arrayed behind them in the baking noonday sun, both men spoke of their commitment to family values.

As the United States and other Western nations continue to debate ways of protecting and expanding the United Nations relief effort to this besieged city, Sarajevans are thinking less about their hunger than about the risk that the city will be captured by the Serbian forces attacking it. President Bush's meeting today in Helsinki with Alija Izetbegovic, the Bosnian President, followed a stiff statement from the Group of Seven summit meeting in Munich, in which Mr. Bush and other leaders vowed to take whatever military action necessary to protect the United Nations relief effort here. [ Page A6. ]

When he announced last summer that he would not run for President this year, Senator Al Gore of Tennessee said he had too many family responsibilities. But Mr. Gore left no doubt about his ultimate ambition. "I would like to be President," he said.

INTERNATIONAL Brazil and its creditor banks including Citibank, Chase and Chemical agreed to steps that would reduce the country's $44 billion debt and provide new loans at lower interest rates. The agreement capped three years of negotiations with Latin American countries under the Brady Plan and will shift the focus to debtor nations elsewhere, especially Africa. [ Page A1. ] Saudi Arabia's largest bank characterized as political Federal charges that its top executive acted illegally in acquiring a Washington bank as part of a plan to take over B.C.C.I. [ D2. ]

Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas has set himself a mighty task: nothing less than the rejuvenation of the Democratic Party. That was confirmed today by his choice of a running mate. For more than a decade, Mr. Clinton has been arguing that his party must change or die, because the country has changed. His selection of Senator Al Gore of Tennessee is designed to exemplify that change and to help banish the crippling image of the Democrats as a tired collection of squabbling special-interest groups.