Following are the comments of Juan Miguel González, the father of
          Elián González, as translated from the Spanish by CNN, and
          President Clinton yesterday about the case, as recorded by The New
          York Times:

          Mr. González:

          I would like to speak to you and send a message to the American people. I
          wanted to say that at this moment I've been here in the United States for
          two weeks. I've traveled here to the United States together with my wife
          and my other, 6-month-old, baby. I've come here because I was promised,
          I was told that I would be able to get together with my son Elián. Two
          weeks have gone by and this has not happened. I've always understood
          and always thought that the United States is a country of laws. These laws
          have not been fulfilled, because I still don't have my child with me.

          For me this has been very painful, for my whole family, to see, during these
          last five months my son Elián being used and seeing the abuses that have
          been committed with regard to him. So here I would like, since I'm the only
          one who can speak for him -- I'm his father -- I would like to say that I
          very much wish to be with him. He's my son. He belongs to me. He should
          be next to me, next to his family. I would like to ask the American people,
          to those who truly feel parents, that just as they have supported me up to
          now, both the American people and the Latins, and the Cubans who have
          been next to me, with me, who truly wanted my son to be with me, I would
          like to ask them to help me, to send messages, to write to the president of
          the United States, to the attorney general of this country, to act
          immediately to bring my child together with me, to unite him with me. . . . I
          love my child very much. I need him to be with me. . . .

          Don't let people put politics before all of this. It's simply a father and his
          child. I just simply want help. Mr. Clinton

          Q. Mr. President, a short time ago, Juan Miguel González came out and
          called on the American people to help him urge you and the attorney
          general to reunite him with his son. Do you have a message for Juan
          Miguel González? And also, what steps ----

          A.

          Well, first of all, I think he should be reunited with his son. That is the law
          and the main argument of the family in Miami for not doing so has now
          been removed. I mean, their main argument was if we let him go back to
          his father before the court rules, he might go back to Cuba. The court has
          now said he shouldn't go back to Cuba. The Justice Department agrees
          with that and he has agreed to that. So there is now no conceivable
          argument for his not being able to be reunited with his son and that is what
          the lawful process has said. The immigration law is clear, and the
          determination of the I.N.S. and a federal court are clear. So I think he
          should be reunited and in as prompt and orderly a way as possible.