91.   Solana said he made the decision after extensive consultations with the allies and after it had become clear that all attempts to achieve a negotiated political settlement had failed.

92.   That was also why President Bush paired his call for a cease-fire on Thursday with a promise that it would lead to a political settlement.

93.   That growing economic bond could become the bridge for a political settlement between Beijing and Taipei.

94.   The agreement to end the shooting earlier this month included a commitment to negotiate a political settlement, but the promise quickly dissolved into renewed recrimination.

95.   The aim would be to collect weapons from rebels if a political settlement was reached, with a goal of completing the operation within a month.

96.   The American troops are, however, not part of the NATO peacekeeping force assembled to keep order in Kosovo in the event a political settlement.

97.   The aim is to reach a political settlement by May.

98.   The cable spelled out a plan to impose a political settlement in Kosovo with the cooperation of the Russians, longtime allies of the Serbs.

99.   The American troops are, however, not part of the NATO peacekeeping force assembled to keep order in Kosovo in the event a political settlement is signed.

100.   The CIA has already warned the Bush administration that the political settlement intended to end the ethnic Albanian rebellion in Macedonia may collapse after the NATO force withdraws.