11.   A British source said the debate among diplomats at NATO headquarters in Brussels has been whether three new countries should be admitted in the first wave or five.

12.   He said NATO has made no decisions yet on which countries it would admit next.

13.   Hoan said political tensions in Cambodia will not adversely affect an earlier decision to admit that country as a member of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations.

14.   Kinkel also said he thinks former East bloc countries will be admitted to NATO before they are allowed to join the European Union.

15.   Kuchma said he hoped his country would be admitted as a member either this year or next.

16.   NATO officials are expected to decide later this year which countries will be admitted into the organization.

17.   Negotiations with Russia were resumed last month, but council officials said it was not yet clear when the country would be admitted.

18.   The country was admitted to ASEAN, the Southeast Asian trading bloc, this summer over the objections of some nations.

19.   The country was admitted to NATO and is a frontrunner for European Union membership.

20.   The United States and other NATO members are being coy about which countries will be admitted.