31.   Negotiators in Vienna agreed on ways to reduce arms stockpiles across former Yugoslavia.

32.   Next week, Christopher plans to testify for Senate ratification of the Start II treaty to sharply reduce stockpiles of U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear missiles.

33.   President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Sunday to tie U.S. plans for building a missile defense shield to talks on reducing nuclear stockpiles.

34.   President Boris Yeltsin said Monday that Russia will significantly reduce its stockpiles of plutonium and highly enriched uranium as part of an overall nuclear cutback.

35.   Russia shares the U.S. interest in seeing that the former Soviet arsenal remains under safe control and in further reducing nuclear stockpiles, he said.

36.   The move would allow Russia to reduce its stockpiles and save money for new weapons.

37.   The mutual pledges to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by U.S. President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are receiving only lukewarm approval among longtime American analysts.

38.   The Russian official said he found hope in a general willingness of the Bush administration to reduce stockpiles.

39.   The two presidents also should accelerate programs to reduce stockpiles and negotiate a new treaty that would open their massive surpluses to international inspection, the authors said.

40.   There were no moves to engage Russia in reducing nuclear stockpiles.