41.   Their contentions were bolstered by reports that an Iraqi diplomat held clandestine meetings in the Czech Republic last year with suspected hijacker Mohamed Atta.

42.   Young resigned amid uproar over a clandestine meeting he had with members of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

43.   An Italian newspaper said Korei saw Uri Savir, his old sparring partner from the clandestine meetings in Oslo two years ago.

44.   The partnership was set up in a clandestine meeting in Moscow last May between two top aides to Arafat and Iranian government officials, according to the paper.