41.   The Clinton administration has also promised to take steps toward diplomatic recognition of the north, including exchanging liaison offices.

42.   The only way to pressure Vietnam into divulging information about missing soldiers is to continue to withholding diplomatic recognition, he said.

43.   The president has not yet signed a formal order granting Vietnam full diplomatic recognition.

44.   The North has agreed first to freeze its nuclear program in return for U.S. diplomatic recognition and oil from Japan and other countries to meet its energy needs.

45.   The real reason may have been Soviet fears that the film would create enmity in the United States and jeopardize diplomatic recognition.

46.   The two sides will exchange liaison offices, a first step toward U.S. diplomatic recognition of North Korea.

47.   The United States and North Korea have agreed to work toward eventual diplomatic recognition and an exchange of embassies, but that seems a long way off.

48.   The United States agreed to supply fuel oil and move toward diplomatic recognition only after Pyongyang had taken those steps.

49.   The suit had been blamed by the Serbs for delaying extending diplomatic recognition to Bosnia.

50.   The Vatican has recently tried to re-establish relations with China, but its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan has been a sticking point.