51.   No comment could be obtained immediately from the Trade Department.

52.   No immediate comment could be obtained from the government.

53.   The Associated Press was not immediately able to obtain comment from Heed or Chatterjee.

54.   The Cuban government has not made a statement regarding the Bergen County family, and efforts to obtain comment Thursday evening were not immediately successful.

55.   The FBI was not immediately available to obtain comment.

56.   The report could not be independently confirmed, and it was not immediately possible to obtain comment from the government.

57.   The rebel claim could not be independently verified, and it was not immediately possible to obtain comment from Khartoum.

58.   The statement did not give a figure, and it was not immediately possible to obtain comment from Eritrean officials.

59.   It was not immediately possible to obtain comment on the reports from Chechen separatist sources.

60.   Attempts to obtain a comment on the allegations from Nigerian diplomats in New Zealand and Australia were unsuccessful.