51.   Clinton will seek to soften Russian opposition to NATO enlargement during a summit scheduled to take place in late March or early April with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

52.   Diplomats in Baghdad believe Iraq could soften its opposition to the return of UN arms inspectors in the hope of ending the UN sanctions regime.

53.   The apparent breakthrough would soften Russian opposition to the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to former Soviet satellites such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

54.   The powerful Roman Catholic is also opposed to the basic law but has softened its opposition following the inclusion of references to God in the preamble.