51.   He never lost his ease in speaking to reporters, rare among Vietnamese officials.

52.   He said two former Vietnamese officials told him this week they believed Diem would not have asked for massive U.S. troop support, as his successors did.

53.   He said Vietnamese officials did not find a suicide note.

54.   He spoke to reporters after two days of meetings with Vietnamese officials, the first such high-level discussions between the two sides on the drug problem.

55.   Hong Kong officials began carrying some off but were stopped by Vietnamese officials who refused to allow force.

56.   However, Vietnamese officials encouraged reporters to approach, although no questions were permitted.

57.   Huntsman headed a U.S. delegation that met with senior Vietnamese officials to review progress in implementing the pact.

58.   In a dispatch from Hanoi, the United Daily News said Taiwan Economics Minister Chiang Pin-kung reached the agreement with Vietnamese officials at a meeting Thursday.

59.   It quoted Chiang as saying the talks, which ended Friday, did not produce a signed agreement because a top Vietnamese official in charge of investment was absent.

60.   Local Vietnamese officials presented a similar memorial of their own, he said.