61.   Chen has tried to improve unofficial U.S ties while offering conciliatory gestures and summit invitations to China.

62.   Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, fresh from talks in India and Pakistan, said Saturday that both countries seemed prepared to make conciliatory gestures.

63.   Despite a conciliatory gesture by Pakistan to end the border crisis, India pressed ahead Monday with bunker-to-bunker combat against guerrilla forces in Kashmir.

64.   Despite a conciliatory gesture by Pakistan, there is no indication that the escalating conflict in Kashmir is moving toward resolution.

65.   During his meeting with Kohl in Baden-Baden this week, Yeltsin made what was intended as a conciliatory gesture in the dispute over the valuables.

66.   Earlier reports Iran was considering cracking down on Hekmatyar had been seen as a conciliatory gesture in an escalating confrontation with the United States.

67.   During his meeting with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Baden-Baden this week, Yeltsin made what was intended as a conciliatory gesture in the dispute over the valuables.

68.   In a conciliatory gesture, Skate said that Ona was still the chief of Bougainville and added that there were reports that the rebel chief wanted to meet him.

69.   In a Cabinet shake-up a week ago, Kim replaced his point man on North Korea in what was seen as a conciliatory gesture toward Pyongyang.

70.   In a conciliatory gesture, President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan urged Taiwanese to aid Chinese earthquake victims.