61.   The nuclear powers, led by the United States, are lobbying hard for an indefinite extension as the best way to stop proliferation.

62.   The options are indefinite extension, extension for a fixed period or extension for a series of periods.

63.   The occasion was the joint effort by the five nations to win support from non-nuclear powers for an indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

64.   The United States and the other four major nuclear weapons states say an indefinite extension is the surest way to block the spread of nuclear weapons.

65.   The United States has urged Egypt to support indefinite extension of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

66.   The United States is pressing China to support indefinite extension.

67.   The United States, Japan and other signatories are calling for an indefinite extension.

68.   The treaty has been extended in five-year intervals, but Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the Clinton administration would push for an indefinite extension.

69.   The union granted the three companies an indefinite extension of its three-year contract, which was to expire at midnight Tuesday.

70.   The two countries will also express their support for an indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which comes up for renewal this year, the draft said.