61.   Taiwan stocks fell for a second day after Beijing announced plans for new missile tests near the island starting Friday.

62.   That was followed by the missile test over Japan.

63.   The administration had sought to negotiate amendments with Russia to allow the United States to conduct missile tests that would be violations of the treaty.

64.   That offer is conditioned on constructive North Korean behavior and is not compatible with long-range missile tests.

65.   The Japanese news media have closely followed the missile tests, and Japanese newspapers have denounced them editorially.

66.   The General Accounting Office will soon give Congress a report on the missile tests and the MIT Lincoln Lab study.

67.   The missile tests appear to be one of several steps taken by China to highlight its displeasure with recent efforts by Taiwan to gain international recognition.

68.   The move also appeared to sharpen the teeth of earlier administration warnings to the Chinese regarding the missile tests.

69.   The nuclear arms race has come back to life in the wake of missile tests in North Korean and nuclear weapons tests in Pakistan and India.

70.   The officials said the Clinton administration has proposed lifting an embargo on trade between the two countries in exchange for a moratorium on missile tests.