81.   The resignation also coincided with a controversial ruling by the Education Department prohibiting federal aid to colleges which offered scholarships designated solely for minority students.

82.   Press reports in June claimed that the United States had threatened to withdraw aid to Israel for immigration absorption if the settlements policy was not terminated.

83.   Most western donors had suspended aid to Myanma soon after the SLORC had taken control.

84.   Attention was focused particularly on France, where state aid to the Thomson and Bull electronics groups was under examination.

85.   Many ministers were said to support the view that exceptional aid to Poland and Egypt, effectively writing off half their debt, should be extended to other countries.

86.   The UN would also provide aid to Thailand in the rehabilitation of camp areas after the departure of the refugees.

87.   Meanwhile, the Netherlands suspended new aid to Indonesia.

88.   In July Kaifu made it clear that Japanese aid to the Soviet Union would not be forthcoming while the dispute remained outstanding.

89.   This exchange resulted in the signing of trade agreements and in US aid to Mongolia.

90.   However, the French and United Kingdom governments were thought to have linked any future aid to progress in democratization.