1.   Churkin may also brief the allies on his talks Friday in Bosnia with the rebel Serb leadership.

2.   Cohen will brief the allies on the status of American nuclear forces and perhaps discuss nuclear issues involved in the new NATO-Russia dialogue.

3.   Churkin may also brief the allies on his talks Friday with the Bosnian Serb leadership.

4.   He said he had been instructed by President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to brief the allies in Brussels and then return to Washington.

5.   Holbrooke, an assistant U.S. secretary of state, briefed the allies about his talks with Balkan leaders.

6.   Holbrooke, an assistant U.S. secretary of state, briefed the allies about his talks with Balkan leaders in recent days.

7.   Holbrooke, who was holding talks today with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, planned to brief Western allies on those talks Saturday.

8.   Ivanov met with his NATO counterparts after U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz briefed the allies on American plans for conducting its war on terrorism.

9.   State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said U.S. ambassadors briefed allies.

10.   The United States was also briefing its allies directly in their capitals, Robertson said.