1.   Former US defence secretary Dick Cheney held talks here Wednesday with Chinese Minister of National Defence Chi Haotian, Xinhua news agency reported.

2.   It was requested by British defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind after allegations in a book about the conflict by ex-paratrooper Lance Corporal Vince Bramley.

3.   It counts among its members former French prime minister Michel Rocard and former US defence secretary Robert McNamara.

4.   Members include former French prime minister Michel Rocard and former US defence secretary Robert McNamara.

5.   Rocard defended his participation in the meeting, which also counts as members such luminaries as French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, and former US defence secretary Robert McNamara.