1.   A senior NATO diplomat cautioned that looking at Milosevic as someone who would surrender and then negotiate was a fairly dangerous proposition.

2.   But diplomats cautioned that many thorny issues remained, including the details of the map of the new federation and control of Sarajevo.

3.   But foreign diplomats cautioned that he would need to deliver on his words.

4.   Diplomats caution, however, that the prospects for successful negotiations are uncertain at best.

5.   European diplomats caution Israel against retaliation, appealing to the Jews to sit still and be gassed by a mustachioed dictator just one more time.

6.   One Western diplomat cautioned against reading too much into the scattered reports, which generally are not carried in official news reports.

7.   As a result of those talks, the United States agreed to shorten the lists but diplomats cautioned that major elements will remain unchanged.

8.   But diplomats cautioned that it was premature to identify either Annan or Essy as a likely winner.

9.   But diplomats cautioned that reform of the most important U.N. body was still bogged down by competing national and regional demands.

10.   But some diplomats cautioned that it was uncertain whether any of the three probable candidates would win significant support.