1.   The talks were extended for a third day after the Japanese agreed to drop the nuclear inspection demand during the current session.

2.   The USA let it be known that it was prepared to upgrade the status of these talks if North Korea submitted to nuclear inspection.

3.   He was also said to have pledged support for South Korea if it proved necessary to apply for UN sanctions against the North over the issue of nuclear inspections.

4.   The atmosphere of the meeting was strained by the failure to agree upon the formation of the JNCC, and by the issue of nuclear inspections.

5.   The Premiers failed, however, to narrow their differences on the issue of nuclear inspections.

6.   That still leaves the unresolved question of the nuclear inspections.

7.   Just after noon, they called a halt to discussions about Iraqi violations of nuclear inspection policy to attend the rubber match of the series.

8.   Russia proposed, and China endorsed, ending the nuclear inspection program.

9.   The International Atomic Energy Association, the nuclear inspections arm of the United Nations, has attested that the freeze is in effect.