1.   They include Agriculture Secretary Michael Espy, Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbel, and the number two official in the Treasury Department, Roger Altman.

2.   Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, the number two official in the RPR and a key Chirac supporter, and hardline Interior Minister Charles Pasqua, have been openly bickering.

3.   He said the liaison office scouts were Han Song Ryol, minister-counsellor and number four official at the UN mission, and counsellor Hwang Pong Su.

4.   US ambassador Edward Gnehm, the number two official at the US mission, declined to comment to reporters as he went to a Security Council session on Wednesday.