1.   Government announces recipients of official decorations.

2.   France bestowed official decorations on a group of US publishers Wednesday on the eve of an international book fare in Paris starring the United States.

3.   He met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and received official decorations in Austria and Sweden.

4.   Civilians must have an official decoration.

5.   Schevitz and his wife Beatrice were said to have had regular meetings with the East German officers handling them, receiving both money and official East German decorations.