1.   Overt action had to be carefully considered in a region where, if the USSR were provoked, American power might be an inadequate deterrent to Soviet intervention.

2.   Even if Clinton stops short of such overt action, he could still bring powerful pressure to bear.

3.   President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has publicly called on the United States to limit the duration of overt military action.

4.   They took no overt official action against overproduction, although there were reports of many closed-door complaints and efforts to persuade backsliders.