1.   Indonesia does not have a history of peaceful political succession.

2.   With each new effort to quash popular calls for greater accountability, Suharto diminishes the chances for a peaceful presidential succession as well as hoped-for liberalization.

3.   Behind-the-scenes contacts have begun to pick a successor, with the aim of having a peaceful succession, the TV said.

4.   In their meetings with Castro and other top leaders, the senators said they got the impression that a peaceful succession in leadership was a primary concern.