11.   Shultz, before joining the Reagan administration, held three cabinet positions in the Nixon administration, including treasury secretary.

12.   Such is the nature and pace of change, all the office workers including the secretary must recognise that traditional roles and duties will become extinct.

13.   Other members of his entourage included deputy secretary general of the State Council, He Chunlin, vice foreign minister Zhang Deguang and vice trade minister Shi Guangsheng.

14.   Sources close to the Organization of the Islamic Conference said it will send a delegation which will not include its secretary general.

15.   The diplomats expelled from Peshawar included first secretary Abdul Basir, the spokesman said.

16.   The meeting, hosted by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, included cabinet secretary Kozo Igarashi, Hashimoto, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, Takemura and Komura.