11.   Any informal contact, without authorization, might be construed as tampering.

12.   As of last fall, he said, the Chinese government had cut off informal contact with him, and repression of Tibetan life and religion has become harsher.

13.   He suggested informal contact between the two sides could continue on issues other than security while a formal committee met to discuss the security issue.

14.   His family also said he had useful informal contacts with the Israeli and American governments during some Middle East crises.

15.   Initially, Nunn is likely to be a guest lecturer and to make himself available for informal contact with students.

16.   Informal contacts between the two nations will continue.

17.   Informal contacts between the two countries will continue.

18.   Lacovara says informal contacts with Egyptian authorities have been encouraging.

19.   Kartman said that North Korea, in informal contacts with the U.S. today, had raised the issue of food aid but had not insisted on a resolution.

20.   Meanwhile, U.S. officials confirmed that informal contacts are underway between Japanese automakers and U.S. embassy officials in Tokyo on ways to resolve the thorny dispute.