11.   The alliance has also proposed new ideas for a revised treaty on conventional forces which is being negotiated in Vienna, Austria.

12.   The revised treaty eventually was approved.

13.   Twenty-two Republican senators, meanwhile, urged Clinton in a letter released Tuesday to suspend negotiations on a revised Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.

14.   As with the current treaty, the revised CFE treaty would set up different geographical zones to prevent the massing of forces along potential confrontation lines.

15.   But Washington does not want a revised treaty to limit transfers of forces within the central zone, whose boundaries would be preserved.

16.   Countries which have not ratified the revised treaty of the community were also called upon to do so without further delay.

17.   This interpretation was contested by Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, who said that negotiations should not begin before the revised treaty is ratified by all member states.

18.   The Executive Secretariat of the grouping was directed to initiate measures necessary for the effective application of the provisions of the revised treaty.