21.   One anti-Saddam stratagem the administration will avoid is using Radio Free Iraq to call on the Iraqi masses to rise up against their leader.

22.   Relations between the United States and Mexico are so sensitive that the Clinton administration has avoided saying anything that could even hint of U.S. interference.

23.   The Clinton administration has avoided using words that would suggest that the Chuan government was in Washington to seek more US help.

24.   The Clinton administration has generally avoided acting on its own to pressure Fujimori, preferring to support efforts by the Organization of American States to negotiate democratic change.

25.   The head of the United Development Party faction, Rusjdi Hamka, said the administration must avoid big-budget activities.

26.   State Department spokesman Glyn Davies said the administration will avoid commenting on reactions and will pursue its diplomatic initiative to bring about a ceasefire in the region.