31.   So long as he remains in power, the West is obliged to work with him to carry out the Bosnian peace agreements.

32.   Such a deal would clearly be a defeat for the countries that have worked to arrange a Bosnian peace.

33.   That group supervises elections under the Bosnian peace plan.

34.   The administration argues that such a restriction would hamper the flexibility of ground commanders, undermine the Bosnian peace accord and damage American credibility with its European allies.

35.   The Americans withdrew when Serbian hard-liners agreed to moderate their propaganda war against the Bosnian peace agreement.

36.   The American shift originated with Richard Holbrooke, the former diplomat who is the architect of the Bosnian peace settlement.

37.   The agreement, signed after the Bosnian peace accord was reached in Dayton, Ohio, was never made public by either the Croatians or the Americans.

38.   The Bosnian peace is very fragile.

39.   The Bosnian peace agreement seems to have weathered its first serious challenge, a dispute between the Bosnian government and Bosnian Serbs over the handling of war crimes investigations.

40.   The Clinton administration has repeatedly promised to provide troops in the event that a Bosnian peace settlement was reached.