31.   The most urgent task facing the next Russian government is not repaying foreign bankers or politically powerful domestic tycoons.

32.   The second is foreign bankers and investors, who when alarmed send currencies and stock markets into the tank.

33.   Those laws include one that allows U.S. authorities to investigate and prosecute foreign bankers who knowingly assist money-launderers in U.S. dollar transactions.

34.   To most foreign bankers, that statistic carries the implicit guarantee the government will stand behind its own companies.

35.   To do that foreign banks want a guarantee from the government, foreign bankers said.

36.   A former associate of U.S. billionaire financier George Soros, the market-savvy Fraga was essential in persuading foreign bankers to maintain credit lines to Brazil.

37.   A judge has also used the law to prevent several foreign bankers from leaving the country before being interrogated about capital flight, causing concern from the IMF.

38.   A judge has also used the law to prevent several foreign bankers from leaving the country before being interrogated about capital flight.

39.   A group of foreign bankers expressed concern Wednesday that the pace of financial liberalization in China may slow in the wake of the Asian currency crisis.

40.   And, diplomats and foreign bankers say, Mobutu takes most of that to fund his entourage.