31.   Other reporters are watched carefully in case they get a little too good at information gathering.

32.   Poor transportation and communication in the remote, mountainous area have hampered rescues and information gathering, he said.

33.   Self-examinations by the CIA and other agencies to discover errors in information gathering and analysis will come later.

34.   So much for basic information gathering.

35.   He said the problems included advance information gathering and introduction of enough safety measures based on the information obtained.

36.   The officials said that most of the information gathering was being done by the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.