31.   Lake said he had directed his staff to keep presumptive Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole informed of developments in Saudi Arabia.

32.   Lake said the number of Americans opposed to normalisation was declining and that the majority were supportive of better ties.

33.   Lake also said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called the president shortly after Air Force One left Washington to express his condolences.

34.   Lake also said that more US troops would be brought home by Christmas, but he gave no exact figures.

35.   Lake said that the United States would work closely with Thailand -- once both supporters of the Khmer Rouge rebels -- to ensure the survival of democracy in Cambodia.