31.   With the exception of the Secret Service, those offices declined to confirm that they had received the information.

32.   Both offices declined comment.

33.   But the office declined to say what it believed the non-Social Security surplus would be.

34.   Communist Party and government offices declined comment.

35.   He underwent surgery in the Massachussetts General Hospital in Boston in early August, but his office declined to say what kind of operation or illness was involved.

36.   His office declined to release any details.

37.   His office declined to give the exact cause of death.

38.   In the past, his office has declined to give specifics of his illnesses and treatments.

39.   The Guerrero state PRI press office declined to comment.

40.   The office declined to comment on what was discussed during the talks between the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, Harry Johnston, and Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail.