31.   Such a compromise would almost certainly further destabilize the shaky federation between Croats and Muslims in Bosnia.

32.   It said the United States hoped to persuade the mainly Moslem government in Sarajevo to accept such a compromise.

33.   But Israeli officials warned that such a compromise would fail to meet the commitments made to them in peace agreements with PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

34.   But it was not clear if such a compromise would be acceptable to Israel.