41.   Howard criticized Keating for negotiating the accord in secret but endorsed its essence.

42.   In negotiating the accord, Stalin benefited from information from an agent stationed in Japan, according to a secret telegram sent from Tokyo before the meeting.

43.   In Central America, Mexico currently has a free trade agreement with Costa Rica, and is negotiating similar accords with Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

44.   Israel and the PLO are negotiating an accord on a troop pullout from West Bank towns.

45.   Like Russia, French oil companies also have negotiated accords with Baghdad that would be implemented after the embargo is lifted.

46.   Officials have been negotiating an accord on economic relations.

47.   Ross, along with Arafat and Israeli officials, was in the Norwegian capital for a ceremony marking five years since the first accords were secretly negotiated there.

48.   The accord was negotiated by U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky and European Union representative Sir Leon Brittan.

49.   The accord was negotiated by the right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had bitterly attacked Rabin and the peace agreements he signed.

50.   The EU has signed similar agreements with Jordan, Israel, Morocco and Tunisia, and is negotiating such accords with Lebanon and Egypt.