41.   Polish diplomats represent U.S. interests in Iraq and the appeals to Iraqi authorities were made at State Department request.

42.   Polish diplomats said at least seven of the dead were Polish, including two Polish lawmakers.

43.   Polish diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision to evacuate the diplomats was seen as a signal to other embassies in Baghdad to leave Iraq.

44.   Polish diplomats have been lobbying Ukraine to reconsider the decision.

45.   Ryszard Krystosik, a Polish diplomat who heads the U.S. interest section in Baghdad, said he will ask for consular protection to assist the men.

46.   Sadler said the men had been given Iraqi dinars for money to buy food by the Polish diplomat and that Barloon also was given eyeglasses.

47.   She said they planned to travel to Jordan soon to meet with Polish diplomats to arrange for the visit.

48.   Similarly, Polish diplomats -- not Americans -- represent the United States in a small office in Baghdad, she said.

49.   Spokesman Nicholas Burns said a Polish diplomat who represents U.S. interests in Baghdad has been asked by the administration to visit the hospital immediately.

50.   The Americans were allowed a visit Wednesday by a television crew from CNN and a Polish diplomat.