51.   However, Igor Ignatyev, chief of the presidential press service, said that no such meeting was planned.

52.   His comments were reported by the presidential press service.

53.   Igor Ignatyev, chief of the presidential press service, said the surgery at the Central Clinical Hospital, also known as the Kremlin Hospital, went smoothly.

54.   However, Igor Ignatyev, chief of the presidential press service, said that no such meeting with Yeltsin was planned.

55.   Igor Ignatyev, chief of the presidential press service, said the surgery Saturday at the Central Clinical Hospital, also known as the Kremlin Hospital, went smoothly.

56.   In a decree Sunday, Yeltsin instructed the government to streamline its system for reserving funds for wages in state enterprises, the presidential press service reported.

57.   In a statement, the presidential press service said Yeltsin ordered a draft decree creating the new commission be put together.

58.   Igor Ignatyev, head of the presidential press service, said Yeltsin had undergone the tests last month.

59.   In Moscow, a spokeswoman for the presidential press service, Vera Barisheva, said the Kremlin had no comment.

60.   In recent days Yeltsin has met with his chief of staff and prime minister but he had no meetings scheduled for Saturday, the presidential press service said.