61.   Defense Department officials said last week that talks are continuing through diplomatic channels.

62.   DeFrantz indicated she was pursuing diplomatic channels in Washington.

63.   Defense Department officials said Wednesday that talks are continuing through diplomatic channels.

64.   Details of the negotiations will be smoothed out through diplomatic channels, the officials said.

65.   Despite the recriminations, all four delegation chiefs joined hands at the end and agreed to set up another meeting through diplomatic channels.

66.   Dr Ling said diplomatic channels through the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur were used to contact An Tai Navigation Enterprise but there was no response from the owners.

67.   Despite the recriminations, all four delegation chiefs joined hands and agreed to set up another meeting through diplomatic channels.

68.   Egypt announced last week it was scaling down contacts with Israel, except for diplomatic channels that serve the Palestinian cause.

69.   Egypt last week, announced it was scaling down contacts with Israel to only those diplomatic channels that serve the Palestinian cause.

70.   Embassy officials said they were using diplomatic channels to resolve the matter.