61.   The suspicions were confided to Thomas Pickering, who was then the American ambassador to El Salvador and is now under secretary of state for political affairs.

62.   The undersecretary of state for political affairs, Marc I. Grossman, met with the newly arrived Chinese ambassador, Yang Jiechi.

63.   Their lawyers have strenuously denied that they had anything to do with the alleged Chinese meddling in American political affairs.

64.   Thomas Pickering, the undersecretary of state for political affairs and a former ambassador to Russia, is said to share his views.

65.   With the economy in relatively good shape, many Americans have taken a fairly pacific view of political affairs, not motivated enough to demand sharp change.

66.   Yeoman worked with Symington on his business and political affairs.

67.   Peter Tarnoff, undersecretary of state for political affairs, outlined administration policy before a U.S. House International Relations subcommittee dominated by lawmakers hostile to the policy.

68.   Other big names on the list include former Deputy Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and Suh Suk-jae, a former Cabinet minister for political affairs.

69.   Pickering, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, briefed reporters Tuesday on his recent swing though Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil.