81.   Preliminary talks have begun on making Chile the next member of the free trade organization made up of Canada, the United States and Mexico.

82.   Preliminary talks next Thursday would focus on drawing up an agenda, he said.

83.   Palestinians say preliminary talks produced a plan for a cease-fire, and the Peres-Arafat meeting would put it into effect.

84.   A U.S. trade official said he was pleased with the first round of preliminary talks for a free trade agreement with Central America.

85.   A State Department official on Thursday said the United States often has held bilateral meetings with Korean negotiators before talks or preliminary talks.

86.   Allianz said it expected approval of all the transactions, based on preliminary talks with anti-trust authorities.

87.   Also Thursday in New York, the Unites States, China and the two Koreas began preliminary talks to discuss a Korean peace conference.

88.   Another State Department official, in Washington, said the United States often has held bilateral meetings with Korean peace talks participants before talks or preliminary talks.

89.   Another source familiar with Karen affairs said Karen officials and local level Burmese authorities had held preliminary talks recently.

90.   At least two more rounds of preliminary talks are expected before the Rome conference.