1.   American officials have been struck by the particular bitterness of key European allies and others reflected in speeches and meetings in recent weeks, an American diplomat said Monday.

2.   At first the oil trade with Yugoslavia was a mom-and-pop operation, but it has now been taken over by more organized criminal organizations, foreign diplomats here said.

3.   Both situations, the diplomat said, show a mutual lack of trust.

4.   A new law that allows the government to reimpose state control over private companies is one of many discouraging factors, the diplomat said.

5.   All but three of the allies were ready to name Robertson on Monday, NATO diplomats said, but Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg wanted more time.

6.   But it does not look as though the target date will be met, diplomats said this week.

7.   But Pakistan will be able to seize this moment only if it refrains from conducting a nuclear test, diplomats here said this week.

8.   But since financial help from these institutions requires economic reforms, it remains a mystery how Milosevic proposed to meet these demands, a diplomat said.

9.   But the Americans continued the discussion in the hope of changing a few minds, and left the impression that there might be some flexibility, the diplomat said.

10.   But the groups have not yet began to negotiate who will serve in the permanent government, diplomats said.