31.  US and Russian defence chiefs were meeting here Thursday in an attempt to resolve their differences over the command structure of a future peacekeeping force for Bosnia.

32.  On Thursday, Chirac offered the French nuclear deterrent to the European Union for a future EU defence force, apparently hoping to defuse criticism of the tests.

33.  Russia has refused to place its troops under NATO command in a future peacekeeping force to be deployed in Bosnia once the warring sides have reached a peace agreement.