It added, "British businessmen visiting the factory were told that it was a 1,000-pound bomb."

The French businessman has frequently visited the United States, but it could not immediately be learned yesterday whether he has a residence here.

One businessman from California, Jeri Little, visited Romania in 1988 on a church trip and was moved by the desperate conditions there.

Japanese businessmen occasionally visited the mines, he said.

In 1892, a Chinese businessman from Minneapolis, Woo Yee Sing, visited the mission looking for a wife.

Last week, several dozen Turkish businessmen, traveling as part of an official delegation, visited Iraq to discuss business opportunities there.

And on the 10th and 20th of each month, traffic is said to be particularly heavy as businessmen visit suppliers and clients to pay bills or receive payment in cash.

Influential businessmen visited Allure.

Japanese, Korean, Italian and Spanish businessmen regularly visit Government offices.

Where once 120 businessmen a night would visit Mr. Okamoto's restaurant and spend up to $90 each, now only about 35 come to spend half as much.