Father Graham noted that deposed government leaders and dissident politicians in Latin America had often taken refuge in embassies.

The main targets are Kim Dae Jung and, to a lesser extent, another dissident politician, Kim Young Sam.

The Persian Gulf war obviously has wide public support, enough to intimidate dissident politicians from standing up to oppose it.

But the speculation has not thus far included the support of the nation's key dissident politician, Boris N. Yeltsin, the newly elected President of Russia.

Test of President's Stand The results of the exercise, which was organized by a loose alliance of artists, intellectuals, citizens' groups and dissident politicians, are not expected before tomorrow.

The first Haitians to leave were dissident politicians, and then came middle-class professionals and finally tradespeople.

Mr. Lilley is said to be considering a meeting with another dissident politician, Kim Dae Jung.

In France the extreme-right National Front and the Communists, together with various dissident politicians who share their dislike for "Europe," gained nearly 30 percent of the vote on Sunday.

Journalists and Eritrean dissident politicians were gagged by the regime.

"It is not clear they are completely sincere," said Kim Dae Jung, the country's best-known dissident politician.