His economic aides insist that his decision has already been made.

Your country supplies economic and military aide to Turkey.

Or, as one of his economic aides put it the other day, "You can kiss that pecorino goodbye."

"A natural," one top economic aide called it.

"This was the big surprise," one of Mr. Clinton's top economic aides said the other day.

But Mr. Clinton, as one of his economic aides said the other day, has "no good options."

None of his most influential economic aides are here.

But as one top economic aide says, he is "scared to death to open his mouth" on these issues.

In addition, some of the President's top economic aides will be appearing before various Senate committees.

"We have to be highly specific," one of Mr. Clinton's top economic aides said last week.