Johnson's agent, however, said that other officials of the country have assured him that there will be no problem.

Early in the census campaign, officials merely assured the callers that the bureau would make contact with them one way or another.

Russian officials assured him that the military was scaling back its operations in Chechnya.

Iraqi officials also assured al-Sadr that he was not to face arrest.

One confessed, and officials assured the press that both would be dismissed from the force.

For the next decade, officials assured a worried public that there was no evidence the disease could spread to humans.

But local officials have repeatedly assured workers that tests show nothing abnormal in their blood or in the environment.

At first Government officials assured the public that people could not get the disease from eating infected cattle.

The officials, he added, assured him that youths would not be arrested "simply for playing hookey."

Also today, Chinese officials assured him that he and other foreigners would be safe.