He has joined in a political truce with Mr. Gorbachev in trying to work out a more effective plan for governmental power-sharing in the nation.

Upon the outbreak of war with Germany, the government had agreed a "political truce" with the opposition Conservative leader, Andrew Bonar Law.

Throughout the war there operated a "political truce" in accordance with which each major party agreed not to contest seats formerly held by any of the others.

After an uneasy political truce that lasted nearly 20 years, Canada has been thrust anew into a bitter dispute over its abortion laws.

Indeed, in the immediate aftermath, Mr. Blair enjoyed a balmy political truce.

Since most of the union functionaries supported the political truce, the Stewards created an opposition of industrial workers against the First World War in Germany.

The end of the Olympics also brings to a close an informal political truce that subordinated domestic conflicts to the smooth hosting of the Games.

Most of the Soviet nation's 15 republics have been pressing for greater self-rule, forcing Mr. Gorbachev to seek a political truce with promises of liberalization.

But there are already signs that an unofficial political truce, to mark the elections of June 15, 1977, is unraveling.

There was a political truce between the parties of the wartime coalition government, and the seat was expected to be filled without a contest.