A Mexican official said that his country's senior negotiators had addressed many groups, but only when invited to appear.

"We've become like two neighbors stepping into each other's kitchens, free to criticize what we think is wrong," said a senior Japanese negotiator.

But as senior negotiators threw themselves into a final round of meetings, the two sides apparently remained deadlocked on several key issues.

"There is an enormous change in the East," said a senior West German negotiator.

"Most of our problems are intra-alliance," a senior West European negotiator said.

Today, senior negotiators from both sides are to resume discussions on a range of unsettled issues.

Tell him that the senior negotiator wishes to see you for identification purposes well in advance of any meeting.

"We have not entered any kind of new era because of these agreements," said a senior Japanese negotiator.

In a series of talks between senior negotiators, solutions to the basic issues have been discussed in deep detail.

"There are lines that we cannot concede to," one senior Japanese negotiator said.