In addition, 200 freight-forwarding jobs at the state-owned railroad are expected to be phased out.

State-run agricultural enterprises such as the North Dakota Mill and Elevator, the Bank of North Dakota, and a state-owned railroad were mandated.

'Patrimony' Is Invoked They made so much noise that one of them, Daniel Allias, was invited to appear on national television to debate the president of the huge state-owned railroad.

The state-owned railroad had once been an asset to the state but now it was a liability and its debts had piled up to the million mark.

Certainly there were repeated strikes over the attempts to touch anything, from the state-owned railroads to the social security system.

Mr. Juppe appeared particularly concerned to allay the concerns of workers for France's state-owned railroads, who have been among the most determined members of the strike movement.

Seizing on new momentum in its privatization program, the Mexican Government said today that it was planning new sales of state-owned railroads, airports and satellites next year.

Britain's state-owned railroads and coal mines were shut down by workers demanding safeguards against layoffs.

Mr. Schlemmer said that there are few opportunities to sell to other industrialized nations, most of which have state-owned railroads with engine-building subsidiaries or close ties to domestic companies.

The Government also received an unexpected $370 million from increased tax collection and sales of state-owned railroads and telecommunications services, Mr. Gurria said.