Even then, he told Mr. Christopher that he needed more time.

"If you can catch the people who did this, you really should punish them bad," he told Mr. Christopher.

He told Mr. Christopher that he appreciated his words about continuity in foreign policy during his formal speech to the forum.

A few minutes later, Mr. Milosevic told Mr. Christopher that he would accept the commission on Brcko.

Mr. Kozyrev told Mr. Christopher that the two of them had to try to get the relationship back on track.

Many officials told Mr. Christopher they now fear that American investors will pour into Vietnam, as Cambodia withers.

King Hassan did not tell Mr. Christopher if or when his country would move toward establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, American officials said.

French officials said they would tell Mr. Christopher on Tuesday that Paris is ready to deploy 300 troops initially.

Although no one nation opposed the American proposal, a number of ministers clearly told Mr. Christopher that they expected more.

All that the European allies could tell Mr. Christopher was that whatever the next step was, it must be weighed cautiously.