Now it tells diplomats and American business executives that the right to dissent without being arrested would bring instability.

Privately, Buyoya told diplomats that he hoped there might be elections in four years.

He has also told American diplomats that he favors large state-owned projects, including collective farms.

Soviet officials have told Western diplomats that this would be a main route of withdrawal.

Senior Government officials have told foreign diplomats that the magistrates acted without giving them advance notice.

Hospital sources told diplomats they believed that more than 1,000 people were killed.

Privately, Golkar officials told foreign diplomats that they were expecting to win 30 percent of the vote.

Soviet officials have told Western reporters and diplomats they would like to bring their troops home by the end of 1988.

"Congress won't block me on fiscal reform," he told foreign diplomats in April.

"The international community should only resort to war as a last resort," he told diplomats.