If a complete pullout takes place within, say, a year, then the fate of Bosnia will be partition.

Movladi Udugov, the rebel spokesman, said the two sides had agreed to the demilitarization of Chechnya by Aug. 30, including a complete pullout of Russian troops.

Relying on "land for peace" as the only workable solution, President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt insisted on a complete Israeli pullout from Sinai.

During most of last year, the Administration set a firm deadline of December 1996 for a complete American military pullout.

The government newspaper Tishrin said Syria was willing to discuss an Israeli withdrawal from the heights on condition Israel pledged a complete pullout within an "acceptable and reasonable" time.

The government daily Tishrin said Syria would negotiate an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan on condition Israel pledged a complete pullout within an "acceptable and reasonable" timeframe.

As Israelis watched their leaders offer nearly complete pullouts from Palestinian land, Palestinians watched Jewish settlements and bypass roads expand - signs of indefinite Israeli presence.

The United States and Britain said the move fell short of NATO's demands for a complete pullout.

Ziad Abu Amr, a moderate member of the Palestinian parliament, said he believed that militants could be persuaded to halt attacks after a complete pullout.

The fourth is a complete pullout in mid-1998.