You and your representatives can plan a programme of inspections in advance, as this would satisfy the requirement to notify.

The American representative, Richard C. Holbrooke, plans to make trips to Washington to consult Congress during that time, aides said.

The broadcast industry opposes the V-chip, and representatives of the major networks are planning to challenge it on constitutional grounds, one network executive said.

The hostage takers told the BBC that a special representative of President Putin planned to come to the theater for talks the next day.

While he has praised the governors' proposal, some other senators and representatives plan legislation that calls for a much more complicated approach than the governors want.

In November, he learned that the Transportation Department and the local representatives were planning a meeting.

Hanoi officials and representatives of the four Cambodian factions plan to meet for the first time this week in Jakarta.

He said representatives of the group still plan to meet with Mobil officials on Monday in St. Louis.

Japanese representatives plan to meet in Washington next Friday with Clinton Administration officials to begin negotiating a framework for trade relations.

In May, representatives of five South Korean communications companies plan to visit North Korea to compete for a half-billion-dollar cellphone project.