"Clearly the details will have to be worked out, but can I take it that we have an agreement in principal?"

The two countries announced that they had reached agreement in principal on all the major points in the treaty.

He said an agreement in principal had recently been reached with Los Alamos but not yet signed.

In the last few weeks, negotiators reached agreement in principal and began circulating a draft memorandum of understanding.

"There is an agreement in principal on an approach on the issue," Mr. McDonnell said.

"In the districts where we have agreements in principal and where we're working on contracts, people understand very well that we're independent.

The free-agent defenseman Larry Robinson and the Los Angeles Kings reached an agreement in principal on a contract yesterday, the National Hockey League team said yesterday.

A8 News analysis: Arms control is finally catching up with the momentous political changes sweeping Europe now that the U.S. and the Soviet Union have reached an agreement in principal on conventional arms.

In the Company's Statement "Gerald Arpino and a special committee of the Joffrey Ballet board of directors announced today an agreement in principal which resolves all outstanding issues between Mr. Arpino and the company," the statement said.

Mr. Baker refused to provide details on how the two sides had resolved their dispute, noting that the agreement in principal must now be submitted for approval by other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, who were also among the treaty's 22 signers.