"Our strategy for the 90's began in 1982," Mr. Klingensmith said.

"An intelligent enough strategy in this age of world peace, wouldn't you say?"

The pension fund changes represented one of the quickest and simplest means of carrying out that strategy, the company said.

His strategy for survival and relevance, besides worrying, he said, is simply work.

The strategy now, said a senior official who watches the issue closely, is, "Squeeze them, but keep the negotiations going."

This strategy, he said, "strongly suggests" that the creation of new competition "will be the exception rather than the rule."

What interests me is what the Commission's strategy says about this issue.

Some people think the strategy says too little about cohesion policy.

"The fact is, we don't know" China's motives for seeking a closer dialogue, a State Department official involved in planning the strategy said.

Probably their most effective strategy," said the Democratic aide , "is infiltration of the bureaucracy.