because the support for President Mobutu is not sufficient to lead Zaire.

We're making inquiries of local officials for an assessment of the situation.

A lot of people are going to speculate going into this weekend about events on Monday, ... And you don't know what the questions are. We don't know what the questions are. You don't know what the answers are. We don't know what the answers are the president will give, what the president decides to say or decides not to say.

He had no reaction that I'm reporting,

I think there has to be, as we've just indicated, some arrangements for a transitional process that leads to a newly elected government.

He has a charm offensive under way with the far right, and we understand that, but at some point, to get business done, he has to come back to the center of the political spectrum and work with those like the president who are in the center.