BRAZIL FINANCE MINISTER MEETS FRENCH OFFICIALS
Brazilian Finance Minister Dilson Funaro
held separate meetings with French Finance Minister Edouard
Balladur and Bank of France Governor Jacques de Larosiere on
the second stage of a European mission to explain his country's
latest debt crisis, French officials said.
    They declined to disclose details of the talks. Monetary
sources described them as a preliminary diplomatic effort to
see if France could help to negotiate financial concessions
sought by Brazil from Western banks, governments and official
lending agencies.
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