STOLTENBERG SAYS BAKER MEETING UNDERSCORES ACCORD
  West German Finance minister Gerhard
  Stoltenberg said the meeting on Monday with U.S. Treasury
  Secretary James Baker underscored the determination of the U.S.
  And West Germany to continue close cooperation to stabilise
  foreign exchange rates.
      Stoltenberg told a news conference "The statement released
  yesterday (Monday) after the private meeting .... Emphasized
  our determination to continue the close economic cooperation
  regarding foreign exchange stabilization and monetary policy."
      Stoltenberg said that he, Baker and Bundesbank President
  Karl Otto Poehl had a very constructive discussion and had all
  reached a positive evaluation of the Louvre accord during their
  meeting on Monday.
      Stoltenberg said initial contacts with several European
  counterparts showed that they shared this view. "We expect the
  declaration of our unified position to have a positive effect,"
  he said.
      He noted that the dollar firmed again in late U.S. Trading
  after the outcome of the Baker meeting was published.
  

