Staff will seek furtherassurances this week after News International's chief executive Tom Mockridge told them he'd had a "personal assurance from Rupert Murdoch about his total commitment to continue to own and publish The Sun".
Private assurances to the allies of a further, as yet unannounced and multifaceted U.S. contribution to the Soviet economy scheduled for implementation between September and December 1990.
There is a familiar routine that follows such devastating reports: assurances are given that reforms are already under way and further changes will be introduced.
So they want the Greek parliament on Sunday to back the new spending cuts, to find further savings of 325m euros, and for the political leaders to give assurances that they will respect the terms of the deal.
But they want a further 325m euros in savings for this year and also insist that Greek leaders give "strong political assurances" on the implementation of the packages.