He also said Clinton could do other things to pressure the Haitian military rulers to step down.

That could complicate the troops' mission, officials said, although the forces will land with the cooperation of the Haitian rulers.

The former Haitian ruler, now 49, has lived in France since he was overthrown in 1986, although his present whereabouts is not known.

Whoever the next president is, he will face what was, before Duvalier, a recurrent problem for Haitian rulers - the separate power of the army.

"The Truth About Charlie" is at the very least a wondrous antidote to that; one of the cops is named Dessalines, after the Haitian ruler.

Lieut. Gen. Henri Namphy, the Haitian military ruler, was ousted in a coup tonight and escorted under guard to the international airport, a Government spokesman said.

In addition, some people here say that Haitian rulers have gotten rich as a result of contraband and smuggling.

A15 A plan to seize the Haitian ruler was reported and denied.

Referring to the Haitian military rulers, an official of Panama's Foreign Ministry said "the gentlemen" would be arriving shortly "and I think everybody is happy."

But they succeeded in persuading the Haitian military rulers to give way only because a U.S. invasion was imminent.