Some American officials thought a deal was in the works.
Officials across the Island have been thinking the same way.
Officials think most if not all of them are dead, but need firm evidence to close the cases.
Officials clearly still think the old law was good enough.
Chinese officials, he said, are thinking about such changes right now.
And, if that were true, officials thought they could make some money on the deal.
Scientists and federal officials do not think in such terms.
The problem is that officials were thinking only about cars.
And sometimes, many players said, the officials think they have seen something that wasn't really there.
Some officials here think there is no way to avoid it.