The Chancellor's decision on which colleges would receive extra money was contained in an internal memo distributed to key university officials earlier this month.

Penney's sales this year "have been disappointing, as have those for most of the recession-sensitive retail industry," said a memo distributed to Ayer employees.

According to the memo distributed to trustees, the Baruch and Queens senior colleges would each get seven positions based on their graduation rates.

A memo distributed to D'Arcy employees, signed by three top executives, was more forthcoming.

An unsigned memo distributed during a service said such displays "produce dramatic and esthetic disjuncture."

"We moved too fast," Mr. Von Essen wrote in a memo distributed on Friday.

Asked to explain the memos distributed at the psychiatric hospitals and the statements by workers about the ban, Mr. Klingman declined to comment.

While the order was classified by the government, it was summarized in a memo distributed to the public on May 5, 1994.

Member firms were informed of the new requirements in a memo distributed by the Big Board last week.

In an internal memo distributed yesterday to Coke employees, Mr. Daft praised the company's progress, but said it still had work to do.