BALLADUR HAS HAD CONTACT WITH G-7 MINISTERS
  French Finance Minister Edouard Balladur
  has been in contact with several Finance Ministers from the
  Group of Seven leading industrial countries, in particular West
  German Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg, to discuss the
  crisis on world markets, Finance Ministry sources said.
      They did not say whether the contacts had led to concerted
  action on the markets or merely an exchange of views.
      But they added that French ministry officials were
  continuing the contacts to exchange views on market
  performance.
  

