March 28, 1992

Patrick Keane, a 44-year-old man from Cardiff, Wales, is entitled, like all other Britons, to medical care from the National Health Service. Mr. Keane changed doctors this winter, and the reasons he gave for doing so could spell trouble for Prime Minister John Major's Conservative Party in the national elections on April 9. "My doctor went private," Mr. Keane said. "He's gone computerized, and lost the personal touch. He just didn't give me as good care."

Robert M. Gates has told analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency that he is disturbed by the widespread impression inside the agency that intelligence reports are tailored to please superiors, and he has called for immediate remedies. In a speech on March 16, Mr. Gates said he based his conclusions on a report by an in-house group that conducted a comprehensive survey of C.I.A. analysts and managers. But he seemed to go beyond the assessment of the group, which reported a few instances of "modest concern" that it said warranted "remedial action."

Hundreds Are at Risk A Philadelphia man infected with AIDS has told the authorities he had sex with hundreds of teen-age boys over the last several years. Page 7. Clinton Foreign Policy Team Even at this stage in the Presidential campaign, Gov. Bill Clinton's foreign policy advisers are still a loose collection of unpaid volunteers. Page 8.

Chancellor Helmut Kohl met with President Kurt Waldheim of Austria in Munich today and then angrily criticized prominent Jews who had deplored the meeting as inappropriate. In a nationally televised news conference after the meeting, Mr. Kohl said he alone would decide with whom he was to meet in Germany.

Gov. Mario M. Cuomo today abruptly cut short negotiations with the Quebec Government and canceled a 20-year contract to buy power from a giant hydroelectric complex that Quebec wants to build in the Canadian sub-Arctic. The Governor said that New York did not need the power and that it would be cheaper to rely on energy conservation and other energy sources instead. State energy officials said consumers could actually pay less because of the move.