BAGHDAD, May 23 Kyodo (EDS: UPDAT...

BAGHDAD, May 23 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH BRIEFING QUOTES)

The top U official in charge of security in the U Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance said Friday the United States is not conducting any negotiation forward the surrender of Uday Hussein, son of depos Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

''There are no negotiations going onward nor would we,'' Lt. Gen David McKiernan told reporters in Baghdad.

The U Wall highway Journal reported Friday that Uday is considering surrendering to U forces unless has been reluctant to do in like manner because of a tough negotiating condition by the U.S. government.

Quoting a third party familiar with the discussion, the report said Uday is hiding in a Baghdadi suburb and is working by means of intermediaries to find on the outside charges against him, the proces for interrogation and custody.

Uday, who was head of the Iraqi paramilitary Saddam Fedayeen and chairman of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, fears Iraqi citizens will kill him if they find him, the source said, according to the newspaper.

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