U.S. WOULD ACCEPT NORTH KOREA TERMS.(MAIN)

Byline: STEVEN GREENHOUSE - New York Times

Backing away from its previous insistence that North Korea accept frequent nuclear inspections, Clinton administration officials said Tuesday that they were prepared to accept North Korea's offer of one full inspection of seven atomic sites now in the hope that more could be agreed upon later.

The officials said further that the United States would urge South Korea to suspend joint military exercises with the United States if such an inspection is arranged and North Korea resumes talks with South Korea on guaranteeing the removal of all nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula.

Administration officials …