But even Mr. Bush's visit, officials said, would not include any large rallies.
"We would go and visit officials [in different government departments] to try and get help.
The United Nations will review the issue of Iraq on Monday, when top American and Iraqi officials will visit officials in New York for an important meeting.
In 1974, as Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, made plans to visit, officials offered to house him and his delegation on Governors Island or some other secluded area, and suggested he travel by helicopter or boat to United Nations headquarters.
Mr. Dallagnol and another prosecutor flew to Washington a few months ago to visit officials in the Justice Department, hoping to interest the United States in lending a hand.
"We intend to gather up as much evidence and documentation as is possible," Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters accompanying him while he traveled to visit officials in four former Soviet Republics -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan.
