rtokens: Yeltsin 's press office could not confirm the call .
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tokens: Lebed said he had a telephone conversation with Yeltsin late on Thursday but gave no details .
ltokens: Itar-Tass news agency quoted Lebed as saying that he would suggest to the rebels that the decision on Chechnya 's future political status be deferred by up to 10 years .