CONT'L ILLINOIS&lt;CIL> SAYS MORATORIUM MAY CUT NET

  Continental Illinois Corp said if the
  Brazilian debt moratorium remains in effect, it may place its
  medium and long term loans to Brazil on a cash basis.
      This would increase non-performing loans by about 380 mln
  dlrs and reduce income before taxes and net income by about 10
  mln dlrs in the 1987 first quarter and 35 mln dlrs for the full
  year, company officials told a press briefing.
      Loans to Brazil at 1986 year end totaled 474 mln dlrs,
  according to the annual report released at the briefing.
      In February 1987, the Brazilian government, citing a
  declining level of foreign currency reserves, declared a
  moratorium on the payment of interest on the country's medium
  and long term debt obligations.
      Continental said it may take similar action on its loans to
  Ecuador, which total 25 mln dlrs. This would reduce 1987
  pre-tax and after-tax net by 800,000 dlrs in the first quarter,
  and by two mln dlrs for the full year, the bank-holding
  company's officers said.
  

