Friends and associates said the molecular engineering research fellow had already been approached by one women's magazine here to reveal his story for $ 25,000. A celebrity manager, Max Markson, said Burns could make $ 500,000 from print and television interviews.

``He'd buy a worldwide deal,'' he said. ``He'd get his 15 minutes of fame and a bank account to match.'' On page 2,811 of the additional material gathered by Starr in his prosecution of US President Bill Clinton are copies of Lewinsky's E-mails to her friend Catherine.

They reveal that while she was trying to get back with the President last year, she was also veryinterested in Chris. The E-mails show that former White House intern Lewinsky met Burns and three other Australian businessmen in Princeton, New Jersey, in August or September last year. ``He's sooooo nice (and I know he is cute),'' one E-mail said, referring to Burns. ``It's such a shame he lives all the way in Australia. I'm hoping he will be back in the States for business soon (hopefully I'll have lost half my ass by then).''

Quoting his colleagues, the Herald said the pair speak to or fax each other regularly. They spoke on the morning of her Grand Jury testimony earlier this month.

They say he is well-mannered, has a good body and could leave Australia for the United States to be with her. Lewinsky was rumoured to be in Australia last week. Other than some grainy television footage showing a woman resembling her, no sightings were made.