****************************************************** PR # 43016 We seek ASCA observations of three recently advanced intermediate polar candidates to confirm their classification and to secure, for the first time, accurate constraints on their basic X-ray emission properties (inclusion of these objects will expand the group by about 20%). In at least one case (probably all cases), coarsely phase-resolved spectra will be used to quantify the role of partial covering. At the same time, line diagnostics, in particular the iron transitions, can be exploited t ******************************************************