Abstract
We report the first observation of 17O NMR spectra in YBa 2Cu3O7 obtained after selective gas exchanges performed at 300 and 850°C. We are able to assign the narrow (weakly shifted) signal to the (1/2, - 1/2) transition of oxygen atoms in CuO chains and the broad (strongly shifted) signal to the 0-sites in CuO2 planes.