  The generalized Zakharov-Shabat systems with complex-valued Cartan elements
and the systems studied by Caudrey, Beals and Coifman (CBC systems) and their
gauge equivalent are studies. This includes: the properties of fundamental
analytical solutions (FAS) for the gauge-equivalent to CBC systems and the
minimal set of scattering data; the description of the class of nonlinear
evolutionary equations solvable by the inverse scattering method and the
recursion operator, related to such systems; the hierarchies of Hamiltonian
structures.
