Abstract
CO emission in the LMC appears associated with other population I tracers. Preliminary analysis of four CO complexes in the LMC indicates that these complexes are correlated in velocity and position with the highest density of neutral hydrogen. In the SMC, CO has been detected only in the southwest part of the bar and correlates with the lower velocity component of the H I gas. In this area the highest density of neutral hydrogen is observed. Estimations of the molecular mass indicate that the ratio of molecular hydrogen to atomic hydrogen is less than 1 in the Magellanic Clouds.
