The second level of secret diplomacy is when it is known that meetings are taking place, but no one on the outside knows the real agenda or takes them very seriously.
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What the two old adversaries produced in more than a year of secret diplomacy has ended the state of war between their countries and opened the way for a normal relationship.
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An official at the provincial government secretariat denied that Soong's trip was part of a " secret diplomacy " campaign, saying the governor was not being asked to advance Taiwan's foreign policy.
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Secret diplomacy works when leaders recognize an opportunity to strike a deal before their followers do, and then work out the details free of the clamor and potential disruption of public debate.
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After seven years of U . N . sanctions and secret diplomacy, the U . S . and British governments acceded to Gadhafi's demand that the two be tried in a neutral country.
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In response to China's diplomatic embargo on the island, Taiwanese leaders have resorted to unannounced visits to countries that recognize Beijing, sometimes called " secret diplomacy, " or " missing person diplomacy ."
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Resorting to secret diplomacy, Christopher and his aides have not disclosed whether Assad had registered reservations to the plan, which would be in writing and replace a now shattered agreement Christopher negotiated in 1993.
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Resorting to secret diplomacy, Christopher and his aides did not disclose whether Assad registered reservations to the scheme to end the 12 days of rocketing and bombing by Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah guerrillas.
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This implied a complete democratisation of all existing states including removal of " arbitrary powers ", elected parliaments, publication of all treaties, abolition of secret diplomacy and the responsibility of foreign policy to the legislature.
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He made the abolition of secret diplomacy the first point of his Fourteen Points ( set forth in a speech to Congress on January 8, 1918, after the U . S . entered the war ).
