FastSaying
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Ambassador
Anything
Briefing
Function
Indiscreet
Object
Paper
Prevent
Saying
Something
Sometimes
Think
True
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