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fall-back position

 
     
  In negotiations, the most a party is willing to concede, and the least it will accept in return, as the basis for concluding an agreement. For obvious reasons, formally drafted fall-back positions – unless drawn up for purposes of deception – are best kept secret. Those who are doubtful that secrecy can ever be maintained and believe that professional diplomats are in any case always too ready to compromise, believe that fall-back positions should never be produced at all.  
 

 

 

 
 
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