فعقَد عددا من الاجتماعات لم يصحب الزعيمين فيها معاونيهما، والتي نظمت بحيث تتسم بالإقلال من الخطابة وزيادة الصراحة.
He held a number of meetings where the two leaders were not accompanied by aides, in which format there was less rhetoric and more candour.