context: However, according to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, the UNFPA contributed vehicles and computers to the Chinese to carry out their population control policies. However, both the Washington Post and the Washington Times reported that Powell simply fell in line, signing a brief written by someone else. 
question: সেই সময় ওই আধিকারিকের অবস্থান কী ছিল?
answers: Secretary of State