non-paper

non-paper
 n.β€” Β«It is understood that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw had given a non-paper on Kashmir problem to the Indian and Pakistani leaderships when he visited the subcontinent in the first week of February this year. In diplomatic parlance, a “non-paper” is used when a government is conveying a point to other government/governments or state actors while keeping nothing on record.Β» β€”β€œDixit, Aziz hold secret talks in Delhi” by Rajeev Sharma, Girja Shankar Kaura in New Delhi Tribune (Chandigarh, India) Sept. 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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