Each of those encounters have been held behind closed doors to avoid risking relations with China.
College officials seemed eager to avoid painting relations with the community with too dark a brush.
Where possible they should use their leverage to avoid business relations doing the same.
"Poorer countries feel they have to throw everything they have into drug law enforcement to avoid souring relations with richer countries," Martin said.
All Jain monks vow to avoid sexual relations, and the laity are encouraged to be chaste and even to become celibate after the birth of a son.
"We were frustrated, angry and disappointed with the news we got from the corps," said a senior administration official who was granted anonymity to avoid straining relations between the agencies.
Mark Mansfield, a spokesman for the C.I.A., said an interagency decision to delay the publication had been made to avoid roiling relations at a time of political turmoil in Indonesia.
Mr. Bamford argues that the Liberty attack came at a time when President Lyndon B. Johnson was anxious to avoid worsening relations with Israel in the midst of the Middle East crisis.
"Furthermore, FEMA has not taken the lessons learned from some of the more successful states and applied them elsewhere to avoid public relations problems or to increase overall understanding and acceptance of the program".
"She forgets sometimes that when she points a finger at Europe, three fingers are pointing back at her," one German finance ministry official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid hurting relations.
