"A lot has changed since I made my initial demands," he added.
And most of the initial demands are nonstarters for the Americans in any case.
The foreign ministry also establishes broad tactics, often regarding initial demands, bargaining counters, and minimum final position.
Lydia Kontos, executive director of the Kaufman Center, called the contract "a generous and advantageous proposal for the faculty" but said the union's initial demands were unrealistic.
The expropriation of large estates, the nationalisation of foreign enterprises and the establishment of schools and clinics throughout the island were the initial demands of his movement.
For the Bush administration, the resolution was a retreat from its initial demands for blanket immunity with almost automatic annual renewal.
On Wednesday, the United States considerably softened both the tone and the content of its initial demands, dropping its insistence on blanket immunity.
Students began to demonstrate, but this time their initial demands were modest, with slogans like "Postpone exams" and "Provide distance students with hostels".
Still, the initial demands and the later backpedaling over government assistance have made Mr. Milton, 41 and raised in Boston, even more of a lightning rod.
According to BCCL memos leaked to Quartz India, these demands were amended when journalists "sought further clarification" after receiving the initial demands on 14 August.
After leaders in the group applied pressure on the Obama administration, American officials retreated from their initial demands that Mr. Zelaya be allowed to return to power.
