“Well, for a little while at least, you will be watched closely and your opinions will matter. They will be reading you for signs of what the Americans think. Maybe we can even convince them that this human rights policy is serious.” “Isn’t it serious?” “I don’t know, but I have seldom seen the Americans serious about human rights unless it is politically convenient for them. So if this time they are truly interested, it’s something new—to me, at least.”
