I understand your position, what you took before, because there was
some concern in the Department of Foreign Affairs particularly, not so much in Defence but in Foreign Affairs, that while the Americans were saying that they were not going to ask us for any cost contributions to this, that there was an expression — at least from the dep
artment there was a feeling that once you got in
side the tent sooner or later somebody would pas
...[+++]s you the bill.
Je comprends votre position, celle que vous aviez alors, parce que le ministère des Affaires étrangères en particulier, plutôt que celui de la Défense, craignait que, même si les Américains avaient dit que nous n'aurions aucune contribution à faire, une fois invités, nous serions à un moment donné appelés à partager les frais.