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George H.W. Bush: No. We crossed every ``t'' and signed a treaty. Then we had a little problem on interpretation. That's very different.…

On the recordJune 17, 1991
No. We crossed every ``t'' and signed a treaty. Then we had a little problem on interpretation. That's very different. What I'm saying is we've got to narrow down these major issues to get them to agreement. But there's a step then between that and writing out an X- number-of-page treaty. And that's going to be highly complicated drafting, but the drafters will have these problems resolved before they start. So, that's what I was referring to. South Africa
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George H.W. Bush
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