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(D) THE MECHANICS FOR DISTRIBUTION. WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
(1) ISSUING THE COVENANTS AND THE COVERING STATEMENT ALONG WITH
COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER. THE LOGISTIC PROBLEM OF PRODUCING 1.25 MILLION COPIES WOULD BE IMMENSE, IN ANY CASE IT SEEMS UNDESIRABLE TO DRAW SO MUCH ATTENTION TO ONE ITEM OF THE AGREEMENT. COMMENT: WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO ADOPT THIS COURSE.
(11) MAKING COPIES AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION BASIS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS DEMAND, PERHAPS 1,000 COPIES WOULD BE REQUIRED. COMMENT: THIS WOULD BE MANAGEABLE.
(111) MAKING COPIES AVAILABLE IN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC OFFICES,
PUBLIC LIBRARIES ETC. WE WOULD ALSO MAKE SOME AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA. OUR ASSESSMENT IS THAT ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE MEDIA WOULD THEMSELVES GIVE SOME PUBLICITY TO THE COVENANTS AND THE COVERING STATEMENT, THIS APPROACH WOULD PROVE ADEQUATE FOR MOST PURPOSES. IN THIS EVENT ABOUT 400 COPIES WOULD BE REQUIRED, HALF OF WHICH SHOULD BE IN CHINESE. COMMENT: THIS IS THE LEAST WE SHOULD DO.
(E) WE WOULD MAKE THE COPIES AVAILABLE AT, OR JUST AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
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