واقترح إزالة أي لبس في مصطلح "السري" بتغيير النص بحيث تصبح صيغته كما يلي: "الالتماس المباشر مطلوب لدواعي الأمن الوطني الأساسية أو لأغراض الدفاع الوطني الأساسية.
The proposal was made to remove any ambiguity in the term “confidentiality” by changing the text to read as follows: “Direct solicitation is required by reasons of essential national security or essential national defence purposes.” It was noted that the proposal would also be relevant to paragraph (7) (a) (iv), which involved the same considerations.