Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: From now on, officials will be reluctant to discuss tricky legal issues with government attorneys, fearing that their conversations will come back to haunt them, and will instead secure private counsel . Choices:  1. Bureaucrats will be inclined to talk to their own lawyers instead of those on the government dime. 2. These folks would never consider going to outside council. 3. Government lawyers would sell them out at the first opportunity.

1