他们经常会碰到是否要邀请77宪章缔约方、人权民主人士、共产党政府的批评者、流离失所的政治家、甚至是被禁作家、学者和记者来参加使馆庆祝活动的敏感问题¾这些人一般都是外交官们的朋友。
They regularly needed to resolve the delicate issue of whether to invite to their embassy celebrations various Charter 77 signatories, human rights activists, critics of the communist regime, displaced politicians, or even banned writers, scholars, and journalists – people with whom the diplomats were generally friends.