tions, initiated by United States Secretary of State Haig and Peruvian President Belatinde, the British 12 Government has exerted itself with the utmost good faith and the strongest sense of urgency. The discus- sions under the Secretary-General’s auspices have been perhaps the most intensive and unremitting negotiations in which I have ever participated. 120. In the light of the progress which we hoped had been made, I was called back to London last weekend in order to take stock of the situation with my Government at the highest level. On my return on 17 May, I gave to the Secretary-General the final position of my Government in the form of a draft interim agreement, the text of which was released to the House of Commons yesterday and which has been published in full in The N~II~ Yo1.k Times today. The position was, in the carefully considered judgement of my Government, the furthest point to which we could go in terms of flexibility without compromising principles which we are not prepared to abandon. 121. Let me illustrate what I mean by that. At the outset, I said that there would be a legitimate attitude for my Government-the total withdrawal of the aggressor, the restoration of the stratus yrro untc and the resumption of the diplomatic negotiations which had been broken off. Now, we had reached a posi- tion by 17 May where we were prepared to contem- plate much more than that. We were prepared to contemplate parallel withdrawal-parallel mutual withdrawal-not that the invader should withdraw first. We were prepared to contemplate this under United Nations supervision. We were prepared to contemplate a short interim period under United Na- tions administration in order to enable diplomatic negotiations to go forward for a definitive settlement 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a diplomatic negotiation between governments, specifically the United Kingdom, the United States, and Peru, regarding a conflict or invasion. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with a focus on principles, agreements, and negotiations. The topic seems to be related to international relations, security, and conflict resolution.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief