Shortly after president wilson issued his famous statement on new diplomacy,he revised part of it by underlining that "when I pronounced for open diplomacy I meant not that there should be no private discussion of delicate matters but that no secret agreement should be entered into and that all international relations when fixed should be open,above board and explicit"(quoted in eban 1983:346)indeed,the dispute about secret negotiations concerns "how" open and public international negotiation should be;and "when"secrecy is necessary. Those who aspire to expand and enhance open and public diplomacy believe in the superior rationality of this type of diplomacy.it is assumed that international politics should adjust and become more similar to domestic politics. Secrecy is considered dangerous and immoral,liable to lead to regrettable compromises in international negotiation. most important,it is perceived as counter to the principles of democracy kliemam 1988:15;wight 1991:196).the more prevalent viewpoint,however,is that sometimes there is no alternative to alternativer to exchanging confidential and private views between negotiators (watson 1983:137-139).