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If a settlement is not readied, it will not be because of lack of an honest desire on the part of the Government.
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The speaker says that if an agreement is not reached, the Government should not be blamed for lacking a sincere wish to reach one. The sentence separates good faith from results: the Government may honestly want a settlement even if one does not ultimately happen.
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