Whether it is nuclear weapons tests or abuse of human rights, your Government says, 'No, we cannot spoil relations with China.'

In October 1921, when the Polish-Bolshevik War was over, Polish authorities sent Savinkov out of the country in order not to spoil relations with the Soviets.

According to the Dalai Lama, his visit to India in November 1956, during which he met with Tibetan "freedom fighters" which included two of his elder brothers, "spoiled good relations with China."

All these appeals were ignored as Russia did not want to spoil relations with Turkey.

The main European concern is that deployment of an antimissile shield will undermine the framework of nuclear arms control and spoil relations with the Russians.

Mr. Doe asserted that James Bishop, the former American Ambassador to Liberia, had spoiled relations between the two countries during his tenure here by not telling the truth.

But I don't think this issue will spoil Sino-U.S. relations.

Why spoil such pleasant relations?

While the two affairs, of themselves, may not permanently spoil American-Israel relations, they have clearly contributed to a deterioration.