The aim of the agreement was to prevent the improper use of the country's bank secrecy laws, and its effect was to curb severely the system of secrecy.

该协议的目的是防止人们不恰当地使用该国的银行保密法规，它的效果是严厉遏制保密制度。

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"I had to sign a secrecy agreement in which I promised my first-born children to a Michael Crichton Trust if I violated it, " Mr. Preston says of the interview process.

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