What type of claim does the speaker make in these lines?

From Disarmament by
by Stanley Baldwin (excerpt)

The first step to be taken is the step that we are taking now. That is, to attempt a settlement of these existing problems of Reparation. . . .
1.a definition
2.an analogy
3.a cause
4.a testimony

Question

What type of claim does the speaker make in these lines? 

From Disarmament by 
by Stanley Baldwin (excerpt)

The first step to be taken is the step that we are taking now. That is, to attempt a settlement of these existing problems of Reparation. . . .
1.a definition
2.an analogy
3.a cause
4.a testimony

anonymous · Answer

The answer is A. Because as he's stating the first point and then defining it for his listener.
Make sense?