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IN A LATER CONVERSATION TSUKADA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FIRS SOUTH EAST ASIA DIVISION OF THE MFA, STATED THAT WHILE JAPAN MIGHT BE WILLING TO TAKE TEN OR TWENTY REFUGEES TEMPORARILY IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT, THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW WAS THAT PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY LAY WITH THE COUNTRY UNDER WHOSE FLAG THE SHIP SAILED.
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