......HOWEVER, TALES OF PROFITEERING IN THE REFUGEE TRADE BEGAN TO SHOW UP EVEN EARLIER......IN OCTOBER......REFUGEES INTERVIEWED TOLD STORIES OF PAYING IN THE RANGE OF 245 GRAMS OF GOLD A PERSON TO VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS TO OBTAIN WHAT AMOUNTED
TO OFFICIAL EXIT PERMITS.
SOURCES SAID THE IMPLICATION OF THE REFUGEE'S STORIES WAS THAT THE EXIT LEVY WASN'T SIMPLY RANDOM BRIBERY, BUT AN ORGANISED
OFFICIAL COLLECTION.
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MR MURRAY
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