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YOUR TELNO 1378: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM
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YOUR PARA 3. LEST THERE IS ANY MISUNDERSTANDING, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WHAT I SAID TO THE PRESS AFTER MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER ON 8 JUNE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE NO 10 PRESS STATEMENT WHICH WAS RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PART OF THE STATEMENT REFERRING TO POUNDS 4.5 MILLION WAS IN THE DRAFT SHOWN TO ME AFTER MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER AND HAD PRESUMABLY BEEN PREPARED BEFOREHAND.
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