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TO RETURN TO VIETNAM THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THAT WE WERE NOT DOING SO FOR DOUBLE-BACKERS. MR GOH (IN A TONE WHICH SUGGESTED DISBELIEF AT OUR GULLABILITY) SAID THAT IF HE WAS A POOR VIETNAMESE HE WOULD SET OFF FOR HONG KONG TOO IF HE WOULD BE PAID WHEN HE GOT BACK TO VIETNAM.
7. THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALSO GAVE MR GOH A SHORT ANALYSIS OF
THEY BOTH AGREED THAT A EVENTS IN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE EC.
GATT AGREEMENT WAS OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE: MR GOH POINTED OUT THAT SINGAPORE'S TRADE AMOUNTED TO THREE TIMES ITS GDP.
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