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Thursday, October 4, 1973

The highlight of the tour was a search operation at sea for dangerous

goods, Before boarding the suspect freighter, the visitors

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including

the Colonial Secretary had to be cleared at a check point like all others.

Hr. Roberts was then taken to the lower engine room where he was

shown the use of gas masks and other gadgets for the operation.

He observed with keen interest the search of the cofferdam

the lowest depth of the ship and a most likely hide and spent two hours

with the searchers going throught many possible hiding places among

the maze of the odd-shaped and odd-sized tanks and engines.

Nothing was found, but the experience was reward enough for

both the Colonial Secretary and the search team.

Note to Editors:

Copies of two photographs taken during the

search are boxed for collection.

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