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Yes, it probably would have been.

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How much are you getting for the book,

A.

I don't know yet.

Q.

You have not asked?

A.

Well, four publishers are interested in it.

Q.

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So you are not going to sell your life cheaply,

Certainly not.

are you?

Q.

No. What sort of figures do you expect to get?

A.

I have no idea. I have no experience in the publishing field.

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You have got an agent?

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Yes.

He would probably have given you some idea as to how much you can

get for it?

No, not yet, he hasn't. I haven't been able to contact him.

Five figures?

Oh, I doubt. May be ... possible.

In the articles that you tried to prevent publication of, which you

read, you referred to various instances during your times as a

police officer.

True.

Shooting at a yacht?

A yacht?

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Yes.

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Oh, fast motor-boat, you mean?

Yes.

Yes, yes, several times. It was smugglers. It refused to obey the international 'k' signal to stop.

Yes. And you also, in these articles, talked about the methods you

used as a police officer?

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What was that?

Q.

I should be happy to remind you of it.

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Yes.

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Is this a true quotation from you: "I discovered early on that you

couldn't pussyfoot with the Chinese..."

No.

They had more respect for you if you banged them about a bit"?

No. I left the banging to the rank and file. That I was avare of.

Q. What about the first part of that? This is a quotation from you; is it

an inaccurate quotation: "I discovered early on that you couldn't

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