STATEMENT BY DR JIM CAIRNS, ACTING PRIME MINISTER, 21 DECEMBER 1974
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1 t w-as a tr_-iur-ph of 1:-7 OlveZ wair.
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n~; nC ourt ar(. it. re~ prescr'ts a i~ r-ir precedent
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