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David Lange

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The statement which has been made by the Leader of the Opposition was that the intelligence has stopped. I don't know whether that was a personal confession or whether it was a statement of position.
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Source: Gliding on the Lino: The Wit of David Lange, compiled by David Barber, 1987.
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Referring to Jim McLay's comments on the effect of the nuclear ships ban on the exchange of military intelligence with New Zealand's allies.

 
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