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Japanese Reaction
(N.Z. P.A. -Reuter—Copyright) TOKYO, March 1. The Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee chairman, Mr Diagoro Yasukawa, expressed surprise tonight at news of the expulsions of Dawn Fraser and three other Australian Olympic swimmers by the Australian Swimming Union. ‘ We in Japan do not recall anv incident in which Australian swimmers were involved >hich could have led to such "Elastic action,” he said. .Tn fact the committee con(sj'kted at the end of the
Gaa «s that all athletes who I Tokyo for last year’s I Olympics conducted them'selves in a praiseworthy mann,f;r - We say this in an overa“ wa y lb embrace all Olympians by virtue O f the fact ’' e cannot recall any one Sv « !?• a 'hletes acting in
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30688, 2 March 1965, Page 15
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