Darkness symbolic, says Mr Bolger
Wellington reporter
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bolger, yesterday described as symbolic the departure of the two French agents from New Zealand “in the dead of night.” It was perhaps a fitting reminder of how the Labour Government had handled the whole escapade, he said. The Prime Minister, Mr Lange, had got himself into a mess by extravagance at the outset then had crawled out from under to finally dispose of
the agents under cover of darkness, Mr Bolger said. The charade that the agents were going to some form of prison on Hao had finally been exploded. Captain Dominique Prieur was going as an aide to the head of mission and Major Alain Mafart as his deputy. “They were clearly moved there as army officers and will be carrying out their functions as such. In no shape or form are the French treating them as prisoners or under any constraint at all,” Mr Bolger said.
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