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THE DAY POLITICS TURNED ON ITS HEAD

From GREGORY HYWOOD in Washington
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At 8am on the morning of May 14, 1986, two VIP aircraft waited, fuelled and ready to take off from Canberra's RAAF Fairbairn airport.

The Prime Minister's white and blue Boeing 707, destined to take Mr Hawke and his contingentof officials and press to Japan and China, dominated the apron.

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