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- ↑ http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Groepje toeristen weer uitgebreid in Oranje baanploeg." (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. 2 September 1981. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
