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- 1 2 Mme Edwige Antier National Assembly
- ↑ New Caledonia's poll:Independence the issue Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1977, p37
- ↑ Proposition de loi National Assembly
- ↑ Liste des membres fondateurs de l'UDI Union of Democrats and Independents
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