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- ↑ "New Zealand and Western Samoa: Treaty of Friendship" (PDF). United Nations. 1 August 1962. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "Samoa: New Approval Guidelines for Arming Police Passed". Library of Congress. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "Guns in Samoa". GunPolicy.org.
- ↑ Adel Fruean (28 January 2019). "New patrol boat to boost maritime security". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "Penny Wong announces new partnership with Samoa, Australia to donate patrol boat". ABC News. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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