Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I did not in any way seek to deceive the Americans in the first place. In the second place, as is made perfectly clear if you read the whole of the Cole commission report, that report will explain to you the emergence of my knowledge, ministerial knowledge and the department’s knowledge of whether AWB Ltd was paying kickbacks. The fact is that I totally reject the proposition put by the Leader of the Opposition.

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