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Dawn mission to East Timor ends in gun running trial
The Dawn and a customs boarding led to a tense seizure off East Timor as eight men faced court over alleged gun running and medical aid shipments. The case tied to humanitarian aims, political tensions, and Prime Minister Fraser’s era, with convictions for exporting arms but acquittals on some charges.
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Hmas Adroit
The
Dawn
Robert Wesley Smith
Harry Morris
East Timor
Northern Territory
Timor Sea
Wesley-Smith
Adelaide
Darwin
Fraser
United Church
North Australia
Regional Council For Social Development
Regional Council
Jimmy Carter
United States
Manny” Mavromatis
Roy Neale
Neale
Indonesia
Canberra
Council For Civil Liberties