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The measures we are taking will serve to bring an end to the illicit arms-for-diamonds trade through which the RUF perpetuates the tragic conflict in Sierra Leone.

Context

Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Prohibition of Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

01/18/2001

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