7 NOVEMBER 1987, Page 24

Fijian fact

Sir: Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 3 October) should get his facts right. Dr Timoci Bavadra, prime minister, of the Indian-dominated coalition government of Fiji prior to the recent coup, is not Indian. He is an indigenous Melanesian Fijian. Robert Mair

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