McCarey went out of his way to say that the U.S. would help a transitional government only if asked.

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CASA, the top European military-aerospace firms, insisting that they would love to come together in a single corporate entity if only governments would help them solve certain problems.

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Many of those who did vote muttered that they only did so for fear that local-government officials would not help them with future permits if they did not have the right stamp on their registration cards.

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