P204 CEEFAX 204  Mon 27 Oct  21:13/14
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 The chairman of the Commonwealth Games 
 committee, Mr Robert Maxwell, says     
 debts of almost £4 million will bj paid
                                        
 This year's games in Edinburgh were    
 boycotted bz many countries as a       
 protest against British Government     
 policy on South Africa.                
                                        
 As a result, the organisjrs owed nearly
 £4 million to 90 companies.            
                                        
 Mr Maxwell says the money will bj paid 
 "z a donation of £1.5 million from some
 of the major creditors, £700,000 from  
 his own companies and £1.3 million from
 Japanese businessman Mr Iziochi        
 Sasaskawa.