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Richard W. Trust

American delegate and participant in the polar auction.

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First appearance: in which the delegates from england holland sweden denmark and russia are presented to the reader

Richard W. Trust shows up with force in Very Short, but in Which "X" Takes a Geographical Value. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The American Consul at Zanzibar who sent the telegram revealing the secret.
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Richard W. Trust first appears in 0001 in which the delegates from england holland sweden denmark and russia are presented to the reader.

In Very Short, but in Which "X" Takes a Geographical Value: The American Consul at Zanzibar who sent the telegram revealing the secret.

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