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FOR THE TECHNICAL SIDE.  THERE IS NO AIRPORT IN TOKELAU, SO THE BEST WAY TO
REACH IT IS BY BOAT FROM APIA, SAMOA.  MY FIRST STEP TO PREPARE FOR THE
DXPEDITION WAS TO VISIT THE TOKELAU REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE IN APIA TO FIND
OUT HOW TO OBTAIN AN AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE FOR TOKELAU.  AFTER A FEW
INQUIRIES, I WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED, AS THERE WAS NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
BUT I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE TELETOK CEO, MR. TEALOFI
ENOSA, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AMATEUR LICENSING IN TOKELAU.  I CALLED MR.
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ENOSA AND ASKED FOR DETAILS ABOUT LICENSING.  HE QUIETLY LISTENED TO MY
STORY AND THEN ASKED ME WHERE I WAS.  AFTER TELLING HIM I WAS IN APIA AT
THE HOTEL MILLENIA, HE RESPONDED THAT HE TOO WAS AT THE SAME HOTEL.  WE
AGREED TO MEET OVER DINNER.  AFTER THIS SUCCESSFUL MEETING, I QUICKLY
REACHED OUT TO MY UKRAINIAN FRIENDS TO GIVE THEM THE GOOD NEWS.  THE
DXPEDITION PLANNING STARTED THE NEXT DAY.  PREPARATIONS IN THE BEGINNING OF
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