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Economist Dr William Ball Sutch, back at work after being acquitted of a charge under the Official Secrets Act.
He is seated at a desk with copies of the newly published book Spirit of an age: New Zealand in the seventies: essays in honour of W. B. Sutch, edited by John L. Robson and Jack Shallcrass. This photo was taken on 24 February 1975, seven months before Sutch's death on 28 September.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: EP/1975/0754/15-F
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