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   <LEGEND>
   This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
   Condensed Financial Statements of Pathe Communication Corporation at March
   31, 1995 and for the periods then ended and is qualified in its entirety by
   reference to such Condensed Financial Statements.
   </LEGEND>
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