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 The absence of a part of the ounce, and the division of the heroin into several containers after being brought to Yee's house in one container, substantiate the further portion of Wong Sun's confession that he and Toy had gone to Yee's house again on the night of June 3 and smoked heroin and taken one "paper" for their later use. If the entire ounce had remained in Yee's hands when the officers arrived, there would have been a question as to the source of the heroin smoked and taken by Wong Sun and Toy on the night of June 3. With the elimination of a gram, Wong Sun's confession remains consistent with the evidence delivered to the officers.

The statement in Wong Sun's confession placing Toy at Yee's house on the night of June 3, was further substantiated in Agent Nickoloff's testimony that Toy had admitted to him on June 4 that he had been at Yee's house the night before.

In addition, the separate testimony of Yee, despite his obvious hostility to the government, substantiated other facts stated in Wong Sun's confession. Yee admitted that he knew Wong Sun and he identified him in the courtroom. Consistently with Wong Sun's statements as to the recency and limited nature of his acquaintance with Yee, Yee testified that he had known Wong Sun "just this year", under the nickname "Sea Dog", and did not know whether Wong Sun was a sailor or how the nickname originated. This compared accurately, as is discussed below, with Yee's testimony concerning a longer and closer acquaintance with Toy.