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Let \(\pi\) be a finite affine plane of order \(n=2^m\), where \(m\geq 1\). Let \(G (\ell_\infty, \ell_\infty)\) denote the subgroup of translations which are in a group \(G\) of collineations of \(\pi\). Let \(G\) act transitively on the points of \(\pi\) and partition the line \(\ell_\infty\) at infinity into two subsets \(\Delta\), \(\ell_\infty \backslash\Delta\) with \(|\Delta |=2\). Then (Suetake condition), one of the following holds: (i) \(\pi\) is a translation plane and all the translations of \(\pi\) are in \(G\), (ii) \(|G(\ell_\infty, \ell_\infty) |=2^m\), \(|G(P, \ell_\infty) |=1\) \((\forall P\in \Delta)\), \(|G(P,\ell_\infty) |=2\) \((\forall P\in\ell_\infty \backslash \Delta)\). The paper contains the following theorem: The affine plane of order 2 admits conclusion (ii) of Suetake while the affine plane of order 4 does not.