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= Solution

At maturity, $P_T^T=1$. If $P_t^T\leq0$ on an event $A\in\mathcal F_t$ of positive probability, buying one bond on $A$ has nonpositive cost and certain payoff $1$ on $A$ at $T$; any negative purchase cost can also be consumed or retained. This is an <arbitrage>. Therefore absence of arbitrage implies
$$
\boxed{P_t^T>0\quad\text{almost surely}.}
$$

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