After importing from iPhoto, Originals are still in the iPhoto Library

I have imported my iPhoto library in the Aperture but when I look to see where the originals actually reside I see that they are still saved in the iPhoto Library directory structure.
How can I make sure that all the previous iPhoto pictures have the master copy in the Aperture?
Please advise. Thanks.
G5 Dual 2Ghz (June 2004 model), MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Be careful about deleting the iPhoto library. iPhoto supports videos and several image formats Aperture does not support. If you delete the library you will lose them. Aperture will tell you that there are items it could not import, but it will not tell you what they are!

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