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by the Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN

to the Secretary General on 19 December 1972 (A -rapy of the letter is attacked);

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and perhaps the General Assembly. The UK was

anxious to avoid a public dispute with the

Chinese over Hong Kong, hence the decision to

refrain from participating in the discussion in

the plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

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