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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMONWËALTH RELATIONS.
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Fix this textregarding the current proceedings in the United Nations,
Fix this textand in particular the three-power resolution regarding South Africa.
Fix this textIn November 1959» the United Kingdom voted against this resolution.
Fix this textAustralia, rightly or wrongly, abstained. This year we were
Fix this textproposing once more to abstain when, without any notice from the
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Fix this textEnquiries indicated that if we abstained, we would find
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