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From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 14, 2004 | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

12-14-2004

UNITED NATIONS, New York: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said today [Dec. 13] that the United States would not support a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly for Moroccan independence negotiations. Lodge, chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, told the Political Committee that the resolution, proposed by 12 Arab and Asian nations, contained wording that ''might hinder the pro...

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