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STATE

1969

BACI(GR0Uilo ilOTES Pooulaiion: 102 mil ion

11969

en.)

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shintorm E an hdrBeDous lericion ihe Mstlr

IHE PEOPLE

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pertrhenl'trrhe blre! ret[cenhry's

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Bord

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Ulive!$tJ,hav.at!?Iiolsdnesbeeopx!"ljzed

4!!!! (cLlcur!1iotr 5.5 mlrioi is or Moo.tu (4r nmionl, aod yom,uli (i.5 nuion). rhese djo! De{spape!.oep es and

Dewsrapers: 1163),

djor poritr

H STORY

par!.s ar!

lDrv.om-

weskrn syden of lush.e, thB enabhnsJapaoto

Warwiih china

and Russia

cohmander io! the An'ed lorers (scAP). cen. rde objed'ves oi t[e ufted

Lqussta h .ecetvsd ex.hange io! ihe ku

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GOVERNMENT

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