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nexL, ar1d. thisF.J;.ilUgiverr e.l1 coilcei:nerJ a crear ind.icatiol as to tlie l-ine v;hich pRC .ln'ce:rc1s t,o foil.o,,i. ?it] l:eriev.;,

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Falestiniaas r.r'ho harre rejected, SC Resolution 242 as a basis f,ir Sei:,!.1enent. Eive Poi.,rer tallis or: MiCi,l-e EasL sett:e:nenc on basis cthe:: thatr SC Resolution 242 r'roul'd be e cirar:9:e or a nlajor substant-i-ve ci:r'rracte::. Therefoie, if anf, rthE$ .r,;e EeL io poilrt of ::crceiving j-nclicacione of PRC iute::est ir: pa::ticipation ',';e l*oltl-c1 'r;ish that it cotlld J

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