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Dates: during 1961-1961
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Portuguese Angolans faced still more trouble in the U.N. Forty Asian and African nations last week sponsored a proposal to put the Angola troubles on the General Assembly agenda. Just before the vote, Portuguese U.N. Delegate Vasco Vieira Garin stalked out of the Assembly hall "in the name of justice and right." Then, by a vote of 79-2, the Assembly voted to put Angola on the docket. France and Britain were among the eight who abstained. The U.S. reaffirmed its earlier stand, voted with the majority. Portugal's two lonesome defenders: Franco Spain and South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Revolt in a Non-Colony | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

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