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Right after the vote, U.N. Secretary-General U Thant informed Peking by telegram of the General Assembly action. Four days later came a terse cable, signed by Peking's Acting Foreign Minister Chi Pengfei. A delegation would be coming "in the near future," it said; there was speculation, but no confirmation, that it could arrive this week. In no uncertain terms, Chi made it clear that Peking wanted the Nationalists ousted not only from the U.N. but also from the 13 specialized agencies such as the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunications Union. "I believe," Chi concluded briskly, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: China: A Stinging Victory | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

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