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SUBU• CYPRUSa GOC STATEMENT ON czEtHOSLOVAK1A 
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I• GOC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HAS JUST RELE~SEO FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN CZECHOSLOWAKIA CUNNECESS~RY PHRASES 
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"COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HET TOOAY1 UNDER CHAJRMANSHIP OF ACTING PRESIOENTi GL~FKOS CLERIDES1 ANO DISCUSSED RECENT 
DEVELOPMENTS IN CZECHOSLO~~KIA• "GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS CONSIDERS HIL~TAR' OCCU• PATION OF INDEPENDENT STATE GRAVE VtOL~TlON OF CHAR,ER OF UN ANO OF ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES OF INTERN~TlON~L LiW AND BEM~VIOR• SUCH AC~ION CONSlITUTE SERIOUS BLOW TO INTER• NATIONAL PEACE AND SECUR,TY• "GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF C¥PRUS EMPRESSES lTS PROFOUND CONCERN ANO ANXIETY OVER TRAGEDY OF CZECHOSLOYAKlAN PEOPLE•" 
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