Minutes, Agenda, and Files 1977-1986.

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Minutes, Agenda, and Files 1977-1986.

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Records (1977-1986) of the Standing Committee on World Community include Standing Committee minutes, agenda, and annual reports; correspondence; memoranda; United Nations (U.N.) reports; news releases; and news clippings concerning election of officers, meeting arrangements, activities in Namibia, and consultations in and Lutheran group trips to South Africa. Correspondents include Andrew Young, U.S. representative to the U.N.; Standing Committee members; and Office on World Community Directors Edward C. May and Ralston H. Deffenbaugh, Jr.

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