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The report says the SS Mormacove (Moore-McCormack Lines) arrived today with another shipment of Rhodesia nickel bound for Baltimore, where an attempt will be made to off-load the cargo at the Dundalk Terminal on October 19, 1972, in violation of United Nations sanctions. It appears that there are two separate shipments: the first is 20 metric tons intended for Philipp Bros., a subsidiary of Engelhard, and the second is known to be nickel cathodes, for an unknown buyer. Both shipments were loaded at the port of Durban, South Africa, where 25 metric tons of Rhodesian nickel cathodes were loaded last April, arriving in Baltimore on May 15, 1972, according to a U.S. State Department report to the Security Council. The International Longshoremen's Association boycotted a similar shipment aboard the same vessel last August 1, and they are being kept informed of this development, as are various groups and members of Congress who supported the I.L.A. actions in Baltimore, Burnside, La. and Davant, La. [This PDF was made from a copy, not an original, of the document.]

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[The SS Mormacove (Moore-McCormack Lines) arrived in Brooklyn at noon today]

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