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 | | De Valera baulked at the agreement, even though his opponents claimed he had refused to go because he knew what the outcome would be and did not want to get the blame. |
 | | de Valera was also elected President of Council of the League of Nations at its 68th and Special Sessions, September and October 1932 and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations, 1938. |
 | | In 1966, de Valera narrowly won the election, by a majority of a mere 10,000 votes in a poll of over 1,000,000, he did develop a deep dislike and distrust for his campaign manager, Agriculture Minister and future taoiseach (prime minister) Charles J. Haughey. |
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