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December 4 - The U.N. announces that Portuguese navy and army units were responsible for the attempted invasion of Guinea.

December 5 - The Asian and Australian tour of Pope Paul VI ends.

# December 7 - Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.

December 7 - The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa due to its apartheid policies.

December 7 - During his visit to the Polish capital, German Chancellor Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.

December 12 - A landslide in western Colombia leaves 200 dead.

December 13 - The government of Poland announces increases in the price of food. Riots and looting lead to a bloody confrontation between the rioters and the government on December 15, and martial law December 17-22. December 23 the government will freeze the food prices for two years.

December 15 - The USSR's Venera 7 becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.

December 15 - South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsized off Korean Strait, 308 killed.

December 16 - The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency in the county of Eritrea, due to the activities of the Eritrean Liberation Front.