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This note grew out of conversations during the 1983 Group Theory Meeting at Oberwolfach. The authors would like to express their gratitude to the organizers (both Tagungsleitung and Verwaltung) for a most enjoyable and productive conference.
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Lubotzky, A., Wilson, J.S. An embedding theorem for profinite groups. Arch. Math 42, 397–399 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01190687
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