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By considering a one-dimensional analog of a system of conduction electrons exchange coupled to a localized spin in each cell of a lattice, it is suggested that a second-order transition from an antiferromagnetic to a Kondo spin-compensated ground state will occur as the exchange coupling constant J is increased to a critical value J_c. For systems in which J ≲ J_c, a very weak sublattice magnetization may occur as a result of nearly complete spin-compensation.