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The Kirchhoff operator is \[ L = \rho h {\partial^2 \over \partial t^2} - {\rho h^3 \over 12} \Delta {\partial^2 \over \partial t^2} + \Delta^2 , \] and the Mindlin-Timoshenko operator is \[ \rho h {\partial^2 \over \partial t^2} - {\rho h^3 \over 12} \Delta {\partial^2 \over \partial t^2} + \Delta^2 + {\rho h \over K} \Big( {\rho h^3 \over 12} {\partial^4 \over \partial t^4} - \Delta {\partial^2 \over \partial t^2} \Big) . \] The author shows that the solution to an exact controllability problem (target zero, control on the boundary) for the Mindlin-Timoshenko operator converges strongly as \(K \to \infty\) to the solution of the corresponding problem for the Kirchhoff operator.