Duplication of iTunes files on iCloud

I just bought a new MacBook Pro with the 10.8 OSX, and wanted to sync iTunes on it with my iCloud fiies. My old laptop had iTunes files on it, but I had not connected it to iCloud. When I went to sync the new laptop, the old iTunes files seem to have migrated into iCloud. I have tried to delete these from my desktop (where i had my iCloud files set up), but they keep resync-ing whenever I do a backup. How does one manage the files in iCloud, so that my new laptop and my desktop have the same files? My iPhone also has a bunch of aliases for files as well (files with the same name, plus the numeral "1" after them). Should I "deauthorize" iCloud for all my platforms, then start over with what I have on my desktop? Or is there a way to manuallly remove the duplicates?

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