FRANCE/U.K.: MRS LOUISA KENNEDY, WIFE OF A HOSTAGE IN IRAN, MEETS HEADS OF STATE DURING A EUROPEAN TOUR.

Record ID: 1050683

  • Title: FRANCE/U.K.: MRS LOUISA KENNEDY, WIFE OF A HOSTAGE IN IRAN, MEETS HEADS OF STATE DURING A EUROPEAN TOUR.
  • Date: 24th April 1980
  • Summary: 1. SV INTERIOR Mrs. Louisa Kennedy and other women members shaking hands with President Giscard d'Estaing 0.32 2. SV Mrs. Kennedy and party seated with President during their talks (3 shots) 0.45 3. SV Terminal building at Heathrow Airport, London 0.48 4. SV Mrs. Kennedy escorted through airport lounge and refuses to make statement to newsmen (2
  • Embargoed: 8th May 1980 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE & LONDON, U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom France
  • Reuters ID: LVA5LM1TN1JTM5GKMUVMQQNKY1QA
  • Story Text:Four women, who are relatives of United States diplomats held hostage in Iran, have been visiting Europe on a tour aimed at security the ???tages' release. The group was led by Mrs. Louisa Kennedy, whose husband, Moorehead Kennedy, was economic officer at the Untied States Embassy in Teheran when it was occupied five months ago (November 1979).

    SYNOPSIS: The women's first stop on Wednesday (23 April) was in Paris where they met the French President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing. He told the group he would do everything in his power to help. The women in Mrs. Kennedy's party included Barbara Rosen, whose husband, Barry Rosen, was press attache at the Embassy; Jeanne Queen, the mother of Vice-Consul Richard Queen, and Pearl Golachinski, mother of Alan golachinski, a security officer at the Embassy.

    After the meeting with the French President, the women headed for other destinations in Europe.

    Mrs. Kennedy, a forty-five-year old mother of four children, went to London on Thursday (24 April) to visit the British Prime Minister. She said her mission was to personalise the predicament of her husband and his fellow-captives. She said she had left France knowing her group had the full support of the French people and their president.

    Mrs. Kennedy went directly to number ten Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. She met mrs. Kennedy at the door before going inside for private talks.

    After a 15-minute meeting, Mrs. Kennedy, who was opposed to any military action to free the hostages, said Mrs. Thatcher was also in favour of a careful approach to the problem. Mrs. Kennedy made clear, however, her mission was not political.
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