AUSTRALIA: TRADE UNIONISTS PREVENT SOVIET VIOLINIST LEAVING AFTER HE SAYS HE WANTS POLITICAL ASYLUM.
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AUSTRALIA: TRADE UNIONISTS PREVENT SOVIET VIOLINIST LEAVING AFTER HE SAYS HE WANTS POLITICAL ASYLUM.
- Title: AUSTRALIA: TRADE UNIONISTS PREVENT SOVIET VIOLINIST LEAVING AFTER HE SAYS HE WANTS POLITICAL ASYLUM.
- Date: 14th August 1974
- Summary: 1. SV ZOOM INTO CU Yermolenko (2 shots) 0.26 2. SV PAN Ywermolenko escorted down corridor 0.11 3. SV Newsman trying unsuccessfully to interview 0.18 4. CU PAN Car drives off 0.32 5. SV Car arrives at airport (FREEZE FRAME SHOT) 0.40 6. GV ZOOM INTO Men entering side door at custom's hall 0.43 7. SV Airline signs (2 shots) 0.51 8. GV PAN Crowds inside custom's hall 0.58 9. SCU Officials hold back crowd 1.17 10. CU Union official Rob Cowles speaking 1.39 11. CU Rev. Lance Johnston speaking 1.58 COWLES: "We're going to block every attempt to get him out of here until he's been talked to by these people and so that we know definitely that he wants to go." REPORTER: "How are you going to make absolutely sure that he has made up his mind one way or the other?" COWLES: "Well, I think that those people closest to him are the people who would know it. I don't know, I've only just met him for two minutes." REV. JOHNSTON: "I have no indication that he wants to go back. No indication whatsoever. The only indication I have in what he has said to me and my fellow priest Richard Borthwick here is that he wants to stay, even though we pointed out all the complications and difficulties that would be in his way if he did stay." Yermolenko was relaxed and confident as he spoke with reporters in a city hotel. This was before a meeting with the President of the International Society for Musical Education...Professor Dmitri Kabalevsky. After four hours of talks Yermolenko was whisked away to Perth airport. He didn't seem as relaxed or confident as he was escorted away by the one hundred and forty kilogramme "Cultural Attache" of the Soviet Embassy, Mr. Alexandrov. There was a small crowd of wellwishers outside the hotel to see him off. After a twelve kilometre drive, the cars arrived at the airport with a distraught looking Yermolenko under close escort. The party took a devious route to arrive at one of the side doors to the custom's hall. Inside the airport terminal a large crowd was gathering to protest against the young violinist's leaving. Many thought he was being taken again his will and the scene soon became tense as members of the crowd tried to enter the custom's hall and speak to Yermolenko. But the Russians remained locked inside. The only indication as to what was happening came from the few interested persons who were permitted to see Yermolenko. Initials BB/0037RW/PN/BB/0042 TELERECORDING A sound commentary is transcribed overpage with an on-camera introduction. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: PERTH, AUSTRALIA
- Country: Australia
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