- Title: U.S.S.R.: PREMIER LEE KUAN YEW OF SINGAPORE ARRIVES ON OFFICIAL VISIT
- Date: 18th September 1970
- Summary: 1. GV Moscow airport building (2 shots) 0.05 2. SV & CU Flags (2 shots) 0.10 3. SV Singapore Prime Minister down steps of aircraft and greeted (4 shots) 0.29 4. SV Guard of honour 0.32 5. GV Lee Kuan Yew inspects guard 0.40 6. GV Guard march off 0.43 7. SV Lee Kuan Yew towards and into car and car away (4 shots) 0.58 8. GV & SV Kremlin (2 shots) 1.04 9. SV Int. Lee Kuan Yew greeted by Podgorny (2 shots) 1.12 10. SV & GV Parties taking seats (2 shots) 1.18 11. CU Lee Kuan Yew 1.23 12. CU Podgorny 1.28 13. SV Parties around tables (5 shots) 1.49 Initials JB/PW/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOSCOW, U.S.S.R
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- Story Text:The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has arrived in Moscow on an official visit to the Soviet Union. He is making the visit at the invitation of the Soviet Government.
Mr. Lee, who recently attended the non-aligned summit conference in Lusaka, is making a 10-week tour of Africa, Europe and the United States.
The Prime Minister was met at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport by the first vice-chairman of the U S S R Council of Ministers, Mr. Dmitry Polyansky.
Later he went to the Kremlin where he had discussions with the Soviet President, Mr. Podgorny.
During his stay in the Soviet Union Mr. Lee will visit the Caucasian Black Sea coast, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and Volgograd and Leningrad.
Mr. Lee flew to Moscow from Cairo where he had talks with President Nasser on world problems and relations between their two countries.
He is due to go the Paris and Bonn for talks with French and West German leaders before visiting Britain and the United States. He is expected to return to Singapore towards the end of October. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
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