FRANCE: SHOCK AND STUNNED GRIEF RATHER THAN TEARS AS THE FRENCH LEARN OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S DEATH.
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1081289
FRANCE: SHOCK AND STUNNED GRIEF RATHER THAN TEARS AS THE FRENCH LEARN OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S DEATH.
- Title: FRANCE: SHOCK AND STUNNED GRIEF RATHER THAN TEARS AS THE FRENCH LEARN OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S DEATH.
- Date: 10th November 1970
- Summary: 1. GV Elysee Palace 0.05 2. CU Newspaper head-line 0.06 3. SV Flag at half mast 0.11 4. GV Window of Elysee 0.14 5. CU Letter & signature of C. de Gaulle (2 shots) 0.26 6. SV Press Secretary Baudoin reads letter 1.12 7. SV PAN EXT Debre arrives for Cabinet meeting. 1.22 8. SV PAN Mondon arriving. 1.28 9. SV PAN Chaban-Delmas out of car & enters 1.38 10. CU Sign "Ave. de Breteuil" 1.39 11. GV Mourners queue outside de Gaulle's office 1.44 12. LV & SV People sign remembrance book (5 shots) 2.13 13. GV PAN People queue on pavement. 2.22 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 6: BAUDOIN: "I wish my funeral to take place at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. If I die elsewhere, then my body must be transported home, without the slightest public ceremony. My tomb shall be that in which my daughter Anne lies and where one day, my wife will lie. The inscription: Charles de Gaulle (1890-....). Nothing else....I declare in advance that I refuse all distinction, promotion, dignity, citation, decoration, whether French of foreign. If nay one is awarded to me, it will be in violation of my last wished. Charles de Gaulle." Initials LD/BOB/BB/0152 LD/BOB/BB/0246 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 24th November 1970 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
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