ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT KAUNDA DEFENDS DECISION TO EXPEL FOUR JOURNALISTS DURING NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT

Record ID: 1081812

  • Title: ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT KAUNDA DEFENDS DECISION TO EXPEL FOUR JOURNALISTS DURING NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT
  • Date: 15th September 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV President Kaunda addressing Press 0.10 2. LV Journalists and CU ( 2 shots) 0.21 3. GV Kaunda Speaks 1.44 TRANSCRIPT: KAUNDA: They sent South African pressmen here, and instead of sending pressmen from their won countries. They knew that our law did not permit people from South Africa and Rhodesia, ever since UDI, easily to the country and deliberately they did that. And it is the only thing that was covered, out arresting these people in the (indistinct). We arrested them because they came here to come and insult us, to come and subvert the conference. We are a democratic country, and we're proud of that. But we'll handle anyone, anyone, no matter where he comes from who wants to tell us what to do, and insults us on our own soil. They are free to insult us wherever they come from , but we don't allow them to come and tell us what to do, to come and ask us for separate facilities, separate facilities. Here in Zambia, we're unracial and What madness. I'm glad they got what they asked for. Our chaps are to be congratulated for being tough with them". Initials SAW/AW/CO Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th September 1970 13:00
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  • Location: Lusaka, Zambia
  • Country: Zambia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6AXFSXIXY8UXRIC9Q3A2XTM41
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