- Title: FRANCE: BASQUE LEADER SAYS CONDEMNED MEN DO NOT WISH FRANCO'S PARDON.
- Date: 30th December 1970
- Summary: 1. GV Sr. Monzon walks out of house onto garden balcony and opens newspaper. 0.08 2. MV Sr. Monzon reads paper with pictures of condemned men 0.22 3. MV ZOOM TO SCU Sr. Monzon reads letter 1.31 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 3: MONZON: "We have just received a letter from one of them--with all the difficulties that entails--the following message: "We are revolutionaries, we wish to die for the dignity of man and for the freedom of our Basque country. We hope therefore that we shall not be accorded Grace. We do not ask the world to fight for Basque Independence--that concerns only us. We simply ask the people of the world to think of this problem which touches the dignity of man and the existence of a people who do not wish to die." Initials LD/PN/BB/0403 LD/PN/BB/0421 EDITORS: Please note that our production number 12300/70 "SPAIN" DEFENCE LAWYERS IN BASQUE TRIAL SUBMIT PLEAS FOR CLEMENCY" serviced yesterday also refers. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th January 1971 13:00
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- Location: ST. JEAN DE LUZ, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA5GWVB9JKATN9E9IIZ7ODL49TZ
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