BELGIUM: KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA VISITS BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE.

Record ID: 189653

  • Title: BELGIUM: KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA VISITS BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE.
  • Date: 30th May 1967
  • Summary: 1. LV NUCLEAR CENTRE 0.05 2. SV FAISAL AND PARTY GREETED BY OFFICIALS 0.14 3. SV FAISAL 0.17 4. SV OTHER MEMBERS OF PARTY GREETED 5. SV KING FAISAL PASSING 0.27 6. SV PARTY ENTERING CENTRE 0.32 7. GV TILT DOWN INTERIOR OF NUCLEAR CENTRE 0.38 8. GV PAN CONTROL PANEL 0.44 9. GV FAISAL AND PARTY ENTERING THE OUTER ROOM 0.40 10. SV FAISAL 0.54 11. SV FAISAL LOOKING DOWN TILT TO WATER 1.00 12. SV REACTOR BR2 UNDER WATER 1.05 13. SV OTHER MEMBERS OF ROYAL PARTY 1.08 14. SV REACTOR BR2 1.11 15. GV FAISAL AND PARTY ENTERING ANOTHER REACTOR ROOM 1.17 16. SV FAISAL AND PARTY 1.22 17. SV PAN CONTROL ROOM 1.26 18. SV OFFICIAL EXPLAINS POINT ROYAL PARTY 1.28 19. CU FAISAL 1.36 20. SV PAN INSTALLATION 1.47 21. GV DITTO 1.52 22. GV NUCLEAR CENTRE 1.56 Initials PW/VS/RM-AE/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th June 1967 13:00
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  • Location: MOL: BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVA8BZB493LPIOLTLA6P5SHX9MLC
  • Story Text: KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA, ON A THREE-DAY STATE VISIT TO BELGIUM AT THE INVITATION OF KING BAUDOUIN AND QUEEN FABIOLA, TODAY INSPECTED THE BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT AT MOL, TWENTY MILES (32 KMS) FROM ANTWERP.

    KING FAISAL'S VISIT WAS MADE ON A DAY WHEN BELGIUM WAS MOURNING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE LAST WEEK'S BRUSSELS STORE FIRE. KING BAUDOUIN AND QUEEN FABIOLA ATTENDED A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO THEM IN BRUSSELS.

    AS A MARK OF HIS RESPECT FOR THE VICTIMS, KING FAISAL HAS CANCELLED A DINNER HE WAS TO HAVE GIVEN TONIGHT FOR KING BAUDOUIN. INSTEAD, THE COST OF THE BANQUET WILL BE SENT TO THE DEPENDENTS OF THE VICTIMS.

    AT BELGIUM'S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE, WHERE WORK IS GOING ON IN THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSE KING FAISAL WAS SHOWN BELGIUM'S LATEST ATOMIC EQUIPMENT. KING FAISAL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE ALBERT OF BELGIUM.
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