- Title: FRANCE: COMMUNIST PARTY ELECTION RALLY ADDRESSED BY M. WALDECK ROCHET
- Date: 28th February 1967
- Summary: M. WALDECK ROCHET ON DAIS AUDIENCE: M. WALDECK ROCHET SPEAKS (FRENCH SOF). 1. LV M. WALDECK ROCHET ON DAIS TO APPLAUSE 0.10 2. GV AUDIENCE (APPLAUSE) 3. CU M. WALDECK-ROCHET: FRENCH SOF BEGINS: "NOUS ALLONS A LA DATAILLE......" FRENCH SOF ENDS: ".... INDEPENDANTE ET HEUREUSE." (APPLAUSE) 2.26 Initials GHB/V/JF/BB
- Embargoed: 15th March 1967 12:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA8MMZVQB9U598LNQ79L42GWNR9
- Story Text: A CALL FOR A JOINT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME FOR ALL LEFT-WING PARTIES AFTER THE FRENCH NATIONAL ELECTIONS WAS MADE YESTERDAY (MONDAY) BY THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY, M. WALDECK ROCHET, AT A RALLY AT THE PORTE DE VERSAILLES SPORTS ARENA.
M. WALDECK ROCHET, WHO HAS BEEN GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE PARTY SINCE 1964, WAS INTRODUCING CANDIDATES FOR THE PARIS AREA IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.
HE SAID THAT THE COMMUNIST PARTY WAS ASKING THE LEFT-WING SOCIALIST FEDERATION, WITH WHICH THEY HAVE AN ELECTION ALLIANCE, TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS AFTER THE ELECTIONS ON THE SUGGESTED JOINT LEFT-WING PROGRAMME.
THE MEETING ALSO APPROVED A MOTION PROTESTING AGAINST PRESIDENT DE GAULLE'S PROPOSED TELEVISION SPEECH TO BE MADE AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE OFFICIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN NEXT SATURDAY. THE MOTION ALLEGED THAT THE BROADCAST CONSTITUTED "ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE" BY THE PRESIDENT IN THE ELECTION COMPETITION.
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