CONGO-KINSHASA: PRESIDENT MOBUTU RECEIVES OFFICERS FROM THE U.S. NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE

Record ID: 230349

  • Title: CONGO-KINSHASA: PRESIDENT MOBUTU RECEIVES OFFICERS FROM THE U.S. NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE
  • Date: 19th April 1967
  • Summary: OFFICERS MEET PRESIDENT MOBUTU; THEY TALK; POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPH. Initials TS/VS/JF/JG Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th May 1967 13:00
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  • Location: CONGO-KINSHASA
  • Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Reuters ID: LVA8FCQ5B5FJKCKUOMMS07ADMDOR
  • Story Text: THIRTY-THREE OFFICERS UNDERGOING A TEN-MONTH COURSE AT THE UNITED STATES WAR COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON WERE IN CONGO-KINSHASA RECENTLY DURING A TOUR OF AFRICA. IN KINSHASA THEY WERE RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT MOBUTU.

    THE OFFICERS SPENT THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA DURING THEIR THREE-WEEK TOUR OF AFRICA. THEY WERE PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT MOBUTU BY THE AMERICAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN KINSHASA. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE PRESIDENT, THEY POSED WITH HIM FOR A PHOTOGRAPH AS A SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT.

    THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE IS AN INTER-SERVICES INSTITUTION WHICH TRAINS SELECTED PERSONNEL TO PLAN NATIONAL STRATEGY.
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