- Title: CONGO-KINSHASA: PROMOTION PARADE FOR ARMY OFFICERS.
- Date: 18th July 1968
- Summary: GENERAL BOBOZO INSPECTS TROOPS; COLONEL NKULUFA WITH TROOPS; PROMOTED COLONEL BUMBA; BOBOZO SHAKES HANDS WITH TROOPS; MARCH PAST. Initials PW/VS/JF/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 2nd August 1968 13:00
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- Location: KINSHASA, CONGO-KINSHASA
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- Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Reuters ID: LVA9SGQILYWZ1X0DIG9CA6RKFHRZ
- Story Text: AT CAMP COLONEL CHASHI NEAR KINSHASA, OFFICERS OF CONGO-KINSHASA'S NATIONAL ARMY WERE PRESENT AT A PARADE TO MARK THE PROMOTION OF OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS. THE PARADE WAS TAKEN BY THE NEWLY-APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BOBOZO.
AMONG THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WAS COLONEL NKULUFA, WHO CONGRATULATED THE OFFICERS AND INTRODUCED THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS WHO ATTENDED THE PARADE.
THE FIRST OF THE NEWLY-PROMOTED OFFICERS TO RECEIVE THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WAS COLONEL BUMBA. THEN, NEW LIEUTENANTS WERE PRESENTED TO GENERAL BOBOZO AND FINALLY, JUNIOR OFFICERS WHO HAD BEEN PROMOTED FROM THE RANKS.
THE FINAL EVENT OF THE DAY WAS A MARCH-PAST, AT WHICH THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN BY GENERAL BOBOZO, IN THE PRESENCE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS AND THE MAYORS OF THE CAPITAL.
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