UNITED KINGDOM: BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET AND LATER RUNS INTO DEMONSTRATORS AT LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET.

Record ID: 337144

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET AND LATER RUNS INTO DEMONSTRATORS AT LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET.
  • Date: 5th May 1976
  • Summary: 1. GV crowd outside Number ten Downing street 0.06 2. SV INTERIOR British Prime Minister President 0.30 3. CU Brazilian President 0.38 4. CU British Prime Minister 0.43 5. GV Demonstrators gathered near Guildhall 0.54 6. SV Demonstrators with banners (4 shots) 1.23 7. GV Brazilian President arrives at Guildhall with police e
  • Embargoed: 20th May 1976 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA2NSRMWTQVIXESBQMF281IKYJK
  • Story Text: Brazilian President, Ernesto Geisel, said in London on Wednesday (5 May) that his country would send a mission to Britain to discuss cooperation for Brazilian offshore oil development with the British National Oil Corporation (BNOC).

    The announcement came in a statement from Number 10 Downing Street where the Brazilian leader and Prime Minister, James Callaghan held two hours of talks on the second day of the President's four-day state visit.

    The statement pointed out that Britain had a great deal to offer in terms of expertise in offshore oil technology and looked forward to contributing to Brazilian expansion in that field.

    Later, near London's Guildhall 700 placard-waving demonstrators chanted "Out Geisel" and "Brazilian butcher go home" for one hour as the Brazilian President attended the Lord Mayor's banquet in his honour.

    Surrounded by a phalanx of police and crammed into a barricaded side street, the protesters jeered and booed at every guest walking to the banquet.

    But they only had a brief glimpse - and a few seconds to boo- General Geisel as he past in a black limousine on his way to the Guildhall.
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