- Title: FRANCE: FRENCH PEACE PARTISANS MEETING
- Date: 17th January 1968
- Summary: 1. GV AUDIENCE WITH DELEGATES ON STAGE 0.03 2. SV PAN..COMMUNIST DELEGATES 0.11 3. GV PAN..AUDIENCE APPLAUDS 0.19 4. SV BANNER "NIXON STOP AGGRESSION IMMEDIATELY IN VIETNAM" 0.24 5. SV DELEGATES ON ROSTRUM 0.27 6. CU DELEGATE (2 SHOTS) 0.30 7. MV. SOUQUIERE SPEAKS SOF STARTS... 1.42 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ 7. MONSIEUR SOUQUI
- Embargoed: 1st February 1968 12:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVADK3LB3Z1ULHRPRG236YAXVA1W
- Story Text: THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (NLF) DELEGATES TO THE PARIS PEACE TALKS, SPOKE AT A MEETING OF THE FRENCH PEACE PARTISANS IN PARIS LAST NIGHT(THURSDAY).OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDING MONSIEUR ANDRE SOUQUIERE, ONE OF THE GROUP OF FOUR PEACE PARTISANS, JUST RETURNED FROM NORTH VIETNAM, CALLED FOR AND END TO "AMERICAN AGGRESSION" IN VIETNAM.
THE PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNIST MEETING, PRESIDED OVER BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF THE PEACE PARTISANS, MONSIEUR J. SCHAFTER, APPLAUDED AND WAVED BANNERS AS SPEAKERS RE-AFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE NLF CAUSE IN VIETNAM.
MONSIEUR SOUQUIERE REFERRED TO THE PARIS PEACE TALKS, DUE TO BEGIN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND SAID THAT THE DEPARTURE OF AMERICAN FORCES FROM VIETNAM WAS THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION. HE CALLED ON PEACE-LOVING AMERICANS TO HELP FORMULATE SUCH A PLAN AS SOON AS PRESIDENT-ELECT NIXON TOOK POWER.
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