- Title: FRANCE: A WALK IN A PARIS PARK FOR NORTH VIETNAM'S PEACE NEGOTIATOR
- Date: 12th May 1968
- Summary: 1. LV & CU THUY IN PARK 0.10 2. SV GROUP TOWARDS CAMERA 0.18 3. CU PARK SIGN 0.21 4. TRACKING SHOT GROUP WALKING 0.25 5. CU CHILD 0.29 6. SV THUY WITH CHILDREN (2 SHOTS) 7. CU THUY HOLDING CHILD 0.54 8. SV STATUE 0.56 9. GV PAN GROUP TOWARDS LAKE 1.03 Initials DHC/V/PW/BB Script is copyright Reute
- Embargoed: 27th May 1968 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVAB1JWCAZPRSQLYNTA672TO4H2W
- Story Text: HANOI'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR IN THE VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS, XUAN THUY, WILL MEET HIS UNITED STATES COUNTERPART IN THE FIRST ROUND OF TOP-LEVEL TALKS TOMORROW. BUT TODAY (SUNDAY) THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DIPLOMAT TOOK TIME OFF FOR A WALK IN A PARIS PARK.
TOMORROW'S TALKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY PROBING -- EACH SIDE ATTEMPTING TO DISCERN THE OTHER'S INTENTIONS. THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN A MOOD OF SOME WARINESS.
BUT IN THE PARK TODAY XUAN THUY WON AN INSTANT DIPLOMATIC VICTORY. HE CONQUERED THE RESERVE OF SEVERAL SMALL FRENCH CHILDREN PLAYING THERE, AND WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THEM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION.
XUAN THUY HAS A REPUTATION AS A DEDICATED REVOLUTIONARY AND AN EXPERT DIPLOMAT, AND HE IS ALSO WELL KNOWN AS A POET OF CONSIDERABLE STANDING IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
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