FRANCE: BODIES OF FRENCHMEN KILLED IN INDO-CHINA FIGHTING ARRIVE IN TOULON FROM NORTH VIETNAM.
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375921
FRANCE: BODIES OF FRENCHMEN KILLED IN INDO-CHINA FIGHTING ARRIVE IN TOULON FROM NORTH VIETNAM.
- Title: FRANCE: BODIES OF FRENCHMEN KILLED IN INDO-CHINA FIGHTING ARRIVE IN TOULON FROM NORTH VIETNAM.
- Date: 30th August 1966
- Summary: SHIP ARRIVES AT TOULON WITH THE BODIES; WAR VETERANS LOOK ON AS COFFINS CARRIED FROM SHIP AND PLACED ON GUN-CARRIAGES; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS STAND IN SILENCE AND MILITARY NEW SALUTE; TROOPS MARCHING DOWN STREET PAST COFFINS, AND PLANES FLY OVER. Initials RM/VS/CR/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 14th September 1966 13:00
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- Location: TOULON, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVADFT9R69S6FL2WEVJCMHRCBQY7
- Story Text: THE BODIES OF 337 FRENCHMEN KILLED IN ACTION IN INDO-CHINA RETURNED TO FRANCE TODAY (TUESDAY) AND WERE ACCORDED MILITARY HONOURS AT TOULON NAVAL BASE BEFORE BEING HANDED OVER TO THEIR FAMILIES AND DECENDANTS ALL OVER FRANCE. THEY ARE THE FIRST OF 1,500 BODIES WHOSE REPATRIATION THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS SECURED AFTER SIX YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH NORTH VIETNAM.
THE BODIES INCLUDE THOSE OF SEVERAL FRENCH NURSES WHO DIED DURING THE FIGHTING. THE 337 COFFINS WERE LOADED ON THE FRENCH LINER, MOONIE, LAST MONTH IN HAIPHONG WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES DURING A LULL ORDERED ESPECIALLY BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE BOMBING OF THE PORT.
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