- Title: WEST GERMANY: ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER EBAN HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE IN BONN
- Date: 24th February 1970
- Summary: 1. GV BONN CONFERENCE HALL 0.05 2. GV POLICE ERECTING BARRICADE 0.06 3. LV MOTORCADE 0.11 4. GV SECURITY 0.16 5. SV EBAN'S CAR ARRIVES WITH ESCORT 0.24 6. SV PAN POLICEMAN WITH GUN 0.27 7. SV POLICE ENTERING VAN 0.30 8. TV INT. OF CONFERENCE HALL 0.37 9. CU ISRAELI FLAG 0.40 10. SV EBAN SPEAKS (SOF) 2.
- Embargoed: 11th March 1970 13:00
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- Location: BONN: WEST GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA46QL2ANNI4SZE7N44MJP2OOK3
- Story Text: ABBA EBAN, ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER, HAS HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN BONN ON THE THIRD DAY OF HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO WEST GERMANY ... UNDER THE MOST STRINGENT POLICE SECURITY MEASURES.
IN ONE OF THE MOST STRINGENT POLICE OPERATIONS SEEN IN BONN, HUNDREDS OF UNIFORMED AND PLAIN-CLOTHES POLICEMEN AND AGENTS HAVE BEEN SWARMING AROUND THE GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AND PATROLLING OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI EMBASSY AND THE LUXURY HOTEL WHERE MR. EBAN IS STAYING. A CROWD OF 400 YOUNG PEOPLE DEMONSTRATED PEACEFULLY EARLIER TODAY (TUESDAY) BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORTED. ONLY SPECIALLY ACCREDITED AND SCREENED CORRESPONDENTS WERE ALLOWED INTO THE CONFERENCE HALL.
OPENING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, MR. EBAN FELT IT NECESSARY TO MAKE EXPLANATORY COMMENT ON THE TWO BOMB INCIDENTS OF THE PAST WEEK WHICH INVOLVED TWO PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. HE SAID:
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