- Title: PORTUGAL: POPE PAUL MEETS PRIME MINISTER SALAZAR
- Date: 14th May 1967
- Summary: 1. SV POPE PAN TO AUDIENCE 0.16 2. SCU POPE GIVES GIFT TO SALAZAR 0.30 3. CU POPE GIVES OTHER GIFTS 0.48 4. SV POPE THROUGH CROWD AND INTRODUCED TO OFFICIALS 1.05 Initials TS/VS/BHH/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 29th May 1967 13:00
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- Location: FATIMA, PORTUGAL
- Country: Portugal
- Reuters ID: LVAALFKDGEMJILL8FJQF9R193VCA
- Story Text: YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) POPE PAUL MET THE PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER, DR ANTONIO DE OLIVEIRA SALAZAR, AND MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, DURING HIS VISIT TO FATIMA FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT WHEN THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WERE SAID TO HAVE SEEN AN APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. POPE PAUL RETURNED TO ROME LAST NIGHT.
THE POPE DISTRIBUTED GIFTS TO DR SALAZAR AND MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND TO THE PRESIDENT, ADMIRAL AMERICO THOMAZ, AND HIS FAMILY. DR SALAZAR HAS A NINE-MINUTE AUDIENCE IN PRIVATE WITH THE POPE, BUT THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED DURING THE AUDIENCE.
POPE PAUL, WHO WAS SAID TO BE LOOKING TIRED AFTER HIS PILGRIMAGE, LATER LEFT PORTUGAL FOR ROME.
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