FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE IN PARIS EXPECTED TO BE VENUE OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS.

Record ID: 496415

  • Title: FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE IN PARIS EXPECTED TO BE VENUE OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS.
  • Date: 6th May 1968
  • Summary: THE CENTRE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. Initials RM/V/JB/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st May 1968 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAESSP92DXHXKWO62ZBCHP3QM37
  • Story Text: THE VIETNAM PEACE TALKS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND NORTH VIETNAMESE ENVOYS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE IN PARIS. THE CENTRE, NEAR THE FAMOUS ARC DE TRIOMPHE, WAS ONCE THE LUXURY "MAJESTIC HOTEL", AND WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NAZI GESTAPO DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF FRANCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

    THE CENTRE WAS ALSO USED AT ONE TIME AS TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATION SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). IT IS NOW RUN BY THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY AND USED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS. THE ENVOYS TO TAKE PART IN THE COMING TALKS AND MR. MAI VAN BO, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATE-GENERAL, AND MR. WOODRUFF WALLNER, THE U.S. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES.
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