- Title: ALGERIA: COLONEL BOUMEDIENNE OPENS 4TH ALGIERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
- Date: 2nd September 1967
- Summary: 1. LV FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS 0.01 2. MV COLONEL BOUMEDIENNE CUTS TAPE OPENING EXHIBITION 0.09 3. CU SIGN "MAROC" (MOROCCO) 0.11 4. MV BOUMEDIENNE WALK TO STAND 0.14 5. LV SIGN "USSR" (SOVIET UNION) 0.16 6. MV BOUMEDIENNE MEETS SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES 0.20 7. MV HEAVY LORRY 0.22 8. SLV BOURMEDIENNE WALKS THROUGH EXHIBITS OF BICYCLES 0.27 9. MV SIGN "DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (EAST GERMANY) 0.30 10. MV BOUMEDIENNE WITH GERMAN REPRESENTATIVES 0.33 11. MV STAND "UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC" -- BOUMEDIENNE ENTERS AND WALKING THROUGH 0.44 12. CU PLAQUE "ORGANISATION OF PALESTINE" 0.48 13. MV BOUMEDIENNE WALKS THROUGH STAND 0.51 14. SLV SYRIAN FLAG 0.52 15. MV BOUMEDIENNE MEETS SYRIAN REPRESENTATIVES AND CIVILIANS 1.00 16. CI SIGN "FRANCE" 1.02 17. MV BOUMEDIENNE MEETS REPRESENTATIVES 1.08 18. MV ENTRANCE TO CZECH PAVILION -- BOUMEDIENNE WALKING THROUGH 1.13 Initials RM/VS/BHH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 17th September 1967 13:00
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- Location: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Reuters ID: LVA2FCT9JKSKQ4UV8X6NS7M7B66U
- Story Text: THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) THAT IT WILL SET UP A NATIONAL EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL SHORTLY AS PART OF A SCHEME FOR THE EVENTUAL NATIONALISATION OF ALL FOREIGN TRADE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN ALGIERS.
THE FAIR WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE ALGERIAN LEADER, COLONEL HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE, WHO THEN WENT ON A TOUR OF THE PAVILIONS. AMONG COUNTRIES REPRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE FRANCE, PARTNER IN NEARLY 70 PER CENT OF ALGERIA'S FOREIGN TRADE, AND EAST GERMANY WHICH HAS BEEN PRESSING FOR CLOSER TIES.
WEST GERMANY IS ALSO REPRESENTED AT THE FAIR. THE SOVIET UNION HAS THE LARGEST STAND, FOLLOWED BY ITALY AND FRANCE. OTHER COUNTRIES REPRESENTED ARE CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SENEGAL, SYRIA, EGYPT, PAKISTAN, LIBYA, MOROCCO, SPAIN, BULGARIA AND TUNISIA.
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