BELGIUM: NEW NATO HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN BRUSSELS.

Record ID: 584505

  • Title: BELGIUM: NEW NATO HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN BRUSSELS.
  • Date: 16th October 1967
  • Summary: 1. AERIAL VS NATO H.Q. (3 SHOTS) 0.21 2. LV NEW BUILDING 0.24 3. SV TROOPS OF VARIOUS NATIONS 0.29 4. CU SOLDIERS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES (3 SHOTS) 0.35 5. CU GENERAL LEMNITZER 0.38 6. SV M BOYENANTS & SIGNOR BROSIO SHAKE HANDS (2 SHOTS) 0.45 7. SV PRESSMEN 0.48 8. LV BROSIO ADDRESSES GATHERING 0.50 9. SV PAN CROWD 0.53 10. SV & CU SIGNOR BROSIO SPEAKING 1.00 11. SV CROWD APPLAUDS 1.04 12. SV FLAGS OF MEMBER NATIONS RAISED 1.12 13. CU OFFICER SALUTES 1.14 14. SV OTHER OFFICERS SALUTING 1.17 15. GV FLAGS OF MEMBER NATIONS 1.22 16. AERIAL V NATO H.Q. 1.25 Initials JSU/V/AS/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 31st October 1967 12:00
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  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVA3DXJUM85K9BVIPEV6W4ZVRS2F
  • Story Text: THE NEW POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) -- BUILT IN LITTLE MORE THAN SIX AND A HALF MONTHS -- WERE OPENED IN BRUSSELS TODAY (MONDAY) AFTER A WEEKEND MOVE FROM PARIS.

    THE TRANSFER MARKED THE FINAL, PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF THE 15-NATION ORGANISATION FROM FRENCH TERRITORY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT DE GAULLE'S DECISION LAST YEAR TO WITHDRAW FROM NATO'S INTEGRATED MILITARY COMMAND.

    NATO'S MILITARY WING -- THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE) -- MOVED INTO NEW PREMISES AT CASTEAU LAST MONTH.

    M. PAUL VANDEN BOEYNANTS, BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER, DESCRIBED THE THREE-STOREY PREFABRICATED CONCRETE BUILDING, AS A "MIRACLE OF TECHNICAL ORGANISATION".

    AS NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL SIGNOR MANLIO BROSIO DECLARED THE NEW HEADQUARTERS OPENED, THE FLAGS OF THE 15-MEMBER NATIONS AND THE BLUE AND SILVER NATO FLAG WERE HOISTED.

    ALLIED MILITARY CHIEFS, INCLUDING GENERAL LYMAN L. LEMNITZER SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE, NATO PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY.
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