- Title: EIRE: DE GAULLE GOES FOR COUNTRY WALK
- Date: 1st June 1969
- Summary: DE GAULLE AND WIFE WALKING ON ROAD; WITH SECURITY MEN IN FRONT AND BEHIND; FOLLOWED BY TWO CARS; INTO CAR. Initials MJS/VS/CT/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 16th June 1969 13:00
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- Location: CONNEMARA, CO. GALWAY, EIRE
- Country: Ireland
- Reuters ID: LVA2J3DC03LJLVWN2WI7XY5W40LW
- Story Text: AS TENSION ROSE IN FRANCE YESTERDAY (MAY 31) IN THE FINAL HOURS BEFORE SHE VOTES FOR A NEW PRESIDENT, GENERAL DE GAULLE WENT FOR A QUIET WALK THROUGH THE IRISH COUNTRYSIDE.
THE WALK, WITH MADAME DE GAULLE, TOOK HIM ALONG THE COUNTRY ROADS SURROUNDING HIS RETREAT IN THE CASHEL HOUSE HOTEL AT CONNEMARA, COUNTY GALWAY -- NOT FAR FROM GALWAY BAY.
THE DE GAULLES ARRIVED THERE TEN DAYS AGO AFTER A SUDDEN AND MYSTERIOUS DEPARTURE FROM SNEEM, WHERE THEY HAD STAYED SINCE THEIR EQUALLY UNHERALDED ARRIVAL IN THE IRISH REPUBLIC ON MAY 10.
THEY HAD BEEN EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN SNEEM FOR ABOUT FIVE WEEKS. THEIR HOTEL HAD EVEN IMPORTED A ESPECIALLY LARGE BED FOR THE GENERAL.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT THEY LEFT PARTLY TO SEEK PEACE FROM BESIEGING TELEVISION AND NEWSPAPER REPORTERS. CERTAINLY, FOR MOST OF THEIR VISIT, THE DE GAULLES HAVE REMAINED IN STRICT SECLUSION, VENTURING OUT ONLY RARELY TO SEE THE SIGHTS.
EVEN ON THIS CASUAL STROLL, HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT FIND PRIVACY. SECURITY MEN, STRATEGICALLY PLACED BEFORE AND BEHIND, WERE ALSO OUT ENJOYING THE AIR, AND TWO CARS FOLLOWED THE LITTLE GROUP, READY FOR THE MOMENT WHEN THE GENERAL DECIDED HE'D WALKED ENOUGH.
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