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Summary:
CONFERENCE BUILDING; AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION ARRIVING; THE PRESIDENT, M. T. LEFEVRE, OF BELGIUM; WEST GERMAN DELEGATION; SWISS OBSERVERS; CONFERENCE IN SESSION.
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Embargoed:26th July 1968 13:00
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Location:PARIS, FRANCE
Country:France
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Story Text: DELEGATIONS FROM WESTERN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA MEETING IN PARIS ARE TO DISCUSS BRITAIN'S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF THE EUROPEAN LAUNCHER DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (ELDO) AFTER 1971. RISING COSTS WITHIN THE ORGANISATION WILL COME UNDER REVIEW.
ELDO CONSISTS OF BELGIUM, BRITAIN, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY, HOLLAND ITALY AND AUSTRALIA -- WHICH PROVIDES A ROCKET LAUNCHING SITE AT WOOMERA, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DENMARK AND SWITZERLAND ARE SENDING OBSERVERS.
THE ORGANISATION'S CURRENT PROGRAMME IS SCHEDULED TO END WITH THE LAUNCHING OF A FRANCO-GERMAN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE IN 1972.
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