1.
LV ARRIVAL OF N'GOUABI.
0.08

2.
CU N'GOUABI WALKS PAST GUARD OF HONOUR.
0.14

3.
GV SOLDIERS ON PARADE.
0.27

4.
SV N'GOUABI SALUTES AS HE WALKS PAST TROOPS.
0.36

5.
CU NEW COLOURS.
0.43

6.
SV TROOPS LINED UP.
0.54

7.
CU N'GOUABI ADDRESSES TROOPS.
1.00

8.
GV + SV TROOPS MARCH PAST.
1.21



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Background: MAJOR MARIEN N'GOUABI, CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE'S HEAD OF STATE, ON SATURDAY ATTENDED A PARADE AT WHICH 1,000 MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER RULING PARTY WERE OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE REGULAR ARMY. THE YOUTHS WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH ORGANISATION OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN DISSOLVED.

IN A SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY, MAJOR N'GOUABI SAID THAT MILITARY BASES WOULD BE SET UP IN FRONTIER ZONES WHERE "THE SPIRITS OF EVIL ARE MOVING AGAINST THE CONGOLESE NATIONS".

HE ALSO SAID THAT THE ARMY WOULD TAKE PART IN THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE COUNTRY - BUILDING ROADS, PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS AND WORKING IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY.

(DISSIDENT MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH ORGANISATION OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT CLASHED WITH THE ARMY IN DISTURBANCES WHICH PRECEDED THE DEPOSITION OF PRESIDENT ALPHONSE MASSAMBA-DEBAT BY THE ARMY LAST SEPTEMBER).