1.
LV MR AND MRS EISENHOWER GREETED OUTSIDE BELFAST CITY HALL.
0.02

2.
SV EISENHOWER WALKS TOWARDS ENTRANCE WITH MAYOR.
0.06

3.
SV EISENHOWER SHAKES HANDS WITH SPECTATORS.
0.16

4.
SV PAN... INTERIOR EISENHOWER AND MAYOR WALK ACROSS DOOR.
0.20

5.
STV UP STEPS.
0.22

6.
SV MRS EISENHOWER SIGNS BOOK.
0.26

7.
SCU EISENHOWER SIGNS BOOK.
0.29

8.
SCU DITTO.
0.32



Initials JRG/S/MR/LW



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Background: TOURIST DWIGHT EISENHOWER, COMING TO THE END OF HIS MONTH'S EUROPEAN HOLIDAY, IS IN IRELAND. BEFORE STARTING A SHORT HOLIDAY IN DUBLIN, ON TUESDAY, THE 71-YEAR-OLD FORMER PRESIDENT AND MRS. EISENHOWER STOPPED BRIEFLY OVER THE BORDER IN BELFAST. IT WAS HIS FIRST VISIT FOR 17 YEARS. BUT ITS CITIZENS GREETED HIM LIKE AN OLD FRIEND.

GENERAL
THE GENERAL'S HEADQUARTERS WERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND FOR A TIME DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND IN 1945 HE WAS GIVEN THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF BELFAST. A VISIT TO THE CITY HALL TO SEE HIS NAME IN THE ROLL OF FREEMAN WAS PART OF THE DAY'S PROGRAMME.