WOOL FACTORY; MRS. NYERERE WITH WORKERS; KNITTING MACHINES; MRS. NYERERE PRESENTED WITH GIFT; MRS. NYERERE LEAVES.




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Background: PRESIDENT JULIUS NYERERE, HIS WIFE AND A PARTY OF TANZANIAN OFFICIALS ARRIVED IN THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF PYONGYANG FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT LAST SATURDAY (JUNE 22). PRESIDENT NYERERE HAD TALKS WITH THE NORTH KOREAN HEAD OF STATE, PRIME MINISTER MARSHAL KIM IL SUNG AIMED AT CLOSER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

MEANWHILE, MRS. NYERERE PAID A VISIT TO A KNITTING FACTORY NEAR PYONGYANG, AND SAW NORTH KOREAN WORKERS MAKING CLOTHING AND OTHER GOODS.

DURING HER VISIT, MRS. NYERERE SAW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODERN MACHINERY AND WAS WARMLY APPLAUDED BY WORKERS AT THE FACTORY.

AT THE END OF HER VISIT, THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE WAS PRESENTED WITH A GIFT FROM THE WORKERS.

DURING THEIR VISIT, PRESIDENT AND MRS. NYERERE WERE GUESTS AT AN OFFICIAL BANQUET GIVEN BY MARSHAL KIM AND HIS WIFE, DURING WHICH THE TANZANIAN PRESIDENT URGED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

THE NORTH KOREAN VISIT FOLLOWED A THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

PRESIDENT AND MRS. NYERERE RETURNED HOME TO DAR-ES-SALAAM IN WEDNESDAY.