1.
GV PAN AIRCRAFT LANDING (GUARD OF HONOUR IN FOREGROUND)
0.11

2.
CV FLAG (VENEZUELAN)
0.13

3.
SV ONLOOKERS WAVING MAINLY WEST GERMAN FLAGS.
0.16

4.
GV PRESIDENT HEINEMANN AND WIFE APPEAR AT AIRCRAFT DOOR.
0.24

5.
GV PRESIDENT CALDERA AND WIFE WAIT ON TARMAC
0.29

6.
GV PRESIDENT HEINEMANN AND WIFE DOWN STEPS AND GREETED.
0.32

7.
CV GUARD
0.35

8.
MV CALDERA AND HEINEMANN ( ON RIGHT) SHAKE HANDS ON DAIS
0.38

9.
GV GUARD OF HONOUR
0.41

10.
GV & MV VISITING PRESIDENT INTRODUCED TO OFFICIALS. ( 2 SHOTS)
0.51



Initials CO.11.11 BB/DE/CO/11.23



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Background: AT THE START OF HIS THREE-NATION LATIN AMERICAN TOUR, WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT GUSTAV HEINEMANN WAS GIVEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME WHEN HE ARRIVED IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA ON MONDAY (MARCH 22).

DR. HEINEMANN AND IS WIFE WERE GREETED AT MAIGUETIA AIRPORT BY VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT RAFAEL CALDERA. THERE WAS A 21-GUN SALUTE AND FULL MILITARY HONOURS FOR THE VISITING WEST GERMAN DIGNITARY WHO WAS TO SPEND FOUR DAYS IN VENEZUELA.

LOCAL SECURITY FORCES CLAMPED A TIGHT RING AROUND THE WEST GERMAN PARTY AND DR. HEINEMANN WAS DRIVEN FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CAPITAL IN A BULLET-PROOF CAR.