1.
GV PAN. PARLIAMENT BUILDING
0.05

2.
SV MINISTER ENTER ROOM
0.11

3.
GV MINISTERS SEATED
0.15

4.
CU PRIME MINISTER
0.19

5.
CU VICE PREMIER VONDELING
0.22

6.
GV PRESS PHOTOGRAPH CABINET
0.30

7.
CU LEFT TO RIGHT (SAMKALDEN, LUNS, VONDELING, CALS, BUESHEUVEL, SMALLENBROECK, DE JONG
0.44

8.
GV MINISTERS ROUND TABLE
0.50



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Background: THE NETHERLANDS SIX WEEK POLITICAL CRISIS ENDED ON TUESDAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORMATION OF A NEW 14-MEMBER CABINET HEADED BY THE FORMER CATHOLIC EDUCATION MINISTER, MR JOSEPH CALS; YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) THE NEW COALITION WAS SWORN IN BY QUEEN JULIANA.

AT THE CABINET'S FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN. THE POLITICAL CRISIS RESULTED FROM A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION IN HOLLAND. LONG TALKS AMONG THE VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES WERE HELD IN AN EFFORT TO REACH AGREEMENT.

MR. CALS TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY THAT "VERY MANY DIFFICULTIES STILL FACE US". HE HAS SELECTED FIVE FELLOW CATHOLICS ALONG WITH FIVE LABOUR MINISTERS AND THREE PROTESTANT ANTI-REVOLUTIONARIES TO ASSIST HIM WITH ADMINISTRATION. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT THE NEW CABINET WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO CARRY OUT NEW IDEAS; THE NEXT ELECTIONS ARE DUE IN 1967.

THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF DR JOSEPH LUNS AS FOREIGN MINISTER IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS A SIGN OF CONTINUITY IN DUTCH FOREIGN POLICY. HE HAS SERVED AS FOREIGN MINISTER IN FIVE CABINETS OVER MORE THAN 12 YEARS.

THE CRISIS WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE COST THE COUNTRY SOME 55 MILLION GUILDERS (OVER FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING).