1.
GV. STEPS WHEELED TO AIRCRAFT
0.03

2.
SV. NIGERIAN PREMIER WAITS
0.05

3.
SV.PAN...HOME DOWN STEPS GREETS NIGERIAN P.M.
0.20

4.
SV. HOME GREETS NIGERIAN MINISTERS
0.28

5.
CU. MAN LISTENS TO HOME
0.30

6.
SV. HOME AT PRESS CONFERENCE
0.40

7.
SV. DITTO
0.44

8.
CU. MAN LISTENS
0.46

9.
SV.PAN...CAR AWAY
0.52



Initials JRG/S/RM/JG



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Background: IN LAGOS NIGERIA'S PRIME MINISTER ALHAJI SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA YESTERDAY(WEDNESDAY) GREETED THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME, AT THE START OF HIS 3-DAY STATE VISIT.

IT IS THE FIRST BY A BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TO INDEPENDENT NIGERIA AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE AIRPORT TO CHEER HIM.

HOWEVER TODAY, ABOUT 300 STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED WITH ANTI-BRITISH SLOGANS WHILE SIR ALEC WAS VISITING A HOSPITAL IN THE CAPITAL.

AT THE START OF HIS VISIT SIR ALEC SAID HE WOULD BE DISCUSSING WITH NIGERIA'S LEADERS THE ROLE THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES COULD PLAY IN A WORLD OF IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST.

AFTER THE BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE, SIR ALEC DROVE OFF READY FOR A ROUND OF TALKS WITH SIR ABUBAKAR.