1.
LV EXT.. CHATEAU DE LA MUETTE, CARS ARRIVE.
0.06

2.
MV JAPANESE DELEGATES UP STEPS.
0.15

3.
MV DELEGATES GREETED (TWO SHOTS).
0.25

4.
TV DELEGATES UP STAIRS.
0.38

5.
MV DELEGATES ENTER ROOM.
0.47

6.
GV HARUKI MORI (WITH GLASSES) AND DELEGATES GREETED.
1.00

7.
CU KRISTENSEN.
1.03

8.
MV DELEGATES SEATED.
1.08



Initials PGR/V/BHH/PB



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Background: FIRST OFFICIAL TALKS FOR JAPAN'S ENTRY INTO THE 20-NATION ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) OPENED IN PARIS TODAY (MONDAY).THE TALKS, AT THE CHATEAU DE LA MUETTE, HEADQUARTERS OF THE OECD, WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MAY 14.THEY ARE THE FIRST OF A SERIES TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF FULL MEMBERSHIP.

THE JAPANESE DELEGATION, HEADED BY MR.HARUKI MORI, MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY, LONDON, WAS GREETED BY MR.THORKIL KRISTENSEN, OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL, WHEN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TALKS BEGAN TODAY.