1.
GV PAN..FROM FARM TO DEMONSTRATION AREA
0.10

2.
GV FARMERS.
0.14

3.
SV TILT DOWN..DITTO.
0.21

4.
SV DUTCH POLICE PUSH FARMERS OFF THE ROAD.
0.26

5.
LV DUTCH MILITARY ARMOURED CARS
0.28

6.
SV PAN...FROM ARMY JEEP TO POLICE AND SOLDIERS.
0.33

7.
SV THE POLICE.
0.38

8.
SV POLICE.
0.41

9.
SV SOLDIERS WITH RIFLES WALKS PAST CAMERA.
0.43.5

10.
SV PAN..DEMONSTRATORS.
0.49

11.
SV TRAFFIC BEGINNING TO MOVE AGAIN WITH SOLDIER IN F/G.
0.53

12.
GV DITTO.
1.00


WHIP PAN....LOCATION: ON THE AMERSFOORT-ZWOLLE ROAD NEAR NUNSPEET VILLAGE.


13.
GV PAN..DEMONSTRATION AREA WITH TRACTORS IN F/G
1.03

14.
SV POLICE TRY TO BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION.
1.07

15.
SV DEMONSTRATORS.
1.08

16.
SV DEMONSTRATORS TRY TO PUSH FORWARD.
1.10

17.
SV POLICE TRY TO PUSH DEMONSTRATORS OFF THE ROAD.
1.15

18.
SV DITTO.
1.19

19.
GV SOLDIERS AND POLICE PUSH TRUCK FROM THE ROAD.
1.23

20.
SV SOLDIERS CLEAR PRIVATE CAR FROM THE ROADWAY.
1.26

21.
SV DITTO.
1.28

22.
GV TRAFFIC BEGINNING TO MOVE.
1.31



Initials AW/V/MGT/FG



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Background: USING TRACTORS, VANS AND CARS, A GROUP OF SO-CALLED "FREE FARMERS" BLOCKED AN MAIN ROAD IN CENTRAL HOLLAND, BETWEEN AMERSFOORT AND ZWOLLE, 25TH SEPTEMBER, AND TRIED TO BLOCK ANOTHER ROAD. THEY WERE TRYING TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL THE FORTHCOMING LEGALLY ENFORCED SALE OF THE FARM OF ONE OF THEIR LEADERS, HENDRIX KOEKOEK, AND DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE PROSPECT OF FURTHER FORCED SALES OF FARMS.

MR. KOEKOEK AND HIS FELLOW "FREE FARMERS" REFUSE TO PAY A COMPULSORY LEVY IMPOSED BY THE DUTCH AGRICULTURAL BOARD. HIS RAM IS TO BE SOLD TO OBTAIN MONEY CLAIMED FROM HIM BY THE BOARD. THE NATIONAL FARMERS UNIONS DO NOT APPROVE THE ACTION OF THE "FREE FARMERS" GROUP.

THE SEPTEMBER 25th DEMONSTRATION NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NUNSPEET, CAUSED UPWARDS OF THREE HOURS TRAFFIC JAM, AND THERE WAS SCUFFLING BETWEEN SOME OF THE FARMERS AND POLICE WHEN POLICEMEN SHOVED AND HAULED FARM VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.

ON THE 26th SEPTEMBER AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK ANOTHER ROAD WAS MADE BETWEEN ZWOLLE AND APELDOORN, FURTHER EAST IN HOLLAND. NUMEROUS POLICE PREVENTED SOME HUNDREDS OF FARMERS FROM CLOSING THE ROAD, AT A POINT NEAR THE SMALL TOWN OF VAASSEN.

MILITARY POLICE, WITH FOUR ARMOURED CARS, WERE ALSO PRESENT, AS QUEEN JULIANA, OF THE NETHERLANDS AND HER HUSBAND, PRINCE BERNARD, WERE DUE TO PASS ALONG THE ROAD ON A VISIT TO THE DUTCH ARMY'S 4th DIVISION. THE ARMOURED CARS WERE NOT USED.