1.
SV INT.... STUDENTS LISTEN TO SPEECH
0.05

2.
SV BANNER PAN...TO SPEAKER
0.10

3.
SV EXT... DEMONSTRATORS ACCOMPANIED BY POLICE
0.15

4.
GV DITTO
0.20

5.
SV DEMONSTRATORS FOLLOW POLICE
0.28

6.
TV POLICE PULL BACK CROWD
0.32

7.
SV POLICE IN PROTECTIVE HELMETS AND MASKS
0.36

8.
GV DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING
0.41

9.
BIG GV DITTO
0.46



Initials DE/V/RM/OS



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Background: SIX THOUSAND STUDENTS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF TOKYO, JAPAN LAST NIGHT (FRIDAY) PROTESTING AGAINST THE JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA NORMALISATION TREATY WHICH HAD JUST PASSED THROUGH A SPECIAL DIET (PARLIAMENT) COMMITTEE. THE TREATY- WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS FOR SOME MONTHS - WAS CARRIED BY THE COMMITTEE AFTER THE MAJORITY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CALLED FOR A SNAP AS THE SESSION OPENED.

THE STUDENTS, REPRESENTING YOUNG LABOUR AND TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY ASSEMBLED AT THE HIBIYA MUSIC HALL AND LISTENED TO SPEAKERS AS THEY DENOUNCED THE TREATY. THEN THEY SURGED INTO THE STREETS AND MARCHED TO THE DIET BUILDINGS. THE POLICE, WEARING PROTECTIVE HELMETS AND MASKS WERE OUT IN FORCE AND ARRESTED MORE THAN 40 YOUNG PEOPLE.

ABOUT SEVEN THOUSAND POLICEMEN HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DUTY TODAY (SATURDAY) AS MORE LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE PLANNED.