1.
GV AIRCRAFT ARRIVING
0.08

2.
SV PAN M. FOCCART GREETED BY MR AZIZ & OFFICIALS
0.21

3.
MV PARTY ACROSS TARMAC
0.27

4.
SV AZIZ & FOCCART ACROSS TARMAC TALKING
0.32

5.
STV DITTO
0.40

6.
SV FOCCART INTO CAR & AWAY(2 SHOTS)
0.49

7.
GV REPUBLIC BUILDING
0.56

8.
SV FOCCART GREETED BY MOKTAR OULD DADDAH
1.04

9.
SV DADDAH & FOCCART SEATED(2 SHOTS)
1.17



Initials EH/VS/DW/SGM



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Background: M. JACQUES FOCCART, SECRETARY GENERAL FOR AFRICAN AND MALASY AFFAIRS AT THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY, REAFFIRMED HIS COUNTRY'S INTEREST IN HER AFRICAN SPHERE OF INTEREST DURING A THREE-DAY VISIT TO MAURITANIA WHICH ENDED YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).

SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, M. FOCCART CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT OF MAURITANIA, MR MOKTAR OULD DADDAH, TO CONVEY A VERBAL ASSURANCE OF GOODWILL FROM PRESIDENT GEORGES POMPIDOU.

ON HIS ARRIVAL AT NOUAKCHOTT AIRPORT, M. FOCCART AND MME FOCCART WERE GREETED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE STAFF OF THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, MR ABDUL AZIZ, AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE MAURITANIA PRESIDENCY. M. FOCCART HAD FLOWN TO NOUAKCHOTT FROM DAKAR, WHERE HE ATTENDED WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SENEGAL'S INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE.

DURING HIS CALL ON PRESIDENT OULD DADDAH, HE POINTED OUT THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND FRANCE WERE EXCELLENT, THOUGH MINOR PROBLEMS REMAINED TO BE SOLVED.

M. FOCCART ALSO INDICATED THAT FRANCE WOULD GIVE FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION TO ANY DESIRE FOR A RENEWAL OF MUTUAL LINKS WITH PRESIDENT SEKOU TOURE OF GUINEA.

M. FOCCART'S PROGRAMME IN NOUAKCHOTT INCLUDED VISITS TO THE HARBOUR INSTALLATIONS AND TO A FACTORY FOR THE DESALINATION OF SEA WATER.