PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN OF PAKISTAN IS IN FRANCE ON A TWO-DAY PRIVATE VISIT ON HIS WAY HOME FROM STATE VISITS TO JORDAN AND BRITAIN. TODAY (TUESDAY) HE HAD TALKS WITH PRESIDENT DE GAULLE AT THE LATTER'S OFFICIAL PARIS RESIDENCE, THE ELYSEE PALACE.

THE TWO LEADER REVIEWED THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, PARTICULARLY THE EMERGENCE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS A NUCLEAR POWER, THE VIETNAM CONFLICT, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. PRESIDENT DE GAULLE TOLD HI VISITOR PAKISTAN COULD RELY ON FRANCE'S ACTIVE AND FRIENDLY ASSISTANCE.

IN A LUNCHEON TOAST FOLLOWING THE ONE-OUR TALKS, PRESIDENT DE GAULLE SPOKE OF THE CONFIDENT FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.