1.
GV AUDIENCE WITH DELEGATES ON STAGE
0.03

2.
SV PAN..COMMUNIST DELEGATES
0.11

3.
GV PAN..AUDIENCE APPLAUDS
0.19

4.
SV BANNER "NIXON STOP AGGRESSION IMMEDIATELY IN VIETNAM"
0.24

5.
SV DELEGATES ON ROSTRUM
0.27

6.
CU DELEGATE (2 SHOTS)
0.30

7.
MV. SOUQUIERE SPEAKS SOF STARTS...
1.42


TRANSCRIPT: SEQ 7. MONSIEUR SOUQUIERE: "...(INDISTINCT).. ALL OBSTACLES, THE OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE FOUR AND OF VIETNAM...(INDISTINCT).. A GOVERNMENT HARDLY CAPABLE OF...(INDISTINCT).. GAINING TERRITORY. THERE IS NO FORCE IN EXISTENCE CAPABLE OF MAKING IT UNFIT FOR DISCUSSION.



"THE AMERICANS.. (indistinct).. FOR THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE; THEY ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING NEW FORMS OF NEO-COLONIALISM. BUT IT IS EVER MORE VIDENT THAT THEIR DEPARTURE FROM VIETNAM IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION. AMERICAN AGGRESSION MUST STOP. THE U.S. TROOPS MUST RETIRE. THIS IS A DEMAND THAT WE MUST FORMULATE SIDE BY SIDE WITH PEACE-LOVING AMERICAN FORCES, AT THE VERY MOMENT WHEN NIXON, THE NEW U.S. PRESIDENT TAKES POWER. THE PARIS CONFERENCE MUST OPEN NOW. WE CONGRATULATE ALL... (INDISTINCT)... OBTAINED. I AM, MOREOVER, CONFIDENT THAT THE PLACE OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF SOUTH VIETNAM IS INCONTESTABLE."




Initials NAC/V/JF/ES



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Background: THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (NLF) DELEGATES TO THE PARIS PEACE TALKS, SPOKE AT A MEETING OF THE FRENCH PEACE PARTISANS IN PARIS LAST NIGHT(THURSDAY).OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDING MONSIEUR ANDRE SOUQUIERE, ONE OF THE GROUP OF FOUR PEACE PARTISANS, JUST RETURNED FROM NORTH VIETNAM, CALLED FOR AND END TO "AMERICAN AGGRESSION" IN VIETNAM.

THE PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNIST MEETING, PRESIDED OVER BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF THE PEACE PARTISANS, MONSIEUR J. SCHAFTER, APPLAUDED AND WAVED BANNERS AS SPEAKERS RE-AFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE NLF CAUSE IN VIETNAM.

MONSIEUR SOUQUIERE REFERRED TO THE PARIS PEACE TALKS, DUE TO BEGIN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND SAID THAT THE DEPARTURE OF AMERICAN FORCES FROM VIETNAM WAS THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION. HE CALLED ON PEACE-LOVING AMERICANS TO HELP FORMULATE SUCH A PLAN AS SOON AS PRESIDENT-ELECT NIXON TOOK POWER.