CROWD ASSEMBLED IN A HALL IN BORDEAUX; PRESIDENT DE GAULLE SPEAKING ON TELEVISION; ARRIVAL OF M. FREY AND M. CHABAN-DELMAS; M. FREY SPEAKING AS M. CHABAN-DELMAS AND CROWD LISTEN.




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Background: THE GAULLIST PARTY IS INTENSIFYING ITS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ALL OVER FRANCE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON SUNDAY, AFTER THE SHOCK THAT FOLLOWED PRESIDENT DE GAULLE'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY IN LAST WEEK'S BALLOT. YESTERDAY'S (MONDAY'S) GAULLIST RALLIES INCLUDED ONE IN BORDEAUX, WHEN THE SPEAKERS INCLUDED MR. FREY, THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, AND M. CHABAN-DELMAS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND MAYOR OF BORDEAUX.

PRESIDENT DE GAULLE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIS OPPONENT, THE LEFT-WING M. FRANCOIS MITTERRAND, WITH TALKS TO THE ELECTORS ON TELEVISION. AFTER WATCHING SUCH A TALK YESTERDAY, THE BORDEAUX RALLY HEARD M. FREY ASK: "WITH WHOM IS MITTERRAND GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY, AND AGAINST WHOM?" HE CLAIMED THAT CONTROL BY M. MITTERRAND WOULD RESULT IN CONFUSION AND INTERNAL DISORDERS IN FRANCE, AND END IN DICTATORSHIP.