(12 Oct 1977) notes: col print
location: paris, france
title: tito/paris
serviced date: 10/13/77
no: lnc 87129 / 52
date shot: 10/12/77
length: 55 ft
seconds: 1.28
sound: mute
date of arrival:

film shows: president tito arriving at orly airport where he is greeted by president giscard and other french cabinet ministers, president tito arriving at elysee palace, president tito, president giscard and other leading french politicians at dinner.

lead in: The French government has rolled out an exceptional welcome for Yugoslav president, Marshall Josip Tito. The welcome was of the type that has not been seen in Paris for decades.

the yugoslav leader, aged eighty-five, is currently on a world tour. he has already visited china, north korea and soviet russia with portugal, the united states and algeria still to come.

diplomats have described the tour as an effort to improve both president tito's personal prestige and yugoslavia's international standing. the yugoslav leader is also understood to be anxious to let his views be known to the rest of the world before his departure from power.

to the french, president tito has carved himself an image of being a champion of independence, especially with his refusal to allow any soviet domination of yugoslavia.



commentary: french government officials said the ceremony for president tito's arrival was a tribute without precedent for many years. every member of the french cabinet, from premier raymond barre, to state secretaries from all the ministries joined president valery giscard d'estaing at orly airport to greet the yugoslav leader. after the traditional airport speeches and the inspection of the guard of honour president tito was driven to the tomb of napoleon with a thirty-six man motorcycle escort.

later the president was given a full scale banquet at the elysee palace. at the dinner, president giscard outlined french hopes for the yugoslavia following president tito's resignation. the french leader said that he attached a major importance to the maintaining of a strong and prosperous yugoslavia whom he said would be "mistress of its destiny and free to act as it wishes." this was an apparent reference to french fears of soviet intervention in yugoslavia once president tito is gone.

the two leaders had earlier discussed problems in the middle east and africa. the talks also included the latest developments of the current conflict between ethiopia and somalia.

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