MS GIRLS WITH FLOWERS WALK TOWARDS PLANE 5 1/2 ft
MLS GENERAL NOSAVAN (FOREGROUND) AND OTHERS TOWARDS PLANE 8 1/2 ft
MS GIRLS TOWARDS PLANE 10 1/2 ft
LS PRINCE PHOUMA OUT OF PLANE AND MEETS NOSAVAN 16 1/2 ft
MS PHOUMA GREETED BY OTHERS 19 ft
MS PHOUMA AND NOSAVAN WALK TOWARDS DIGNITARIES 23 1/2 ft
PHOUMA AND GENERAL ASHAY INSPECT HONOUR GUARDS (TWO SHOTS) 30 ft
LS PHOUMA RECEIVES FLOWERS FROM GIRLS (THREE SHOTS) 38 ft

Initials CAR/S/MK/YA/RBI
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Background: DOZENS OF FLOWER-CARRYING LAOTIAN WERE AMONG THE SCORES OF DIGNITARIES PRESENT AT THE WATTAY AIRPORT IN VIENTIANE, TO WELCOME THE LAOTIAN PREMIER, PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA, ON HIS RETURN FROM PARIS ON SEPTEMBER 23 AFTER THE TRIPARTITE TALKS.
THE FIRST TO GREET THE NEUTRALIST PREMIER WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE PLANE WAS GENERAL PHOUMI NOSAVAN, VICE-PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, WHO THEN ACCOMPANIED THE PRINCE TO MEET THE DIGNITARIES, INCLUDING GENERAL KOUPRASITH ABHAY, COMMANDER OF THE FIFTH LAOTIAN MILITARY ZONE AND LEADER OF THE VIENTIANE COUP STAGED IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
DURING THE TRIPARTITE TALKS IN PARIS, THE NEUTRALISTS AND RIGHTIST WERE FIRM IN THEIR DEMAND THAT THE PRO-COMMUNIST PATHET LAO WITHDRAW FROM TERRITORY THEY SEIZED LAST MAY.
THE TALKS WERE HELD BETWEEN PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA, HIS HALF-BROTHER PRINCE SOUPHANOUVONG, LEADER OF THE PATHET LAO, AND PRINCE BOUN OUM, THE RIGHTWING LEADER. TALKS ARE TO CONTINUE IN PARIS AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE GROUPS.