NGOUABI AND RAOUL ARRIVING; CROWD; NGOUABI SPEAKING; PIONEERS MARCH PAST.




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Background: THE NATIONAL PIONEERS MOVEMENT OF CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE CELEBRATED IT'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK. A MASS RALLY IN BRAZZAVILLE TO MARK THE OCCASION WAS ATTENDED BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE, M. ALFRED RAOUL, AND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE REVOLUTION, M. MARIEN NGOUABI.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PIONEER MOVEMENT HAD COME FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE RALLY, AND SOME OF THE SPEAKERS APPEALED TO THE PARENTS PRESENT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE A DEEPER UNDER-STANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF YOUTH.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE REVOLUTION IN HIS SPEECH PRAISED THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE PIONEER MOVEMENT. HE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON CONTINUING TRIBALISM IN THE COUNTRY AND CALLED FOR NATIONAL UNITY 'THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE SPARED THE SHAME OF REGIONALISM'
AFTER THE SPEECHES THERE WAS A MARCH PAST BY YOUNG PIONEERS.