1.
MV KY AND WIFE ARRIVE AT CLUB FILIPINO
0.11

2.
MCU GREETED BY SOCIETY MEMBERS
0.16

3.
MLV GROUP INTO BANQUET HALL
0.21

4.
MLV MRS. MARCOS (RIGHT) PRESENTS GIFT TO KY
0.26

5.
MV GENERAL SANTOS AND MRS. KY
0.34

6.
MV KY PRESENTS GIFT TO GENERAL SANTOS
0.40

7.
MV GROUP
0.43

8.
MV KY, GENERAL SANTOS AND MRS. KY
0.46

9.
MV MRS. KY
0.48

10.
MV DITTO
0.50

11.
MV KY AND WIFE
0.58

12.
MV KY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
1.02

13.
MV KY SPEAKING
1.05

14.
MV NEWSMEN
1.06

15.
MV KY SPEAKS (3 SHOTS)
1.15



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Background: SOUTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER NGUYEN CAO KY, ON A FOUR DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES, ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 12) ATTENDED A LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR BY THE PHILIPPINES - SOUTH VIETNAM SOCIETY. AIR VICE-MARSHAL KY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS 25-YEAR-OLD WIFE.

WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES ON THURSDAY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER TOLD NEWSMEN THAT A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF THE VIETNAM WAR WAS POSSIBLE -- PROVIDED NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SOUTH.

THE LUNCHEON WAS GIVEN BY THE PHILIPPINES-SOUTH VIETNAM SOCIETY IN MANILA, AND AIR VICE-MARSHAL KY AND HIS WIFE WERE GREETED BY THE SOCIETY'S PRESIDENT, GENERAL ALFREDO SANTOS, WHO IS ALSO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCES. MRS. IMELDA MARCOS, WIFE OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT, WAS ALSO PRESENT.

BEFORE THE LUNCHEON THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GIFTS. GENERAL SANTOS PRESENTED A PLAQUE OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER.

LATER AIR VICE-MARSHAL KY GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT WHICH HE REPEATED HIS REMARKS CONCERNING THE VIETNAM WAR.