HOTEL; FLAGS; MOBUTU AND PAPADOPOULOS; BOMBOKO; FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING; OFFICIALS.




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Background: PRESIDENT JOSEPH MOBUTU, OF THE CONGO (KINSHASA) REPUBLIC, HAS BEEN AWARDED A HIGH GREEK ORDER TO MARK HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT TO THE COUNTRY.

THE CONGOLESE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN HAVING TALKS WITH THE GREEK PREMIER, GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, AND YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) THE PREMIER CALLED ON MR. MOBUTU AT HIS HOTEL TO PRESENT HIM WITH THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF KING GEORGE 1. THE GRAND CROSS IS ONE OF GREEK'S HIGHEST ???.

WHILE THE GREEK PREMIER WAS AT MR. MOBUTU'S HOTEL. THE CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR. JUSTIN BOMBOKO, WAS HAVING TALKS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN ATHENS. AFTERWARDS PRESIDENT MOBUTU AND THE CONGOLESE OFFICIAL PARTY WERE GUESTS AT A LUNCHEON GIVEN BY THE GREEK REGENT, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GEORGE ZOETAKIS AT THE MAXIMOS MANSION.