1.
LV CHAMPS ELYSEES
0.05

2.
SCU PAN THE FOUR WIVES (SOF STARTS)
0.13

3.
MV FOUR WIVES ZOOM INTO CU ONE TALKINGS (SOF ENDS)
1.17


TRANSCRIPT: "WE CAME TO PARIS THREE DAYS AGO HOPING TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATION TO THE PARIS PEACE TALKS. WE CAME SEEKING INFORMATION CONCERNING OUT HUSBANDS. OUR HOPES WERE RAISED WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAD CONCENTED TO SEE US. HOWEVER, TODAY UPON SEEING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE, WE LEARNED THAT THEY WOULD TELL US NOTHING CONCERNING OUR HUSBANDS TODAY. THEY HAVE PROMISED TO SEE ANYONE WHO CAME TO PARIS INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIP SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRISONERS OF WAR. WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DID NOT FIND OUT MORE TODAY THEN WE HAD HOPED".




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Background: THE WIVES OF FOUR UNITED STATES AIRMEN MISSING IN NORTH VIETNAM HAVE HAD A MEETING IN PARIS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PEACE DELEGATION. THE WIVES ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEIR HUSBANDS ARE ALIVE OR DEAD. HERE, ONE OF THE WIVES TELLS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING.

THE FOUR WOMAN HAD A TWO-HOUR MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATION ON WEDNESDAY (SEPT 17). WHEN THEY LEFT THE DELEGATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN THE PARIS SUBURB OF CHOISY LE ROI, TWO WERE WEEPING.

THEIR HUSBANDS HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR PERIODS RANGING FROM EIGHT MONTHS TO FOUR YEARS.