PRESIDENT TOMBALBAYE AT BERLIN WALL.




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Background: PRESIDENT FANSCOIS TOMBALBAYE OF CHAD ARRIVED IN WEST BERLIN TODAY (FRIDAY) FROM BONN FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT. THE CHAD LEADER IS ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL MINISTERS OF THE CHAD GOVERNMENT.

DURING HIS FIRST DAY IN THE DIVIDED CITY PRESIDENT TOMBALBAYE VISITED THE BERLIN WALL WITH THE WEST BERLIN PROTOCOL OFFICER, DOCTOR RAUCH.

THE CHAD LEADER WAS WELCOMED TO WEST BERLIN BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE WESTERN POWERS IN THE CITY - BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.

PRESIDENT TOMBALBAYE SPENT TWO HOURS TOURING THE CITY. TONIGHT HE WAS THE GUEST AT A STATE RECEPTION IN THE CHARLOTTENBURG CASTLE GIVEN BY THE MAYOR OF WEST BERLIN, HERR HEINRICH ALBERTZ.

THE CHAD PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY ARE TO LEAVE FOR MUNICH TOMORROW TO CONTINUE THEIR WEEK-LONG VISIT TO WEST GERMANY.