1.
GV EXT. TOWN HALL MARRAKESH
0.04

2.
LV KING HASSAN ARRIVES
0.09

3.
MV GUARD OF HONOUR
0.11

4.
MV KING ENTERS BUILDING
0.16

5.
MV ARAB LEAGUE DELEGATES
0.28

6.
MV DELEGATES ENTER BUILDING
0.36

7.
MV GEN. DISS TALKS TO CORRESPONDENTS
0.40

8.
CU CORRESPONDENT
0.43

9.
CU CORRESPONDENT
0.46

10.
CU DISS
0.50

11.
MV GROUP
0.54

12.
GV VOLUNTEERS MARCHING TO FORT
0.59

13.
MV PAN. ENTER FORT
1.04

14.
GV VOLUNTEERS LINED UP. OTHERS MARCH
1.10

15.
CU VOLUNTEERS
1.12

16.
GV TILT VOLUNTEERS
1.19

17.
CU VOLUNTEERS PAN TO GV
1.20

18.
CU TYPES (2 SHOTS)
1.26

19.
CU VOLUNTEER EATING SARDINES
1.30

20.
CV REGULAR TROOPS SHAKING HANDS WITH VOLUNTEERS
1.40



Initials JNT/V/JF/SGN


EDITORS: PROD 8495/63 OF (OCT 25) "HASSI BEIDA BATTLE ALSO REFERS.

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Background: KING HASSAN OF MOROCCO HAD TALK YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) IN MARRAKESH WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE ARAB LEAGUE. THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN ONE OF SEVERAL GROUPS ATTEMPTING TO MEDIATE IN THE TWO-WEEKS-OLD BORDER ROW BETWEEN MOROCCO AND ALGERIA.

TONIGHT (SATURDAY) THE LATEST NEWS FORM THE DESERT "FRONT" WAS THAT MOROCCAN TROOPS CONTINUED TO HOD THE KEY POSTS OF HASSI BEIDA AND TINJOUB. THERE WAS A LULL IN THE FIGHTING.

ON FRIDAY, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, GENERAL DISS, CHIEF OF STAFF OF MOROCCAN OPERATIONS, ORDERED NEWSMEN TO REMAIN AT HASSI BEIDA AND NOT GO FORWARD TO THE FIGHTING "FOR THEIR SAFETY". HOWEVER, VISNEWS CAMERAMAN BILL McCOVILLE HAD BEEN UP TO THE FIGHTING FRONT 48 HOURS BEFORE, FILMING THE LATEST MOVES IN THE FRONTIERS CONFLICT.

NOMADIC TRIBESMEN, FORMERLY FRENCH ARMY VETERANS, HAVE BEEN JOINING THE MOROCCAN FORCES.