1.
LV PAN..AIRPORT, CROWD
0.05

2.
CU POSTER, PORTRAIT OF TITO
0.07

3.
SV FLAGS, MEXICO, YUGOSLAVIA
0.09

4.
LV MATEOS AND OFFICIALS AT AIRPORT
0.13

5.
SV AIRCRAFT
0.17

6.
LV TITOS LEAVE AIRPORT
0.23

7.
LV CANNON SALUTE
0.23

8.
SV MATEOS GREETS TITO
0.31

9.
GV MADAME TITO
0.33

10.
LV PAN..GUITARISTS
0.38

11.
CU DITTO
0.40

12.
GV CONFETTI OVER CROWD
0.42

13.
CU SIGN "WELCOME"
0.44

14.
STV CROWDS WAVE FLAGS
0.45

15.
STV TITO INTO CAR
0.50

16.
TRAVEL SHOT..MOTORCADE
0.55

17.
SV PAN..PRESSMEN PILED ONTO LORRY
0.58

18.
GV MOTORCADE THROUGH SHOWER OF CONFETTI
1.05

19.
SV TITO WAVES FROM OPEN CAR
1.10

20.
GV MOTORCADE THROUGH SHOWER OF CONFETTI
1.16

21.
LV PAN..CONFETTI POURS FROM WINDOWS PAN TO MOTORCADE
1.23

22.
SV TITO WAVES FROM CAR
1.26

23.
TRAVEL SHOT..CROWD LINE STREET
1.29

24.
LV PHOTOGRAPHERS OUTSIDE PALACE
1.31

25.
SV PAN..MATEOS AND TITO LEAVE CAR
1.37

26.
SV CAMERAMAN
1.39

27.
LV TITOS AND MATEOS POSE
1.43

28.
CU PRESIDENT TITO
1.45

29.
CU MADAME TITO
1.48

30.
LV GROUP ENTER PALACE
1.50



Initials RE/N/WS/GH RE/JNT/N/WS/ES



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Background: A TUMULTUOUS WELCOME WAS EXTENDED TO PRESIDENT TITO OF YUGOSLAVIA, ON FRIDAY BY THE CITIZENS OF MEXICO CITY.AN ESTIMATED THREE-QUARTER OF A MILLION TURNED OUT TO CHEER.

IT WAS THE WARMEST WELCOME TO-DATE FOR TITO AND HIS PARTY ON THEIR LATIN-AMERICAN TOUR.HE'S STAYING IN MEXICO FOR A FORTNIGHT.

AT THE AIRPORT HE WENT THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES LATINS ACCORD TO VISITORS OF NOTE.THERE WAS A 21-GUN SALUTE, MASSED BAND, A GUARD-OF-HONOUR AND PRESIDENT LOPEZ MATEOS, WHO EMBRACED HIS GUEST.

CHEERING, WAVING MEXICANS SURROUNDED THE AIRPORT AND LINED THE ROUTE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.FLAGS VIED WITH FRIENDSHIP SLOGANS WHILE THE SKIES SHOWERED TICKER-TAPE AND CONFETTI.

A RELAXED AND HAPPY PRESIDENT TITO ACKNOWLEDGED THE WELCOME FROM AN OPEN CAR.HIS WIFE LIKEWISE BEAMED WITH PLEASURE.ON REACHING THE PALACE SHE SHOOK THE HAND OF THE PRESIDENT AND IN ENGLISH THANKED HIM FOR THE "WONDERFUL RECEPTION".

LATER A GALA BANQUET WAS HELD IN WHICH BOTH PRESIDENTS APPEALED FOR PEACEFUL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NATIONS.PRESIDENT TITO SAID THERE WAS A GROWING WILL TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE COLD WAR AND COMMENTED THAT THE SMALLER NATIONS HAD A ROLE TO PLAY IN BRINGING THIS ABOUT.

PRESIDENT MATEOS REPLIES THAT YUGOSLAVIA AND MEXICO WERE EXAMPLES OF COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES AND SOCIAL SYSTEM BEING FRIENDS.