SENGHOR GREETED BY POMPIDOU AND TALKING TO NEWSMEN AFTER MEETING.




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Background: PRESIDENT LEOPOLD SENGHOR OF SENEGAL CONFERRED WITH THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, M. GEORGES POMPIDOU IN PARIS TODAY (SATURDAY).

AFTERWARDS, TO NEWSMEN, HE DENIED REPORTS THAT HE WOULD MEDIATE IN THE CRISIS BETWEEN MOROCCO AND FRANCE OVER THE BEN BARKA CASE.

THE PRESIDENT SAW M. POMPIDOU FOR FORTY MINUTES, DISCUSSING MATTERS COMMON TO SENEGAL AND FRANCE. THE PRESIDENT RECALLED THAT THE PARIS VISIT WAS PREPARED LAST JULY, AND THAT HE WOULD RETURN THERE TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS AFTER HIS RETURN FROM CANADA.

YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT SENGHOR DISCUSSED CULTURAL AFFAIRS WITH FRENCH MINISTERS M. CHRISTIAN FOUCHET (EDUCATION), M. ANDRE MALRAUX (ARTS) AND M. YVON BOURGES (INFORMATION).