1.
GV MARSEILLES
0.05

2.
GV FAIR SIGN WITH INTERNATIONAL FLAGS
0.10

3.
GV FAIR ENTRANCE (GRAND PALAIS)
0.14

4.
GV LAPORTE & DEFERRE AND FAIR OFFICIALS (2 SHOTS)
0.24

5.
SV LAPORTE & DEFERRE TOUR EXHIBITS (2 SHOTS)
0.38

6.
GV & CU MADAGASCAR STAND WITH EXHIBITS ( 4 SHOTS)
0.50

7.
GV GABON STAND & EXHIBITS (4 SHOTS)
1.02

8.
GV & CU CONGO BRAZZAVILLE STAND & EXHIBITS (3 SHOTS)
1.10

9.
GV PARTY THROUGH FAIR (3 SHOTS)
1.26

10.
GV PARTY WALK AWAY
1.33



Initials KM/V/PN/SGM



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Background: A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR OPENED TODAY (18 SEPT) AT THE GRAND PALAIS IN MARSEILLE WITH STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM WEST AFRICAN NATIONS.

M. JEAN LAPORTE, THE PREFECT DES DOUCHES DU RHONE, CONDUCTED THE OPENING CEREMONIES WITH GASTON DEFERRE, MAYOR OF MARSEILLE FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS.

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONIES THE TWO MEN AND OTHER FAIR OFFICIALS TOURED VARIOUS STANDS INCLUDING THOSE OF CONGO BRAZZVILLE, GABON, MADAGASCAR AND THE IVORY COAST. AMONG THE EXHIBITS WERE SAMPLES OF AFRICAN ART IN COPPER FROM CONGO BRAZZAVILLE AND MADAGASCAR FRUIT.

THE FAIR, DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE FURTHER TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND HER FORMER WEST AFRICAN COLONIES, ENDS NEXT WEEK.