1.
LV MWAMI DOWN STEPS
0.04

2.
SV DRUMMERS
0.07

3.
SV PAN. MWAMI INSPECTS GUARD OF HONOUR
0.16

4.
SV MWAMI SHAKES HANDS WITH DIGNITARIES
0.21

5.
RV DITTO
0.24

6.
SV DRUMMERS
0.27

7.
SV MWAMI SITTING IN CAR
0.30

8.
SV DANCER
0.36

9.
SV MWAMI WATCHES FROM CAR
0.39

10.
CU DANCER
0.40

11.
SV DRUMMERS PAST
0.47



Initials DS/S/RM/OS/PC



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Background: NWAMI MWAMBUTSA OF BURUNDI, IN CENTRAL AFRICA, RETURNED HOME LAST WEEK AFTER A THREE MONTHS VISIT WHICH TOOK HIM TO SEVERAL EUROPEAN CAPITALS AND THE UNITED STATES.

THE MONARCH, AND THE FOURTH TO BEAR THE MWAMBUTSA, WAS GIVEN A TUMULTUOUS WELCOME WHEN HIS PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT HIS ROYAL CAPITAL OF BUJUMBURA. ON HAND TO GREET HIM, OFFICIALLY, WERE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL CIVIL OFFICIALS.

UNOFFICIALLY THERE WERE SCORES OF DANCERS AND DRUMMERS AND JUST PLAIN ONLOOKERS TO GREET THE KING, WHO ENJOYS A GREAT DEAL OF POPULARITY AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF BURUNDI.

WHILE OVERSEAS, HE VISITED WASHINGTON, WHERE HE MET PRESIDENT JOHNSON, LONDON, BRUSSELS AND SEVERAL CITIES IN SWITZERLAND. HIS TALKS IN BELGIUM WERE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND INVOLVED ASSISTANCE FOR HIS COUNTRY, WHICH WAS FORMERLY A BELGIAN TERRITORY.

MWAMI MWAMBUTSA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH WITH A GOVERNMENT HEADED BY A PRIME MINISTER. HOWEVER, HIS GREAT PERSONAL POPULARITY HAS GIVEN HIM AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.