1.
MV PAN GAGARIN PAST PHOTOGRAPHERS UP STEPS OF PRESIDENT'S PALACE
0.11

2.
MV PHOTOGRAPHERS CROWD ROUND DOOR
0.16

3.
MV INT GAGARIN AND INTERPRETER WITH PREMIER KARAMANLIS
0.20

4.
CV DITTO
0.23

5.
CV GAGARIN AND PREMIER
0.26

6.
CU DITTO
0.30

7.
LV THE "WINGLESS VICTORY" TEMPLE
0.34

8.
SLV DITTO
0.37

9.
STV GAGARIN WITH VARIOUS OFFICIALS
0.42

10.
MV PAN GAGARIN MOVES ALONG
0.47

11.
GV PARTY
0.50

12.
SV GAGARIN AND PARTY MOVE ALONG
0.58

13.
GAGARIN LOOKING AT MONUMENT
1.06



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Background: RUSSIAN COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN ARRIVED IN ATHENS, GREECE, ON FEBRUARY 11 ON A TWO-DAY GOODWILL VISIT AS A GUEST OF THE GREEK-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE.WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ATHENS AIRPORT, FROM A TOUR OF LIBYA, HE WAS MOBBED BY ADMIRERS AND SHOWERED WITH FLOWERS.

ON FEBRUARY 12, MAJOR GAGARIN, THE FIRST MAN TO ORBIT THE WORLD, CALLED ON THE GREEK PRIME MINISTER, MR KARAMANLIS, AND DISCUSSED HIS FLIGHT WITH HIM FOR MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR.A CROWDED ITINERARY WAS PLANNED FOR THE SPACEMAN, INCLUDING VISITS TO THE ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED HONORARY CITIZENSHIP AND THE GOLD MEDAL OF ATHENS.

MAJOR GAGARIN EXPRESSED A SPECIAL WISH TO VISIT THE ACROPOLIS, AND ON FEBRUARY 13, ACCOMPANIED BY EMBASSY OFFICIALS AND GUIDES, HE TOURED THE SITE.HE SAW THE PARTHENON, THE MUSEUM, AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE KNOWN AS "WINGLESS VICTORY".

ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN, DUE TO BE THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH, IS PREPARING AT CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, U.S.A., FOR THE BLAST OFF SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14.