Zaire - President Mobutu returns

(21 Mar 1997) T/I: 11:00:55


The airplane apparently bringing Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko home from France arrived at Kinshasa's airport on Friday but reporters were unable to determine if he was on board. Twenty minutes after the chartered DC-8 touched down, there was still no sign of the cancer-stricken Mobutu. Officials waiting to greet him, as well as reporters, were told by soldiers to go to the Thsatshi military camp, the home of the presidential guard.

SHOWS:

KIINSHASA, ZAIRE 21/3
WS control tower;
plane landing and taxiing;
Prime Minister (lighter skinned than his companion and wearing glasses) walking on the tarmac;
plane on runway with guard of honour waiting;
Soldier with gun at ready;
low-level official getting off plane with bags;
plane door open with no one coming down stairs;
official car with flag backs up;
guard of honour waiting;
officials walking way from the plane;
WS of officials walking away from plane and people with flowers walking away from plane;
WS of plane and prime minister walking away;
journalists being blocked by security men and told to go away;
Military jeep at airport;
army officer walking at airport;
soldier about to put his shoulder bag across his shoulders;
military jeep driving away

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