Script for the Secretary of State for the Special Session of the Meeting of the Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American States in Honor of the President of the French Republic

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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AMERICAN STATES IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Hall of the Americas, Pan American Union Building, Saturday, March 31 SCRIPT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE ASSEMBLY 11:30 a.m. The participants in the meeting, and their guests, have been requested in an Order of the Day to be present in the Hall of the Americas not later than 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. The Foreign Ministers will assemble in the Columbus Room to meet the President of the French Republic upon his arrival. 11:40 a.m. The Secretary of State should be at the Pan American Union not later than 11:40 a.m. SO that he, together with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (Dr. Alberto Lleras) and the Secretary General of the Meeting (Dr. William Manger), may meet the President of the French Republic at the entrance of the Pan American Union Building at approximately 11:45 or 11:50, upon the President's return from a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery. The Secretary of State, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and the Secretary General of the Meeting will escort President Auriol first to the Office of the President and then to the Columbus Room, where the Foreign Ministers will be presented to him by Dr. Manger. (The Secretary of State might mention to President Auriol in advance that the Foreign Ministers will be presented by the Secretary General of the Meeting, Dr. Manger.) 11:55 a.m. The Foreign Ministers will take their places in the Hall of the Americas.