Ivory Coast military coup
- Title
- Ivory Coast military coup
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:00:50
- Description
- Excerpt from a press conference (in French) featuring French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing repsonding to questions regarding the military coup in the Ivory Coast which removed former French ally Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa, and on allegations of gifts made to him including diamonds from Bokassa, in the magazine Le Canard Enchaine. Poor quality audio.
- Contributors
- Valery Giscard d’Estaing
- Keywords
- International relations; France; Political corruption; Presidents; Africa; Political leaders; Dictatorship; Valery Giscard d’Estaing; Gifts; Jean-Bedel Bokassa; Bilateral relations; Ivory Coast; Diamonds
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