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MIA Wives / Paris / Washington, DC #205535

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Sep 17, 1969
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(Studio) 4 MIA (missing in action) wives meet for more than 2 hrs. with North Vietnam representatives in Paris to discuss husbands' whereabouts. Hanoi to inform Dallas, Texas wives by letter if husbands are still alive 2 women wept after meeting More MIA wives en route to Paris stop over in DC.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(DC) [1st WOMAN - says don't know if husband dead or alive.] [2nd WOMAN - says husband missing 10 mos.] [1st WOMAN - tells of children's faith.] [2nd WOMAN - says children fear father dead.] [1st WOMAN - says Hanoi will have to soften when rest of world learns what they've done to us.] [LAIRD - says all govts. contacted about situation.] [2nd WOMAN - says hard to bear thoughts of what's being done to husband.]
REPORTER: Marya McLaughlin

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
McLaughlin, Marya
Duration:
00:02:20

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