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Moynihan / United Nations Vote Buying #246179

CBS Evening News for Friday, May 28, 1976
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(Studio) Ex-UN ambassador Dan. Patrick Moynihan says United Nations member ntns. sold their votes for cash. Film shows part of the Moynihan interview with Eric Sevareid, to be broadcast Sunday [MOYNIHAN - explains United Nations procedure of buying and selling votes.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(NYC) United Nations diplomats say North Korean representatives offered money to United Nations delegates twice last fall. Arab and Argentine ambs. turned the money offer down. North Korean Observer Mission spokesperson calls information false. United Nations diplomats say no proof that bribes ever changed United Nations vote. Senior United States representative calls Moynihan's story fiction; another calls report baloney. Moynihan stands by his statement.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne

(Studio) Interview to be aired Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Schakne, Robert
Duration:
00:02:40

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