United Kingdom - Ireland
Mar. 03, 1979 - British Minister Jeered and Heckled by Banabans: Mr. Evan Luard, Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, (centre), sits on a traditional woven mat in a village meeting hall on the South Pacific Island of Rabi, Fija. Mr. Luard was jeered and heckled by 1500 angry Banabans now resident on Rabi, who are claiming Independence for their original homeland. Ocean Island in the Gilbert Islands Colony. seated on the left of the Minister is UK High Commissioner in Fiji, Viscount Dunrossil, and Mr. Luard's private secretary, Mr. Tom Duggan. They are sweating in 90 degress head and high humidity as they listen to Banaban rejections of their plans for Ocean Island
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