1965 Press Photo Amintore Fanfani bangs gavel to start the U.N. General Assembly

Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani, presiding at current session of U.N. General Assembly, bangs down gavel to start the General Assembly session in New York today. A peace bid from North Viet Nam was contained in a letter dated November 20 to President Johnson from Fanfani. In the letter Fanfani quoted Ho Chi Minh, North Viet Nam's president, as saying he was "prepared to go anywhere; to meet anyone" to further negotiations.

Photo is dated 1965.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.