THE BODY OF AMBASSADOR P S RAMAN, WHO DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN MOSCOW LAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WAS FLOWN TO SINGAPORE ON BOARD AN AEROFLOT FLIGHT. ESCORTING THE AMBASSADOR'S COFFIN WERE HIS WIDOW, MRS RAMAN AND DAUGHTER KAMALA, AND FIRST SECRETARY TO THE SINGAPORE EMBASSY IN MOSCOW, MISS LIAK TENG KIAT. MR RAMAN, 56, WHO WAS THE SINGAPORE AMBASSADOR TO THE SOVIET UNION SINCE 1971, COLLAPSED IN A SUBWAY WHILE SHOWING SOME GUESTS AROUND THE CITY. HE WAS ALSO THEN AMBASSADOR TO RUMANIA, BULGARIA, POLAND, HUNGARY AND FINLAND. PICTURE SHOWS MRS RAMAN (RIGHT) BEING CONSOLED BY WIFE OF MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MRS S RAJARATNAM ON HER ARRIVAL IN SINGAPORE
20/12/1976
PCD0461 - 0098
SPH2004,030692-030700/7
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