- Title: GHANA: U.S. PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR SPEAKS TO PRESS
- Date: 31st May 1968
- Summary: 1. SV PRESSMEN SEATED. 0.11 2. SV MEMBERS OF U.S. INFORMATION SERVICE. (2 SHOTS) 0.22 3. SV DIRECTORS SPEAKING. (2 SHOTS) 0.33 4. CV PRESSMAN. 0.35 5. GV PRESS LISTEN TO DIRECTOR. 0.42 6. CU DIRECTOR. 0.53 7. CV PRESSMAN LISTENING. 0.54 8. CV DIRECTOR CONTINUES. 0.57 9. SV PRESSMAN. 1.02 10. SV DIRECTOR
- Embargoed: 15th June 1968 13:00
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- Location: ACCRA, GHANA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVA7BMK9T85NSNFEM2NJXIVTSEOW
- Story Text: THE UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR, MR. JACK VAUGHN, SAID IN ACCRA ON TUESDAY (28 MAY) THAT HE BELIEVED THE PEACE CORPS MOVEMENT COULD HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
MR. VAUGHN, WHO WAS IN GHANA FOR THE FIVE-DAY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANISATION OPENED IN ACCRA ON MONDAY (27 MAY), WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE.
THE CONFERENCE WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE AND MR. JAMES KIRK, PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR IN GHANA.
THE DIRECTOR SAID ABOUT 10,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WERE TRAINED IN AMERICA YEARLY FOR WORK IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. AT PRESENT 35,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WERE SERVING IN 63 COUNTRIES INCLUDING GHANA.
HE SAID THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SPENT ABOUT 107 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON THE PEACE CORPS MOVEMENT.
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