- Title: TOGO: GHANAIAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVES ON GOODWILL VISIT
- Date: 20th November 1966
- Summary: 1. GV SIGN "LOME" 0.02 2. SV COL.EYADEMA AND GHANA AMBASSADOR 0.07 3. GV GENERAL KOTOKA GREETED BY COL. EYADEMA 0.15 4. LV CROWD ON AIRPORT BUILDING 0.16 5. SV PAN COL. EYADEMA AND GEN. KOTOKA ACROSS TARMAC 0.23 6. GV GUARD OF HONOUR 0.26 7. LV&SCU EYADEMA AND KOTOKA SALUTE (2 SHOTS) 0.32 8. CU GUARD OF HONOUR 0.33 9. GV GEN.KOTOKA INSPECTS GUARD 0.42 10. SV KOTOKA MEETS CHIEF ADJALE DADZI 0.51 11. SV GHANAIANS 0.54 12. GV KOTOKA AND EYADEMA 1.00 Initials AA/VS/MGT/MM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 5th December 1966 12:00
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- Location: LOME, TOGO
- Country: Togo
- Reuters ID: LVAP97XY2V0BS5XZDTT3YY9NF85
- Story Text: AN 11-MAN GHANA MILITARY DELEGATION IS CURRENTLY ON A GOODWILL VISIT TO NEIGHBOURING TOGO. THE MILITARY MISSION FLEW INTO LOME ON FRIDAY AND WERE GIVEN A ROUSING WELCOME.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. EYADEMA, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE TOGOLESE ARMED FORCES, AND DR. P.K. FOLI, GHANA AMBASSADOR TO TOGO, LED THE OFFICIAL WELCOMING PARTY AT LOME AIRPORT. MAJOR-GENERAL E.K. KOTOKA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE GHANA ARMED FORCES, LED THE GHANAIAN PARTY WHICH INCLUDED COLONEL A.A. AFRIFA, COMMANDER OF SOUTHERN COMMAND, COLONEL SANNI THOMAS, LT.-COLONEL K.N. TAMZKLOE, MAJOR FESTUS ADDAE, HEAD OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE OF THE ARMED FORCES, SQUADRON LEADER BUCKMAN OF THE AIR FORCE AND LIEUTENANT DZANA OF THE GHANA ARMY.
GENERAL KOTOKA WAS GIVEN THE GENERAL SALUTE AND AFTER THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF GHANA AND TOGO, HE INSPECTED A GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY A DETACHMENT OF THE TOGOLESE ARMY. THIS OVER THE GENERAL SHOOK HANDS WITH MEMBERS OF THE GHANAIAN COMMUNITY IN TOGO.
THE MILITARY DELEGATION'S VISIT TO TOGO LASTS FOUR DAYS.
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