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Associated Press [Nixon Arrives in Accra]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.21 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: London, England Type: Photograph Date: 3 March 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18 x 22.9 cm. Order a Copy

One Wire photograph released by Associated Press dated March 3, 1957. Shows then Vice President Richard Nixon in front of two microphones. The press release attached to the photo reports that Nixon is acknowledging the greetings of Komla Agbeli Gbedemah and Kojo Botsie on his arrival. Nixon was touring Africa on a goodwill tour. The photo Blurry and pixilated.

Botsie, Kojo, 1916-2001
Gbedemah, Komla Agbeli, 1913-1998
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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