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Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-053
Sound recording of a radio program called "Window on the World," produced by the United States Information Service (USIS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The speaker is Tarzie Vittachi. Vittachi reflects on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and reactions of leaders and citizens in Asia and worldwide. Vittachi also discusses relations between India, China, and other countries. The recording seems to end abruptly. A brief segment from a Voice of America (VOA) program called "Reporter at Large" follows the program. The date "9/7/63" is written on the tape box label [not the correct date of the "Window on the World" program]. Accession MR-1984-015.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-078
Sound recording of a tribute to the late President John F. Kennedy broadcast by the All India Radio Network on November 23, 1963 (a day after President Kennedy’s death). The broadcast includes statements by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit, and Secretary General of the United Nations (U.N.) U Thant. The program includes an excerpt of a report from Washington, D.C., covering the return by plane of President John F. Kennedy's body. Information on tape box label: "Produced and narrated by Melville Demellow, Chief Producer, Features" [De Mellow]. Accession MR-1965-074.