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Feb. 8 The first group of Peace Corps people came in Oct. 1961. There were 36 people.
This was followed by a second and third group numbering 31 and 51, respectively.
The headquarters of the Malaya project is at N Illinois Univ. The tour of duty is 2 yrs.
These people live just like the people in the country they enter. They get no special privileges.
Assignments Nov. 1, 1962 were as follows: Doctor (1), Nurses (31), laboratory technicians (7), Ministry of Education: Architects division (2), technical college staff (4), secondary school teachers (33 - 24 in science or science-math, combination).
Vocational instructors (4), librarians (2).
Ministry of works, posts and telecommunications: Public works department (12) - heavy equipment operators, machinists, surveyors, engineers, architects, and construction, road quarrying etc. There are also people in mechanical trades, radio, business administration teachers, medical assistants, animal husbandry, soils, forestry, etc. As Sullivan put it, where else can a young engineer just out of college have the opportunity of cutting a path through a new jungle? I just hope that our influence will not lead to "overengineering" as is occurring in the U.S., in my opinion.
Out of the 35 teachers, 6 are career teachers.
From Dutchman I got the following comments: A teacher can pretty well anticipate the questions on the Cambodia Exam. Because they appear.