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Arrival ceremonies for President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. Standing at left: President John F. Kennedy; President Olympio (at microphones); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (in back); Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (partially hidden, wearing hat); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams (in background); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard (below platform, hands folded). Also pictured at right: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Sam Sulliman, and Roy Kellerman. US Marine Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, upon President Olympio’s arrival in Washington, D.C. US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, walks down airplane stairs behind President Olympio. White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman, stands at left in background. All others are unidentified. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy (face obscured); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (face obscured); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Adlai Stevenson; Margaret Truman Daniel; Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers welcoming remarks during the arrival ceremony in honor of President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari. On the reviewing platform (L-R): President Chiari; Minister of Foreign Relations of Panama, Dr. Galileo Solis; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, Joseph S. Farland; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; and Ambassador of Panama, Augusto Guillermo Arango. Aide-de-Camp to President Chiari, Lieutenant Federico Boyd (mostly hidden behind Dr. Solis), and Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (right of platform), flank the platform. Also pictured: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Minister of Finance and the Treasury of Panama, Dr. Gilberto Arias; Ambassador of Colombia and Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Alberto Zuleta Angel; former President of Panama, Ricardo Arias Espinosa; Secretary General of OAS, Dr. José A. Mora; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Chief of Protocol of Panama, Camilo Levy Salcedo; Director of the Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs at the Department of State, Katherine W. Bracken; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Security Officer for the Department of State, Frank Madden; and White House Secret Service agents, Emory Roberts and Roy Kellerman. Members of the press gather in the foreground; the United States Army Band stands in the background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.