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White House Photographs
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Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy embraces Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer. Also pictured: Representative to the United Nations (UN) from Peru, Víctor Andrés Belaúnde; Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) from Peru, Juan Bautista LaValle; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Veli Merikoski; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden). Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.