Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7260-A
President John F. Kennedy attends arrival ceremonies in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Standing on platform (L-R): First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; President Houphouët-Boigny; President Kennedy; Ambassador of the Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié (partially hidden); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Barksdale Hamlett (partially hidden); U.S. Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, R. Borden Reams. Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands below platform at far right. Standing in group left of platform: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; President of the Supreme Court of the Ivory Coast, Ernest Boka; Chief of Protocol of the Ivory Coast, Georges Ouégnin; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont; First Technical Counselor to President Houphouët-Boigny, Thadée Diffre. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.