Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22283
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of a goodwill mission from Dahomey; the mission presented gifts to President Kennedy on behalf of President of Dahomey, Hubert Maga. Ambassador of Dahomey and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Louis Ignacio-Pinto (bending over), stands at far right; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn, stands at left. Members of the mission include: Minister of State for Civil Service of Dahomey, Oke Assogba; Minister of Education and Culture of Dahomey, Michel Ahouanmenou; Deputy to the National Assembly of Dahomey, Issaka Dangou. Gifts pictured: brass sculpture of a royal procession and a wall hanging (both in center foreground). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.4075.1, "Applique Wall Hanging"]