Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29314
President John F. Kennedy (seated at left) and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, listen to President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, deliver remarks during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or the German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing at left (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel, stands in group at right. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). [Blemish along right edge is original to the negative.]