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JFKWHP-KN-C30046
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, upon the Emperor’s arrival via train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Imru Haile Selassie (in back), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta, granddaughter of Emperor Selassie; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden); Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball.
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JFKWHP-KN-C30045
President John F. Kennedy attends an arrival ceremony in honor of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official (on edge of frame); Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta, granddaughter of Emperor Selassie; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, partially hidden); U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball (partially hidden); Emperor Selassie; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy. Union Station, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C30043
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony in honor of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official; Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Yilma Deressa (in back, mostly hidden); Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta, granddaughter of Emperor Selassie; Imru Haile Selassie (partially hidden), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball (behind Mr. Selassie); Emperor Selassie; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy. Union Station, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C182-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) receives a gift of an American Automobile Association (AAA) medal from President of the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Judge Clarence E. Bodie, during the AAA Lifesaving Awards ceremony; five members of the organization’s School Safety Patrol received the award. Those pictured include: award recipients Ralph S. “Steve” Brannin (of North Pinellas Park, Florida), Wayne Brown (of New York, New York), John Puhak (of Hazelton, Pennsylvania), and Patricia Miller (of Hereford, Pennsylvania); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative Paul F. Schenck (Ohio); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (in Washington for a state visit); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Hans Engen; Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Executive Vice President of AAA, Russell Singer; Director of the AAA Traffic Engineering and Safety Department, W. L. Robinson; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht; National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Secret Service agent, Dave Grant. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.] [See also MO 63.792, “AAA School Safety Patrol Lifesaver Medal”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C21606
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend a luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen, and his wife, First Lady Werna Gerhardsen. Front row (L-R): Prime Minister Gerhardsen; Mrs. Gerhardsen; Mrs. Kennedy; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Grete Koht, wife of Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht; Ambassador Koht; Ruth Murdoch Ball (mostly hidden), wife of US Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Secretary Ball. Back row (L-R): US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21605
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend a luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen, and his wife, First Lady Werna Gerhardsen. Front row (L-R): unidentified military officer; Prime Minister Gerhardsen; Mrs. Gerhardsen; Mrs. Kennedy; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Grete Koht (face obscured), wife of Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht; Ambassador Koht; Ruth Murdoch Ball, wife of US Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Secretary Ball. Back row (L-R): US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21602
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen, and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Clockwise around table (from far left): Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht (on edge of frame); Prime Minister Gerhardsen; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Hans Engen; Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Andreas Andersen; Acting Director of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Milton C. Rewinkel (hidden); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State, George Ball (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Norway, Clifton R. Wharton.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21601
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen, and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Clockwise around table (from far left): Prime Minister Gerhardsen; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Hans Engen; Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Andreas Andersen; Acting Director of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Milton C. Rewinkel (hidden); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler (hidden); Under Secretary of State, George Ball (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Norway, Clifton R. Wharton.
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JFKWHP-KN-21547
President John F. Kennedy (at left) visits with guests in the East Room during a diplomatic reception at the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Ambassador of the Central African Republic, Jean-Pierre Kombet (at left in foreground, face partially hidden); Under Secretary of State, George Ball (left, foreground); Ambassador of Dahomey, Louis Ignacio-Pinto (behind Under Secretary Ball); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (center); Ambassador of Gabon, Jules Mbah (center right, wearing glasses); Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht (center right); Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster (at right); Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (far right); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (at left, in background). All others are unidentified.
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JFKWHP-KN-21546
President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) visit with guests in the East Room during a diplomatic reception at the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Ambassador of Cameroon, Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (left); Under Secretary of State, George Ball (center, foreground); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind and right of Mrs. Kennedy); Ambassador of Dahomey, Louis Ignacio-Pinto (behind and right of Under Secretary Ball); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (right); Ambassador of Gabon, Jules Mbah (at right, wearing glasses); Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht (right); Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster (far right). All others are unidentified.
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JFKWHP-AR7203-B
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Others (L-R): Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (very back); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified woman (partially hidden); Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, and others in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Clockwise around table, beginning at left: Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, Sir Norman Brook; Prime Minister Macmillan; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; two unidentified men; Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, William C. Burdett, Jr.; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; unidentified (seated in back, by window); President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Great Britain, David K. E. Bruce; and Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Office, Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh; private secretary to PM Macmillan, Philip de Zulueta; and Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Joseph D. Sweeney.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. Left to right: Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Olympio; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, and others in the Cabinet Room. Seated (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Olympio; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams. Standing (L-R): US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; US State Department interpreter, Sam Maggio; Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Togo, Dr. Hospice Coco; Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo, Paulin Freitas. White House, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through in upper right hand corner is original to the file print.]
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at arrival ceremonies for President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. L-R: President Olympio; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Kennedy; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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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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Arrival ceremonies for President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Olympio; President John F. Kennedy; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Standing left of platform, in front row: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Togo, Dr. Hospice Coco; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through in top right corner of image is original to the file print.]
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President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R: Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States, Jacques Kuoh Moukouri; President Ahidjo; Minister of the National Economy of Cameroon, Victor Kanga; unidentified; US Ambassador to Cameroon, Leland Barrows; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Kennedy; US State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits against wall in background at left. Along windows, L-R: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits against wall in background. Along windows at right, L-R: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler; Under Secretary of State, George Ball.
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JFKWHP-ST-66-2-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man (partially hidden); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; unidentified man (partially hidden); Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-66-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man; former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; unidentified man; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee (partially hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7474-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated near center left) attends a luncheon for ministers of finance and central bank governors from various countries. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning left of President Kennedy): Minister of Finance of Sweden, Gunnar Georg Emanuel Sträng; Minister of Justice of Canada, Donald M. Fleming; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Governor of the Banque de France, Jacques Brunet; Governor of the Banca d’Italia, Guido Carli; President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Karl Blessing (not visible); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Governor of the Banque Nationale de Belgique, Hubert Ansiaux; President of the World Bank, Eugene R. Black; President of De Nederlandsche Bank NV, Marius Wilhelm Holtrop; Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), Fowler Hamilton; Chancellor of the Exchequer for the United Kingdom, Reginald Maudling; Minister of Finance of Japan, Kakauei Tanaka; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Finance Minister of Belgium, André Dequae; Director of External Finance for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of France, André de Lattre; Vice Governor of the Bank of Japan, Tadashi Sasaki; Deputy National Security Advisor, Carl Kaysen; Executive Director of the Bank of England, Maurice Henry Parsons; Governor of the Bank of Canada, Louis Rasminsky; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, Robert V. Roosa; Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank of Sweden, Per Asbrink; managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Per Jacobsson; Under Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of Germany, Ludger Westrick; Under Secretary of State, George W. Ball; Minister of the Treasury of Italy, Roberto Tremelloni; and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, Jelle Zijlstra. Also present at the luncheon but not pictured: Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Fowler. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7474-A
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center left) attends a luncheon for ministers of finance and central bank governors from various countries. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): Minister of Finance of Sweden, Gunnar Georg Emanuel Sträng; Minister of Justice of Canada, Donald M. Fleming; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Governor of the Banque de France, Jacques Brunet; Governor of the Banca d’Italia, Guido Carli; President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Karl Blessing; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Governor of the Banque Nationale de Belgique, Hubert Ansiaux; President of the World Bank, Eugene R. Black (not visible); President of De Nederlandsche Bank NV, Marius Wilhelm Holtrop (not visible); Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), Fowler Hamilton; Chancellor of the Exchequer for the United Kingdom, Reginald Maudling; Minister of Finance of Japan, Kakauei Tanaka; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Finance Minister of Belgium, André Dequae; Director of External Finance for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of France, André de Lattre; Vice Governor of the Bank of Japan, Tadashi Sasaki; Deputy National Security Advisor, Carl Kaysen (back to camera, partially visible at left edge of frame); Under Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of Germany, Ludger Westrick; Under Secretary of State, George W. Ball; Minister of the Treasury of Italy, Roberto Tremelloni; and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, Jelle Zijlstra. Also present at the luncheon but not pictured: Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Fowler; Executive Director of the Bank of England, Maurice Henry Parsons; Governor of the Bank of Canada, Louis Rasminsky; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, Robert V. Roosa; Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank of Sweden, Per Asbrink; and managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Per Jacobsson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Masayoshi Ōhira, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: United States Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer; Ambassador of Japan, Ryuji Takeuchi; Minister Ōhira; President Kennedy; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman.