Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20428
President John F. Kennedy attends arrival ceremonies for President of Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Ahidjo; President Kennedy; Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, Jean Faustin Betayene; unidentified; Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States, Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (partially hidden); US Ambassador to Cameroon, Leland Barrows; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard, stands in foreground next to platform. Behind platform at left: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Minister of the National Economy of Cameroon, Victor Kanga; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont. Marine Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.