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White House Photographs
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Arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Prime Minister Shermarke; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of the Somali Republic, Dr. Omar Mohallim Mohamed (partially hidden); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman (face obscured). Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, stands in group left of platform. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.