Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7094-C
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; several unidentified men; Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont (in front with hand covering face); Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (in back); unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.