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Officials and guests stand outside Blair House following an arrival ceremony and motorcade in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Those pictured include: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; Henriette Bédié (wife of Ambassador of the Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié); U.S. State Department Protocol officers, Eddie N. Williams and Richard J. Gookin; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; District of Columbia Commissioner, John B. Duncan; Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Barksdale Hamlett; Chief of Protocol of the Ivory Coast, Georges Ouégnin; Assistant Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner; Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, and Planning of the Ivory Coast, Mohamed Diawara; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; U.S. Military Aide to President Houphouët-Boigny, Brigadier General Howard McCrum Snyder, Jr.; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; First Technical Counselor to President Houphouët-Boigny, Thadée Diffre. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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A large crowd observes as the Presidential motorcade arrives at Blair House, Washington, D.C. Deputy Chief of Protocol William J. Tonesk (lower left, in profile) greets Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, upon his and President John F. Kennedy's (partially hidden) arrival; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden) walks behind President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agents Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey and Bill Greer (in back) stand on either side of the bubble-top car. The flag of Iran is visible in the background at right, in front of the Executive Office Building.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy attends a reception in his honor, given by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen of Norway. Left to right (center group): Director of Food for Peace, George McGovern; Prime Minister Gerhardsen; Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht; President Kennedy. Blair House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a reception in his honor, given by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen of Norway. Left to right: Director of Food for Peace, George McGovern; President Kennedy; Werna Gerhardsen, wife of the Prime Minister. Blair House, Washington, D.C.