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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-16-F
AR39
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7109-D
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7260-J
Officials from the Ivory Coast arrive at Washington National Airport. Those pictured include: President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (mostly hidden); First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; President of the Supreme Court of the Ivory Coast, Ernest Boka; Ambassador of the Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié; Henriette Bédié (wife of Ambassador Bédié); Chief of Protocol of the Ivory Coast, Georges Ouégnin; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Nancy Quirk Williams; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; U.S. State Department Interpreter, José de Seabra; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7260-B
President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (at microphones), delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Standing on platform (L-R): First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Houphouët-Boigny; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President John F. Kennedy; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands below platform at far left. Also pictured: Henriette Bédié (wife of Ambassador of the Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; U.S. State Department Protocol assistant, Elsie Nurmi; U.S. State Department Protocol officers, Richard J. Gookin and Eddie N. Williams. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.