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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 in foreground (L-R): Prime Minister Shermarke; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud; Ambassador of the Somali Republic, Dr. Omar Mohallim Mohamed (partially hidden); U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, mostly hidden); U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]