Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26925
President John F. Kennedy meets with Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel. Seated (L-R): U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Minister von Hassel; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William Tyler; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager, stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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