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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-A
KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29209
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29208
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?” [Blue streaking on image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29223
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic); Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt (mostly obscured), and Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stand right of the President. Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29222
President John F. Kennedy (center left, standing on platform) observes as Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, delivers remarks during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stands right of the President. Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29212
President John F. Kennedy stands on a platform with Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt (right), and Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner (center), during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Air Force One sits in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29221
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands on a platform with French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse, during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; U.S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman. [Portion of negative is missing along right edge.]