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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-20-C
AR17, KN13
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20523
President John F. Kennedy speaks at arrival ceremonies for President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. On platform (L-R): President Olympio; President Kennedy; Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (in back, wearing hat); US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; Under Secretary of State, George Ball (behind Ambassador Poullada); US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (below platform at left); Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind platform at right, hands folded); White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Sam Sulliman, and Roy Kellerman. US Marine Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
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.