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JFKWHP-KN-C29320
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Hugh P. Harris; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29256
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with an unidentified military officer during an inspection of troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29255
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) inspects military equipment during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing right of President Kennedy (L-R): Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis (in foreground); U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; two unidentified persons; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29240
President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) stands in an open convertible after departing the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), where he attended mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, stands left of President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), sits in car in foreground. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-ST-A1-3-62
Arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer; President John F. Kennedy walks with Chancellor Adenauer and others along the South Lawn driveway. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of West Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Bob Lilley. Military honor guards and color guards stand at attention on the South Lawn. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-26-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) listens as Speaker of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach, delivers remarks from the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg, before a crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz. Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber, and Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton, stand right of the President. West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-38-63
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Vertical blemish near center of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Sam Sulliman, Paul A. Burns, Jerry Blaine, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, and Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-30-63
President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) 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; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and 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?”
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-34-63
President John F. Kennedy inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany. Left to right: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in background, partially obscured); Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; the President; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-28-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during an inspection of military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Seated in car with President Kennedy: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-19-63
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera, holding hat) speaks with officials at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Left to right: Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; President Kennedy; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton. A U.S. Army helicopter sits in the background. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-A7-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with an unidentified military officer during an inspection of troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; two unidentified (very back); Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; unidentified (very back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-6-63
President John F. Kennedy stands with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (holding hat), during his arrival ceremony at Wahn Airport in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing behind President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer (L-R): Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Friedrich A. Foertsch; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Standing on red carpet in background: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Cecilia McGhee, wife of U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Air Force One sits in the background.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-5-63
Arrival ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at Wahn Airport in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing on red carpet (L-R): U.S Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Cecilia McGhee; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen (near airplane stairs). Flanking the red carpet: U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (left); Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger. Air Force One sits in the background. [Scratches on left side of image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-22-63
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (right), during his arrival ceremony at Wahn Airport in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic); Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stands left of the President. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C24891
President John F. Kennedy walks with Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, during arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor Adenauer. Also pictured: interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; 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 Shepard. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C24890
President John F. Kennedy walks with Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, during arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor Adenauer. Also pictured: interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; 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 Shepard. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C24873
President John F. Kennedy and Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer (both at center left), greet dignitaries in the receiving line during arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor Adenauer. Also pictured: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Bettine “Betsy” Tyler; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover; White House Secret Service agents, Jim Johnson and Floyd Boring. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C24869
President John F. Kennedy and others await the arrival of Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, at the White House. President Kennedy (at right, back to camera) greets Ambassador of West Germany, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy shakes hands with Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa. Also pictured: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Lydia Taylor; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Jim Johnson. Members of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps stand on balcony and stairs. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C24868
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (both walking at left) attend arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; White House Secret Service agent, Walt Coughlin. Members of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps stand on stairs. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29211
President John F. Kennedy (hidden) views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along 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. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Floyd Boring, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streak at bottom of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29210
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
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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?”