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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. President John F. Kennedy (at left) addresses the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. Front row of attendees facing camera, L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto (directly behind lectern); Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Photographers, reporters, and other members of the audience unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified man); unidentified man standing in doorway. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17289
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified woman; two unidentified men. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; unidentified woman with back to camera; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (behind unidentified woman); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17287
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Unidentified woman with back to camera; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (behind unidentified woman); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified man; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified woman; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified woman); unidentified man. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17286
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.