Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7728-E
Arrival ceremony in honor of President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt, and First Lady of Venezuela, Carmen Valverde de Betancourt, at the White House. Standing in front of doorway (left to right): Mrs. Betancourt (holding bouquet of roses); President Betancourt; U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Standing behind, in doorway, saluting: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Standing in receiving line at right (left to right): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (saluting); Virginia Betancourt de Pérez, daughter of President and Mrs. Betancourt; Ambassador of Venezuela, Dr. Enrique Tejera París. Also pictured (behind Secretary Rusk): U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Robin Chandler Duke. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.