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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17745
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President Habib Bourguiba, Sr. of Tunisia (both in front). Others, L-R: Interpreter Charles Sedgwick (taking notes); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams (in back, wearing bow-tie); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Ambassador of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, Jr. (in striped gray suit); unidentified US Air Force officer (in back); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, Dr. Sadok Mokaddem (behind Ambassador Bourguiba); unidentified reporter; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (partially hidden, standing farther back on colonnade). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.