Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-E
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Ambassador of Nigeria, Julius Momo Udochi, at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. L-R: Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Virginia Rusk; Ambassador Udochi; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy.
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