Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19555
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), upon presenting him with the National Security Medal. Seated in the background are Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden) and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.