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White House Photographs
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Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud; Prime Minister Shermarke (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk, stands at right behind platform. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.