Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21942
President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, sit in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) following arrival ceremonies in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, and Planning of the Ivory Coast, Raphaël Saller; U.S. Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, R. Borden Reams; State Department Protocol officer, Eddie N. Williams; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, and Ed Tucker. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.