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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-76-7-61
President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the opening session of the Committee meetings in the International Conference Room at the State Department, Washington, D.C. The Military Committee is comprised of the Chiefs of Staff of NATO member nations. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer stands directly behind President Kennedy; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Lauris Norstad stands to the President's right.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6492-A
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway of the State Department; the President delivered an address to the Chiefs of Staff of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Nations. L-R: Two unidentified honor guard members; Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces, Lord Louis Mountbatten, First Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs, McGeorge Bundy; unidentified man (in back); President Kennedy; Kennedy family friend, Charles Spalding (face partially hidden); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified military personnel. New York Times photographer, George Tames, is visible at right in background.