Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6364-A
President John F. Kennedy presents the Medal of Freedom to Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Paul-Henri Spaak, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy pins the medal to Secretary General Spaak’s jacket. (L-R) Looking on: Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (mostly hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; United States Ambassador to NATO Warren Randolph Burgess; Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze.