Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28090
President John F. Kennedy exchanges gifts with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Malaya, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, during a meeting in the Oval Office. Left to right: U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (on edge of frame); Tun Razak; President Kennedy; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman (behind the President); Ambassador of Malaya, Omar Ong Yoke Lin. White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 74.334a-b, "Jeweled kris and sheath"]