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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22523
President John F. Kennedy greets officials in a receiving line upon his arrival in Mexico City. Standing on the platform (L-R): First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Eva López Mateos; President Kennedy; and President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos. Dignitaries of Mexico in receiving line include: Adela Rodríguez de Guzmán Neyra; President of the Supreme Court of Mexico, Alfonso Guzmán Neyra; President of the Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress, Rómulo Sánchez Mireles; Mrs. Rómulo Sánchez Mireles; Guadalupe Macías de Tello; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello; Guadalupe Borja de Díaz Ordaz; Minister of the Interior of Mexico, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz; Minister of National Defense, Lieutenant General Agustín Olachea Avilés; Minister of the Navy of Mexico, Admiral Manuel Zermeño Araico; Director General of the Institute of Social Security of Mexico, Benito Coquet; Special Assistant to the President of Mexico, Justo Sierra. Also pictured: Chief of the Presidential General Staff of Mexico, Major General José Gómez Huerta; Private Secretary to President López Mateos, Humberto Romero Pérez. Members of an honor guard stand in the background. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.