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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari, step down from the reviewing platform during the arrival ceremony in honor of Roberto F. Chiari. On the platform (L-R): President Chiari; President Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Relations of Panama, Dr. Galileo Solis; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (mostly hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and U.S. Ambassador to Panama, Joseph S. Farland. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. José A. Mora; former President of Panama, Ricardo Arias Espinosa; Ambassador of Colombia and Chairman of the Council of OAS, Alberto Zuleta Angel; Minister of Finance and the Treasury of Panama, Dr. Gilberto Arias; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Chief of Protocol of Panama, Camilo Levy Salcedo; and owner of Radio Programas Continentales (Continental Radio Programs), Fernando Eleta. The United States Army Band stands in the background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]