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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22607
President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind President Kennedy) visit with dignitaries of Mexico during a departure ceremony in honor of President and Mrs. Kennedy, following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos; First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director General of the Institute of Social Security of Mexico, Benito Coquet; Special Assistant to President López Mateos, Justo Sierra; Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, Ernesto P. Uruchurtu; Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Members of an honor guard stand in the background. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.