Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C269-55-62
President John F. Kennedy greets members of the official party of the President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari, upon their arrival at the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal. Left to right: member of the National Economic Council of Panama, Rubén Darío Carles; Protocol officer for the State Department, Richard J. Gookin; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Chief of Protocol of Panama, Camilo Levy Salcedo; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (facing away); and Aide-de-Camp to President Chiari, Lieutenant Federico Boyd. All others are unidentified. Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]