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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20430
President John F. Kennedy speaks at the arrival ceremonies for President of Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, Jean Faustin Betayene (in back); President Ahidjo; two unidentified men; US Ambassador to Cameroon, Leland Barrows; President Kennedy; Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States, Jacques Kuoh Moukouri; US State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard, stands at far left. Behind platform at left: Aide-de-Camp to President Ahidjo, Lieutenant Belladji Ngoura; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Minister of the National Economy of Cameroon, Victor Kanga; Minister without Portfolio of Cameroon, Jean Akassou; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont; Special Assistant to President Ahidjo, Bernard Fonlon. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, stands at right in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.