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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Prince Mohammad Naim (Sardar Mohammad Naim Khan), presents President John F. Kennedy with a marble mosaic of two fighting cocks in an oval silver frame, during a state visit; a gift-wrapped box with a ribbon bow sits on the table at left. Left to right: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (lifting up the mosaic from the table); Deputy Prime Minister Naim; Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal; President Kennedy (with one hand on the mosaic); Director of South Asian Affairs for the U.S. Department of State Turner C. Cameron, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers (at right, in the background). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: See also MO 63.3387, "Fighting Cocks," from the Gifts from Heads of State collection. Ink bleed-through faintly visible in upper left portion of image is original to the file print.]

A marble mosaic of two fighting cocks in an oval silver frame sits on display on a table in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.; the mosaic was given as a gift to President John F. Kennedy from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Prince Mohammad Naim (Sardar Mohammad Naim Khan), during a state visit. A gift-wrapped box with a ribbon bow sits on the table at left. [Notes: See also MO 63.3387, "Fighting Cocks," from the Gifts from Heads of State collection.]

President John F. Kennedy (right, in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.; person in background is unidentified.

President John F. Kennedy (right, in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (right, in rocking chair) visits with members of the Parliament of Afghanistan. The delegation was led by President of the Afghan National Assembly, Dr. Abdul Zahir (seated on couch, left of President Kennedy); the four other deputies in the Afghan National Assembly pictured include: Member of the Assembly Secretariat, Gul Mohammad; First Secretary of the Afghan National Assembly, Mohammad Ranim Shaida; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Kamal Din Ishaqzai; Member of the Finance and Trade Committee, Mohammad Aman Anwarzadah. Standing in back (left to right): Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Afghanistan, Dr. A. G. Ravan Farhadi; unidentified; Acting Director of South Asian Affairs for the U.S. State Department, Carol C. Laise (very back, near open doorway); two unidentified persons. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, Ambassador of Afghanistan. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, Ambassador of Afghanistan. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, Ambassador of Afghanistan. White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Blaine, stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with newly-appointed Ambassador of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdul Majid; the Ambassador met with President Kennedy to present his credentials. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.