Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29316
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground) sits with President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler (mostly obscured); U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; unidentified. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
