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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-269-15-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, prior to the arrival ceremony in honor of President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari. In the foreground (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; President Kennedy; Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa. In the background (L-R): Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. José A. Mora; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, Joseph S. Farland; unidentified; Ambassador of Colombia and Chairman of the Council of OAS, Alberto Zuleta Angel; Director General of Planning and Administration of Panama, David Samudio; two unidentified men; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; unidentified; and U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes. The United States Army Band stands in the background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]