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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22116
President John F. Kennedy (center right) shakes hands with President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, during arrival ceremonies in honor Archbishop Makarios III. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): the Archbishop; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou (mostly hidden behind the President); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (U.S.N.); U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, Fraser Wilkins; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; and Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus, Zenon Rossides (in front, holding hat). Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stands left of platform; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton, stands behind platform at right. Also pictured: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Ghana, William M. Q. Halm; Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey, Bülend Uşaklıgil; Ambassador of Nigeria, Julius Momo Udochi; Ambassador of New Zealand, George Robert Laking; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Ambassador of Greece, Alexander A. Matsas; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot; Robin Chandler Duke; Director of the Office of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Patroclos Stavrou; Chief of Protocol of the Republic of Cyprus, George Pelaghias; Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Robert G. Miner; Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Alaeddin Gulen; Director of the Public Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus, Pavlos Xioutas; Ambassador of Canada, Charles S. A. Ritchie; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; and U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd. The United States Army Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.