Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19560
President John F. Kennedy (standing at the lectern) delivers remarks upon presenting the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Seated in the first row (L-R): John A. McCone, Director of the CIA; Mr. Dulles; and General C.P. Cabell, Deputy Director of the CIA. Seated in the back row (L-R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partly hidden by Mr. Dulles), and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.