Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7728-G
President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony in honor of President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt, and First Lady of Venezuela, Carmen Valverde de Betancourt. U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes (writing), stands immediately left of President Kennedy; President Betancourt and Mrs. Betancourt (holding bouquet of roses) stand in front of doorway at left; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center left, in back) looks on. Standing in doorway, behind President and Mrs. Betancourt: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (mostly hidden); Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured (standing in receiving line in the background): U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Robin Chandler Duke; Virginia Rusk (wife of U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Dr. Marcos Falcón Briceño; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Ambassador of Venezuela, Dr. Enrique Tejera París. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.