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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7602-B
Arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. President John F. Kennedy greets Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud, in the receiving line. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Prime Minister Shermarke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified (very back); President Kennedy; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); unidentified (very back); U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman; Foreign Minister Mohamud; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (back to camera); U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.