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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C269-50-62
President John F. Kennedy greets members of the official party of the President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari, upon their arrival at the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal. Left to right: former President of Panama, Ricardo Arias Espinosa; Protocol officer for the State Department, Richard J. Gookin (mostly hidden); Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (partially hidden); unidentified; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (mostly hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; owner of Radio Programas Continentales (Continental Radio Programs), Fernando Eleta; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (facing away); unidentified; Chief of Protocol of Panama, Camilo Levy Salcedo; and Aide-de-Camp to President Chiari, Lieutenant Federico Boyd. All others are unidentified. Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]