Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A12-15-61
Arrival ceremonies for the President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou. On platform: (front row) President Youlou and President John F. Kennedy; (middle row) unidentified man, Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Emmanuel Damongo Dadet, Secretary of State Dean Rusk; (back row) US State Department interpreter Edmund S. Glenn, State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup. To the right of the platform are Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh and the press area. Also included in the photograph and standing to the left of the platform are a military band, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, and other unidentified officials. White House Secret Service agent Art Godfrey stands behind and to the right of the platform. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.