Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22836
President John F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and others attend the arrival ceremony in honor of President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy. Standing on reviewing platform in center: President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador, Neftalí Ponce-Miranda. Those standing left of platform include: First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena; Mrs. Kennedy; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; Zola Shoup; Betty Bernbaum (wife of United States Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Maurice M. Bernbaum); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke); U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Sandra Arosemena; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Richard J. Gookin. Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton, stands at right in foreground. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.