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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8201-D
President John F. Kennedy and President of Bolivia, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, greet dignitaries in the receiving line during an arrival ceremony in honor of President Paz Estenssoro. Standing on the red carpet, in foreground (left to right): Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Barksdale Hamlett; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Paz Estenssoro; President Kennedy; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (shaking hands with President Kennedy). Standing at right: Ambassador of Paraguay, Dr. Juan Plate; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Ambassador of Panama, Augusto Guillermo Arango (in back, mostly hidden); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (holding hat). Standing behind red carpet (left to right): U.S. Department of State interpreter, Fernando van Reigersberg; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden). White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (in front of hedge), stands in the background; members of the United States Marine Band stand on the stairs of the South Portico in the background at right. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.