Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A12-7-61
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 (wearing sunglasses); (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. Also included in the photograph 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. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.