Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7728-K
Arrival ceremony in honor of President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt, and First Lady of Venezuela, Carmen Valverde de Betancourt, at the White House. Standing in front of doorway (left to right): Mrs. Betancourt (holding bouquet of roses); President Betancourt; U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Standing in doorway, saluting: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (mostly hidden); Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured at right: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.