Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C320-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Prime Minister of Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma (seated on sofa at right), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated on sofa at left (L-R): United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman; unidentified (mostly obscured); Ambassador of Laos, Prince Tiao Khampan. Eight photographers, all holding cameras, stand in the background, including White House Photographer Abbie Rowe (wearing glasses, standing behind sofa at left). An unidentified man holds a camera light in the background at right. [Notes: Spotting throughout image and horizontal line along bottom edge are original to the negative.]