John F. Kennedy meets Ceylonese Parliamentary Delegation, 14 June 1961

President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Parliament of Ceylon. President Kennedy sits in a rocking chair and the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow stands fourth from the left (behind two men). Also included in the President’s schedule: Leader of the Ceylonese House of Representatives, Charles Percival de Silva; Clerk of the House, Ralph St. L. P. Deraniyagala; Members of the House, Sir Razik Fareed, Dr. N. M. Perera, Jinadasa Don Weerasekera; Ambassador of Ceylon, R. S. S. Gunewardene; Director of the United States Operations Mission to Ceylon, James C. Baird, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Person(s):

• Baird, James C., Jr.
• De Silva, Charles Percival, 1912-1972
• Deraniyagala, Ralph St. Louis Pieris
• Fareed, Razik, Sir, 1893-1984
• Gunewardene, R.S.S.
• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
• Perera, N.M. (Nanayakkarapathirage Martin), 1905-1979
• Rostow, Walt W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
• Weerasekera, Jinadasa Don

Place(s):

• Ceylon

Folder Title:

• Meeting with members of the Parliament of Ceylon, 3:42PM

Series Name:

• Abbie Rowe (National Park Service).

Series Number: 01.

Collection:

• White House Photographs

Copyright Status: Public Domain

Credit Line: Abbie Rowe (1905-1967)
White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-AR6639-A

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