Meeting with Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (seated in center). Also pictured: Ambassador of the Somali Republic, Dr. Omar Mohallim Mohamed; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen Soapy Williams; deputy administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), Frank M. Coffin; U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.