Reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress, 5:30PM. State Department Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (at lectern), speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Several unidentified men; Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont (in front, wearing glasses); two unidentified men; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; Ambassador Duke; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala). Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina