Meeting During the Cuban Crisis

(Original Caption) Washington, D.C.: In an historic meeting of President John Kennedy with his cabinet and advisors at the White House, this was the scene during the Cuban Crisis in October 1962. Left to right: Robert Kennedy, Attorney General: Don Wilson (half hidden), USIA: Ted Sorenson, Presidential Advisor: Bromley Smith (rear), National Security Council: McGeorge Bundy, Presidential Advisor: C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson: Llewellyn Thompson, US Ambassador to Russia: U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Undersecretary of State: Pres. Kennedy: Dean Rusk, Secretary of State: Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary: Roswell Gilpatrick, Deputy Defense Secretary: Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff: Paul Nitze, Assistant Defense Secretary. Not shown are George Ball and John J. McCone, both hidden by Pres. Kennedy.