Signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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Description

This photograph shows President John F. Kennedy signing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Also shown are: (first row) Senator John Pastore, Senator J.W. Fulbright, Senator George Aiken, Senator Everett Dirksen, Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Senator Thomas H. Kutchel, and Vice President Johnson; and (second row) an unidentified man, Senator Mike Mansfield, John J. McCloy, an unidentified man, W. Averell Harriman, Senator George Smathers, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Senator Hubert Humphrey, William C. Foster, Senator Howard W. Cannon. It was taken in the White House Treaty Room.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs.

National Archives Identifier: 194230

Full Citation: Photograph WHP-KN-KNC30107; Signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; 10/7/1963; Robert Knudsen White House Photographs, 1/20/1961 – 12/19/1963; Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs,; John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/nuclear-test-ban-treaty/, April 8, 2026]

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