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George Laking and President John F. Kennedy

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George Laking and President John F. Kennedy

George Laking was New Zealand’s ambassador in Washington from 1961 to 1967. Here he meets with President John F. Kennedy (left) in the White House’s Oval Office in the early 1960s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-2851-1

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ian McGibbon. 'Laking, George Robert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47202/george-laking-and-president-john-f-kennedy (accessed 4 June 2026).