At the Pentagon

At the Pentagon

Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

At the Pentagon

What Next in Laos?


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (16.5 × 23.7 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0002
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso C: (Laos) 6-61 2) AT THE PENTAGON, the Joint Chiefs of Staff mee to discuss U.S. \ policy on Laos and other potential military fronts ranging from Berlin to \ Cuba. In theis exclusive picture, JCS Chairman General Lyman Lemnitzer \ (second from right at the left of Defense Secretary MacNamara) discusses \ a top secret aspect of the world situation. \ Credit CORNELL CAPA © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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