1964 Press Photo French Communist Party Secretary-General Waldeck Rochet

Waldeck Rochet, named as Secretary-General of the French Communist Party in Paris today, sits at table during closing session of the 17th Congress of party. Rochet succeeds veteran party leader Maurice Thorez who was elected to be the first president of the party at the congress.

Photo is dated 1964.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.