Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C307-13-63
President John F. Kennedy greets Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, upon the Emperor’s arrival via train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Exiting train: Imru Haile Selassie, second cousin of Emperor Selassie; Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta, granddaughter of Emperor Selassie. U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands behind President Kennedy.