Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30046
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, upon the Emperor’s arrival via train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Imru Haile Selassie (in back), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta, granddaughter of Emperor Selassie; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden); Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball.