Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30113
President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, exchange gifts in the Fish Room of the White House. Left to right: Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru (on edge of frame); Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; two unidentified persons; Emperor Selassie (writing in book); Imru Haile Selassie (in back), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Yilma Deressa. Washington, D.C.