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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C307-30-63
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony in honor of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Left to right: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (far left edge of frame); two unidentified Ethiopian officials; Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, partially hidden); Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; Robin Chandler Duke (below platform, obscured by rope). Union Station, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C307-18-63
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy greets Princess Hirut “Ruth” Desta (granddaughter of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I) upon her arrival via train at Union Station in Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Kennedy presents Princess Desta with a bouquet of roses. U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk, stands at far left; Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke) stands behind the Princess. Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold, and an unidentified Ethiopian military official walk down steps of train.