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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, exchange gifts in the Fish Room of the White House. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official (on edge of frame); Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru; Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; unidentified (in back); Imru Haile Selassie, second cousin of Emperor Selassie; Emperor Selassie; unidentified; President Kennedy; unidentified; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams. Washington, D.C.