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Thursday, April 28, 2005

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From the S&S
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Bonn officials greet Ethiopia's
Emperor Haile Selassie

By James Quigley, S&S staff
correspondent
European edition,
Tuesday, November 9, 1954

BONN, Nov. 8  — Emperor Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia arrived here today to pay the first visit by a
head of state to the German Federal Republic.

The emperor, surrounded by a smartly dressed retinue,
was resplendent in colorful uniform as he stepped from a
special train this afternoon to be greeted by high
German officials and thousands of applauding
Germans.

On hand to greet the emperor, who wore a dark uniform
with gold sashes and braid and a white-plumed hat, were
President Theodor Heuss, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and
members of the German cabinet.

Red carpets were spread out from the steps of the
train along the Bonn platform and down an exit under a
canopy to the sidewalk, where the emperor climbed into
an auto for a drive across the Rhine to the Petersberg
Hof hotel.

During his visit to this area, the emperor will stay
at the hotel, one of West Germany's most luxurious,
where the first and second floors have been reserved for
his party.

Hundreds of policemen held the huge crowd in check
outside the rail station, which was bedecked with the
black, red and gold flags of the German republic and the
red, gold and green emblems of Ethiopia.

The long entourage of official cars sped away from
the station preceded by 15 motorcycle policemen dressed
in white helmets and jackets — drivers whom the German
press has nicknamed "white mice."

Tomorrow the emperor will receive an honorary degree
from Bonn University, and in the evening Heuss will give
a reception after a performance of "The Marriage of
Figaro."

The emperor also is slated to receive the three
Allied High Commissioners tomorrow as well as the chiefs
of the various foreign missions. Wednesday he will visit
points of interest in this area.

Thursday the emperor will visit the Ruhr Valley, and
on Saturday he is scheduled to go to Hamburg. Sunday
morning he is slated to leave for
Sweden.

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