- Title: ETHIOPIA: EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS FROM VISIT TO YUGOSLAVIA.
- Date: 2nd July 1972
- Summary: 1. GV PAN FROM Airport building TO Officials on tarmac 0.11 2. SV Woman with bouquet waiting 0.13 3. GV Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, P.M. Aklilu Habte Wold and Ethiopian Church Patriarch with other officials walk forward 0.21 4. GV Aircraft taxiing 0.26 5. SV Crown Prince & others walk towards aircraft and waiting (4 shots) 0.40 6. SV Emperor Haile Selassie down aircraft stops & greeted & handed bouquet (2 shots) 1.04 7. GV Guard of honour 1.09 8. SV Emperor and Crown Prince walking away 1.12 Initials BB/1612 LD/TB/BB/1630 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 17th July 1972 13:00
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- Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
- Country: Ethiopia
- Reuters ID: LVA1HTZG3DIC3M7CBJS861VFF3B
- Story Text: Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia on Friday (30 June) from a five-day private visit to Yugoslavia as the guest of President Tito.
Accompanied by his daughter, Princess Tegnane Work, the Emperor was met at Addis Ababa's Bole Airport by his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Prime Minister Akilu Habte World, and the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church.
President Tito and the Emperor held a series of private and official talks, and during his stay, the Emperor was conferred with the Honorary Citizenship of Yugoslavia by the Federal Assembly, and a street was named after him in Belgrade.
SYNOPSIS: Emperor Haile Selassie returned home to Addis Ababa on Friday from Yugoslavia, where he has been on a five-day private visit as the guest of President Tito. Waiting to greet him at Bole International Airport was a large delegation headed by Crown Prince Merid Azmach Asfa Wossen, the Emperor's 56-year-old eldest son.
Also waiting to greet the Emperor with the Crown Prince, were the Prime Minister, Aklilu Habte World, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church, and high-ranking government officials. (PAUSE) Prior to visiting Yugoslavia, the Emperor also paid official visits to Britain and France, and represented Ethiopia at the Organisation of African Unity summit in Rabat. (PAUSE). During his stay in Yugoslavia, the Emperor held a series of private and official talks with President Tito. The National Assembly also conferred on him the Honorary Citizenship of Yugoslavia, and a street in Belgrade was named after him. (PAUSE). On his tour, he was accompanied by his daughter, Princess Tegnane Work, and his aides.
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