Name Card for Pietro Nenni at NATO Representatives Dinner

This name card was created to indicate the place setting for Pietro Nenni, foreign minister of Italy to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a formal dinner honoring NATO representatives on April 11, 1969. The dinner was hosted by President Richard M. Nixon in the State Dining Room. A prominent figure of the Italian Socialist Party, Nenni served as deputy prime minister of Italy from 1963 to 1969. Other guests invited to the dinner included National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, White House Curator Clement Conger, and General Secretary of NATO Manlio Brosio. This name card is part of a personal collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. As executive chef from 1966-1987, Haller oversaw the preparations for many formal dinners at the White House.