Persons
Persons
Akalovsky, Alexander, Political Officer at the Embassy in Moscow September 1965-1968
Alliluyeva, Svetlana, daughter of Josef Stalin
Acheson, Dean, Secretary of State, 1949-1953
Akalovsky, Alexander, First Secretary and Political Officer at the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Albert, Carl, Representative (D-OK), House Majority Leader
Algard, Ole, Norwegian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Alsop, Joseph W., journalist, author, and syndicated columnist
Arends, Leslie C., Representative (R-IL), House Minority Whip
Au Truong Thanh, former Vietnamese Economic Minister and Presidential candidate
Aubrac, Raymond, Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and an intermediary in Pennsylvania
Baldwin, Hanson W., author and Military Editor for The New York Times
Bates, William H., Representative (R-MA), ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee
Boggs, Hale, Representative (D-LA)
Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France
Bolton, Frances P., Representative (R-OH), ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bow, Frank T., Representative (R-OH), ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee
Bowles, Chester, Ambassador to India
Bradley, General Omar N., USA (ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown, George, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Brown, Harold, Secretary of the Air Force
Bruce, David K. E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Bui Diem, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
Bundy, McGeorge, President of the Ford Foundation; former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Bundy, William P., Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador to Vietnam after April 5, 1967
Byroade, Henry A., Ambassador to Burma
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., Special Assistant to the President
Cao Van Vien, General, ARVN, Chief of the Joint General Staff; also Minister of Defense, January-October 1967
Carver, George, Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence
Agency
Christian, George, Press Secretary to the President after February 1, 1967
Clifford, Clark M., Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Colby, William E., Chief, Far East Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Cooper, Chester, Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister
Dean, Sir Patrick, British Ambassador to the United States
De Gaulle, Charles, President of France
Denney, George C., Jr., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
DePuy, Major General William E., USA, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dirksen, Everett McKinley, Senator (R-IL), Senate Majority Leader
Dobrynin, Anatoliy F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
D'Orlandi, Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam
Douglas, Senator Paul H. (D-IL)
Duong Van Minh, former Vietnamese Chief of State
Fanfani, Amintore, Italian Foreign Minister
Ford, Gerald R., Representative (R-MI)
Forsythe, Major General George I., USA, Assistant Deputy to the Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, for Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
Fortas, Abe, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Fowler, Henry H., Secretary of the Treasury
Freeman, Orville H., Secretary of Agriculture
Fulbright, J. William, Senator (D-AR), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
Gandhi, Indira, Indian Prime Minister
Gardner, John W., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Gaud, William S., Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Gavin, Lieutenant General James M., USA (ret.), former Ambassador to France
Ginsburgh, Colonel Robert, USAF, Member of the National Security Council Staff
Goldberg, Arthur J., Representative to the United Nations
Gonard, Samuel, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Goodpaster, Lieutenant General Andrew J., USA, Director, Joint Staff
Greene, Fred, Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and the
Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Greene, General Wallace M., Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Foreign Minister
Gronouski, John A., Ambassador to Poland
Habib, Philip C., Minister-Counselor at the Embassy in Vietnam; Deputy Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs after June 1967
Harkins, General Paul D., USA, former Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1962-1964
Harriman, W. Averell, Ambassador at Large
Hart, John L., Chief of the CIA Station in Saigon
Hayden, Carl, Senator (D-AZ), President Pro Tempore and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee
Helble, John J., Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Helms, Richard M., Director of Central Intelligence
Hickenlooper, Bourke B., Representative (R-IA)
Hoang Man Tu, National Liberation Front diplomatic representative in Algeria
Hoang Xuan Lam, General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps, Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Holdridge, John, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Holt, Harold, Australian Prime Minister until December
Holyoake, Keith, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Hoopes, Townsend W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Hornig, Donald F., Special Assistant to the President
Hughes, Thomas L., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Humphrey, Hubert H., Vice President
Janczewski, Zbigniew, Polish Foreign Ministry official
Javits, Jacob K., Senator (R-NY)
Jenkins, Walter E., Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Poland
Johnson, General Harold K., USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Johnson, U. Alexis, Ambassador to Japan
Jones, Jim, Assistant to the President
Jorden, William J., Senior Member of the National Security Council Staff
Kaiser, Philip, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, London
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., Under Secretary of State
Kennan, George F., author and former Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
Kennedy, Robert F., Senator (D-NY)
Kissinger, Henry, Professor of Government at Harvard University and Consultant to the Department of State
Kistiakowsky, George B., Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University and Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences
Kohler, Foy D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Komer, Robert W., President's Special Assistant until May 1967; thereafter Deputy to the Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, for Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, and Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Vietnam with the personal rank of Ambassador
Koren, Henry L. T., Staff Assistant to the Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam
Kosygin, Alexei N., Soviet Premier
Kraft, Joseph, journalist, author, and syndicated columnist
Krulak, Lieutenant General Victor H., USMC, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Kuchel, Thomas H., Senator (R-CA)
Lansdale, Edward G., Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Vietnam
Leonhart, William K., Deputy to Robert W. Komer until May 1967; thereafter Special Assistant to the President
Le Trang, Deputy Chief of Mission, North Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow
Le Van Truong, Vietnamese proponent of Cochinchinese autonomy residing in Europe
Lewandowski, Januscz, Polish Representative to the International Control Commission
Lilienthal, David, Chairman, Development Resources Corporation
Linh Quang Vien, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Minister of National Security; Minister of Interior after November 9, 1967
Lippmann, Walter, author and journalist
Locke, Eugene, Ambassador to Pakistan; Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam after May 1967
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador to Vietnam until April 1967
Long, Russell B., Senator (D-LA)
Lovett, Robert A., banker and unofficial adviser to the President
Lynd, Staughton, Professor of History at Yale University
Lyng, John, Norwegian Foreign Minister
Lucet, Charles E., French Ambassador to the United States
Mahon, George H., Representative (D-TX), Chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee
Mai Thi Vang, wife of Trang Bach Dang released during the Buttercup contacts
Mai Van Bo, Delegate General and Commercial Representative in France of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Manac'h, Etienne, Director of Asian Affairs, French Foreign Ministry
Manatos, Mike, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison
Mansfield, Mike, Senator (D-MT), Senate Majority Leader
Marcos, Ferdinand, President of the Philippines
Marcovich, Hebert, French professor and intermediary in Pennsylvania
Marks, Leonard H., Director of the United States Information Agency
Martin, Graham A., Ambassador to Thailand
Martin, Paul J., Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs
McBride, Robert H., Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in France
McCarthy, Eugene J., Senator (D-MN)
McCloy, John J., lawyer and one of the "Wise Men" who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson
McConaughy, Walter P., Ambassador to Pakistan until May 17, 1966
McConnell, General John P., USAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
McCormack, John W., Representative (D-MA), Speaker of the House
McDonald, Admiral David L., USN (ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations
McGovern, George S., Senator (D-SD)
McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense
McNaughton, John T., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until July 19
McPherson, Harry C., Jr., Special Counsel to the President
Meeker, Leonard C., Legal Adviser to the Department of State
Michalowski, Jerzy, Director-General, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Miller, Robert H., Director, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
Molotov, Vyacheslav M., former Soviet Foreign Minister, 1946-1949
Momyer, General William H., USAF, Commander, U.S. 7th Air Force in South Vietnam.
Moorer, Admiral Thomas H., USN, Chief of Naval Operations
Morgan, Thomas E., Representative (D-PA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morse, Wayne, Senator (D-OR)
Moyers, Bill D., former Press Secretary to the President
Mundt, Karl E., Senator (R-SD)
Ngo Minh Loan, North Vietnamese Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Nguyen Bao Tri, Vietnamese Minister of Revolutionary Development after November 9, 1967
Nguyen Cao Ky, Air Vice Marshal, VNAF, Vietnamese Prime Minister and Chairman, National Executive Committee until October 31, 1967; thereafter Vice President
Nguyen Chi Thanh, General, PAVN, Head of the Central Office for South Vietnam until July
Nguyen Duc Thang, General, ARVN, Vietnamese Minister of Rural Revolutionary Development through October; thereafter Commanding General of IV CTZ.
Nguyen Duy Trinh, North Vietnamese Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
Nguyen Huu An, Permanent Secretary of the Vietnamese Red Cross
Nguyen Huu Co, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister until January
Nguyen Huu Hanh, Vietnamese Minister of Economy and Finance and Governor, National Bank of Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Tho, Chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front until March
Nguyen Khanh, former Vietnamese Premier
Nguyen Luu Vien, Vietnamese Deputy Premier and Minister for Cultural and Social
Affairs
Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Director General of the Vietnamese National Police and Chief of the Military Security Service
Nguyen Tho Chan, North Vietnamese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Nguyen Van Loc, President, Army People's Council and Prime Minister after October 31, 1967
Nguyen Van Thieu, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Vietnamese Chief of State and Chairman, National Leadership Committee until October 31; thereafter President
Nguyen Van Vy, General, ARVN, Chief of Staff, ARVN; Minister of National Defense after November 9, 1967
Nilsson, Torsten, Swedish Foreign Minister
Nitze, Paul, Secretary of the Navy through June 1967; thereafter Deputy Secretary of
Defense
Nixon, Richard, former Vice President
O'Brien, Lawrence, Postmaster General
Owen, Henry D., Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State
Park, Chung Hee, President of Korea
Pearson, Lester, Canadian Prime Minister
Pell, Claiborne, Senator (D-RI)
Pham Thi Yen, wife of Tan Buu Kiem
Pham Van Dong, Premier of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Phan Khac Suu, chairman of the Vietnamese Constituent Assembly and presidential
candidate
Phan Huy Quat, former Vietnamese Premier and Presidential candidate
Poats, Rutherford, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Far East, Agency for International Development; Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development after May 1967
Pompidou, Georges, French Premier
Porter, William J., Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam; after May 1967 Ambassador to Korea
Rapacki, Adam, Polish Foreign Minister
Read, Benjamin H., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department
Reston, James B., journalist and Associate Editor, The New York Times
Rice, Edward, Consul General in Hong Kong
Ridgway, General Matthew B., USA (ret.), U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1953-1955
Rivers, L. Mendel, Representative (D-SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services
Committee
Roche, John P., Special Consultant to the President
Ropa, Donald W., Member of the National Security Council Staff
Rostow, Eugene V., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Rostow, Walt W., Special Assistant to the President
Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
Russell, Richard B., Senator (D-GA), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Sainteny, Jean, former French colonial official in Indochina and adviser to President Charles de Gaulle
Sato, Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister
Sau Ha, Viet Cong courier whose arrest initiated the Buttercup contacts
Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S. Grant, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
Shelepin, Alexandr N., Secretary of the Central Committee, Soviet Communist Party
Sieverts, Frank, Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
Smathers, George A., Senator (D-FL)
Smith, Bromley K., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
Sorensen, Theodore, Adviser to Senator Robert Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Laotian Prime Minister
Starbird, Lieutenant General Alfred D., USA, Director, Defense Communications Agency
Steadman, John M., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense
Stearns, Monteagle, Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
Stennis, John C., Senator (D-MS)
Stewart, Michael N.F., British Ambassador to the United States
Sullivan, William H., Ambassador to Laos
Symington, Stuart, Senator (D-MO)
Tan Buu Kiem, Chief, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Liberation Front
Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA (ret.), Special Consultant to the President
Thanat Khoman, Thai Foreign Minister
Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister
Thant, U, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Thompson, Llewellyn E., Jr., Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Tibbets, Margaret Joy, Ambassador to Norway
Tran Bach Dang, Presidium Member, National Liberation Front Central Committee
Tran Quoc Buu, Vietnamese labor leader
Tran Van Do, Vietnamese Foreign Minister
Tri Quang, leader of the Buddhist Struggle Movement
Trueheart, William C., Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Truong Dinh Dzu, South Vietnamese presidential candidate
Truong Binh Tong, imprisoned National Liberation Front official who was released to act as intermediary in the Buttercup episode
Unger, Leonard S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs until August 11, 1967; thereafter Ambassador to Thailand
Vance, Cyrus R., Deputy Secretary of Defense until June
Vinh Loc, General, ARVN, Commander of II Corps
Vo Nguyen Giap, General, PAVN, Minister of National Defense, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vu Van Thai, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
Walt, Lieutenant General Lewis W., USMC, Commander of the U.S. III Marine Amphibious Force and I Corps Senior Adviser
Wehrle, Leroy S., Associate Director and Economic Counselor in Vietnam, Agency for International Development
Westmoreland, General William C., USA, Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Wheeler, General Earle G., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilson, Harold, British Prime Minister
Wilson, Samuel V., Saigon Mission Coordinator
Y Bham Enuol, Chairman, United Front for the Struggle of the Oppressed Race (FULRO)
Zorthian, Barry, Minister-Counselor for Information at the Embassy in Vietnam and Director, U.S. Joint Public Affairs Office.
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