Persons
List of Persons
Anthis, Brigadier General Roland H., USAF, Commander U.S. Second Air Division; Chief, U.S. Air Force Advisory Group, Vietnam
Bagley, Lieutenant Commander Worth H., USN, Naval Aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State
Barnett, Robert W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs from February 3,1963
Bell, David E., Administrator of the Agency for International Development and member of the Counterinsurgency Group
Bowles, Chester A., President's Special Representative; Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs; and Ambassador at Large until July 19, 1963; thereafter Ambassador to India
Brent, Joseph L., Director, Operations Mission in Vietnam
Browne, Malcolm, Associated Press correspondent
Bui Van Lueng, Vietnamese Minister of the Interior
Bundy, McGeorge, President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Bundy, William P. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Buu Hoi, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
Carroll, Lieutenant General Joseph F., USAF, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Carter, Lieutenant General Marshall S., USA, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Clifton, Major General Chester V., USA, President's Military Aide
Colby, William, Director of the Far East Division, Operations Directorate, Central Intelligence Agency
Conlon, Thomas F., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs Department of State, after September 1, 1963, and member of the Vietnam Working Group
Cooper, Chester L., Assistant for Policy Support to the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, until November 1963; thereafter Assistant Deputy Director for Policy Support
Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister
De Gaulle, Charles, President of France
Denney, George C., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from April 28,1963
Diem, see Ngo Dinh Diem
Dingeman, Major James W., USA, Executive Secretary of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency
Dinh, see Ton That Dinh
Don, see Tran Van Don
Dungan, Ralph A., President's Special Assistant
Duong Van ("Big'') Minh, Major General (after November 4, 1963, Lieutenant General), ARVN, Military Adviser to President Diem until November 1, 1963; thereafter Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Council; President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam after November 4,1963
Dutton, Frederick G., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs
Felt, Admiral Harry D., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
Forrestal, Michael V., member, National Security Council Staff
Gilpatric, Roswell L., Deputy Secretary of Defense and member of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency
Halberstam, David, New York Times correspondent in Vietnam
Harkins, General Paul D., USA, Commander, U S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Harriman, W. Averell, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until April 3, 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Chairman of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency
Heavner, Theodore J., Deputy Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Department of State, until August 4, 1963
Heinz, Rear Admiral Luther C., USN, Regional Director for the Far East, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Helble, John J., Consul in Hue
Hieu, see Ngo Trong Hieu
Higgins, Marguerite, New York Herald Tribune correspondent
Hilsman, Roger, Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research until April 25, 1963; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; also Chairman and General Secretary of Dang Lao Dong, Workers' Party of Vietnam
Hoang Van Lac, Colonel, ARVN, Permanent Commissioner, Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets; Special Commissioner for Strategic Hamlet Program
Hughes, Thomas L., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research until April 28, 1963; thereafter Director
Huynh Van Cao, Brigadier General, ARVN, IV Corps Commander
Janow, Seymour J., Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for International Development
Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Jorden, William, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Kalischer, Peter, CBS News correspondent
Kattenburg, Paul M., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and Chairman of the Vietnam Interdepartmental Working Group from August 4, 1963
Kaysen, Carl, President's Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
Kennedy, John E, President of the United States until November 22,1963
Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney General
Kent, Colonel J. R., USA, Assistant Director, Far East Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Khanh, see Nguyen Khanh
Khiem, see Tran Thien Khiem
Khiet, see Tien Khiet
Kim, see Le Van Kim
Koren, Henry L. T., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. Department of State
Krulak, Major General Victor H., USMC, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ky, see Nguyen Cao Ky
La, see Nguyen Van La
Lac, see Hoang Van Lac
Lansdale, Major General Edward G., USAF, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Le Quang Tung, Colonel, ARVN, Special Forces Commander until November 1, 1963
Le Van Kim, Brigadier General (after November 1, 1963, Major General), ARVN, Secretary General and Foreign Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after November 1, 1963
Lodge, Heriry Cabot, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam from August 26, 1963
Luong, see Bui Van Luong
Mai Huu Xuan, Brigadier General (after November 1, 1963, Major General), ARVN, Commander, Quang training camp; member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after November 1, 1963; Chief of National Police
Manfull, Melvin L., Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam
Manning, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; Majority Leader and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mau, see Vu Van Mau
McCone, John A., Director of Central Intelligence
McGarr, Lieutenant General Lionel C7 USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam
McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense
Mecklin, John, Counselor for Public Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam
Minh, see Duong Van Minh
Montgomery, James M., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and member of the Vietnam Working Group
Murrow, Edward R., Director, United States Information Agency
Ngo Dinh Can, brother of President Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Republic of Vietnam until November 1, 1963
Ngo Dinh Luyen, brother of President Diem; Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom until November 2,1963
Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Diem; Presidential Counselor and Head of the Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets until November 1,1963
Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame (Tran Le Xuan), wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu and member of the Vietnamese National Assembly; official hostess for President Diem
Ngo Dinh Thuc, brother of President Diem; Archbishop of Hue
Ngo Trong Hieu, Vietnamese Minister of Civic Action until November 1, 1963
Nguyen Cao Ky, Lieutenant Colonel, Vietnamese Air Force, Transport Squadron Commander; Air Force Commander from December 17, 1963
Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Vietnamese Secretary of State at the Presidency and Assistant Secretary of State for National Defense
Nguyen Khanh, Major General, ARVN, Commander of II Corps until November 29, 1963; thereafter Commander of IV Corps
Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vietnamese Vice President until November 4, 1963; thereafter Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and National Economy of the Provisional Government
Nguyen Van La, Major General, ARVN, Civil Guard Commander
Nguyen Van Thien, Colonel (Brigadier General after November 1, 1963), ARVN, Commanding Officer of the 5th Infantry Division
Nhu, see Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu, Madame, see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame
Nitze, Paul H., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam until August 15, 1963
Pell, Clalborne H., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island
Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Phan Huy Quat, former Vietnamese Defense Minister under Bao Dai and leader of Dai Viet Party
Phillips, Rufus C., Assistant Director for Rural Affairs, Operations Mission in Vietnam
Quang Duc, bonze who committed suicide on June 11, 1963
Rice, Edward E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
Rostow, Walt W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
Salinger, Pierre, President's Press Secretary
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., President's Special Assistant
Sheehan, Neil, United Press International correspondent in Vietnam
Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, Cambodian Chief of State
Smith, Benjamin A., former Senator from Massachusetts
Smith, Bromley, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
Souvanna Phouma, Laotian Prime Minister
Stoneman, Walter G., Director of the Office of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau for the Far East/Vietnam, Agency for International Development
Sullivan, William H., U.N. Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until April 28, 1963; thereafter Assistant to the Under Secretary of State
Sully, Francois, Newsweek correspondent
Sylvester, Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Tam Chau, bonze, member of Buddhist delegation from Hue; became Chairman of the Intersect Committee for the Defense of Buddhism
Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thien Minh, bonze, leader of the Buddhist delegation from Hue
Tho, see Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Thompson, Brigadier Robert G. K., head of the British Advisory Mission in Vietnam
Thuan, see Nguyen Dinh Thuan
Thuc, see Ngo Dinh Thuc
Tien Khiet, chief bonze in Hue
Ton That Dinh, Major General, ARVN, Military Governor of Saigon, August 21-November 1, 1963; thereafter Commander of III Corps, Second Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, and Minister of Public Security of the Provisional Government
Tran Kim Tuyen, head of the Service des Etudes Politiques et Sociales
Tran Le Quang, Vietnamese Minister of Rural Affairs until November 4, 1963; thereafter Minister of Rural Affairs of the Provisional Government
Tran Le Xuan, see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame
Tran Thien Khiem, General, ARVN, Chief of Staff after November 1, 1963; Military Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council
Tran Tu Oai, Brigadier General, ARVN, Director of Psychological Warfare, Vietnamese Ministry of Defense; Chief of Public Information; Minister of Information in the Provisional Government after November 4, 1963
Tran Van Chuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States until August 22, 1963
Tran Van Don, Major General, ARVN, Commander of III Corps until July 1963; thereafter Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam; Acting Chief of the Joint General Staff after August 1963; First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council after November 1, 1963; Minister of National Defense after November 4, 1963
Tri Quang, bonze, Buddhist opposition leader
Trueheart, William C., Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Vietnam
Tung, see Le Quang Tung Tuyen, see Tran Kim Tuyen
Unna, Warren, Washington Post correspondent
Vo Van Hai, Director of President Diem's Personal Cabinet until November l, 1963
Vu Van Mau, Vietnamese Foreign Minister until August 22, 1963; Ambassador to the United Kingdom after December 24, 1963
Weede, Major General Richard G., USMC, Chief of Staff, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Wheeler, General Earle General USA, Chief of Staff
Wood, Chalmers B., Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until August 4, 1963
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