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'Abaydi, Haamid al-, Libyan Defense Minister until September 1969
Abdirascid, Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia from June 1967 until his assassination on October 15, 1969
Abidia, Fathi, Libyan Ambassador to the United States until mid-1970
Achebe, Chinua, novelist, worked for Biafran Information Services and Political Orientation Committee
Adair, Edwin Ross, Ambassador to Ethiopia from July 8, 1971 to February 12, 1974
Adoula, Cyrille, former Prime Minister of the Congo; Ambassador to the United States from January 1967
Agnew, Spiro T., Vice President of the United States, January 1969 to October 1973
Aklilu, Abte-Wold Tsahafi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Akpan, N. U., Chief Secretary of the Biafran Government
Amachree, Godfrey, personal representative of Major General Gowon
Amin, Major General Idi, President of Uganda from January 25, 1971
Annenberg, Walter H., Ambassador to the United Kingdom from April 1969 to October 1974
Arikpo, Okoi, Nigerian Federal Commissioner for External Affairs under Gowon
Atherton, Alfred L., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from March 1970
Azikiwe, Chukwuma, son of the former President of Nigeria
Azikiwe, Nnamdi, former President of Nigeria

Balafrej, Hadj Ahmed, Personal Representative of King Hassan II of Morocco
Ben Abbes, Moroccan Foreign Minister from 1970
Ben Ammar, Hassib, Tunisian Defense Minister from 1970 to 1971
Ben Saleh, Ahmed, Tunisian Minister of National Planning, Finances, Economy and Education to 1970
Benhima, Ahmed Taibi, Moroccan Foreign Minister from July 1972
Benhima, Mohammed, Moroccan Prime Minister to October 1969; Minister of the Interior from 1972
Berard, Armand, French Representative to the United Nations until February 1970
Bergsten, C. Fred, member of the National Security Council Staff, 1969–1971
Blake, James J., Country Director for Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Tunisia, Sudan, and Mauritania, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, 1970 to 1971
Blatchford, Joseph H., Director of the Peace Corps, May 1969 to June 1971; Director of ACTION, July 1971 to February 1973
Boumediene, Houari, President of Algeria
Bourguiba, Habib, Jr., Foreign Minister of Tunisia until June 1970
Bourguiba, Habib, President of Tunisia
Bousselham, Abdelkader, Minister Counselor, Head of Algerian Interests Section in Washington from December 1970
Boutaleb, Abdelhadi, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, from October 1969 to 1970
Bouteflika, Abdel Aziz, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bray, Charles W. III, Deputy Director, Office of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Tunisia, Sudan, and Mauritania, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
Burns, Arthur F., Counselor to the President, January 1969 to January 1970; thereafter, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Bush, George H. W., Republican Congressman from Texas until January 1971; Representative to the United Nations, February 1971 to January 1973
Butterfield, Alexander P., Deputy Assistant to the President from January 1969 to January 1973
Butz, Earl l., Secretary of Agriculture from December 1971
Buwaysir (also Bwaysiir), Saalih Mas’uud, Libyan Foreign Minister from September 1969 to early 1970; Interior Minister from August 1971

Cadieux, Marcel, Canadian Ambassador to the United States from April 1970
Calhoun, John A., Ambassador to Tunisia from July 1969 to May 1972
Caradon, Lord (Hugh Mackintosh Foot), British Representative to the United Nations until June 1970
Carter, W. Beverly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State, until mid-1972
Carter, W. Beverly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, November 1969 to June 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Tanzania
Castiella y Maiz, Fernando Maria, Foreign Minister of Spain
Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, Prime Minister of France from June 1969 to July 1972
Chafee, John H., Secretary of the Navy from January 1969 to May 1972
Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai), Premier of the People’s Republic of China
Clark, Warren Jr., Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State until late 1971; Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State from late 1971
Cline, Ray S., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October 1969
Coerr, Wymberly DeR, Deputy Director of Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until early 1972
Cohen, Edwin S., Under Secretary of the Treasury, 1972–1973
Connally, John B., Jr., Secretary of the Treasury from February 1971 to May 1972
Cousins, Norman, Editor, Saturday Review
Cromer, Earl of (George Rowland Stanley Baring), British Ambassador to the United States from February 1971
Crowe, Sir Colin, British Representative to the United Nations from June 1970
Curran, Robert T., Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of State from August 1970
Cushman, Lieutenant General Robert R., Jr., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May 1969 to December 1971

Davies, Rodger P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Davis, Jeanne W., Director, National Security Council Staff Secretariat, 1970–1971
De Guiringaud, Louis, French Representative to the United Nationals from 1972
Debre, Michel, French Foreign Minister until June 1969
DeGaulle, Charles, President of France until April 1969
Denney, George C. Jr., Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State from April 1970
Denney, George C., Jr., Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Dent, Frederick B., Secretary of Commerce from December 1972
DePalma, Samuel, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 1969 to June 1973
Dike, Kenneth, roving Biafran emissary
Djazeri, Idriss, Algerian Undersecretary for Economic and Cultural Affairs
Dohney, Father Kevin, Holy Ghost priest, Ireland, active in Biafran relief effort
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, British Foreign Secretary from June 1970
Driss, Rachid, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States until September 1969

Eagleburger, Lawrence S., member of the National Security Council Staff, 1969–1970
Eagleton, William L., Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Interests Section, Algiers, from December 1969
Effiong, Major-General Philip, Biafran Chief of Staff who conducted Biafra’s surrender after Ojukwu left
Egal, Mohammed Ibrahim, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia from June 1967
Ehrlichman, John D., Counsel to the President, January to November 1969; Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, November 1969–May 1973
Ekwensi, Cyprian, Director of Biafran Information Services
El Goulli, Slaheddine, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States from late 1969
Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State from August 1969 to September 1973
Enahoro, Chief Anthony, Federal Minister of Information in Gowon’s Government
Essebsi, Beji Caid, Tunisian Minister of Defense from November 1969 until 1970; thereafter Minister of the Interior

Farjaani, Lt. Col. Salih, Libyan Air Force Commander
Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, Jr., Special Coordinator on Relief to Victims of the Nigerian Civil War from February 1969 to June 1970; Ambassador to Uganda from June 1970 until July 1972; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from August 1972 to October 1973
Filali, Abdellatif, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco, August 1971 until August 1972
Foccart, Jacques, French Secretary General for African and Malagasy Affairs
Ford, Gerald R., Republican Congressman from Michigan; House Minority Leader
Freeman, John, British Ambassador to the United States from March 1969 to January 1971
Freeman, Rear Admiral Mason, USN, Vice Director, Joint Chiefs of State
Freymond, Jacques, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from April 1969
Froehlke, Robert F., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration from January 1969 to June 1971; Secretary of the Army from July 1971 to May 1973
Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Galanto, Fred J., U.S. Interests Section, Algiers, Algeria from 1969 to early 1971
Ghozali, Ahmed, President of Algerian state oil company Sonatrach
Gowon, Major General Yakubu, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria

Haasi, Muusa Ahmad al-, Libyan Interior Minister from September to December 1969
Hadsel, Fred Latimer, Ambassador to Somalia from June 28, 1969 to July 18, 1971; Ambassador to Ghana from September 25, 1971
Haig, General Alexander M., Jr., Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1969 to June 1970; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from June 1970 to January 1973; thereafter, Army Vice Chief of Staff
Haile, Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
Haldeman, H. R., Assistant to the President from January 1969 to April 1973
Hall, William O., Ambassador to Ethiopia until May 15, 1971
Hamdani, Smail, Adviser to Algerian President Boumediene; Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency from October 1970
Hannah, John A., Administrator, Agency for International Development
Hardin, Clifford M., Secretary of Agriculture from January 1969 to December 1971
Harlow, Bryce N., Assistant to the President from January 1969 to January 1970; Counselor to the President from January 1970 to 1974
Harrop, William C., Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from June 1969 to 1971
Hasanayn, Ali, Libyan Foreign Minister until September 1969
Hassan II, King of Morocco
Hawaaz (also Hawwaaz), Aadam Said al-, Libyan Defense Minister from September to December 1969
Heath, Edward, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June 1970
Helms, Richard M., Director of Central Intelligence until February 1973
Hillenbrand, Martin J., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Hoffacker, Lewis, Principle Officer, U.S. Interests Section, Algiers, until November 1969
Holmes, Edward W., Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, until mid-1971
Hughes, Thomas L., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until August 1969
Humaydi, Libyan Interior Minister
Huni (Houni), Abd al-Munim al-, Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and RCC Member from September 1969;  Interior Minister from September 1970; Director of Intelligence, 1970; Prime Minister from September 1971
Hurd, John G., Ambassador to South Africa from September 10, 1970
Hyland, William, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1970 to 1972

Idris I al-Senussi, King of Libya until September 1969
Irwin, John N. II, Under Secretary of State from September 1970 to July 1972; Deputy Secretary of State from July 1972
Iyalla, Joseph T. F., Nigerian Ambassador to the United States until April, 1972; Permanent Secretary, Nigerian Ministry of External Affairs from May 1972

Jalluud (also Juluud and Jalloud), Abd al-Sallam, Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister from January 1970; Minister of the Economy and Industry from September 1970; Prime Minister from July 1972
Johnson, U. Alexis, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 1969 to February 1973
Johnson, U. Alexis, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Josif, Harold G., Chargé D’Affaires ad Interim to Libya from November 1972

Karamessines, Thomas H., Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Katz, Julius L., Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
Katzenbach, Nicholas de Belleville, Under Secretary of State until January 20, 1969
Kaunda, Kenneth D., President of Zambia
Kayibanda, Gregoire, President and Prime Minister of Rwanda
Kearns, Henry, President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank
Keita, Modibo, President of Mali
Kennedy, Colonel Richard T., Member of the National Security Council Staff from January 1970
Kennedy, David M., Secretary of the Treasury from January 1969 to January 1971; Ambassador at Large for Foreign Economic Development from February 1971 to March 1973; jointly, Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from March 1972 to February 1973
Kenyatta, Jomo, President of Kenya
Kikhya (Kikhia), Mansuur, Libyan Under Secretary of Foreign Ministry from September 1969 to early 1972; Foreign Minister from mid-1972
Kinney, Edward M., Secretary/Treasurer, Joint Church Aid-USA until April 1970
Kissinger, Henry A., President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1969
Kosciusko-Morizet, Jacques, French Representative of France to the United Nations from February 1970 to May 1972; thereafter, French Ambassador to the United States
Kosygin, Alexei N., Prime Minister of the USSR

Ladgham, Bahi, Secretary of State to the Presidency of Tunisia, 1969; Prime Minister until November 1970
Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of Defense from January 1969 to January 1973
Lake, W. Anthony, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1970 to 1971
Lamrani, Mohamed Karim-, Prime Minister of Morocco, August 1971 to November 1972
Lane, George M., Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; Country Officer for Algeria, Department of State, from June 1972
Lang, William E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa and the Western Hemisphere until 1970
Laraki, Ahmed, Foreign Minister of Morocco to October 1969; Prime Minister of Morocco from October 1969 to August 1971
Latimer, Tom, Member of the White House staff, 1971
Lichtblau, George E., Acting Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Africa, 1970
Lindt, August, Swiss Ambassador, served as the Commissioner General of the International Committee of the Red Cross for West Africa concentrating on relief operations in Nigeria from July 1968 to June 1969; resigned June 19, 1969 after being declared persona non grata by the Federal Military Government of Nigeria on June 14, 1969
Loomis, Henry, Deputy Director, United States Information Agency until January 1973
Lord, Winston, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1971
Lowrie, Arthur L., Country Officer for Algeria, Department of State, until June 1972
Lucet, Charles, French Ambassador to the United States until April 1972
Lythcott, Dr. George, Associate Dean for International Medical Affairs, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University; former Regional Director in Lagos for the 19 country project of the Public Health Service/Communicable Disease Center until June 1969

Maghribi, Mahmud Sulayman al-, Libyan Prime Minister from September 1969 to January 1970
Masmoudi, Mohamed, Tunisian Foreign Minister from June 1970
Mathews, Elbert G., Ambassador to Nigeria until July 26, 1969
Mattson, James A., Office of Research and Analysis for Africa, Department of State
Medbouh, Brigadier General Mohamed, Moroccan Director of Royal Military Household until July 1971
Medeghiri, Algerian Minister of the Interior, 1970
Melady, Thomas Patrick, Ambassador to Burundi from January 31, 1970 to May 25, 1972; Ambassador to Uganda from July 30, 1972 to February 9, 1973
Melbourne, Roy M., Country Director for West Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
Mendenhall, Joseph A., Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Vietnam, Agency for International Development until January 1970; Ambassador to the Malagasy Republic from September 1972
Messmer, Pierre, Prime Minister of France from July 1972
Mestiri, Ahmed, Tunisian Minister of the Interior until September, 1971
Meyer, Cord, Jr., Acting Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency, 1971
Meyers, Marilyn A., Acting Country Officer for Tunisia, Department of State, 1971
Mitchell, John, Attorney General from January 1969 to February 1972
Mobutu, Lieutenant General Joseph D., President of the Republic of the Congo (Zaire) and Minister of Defense
Mohammed, Lieutenant-Colonel Murtala, Nigerian Commander of 2nd Division, adviser and rival to Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian Head of State
Mojekwu, C. C., Biafran Commissioner for Home Affairs
Moore, C. Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until June 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Cameroon
Moorer, Admiral Thomas H., United States Navy, Chief of Naval Operations until July 1970; thereafter, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moorer, Admiral Thomas H., USN, Chief of Naval Operations until July 1970; thereafter, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moose, Richard, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1970
Morris, Roger, member of the National Security Council Staff until 1971
Mufa Major Muhammad Najm, Libyan Minister of Unity and Foreign Affairs from October 1970 to February 1972
Muhayshi, ‘Umar al-, Libyan RCC Member; Acting Foreign Minister from 1970; Minister of the Economy and Industry from January 1970

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, President of Egypt to September 28, 1970
Naville, Marcel A., President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from April 1969
Newsom, David D., Ambassador to Libya to June 1969; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 1969
Nixon, Richard M., President of the United States from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974
Njoku, Eni, Biafran delegate at peace talks and a senior emissary
Nouira, Hedi Amira, Tunisian Minister of State in Charge of Economy from June 1970; Prime Minister from November 1970; Secretary General of the ruling Destourian Socialist Party
Noyes, James H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern, African, and South Asian Affairs
Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from March 1969 to January 1973
Nwakoby, Ralph, Biafran Deputy Representative in the United States
Nwokedi, Francis, special adviser to Biafra’s Head of State Ojukwu
Nyerere, Julius, President of Tanganyika until country renamed in October 1964; thereafter President of Tanzania

Obote, A. Milton, President of Uganda until overthrown on January 25, 1971
Odell, Harry I., Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State Omar, General Driss Ben, Moroccan Deputy Chief of Staff; Minister of Defense from August 1972
Ojukwu, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria until January 10, 1970
Okigbo, Pius, economic adviser to the Biafran Government
Okpara, Michael I., political adviser to Biafra’s Head of State Ojukwu
Osman, Ahmed, Moroccan Director of the Royal Cabinet until November 1972; thereafter Prime Minister
Oufkir, General Mohammed, Moroccan Minister of the Interior to 1971, and again in 1972; Minister of Defense from 1971 to 1972

Packard, David, Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 1969 to December 1971
Palmer, Joseph A. II, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs to July 1969; Ambassador to Libya from October 1969 to November 1972
Palmer, Joseph, II, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until July 1969
Podgorny, Nikolai, President of the Soviet Union
Poher, Alain, Interim President of France from April to June 1969
Pompidou, Georges, President of France from June 1969

Qadhafi, Mu’ammar al-, Chairman of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces from September 1969; Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from January 1970 to 1972
Qadhafi, Wanis al-, Prime Minister of Libya until September 1969

Resor, Stanley R., Secretary of the Army until June 1971
Richardson, Elliot L., Under Secretary of State from January 1969 to June 1970; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from June 1970 to January 1973; Secretary of Defense from January to May 1973; Attorney General from May to October 1973
Ritchie, A. Edgar, Canadian Ambassador to the United States until January 1970
Rives, Lloyd M., Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from 1971
Roberto, Holden, Angolan nationalist leader, President of GRAE, and leader of FNLA and UPA
Rockwell, Stuart W., Ambassador to Morocco from March 1970
Rodman, Peter W., member of the National Security Council Staff from 1970 to 1972
Rogers, William P., Secretary of State from January 1969 to September 1973
Roosevelt, Archibald B. Jr., Chief, Africa Division, Central Intelligence Agency
Root, John F., Country Director for Northern African Affairs, Department of State, to November 1969
Ross, Claude G., Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State, from August 1972
Ross, Claude G., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from August 1972
Rountree, William Manning, Ambassador to South Africa from January 1966 to June 1970
Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from July 1969 to February 1972; Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 1972 to January 1973
Ryan, General John D., USAF, Air Force Chief of Staff from August 1969 to July 1973

Salans, Carl F., Deputy Legal Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
Saunders, Harold H., member, National Security Council Staff
Savimbi, Jonas, leader of the Angolan national liberation movement UNITA
Schaufele, William E., Jr., Ambassador to Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) from October 16, 1969 to July 10, 1971
Schlesinger, James R., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget from January 1969 to August 1971; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from August 1971 to February 1973; Director of Central Intelligence from February to July 1973; thereafter, Secretary of Defense
Schumann, Maurice, French Foreign Minister from June 1969 to April 1973
Seamans, Robert C., Jr., Secretary of the Air Force from February 1969 to May 1973
Seelye, Talcott W., Country Director for Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq, to September 1972; Ambassador to Tunisia, from September 1972
Senghor, Leopold Sedar, President of Senegal
Shakespeare, Frank, Director, United States Information Agency from February 1969 to February 1973
Sharp, Mitchell, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs
Shillito, Barry J., Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics
Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr., Ambassador to France until March 1970
Shuwayrib (also Shawaarib), Colonel Abu Sa’adin, first leader of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from February 1969
Slaoui, Driss, Moroccan Director General of the Royal Cabinet until August 1971
Smith, Ian Douglas, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
Smith, Robert Powell, Officer in Charge of Nigerian Affairs
Smith, Robert S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, December 1969 to February 1973
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, member of the National Security Council Staff from January 1969
Spiers, Ronald I., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from August to September 1969; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs from September 1969 to August 1973
Springsteen, George S., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until June 1972; Acting Assistant Secretary from June 1972 to August 1973; thereafter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
Stans, Maurice, Secretary of Commerce from January 1969 to January 1972
Stewart, Michael, British Foreign Secretary until June 1970
Strausz-Hupé, Robert, appointed Ambassador to Morocco in 1969, but never commissioned
Suddarth, Roscoe, Country Director for Libya, Department of State
Suwesi, Abdalla, Libya Chargé D’Affaires ad Interim to the United States from mid-1970
Swanstrom, Bishop Edward E., President, Joint Church Aid-USA until April 1970

Tahiri, Mamoun, Moroccan Minister of Finance and Special Emissary of King Hassan; Minister of Higher Education from 1971
Tasca, Henry J., Ambassador to Morocco until October 1969
Thant, U, Secretary-General of the United Nations until December 1971
Trezise, Philip H., Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, to July 1969; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, July 1969 to November 1971
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, Prime Minister of Canada
Truehart, William Clyde, Ambassador to Nigeria from November 6, 1969 to September 1, 1971
Tubby, Roger Wellington, Ambassador, Representative of the United States to the European office of the United Nations until September 24, 1969

Vaky, Viron P., Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from January to May 1969; member of the National Security Council Staff from May 1969 to September 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Costa Rica
Valadas, Andre, Counselor, French Embassy to the United States, 1971
Vaughn, Jack, Director of the Peace Corps
Veliotes, Nicholas A., Member of the National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Africa, 1970

Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1972
Walters, Lieutenant General Vernon A., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May 1972
Warner, John W., Under Secretary of the Navy until April 1972; Secretary of the Navy from May 1972 to April 1974
Wheeler, General Earle G., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until July 1970
Williams, James A., Staff Assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of State, Department of State, September 1970 to August 1972
Wilson, Harold, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until June 1970
Wisner, Frank G., International Relations Officer, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, to July 1971
Witman, William II, Director, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from May 1969; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, from November 1969; Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from April 1971
Wright, W. Marshall, member of the National Security Council Staff from June 1970 to April 1972; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from April to December 1972; thereafter, Acting Assistant Secretary

Yaker, Layachi, Algerian Foreign Ministry Official; later Minister of Commerce
Yost, Charles W., Representative to the United Nations from January 1969 to February 1971
Yost, Robert Lloyd, Ambassador to Burundi from August 19, 1972 to May 26, 1974

Zeghar, Rachid, Confidant of Algerian President Boumediene