Adair, Edwin Ross, Ambassador to Ethiopia from July 1971 to February 1974
Addou, Abdullahi Ahmed, Somalian Ambassador to the United States
Ahidjo, Ahmadou, President of Cameroon from 1960 to 1982
Amin, Major General Idi, President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
Andom, General Aman Michael, Prime Minister of Ethiopia from September 1974 to November 1974
Aref, Ali Bourhan, President of the Government Council of the FTAI from 1967 to July 1976
Arikpo, Okoi, Nigerian Federal Commissioner for External Affairs from 1967 to 1975
Bah, Habib, Guinean Ambassador to the United States
Balancy, Guy Mauritian Ambassador to the United States
Bante, Teferi, First Deputy Chairman of the Ethiopian Provisional Military Government
Boerma, Addeke Hendrik, Director General, Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations) from 1968 to 1975
Boumedienne, Houari (Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba), President of Algeria; Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement from August 1973 to August 1976
Brewer, William D., Ambassador to Sudan 1973
Brown, George S., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, from August 1973 to June 1974; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from July 1974
Buffum, William B., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1973
Bula Nyati, Mandungu, Zairian Foreign Minister from 1975 to 1976
Burke, Yvonne Rep., (D--California); Chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus, 1976
Bush, George H. W., Representative to the United Nations, February 1971 to January 1973; Head of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing from October 1974 to December 1975; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, January 1976 to January 1977
Butler, Malcolm, member of the National Security Council Staff
Cabral, Amilcar, Secretary General of the African Party for the Independence of Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands from 1956 to 1973
Clark, Richard (Dick) Senator, (D--Iowa) from 1973 to 1979
Clements, William (Bill) , Jr., Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense from January 1973
Cline, Ray S., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October 1969
Cohen, Edwin S., Under Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-1973
Cohen, Herman J., Director, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
Colby, William, Deputy Director of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, from March to August 1973; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 4, 1973 to January 30, 1976
Coote, Wendell, Director, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
Cutler, Walter, Country Director, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; thereafter Ambassador to Zaire
Davis, Nathaniel M., Ambassador to Chile from 1971 to 1973; Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State, from March 1975 to October 1975
Deng, Francis M., Sudanese Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1976; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1980
Denney, George C., Jr., Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
D?Estaing, Val?ry Giscard, President of France from 1974 to 1981
DePalma, Samuel, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 1969 to June 1973
Desta, Negash, Ethiopian Minister of Finance
di-Lutete, Umba, Zairean Commissioner of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 1974 to 1975
Diggs, Charles Rep., Jr., (D--Michigan), Member of the Congressional Black Caucus
Diori, Hamani, President of Niger from November 10, 1960 to April 15, 1974
Eagleburger, Lawrence S., Member of the National Security Council Staff from June 1973 to February 1975; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from February 1975 to May 1975; Under Secretary of State for Management from May 1975 to January 1977
Easum, Donald B., Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1974 to 1975; Ambassador to Nigeria from 1975 to 1979
Ekangaki, Nzo, Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity from 1972 to 1974
Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State from August 1969 to September 1973
Ellerkmann, Richard, West German Ambassador to Uganda from 1974 to 1977
Ellsworth, Robert, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from June 1974 to December 1975; Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense from December 1975 to January 1977
Endalkachew, Makonnen, Prime Minister of Ethiopia from February 1974 to July 1974
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
Foccart, Jacques, French Secretary General for African and Malagasy Affairs
Ford, Gerald R., Republican Congressman from Michigan from 1963 to 1973; House Minority Leader from1965 to 1973, Vice President of the United States from October 13, 1973 to August 8, 1974, President of the United States from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977
Freeman, Rear Admiral Mason, USN, Vice Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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
Garba, John, Kenyan Ambassador to the United States
Garba, Major General Joseph Nanven, Nigerian Federal Commissioner for External Affairs from 1975 to 1978
Gowon, General Yakubu (Jack), Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria from July 1966 to July 28, 1975
Granger, Clinton E., member of the National Security Council Staff from August 1974 to September 1976
Habib, Philip C., Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from September 1974 to June 1976; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State, from June 1976 to January 1977
Habte-Wold, Tsehafi Ta?izaz Aklilu, Prime Minister of Ethiopia from April 1961 to March 1, 1974
Hadsel, Fred Latimer, Ambassador to Somalia from June 1969 to July 1971; Ambassador to Ghana from September 1971 to July 1974
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 from 1930 to September 12, 1974
Hannah, John A., Administrator, Agency for International Development from April 1969 to October 1973
Harlow, Bryce N., Assistant to the President from January 1969 to January 1970; Counselor to the President from January 1970 to 1974
Harrison, Roger, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1974 to 1976
Hinton, Deane R., Ambassador to Zaire from 1974 to 1975
Horan, Harold, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1973 to 1976
Hormats, Robert T., member of the National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1977
Houphou?t-Boigny, F?lix, President of C?te d?Ivoir (Ivory Coast) from 1960 to 1993
Hummel, Arthur, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, from 1971 to January 1975; Ambassador to Ethiopia from February 1975 to July 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, from August 1976 to January 1977
Humphrey, Hubert H., Democrat Senator from Minnesota from 1949 to 1964; Vice President of the United States from 1964-1968; Democrat Senator from Minnesota from 1971 to 1979
Hyland, William G., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State from January 1974 to November 1975; President?s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs from 1975 to 1976
Ingersoll, Robert, S., Ambassador to Japan from 1972 to 1973; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 to 1974; Deputy Secretary of State from July 1974 to March 1976
Inouye, Daniel K., Democrat Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to Present
Irwin, John N., II, Under Secretary of State from September 1970 to July 1972; Deputy Secretary of State from July 1972 to February 1973
Iyalla, Joseph T. F., Nigerian Ambassador to the United States from March 1968 to April, 1972; Permanent Secretary, Nigerian Ministry of External Affairs from May 1972, Acting Foreign Minister from
Jenkins, Kempton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Kaunda, Kenneth David, President of Zambia; Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1970 to 1973
Kennedy, Col. Richard T., Deputy Assistant to the President for NSC Planning, 1973-1975
Kenyatta, Jomo, President of Kenya from 1964 to 1978
Kissinger, Henry A., President?s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1969 to October 1973; Secretary of State from October 1973 to January 1977
Labidi, Abdelwahab, President of African Development Bank from September 1970 to May 1976
Lamizana, Sangoul?, President of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Prime Minister from 1974 to 1978
Leigh, Monroe, Legal Advisor, Department of State from 1975 to January 1977
Loomis, Henry, Deputy Director, United States Information Agency until January 1973
Lord, Winston, member of the National Security Council Staff from 1971 to 1973; Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State from October 1973 to January 1977
Loughran, John L., Ambassador to Somalia from 1975
Lynn, James T., Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1975 to 1977
Marshall, Anthony D., Ambassador to Kenya from 1973 to; Ambassador to Seychelles, 1976
McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1967; President of the IRBD (World Bank) from1968 to 1981
Melady, Thomas Patrick, Ambassador to Burundi from January 1970 to May 1972; Ambassador to Uganda from July 1972 to February 1973
Melbourne, Roy M., Country Director for West Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from June 1966
Mengistu, Haile Mariam, Chairman of the EPMG
Mobutu, Lieutenant General Sese Seko (born Joseph-D?sir? Mobutu), President of the Republic of the Congo (Zaire) and Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1997
Mohammed, General Murtala, Nigerian Commissioner (Minister) of Communications from July 1973 to July 1975; Nigerian Head of State from July 28, 1975 to February 13, 1976
Moi, Daniel arap, Vice President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978; President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002
Mulcahy, Edward W., Ambassador to Chad 1972 to 1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1974 to 1976
Ndabaniwe, Burundi Ambassador to the United States
Neto, Ant?nio Agostinho, President of Angola from 1975 to 1979
Newsom, David D., Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 1969 to January 1974
Nimeiry, Jaafar (Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry )President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985
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
Nkomo, Joshua, Zimbabwean leader of the Zimbabwe African People?s Union (ZAPU)
Nyerere, Julius K., President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985
Obasanjo, Lt. General Olusegun, Nigerian Head of State from February 13, 1976 to October 1, 1979
Obote, Apollo Milton, President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971
Onu, Peter, Acting Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity
Oris, Juma, Ugandan Foreign Minister
Parker, Daniel, Administrator of Agency for International Development from 1973
Passman, Otto E., Democrat Congressman from Louisiana from 1947 to 1977
Patricio, Rui Manuel, Portuguese Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1974
Peal, Edward, Liberian Ambassador to the United States
Pickering, Thomas R., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State from 1973 to 1974
Porter, William J., Under Secretary of Political Affairs of the Department of State from 1973 to 1974
Quarm, Samuel, GhanianAmbassador to the United States
Ramathan, Moustapha, Ugandan Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing
Rangel, Charles B., Democrat Congressman from New York; Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus from 1974 to 1975
Reinhardt, John E., Ambassador to Nigeria from 1971 to 1975; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Department of State, from 1975 to 1977; Director, United States Information Agency From 1977 to 1980
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
Roberto, Holden, Head of the Front National de Lib?ration de l?Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola, or FNLA)
Robinson, Charles W., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1976; Deputy Secretary of State from 1976 to January 1977
Rockwell, Brigadier Gen. James N., Team Chief, Military Technical Advisory Team (Zaire)
Rodman, Peter, member, National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1977
Rogers, William P., Secretary of State from January 1969 to September 1973
Rondon, Fernando E., member, National Security Council Staff from 1970 to 1973
Ross, Claude G., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from August 1972
Rumsfeld, Donald R., Assistant to President Ford to October 1975; Secretary of Defense from October 1975 to January 1977
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, Deputy Secretary of State from January 1973 to May 1974; Ambassador to France from 1974 to
Rwema, Bisengimana Barth?lemy , Advisor to Zairian President Mobutu
Saunders, Harold H., member, National Security Council Staff from 1961 to 1974; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1975 to 1977
Sauvagnargues, Jean, French Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1974 to 1976
Savimbi, Jonas M., leader of the Angolan national liberation movement UNITA
Scali, John, U. S. Representative to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975
Schaufele, William E., Jr., Ambassador to Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) from October 1969 to July 1971, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1975 to 1977
Schlesinger, James R., Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from August 1971 to February 1973; Director of Central Intelligence from February to July 1973; Secretary of Defense
from July 1973 to October 1975
Scowcroft, General Brent, President?s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs from May 1973 to October 1975; President?s Assistant for National Security Affairs from October 1975 to January 1977
Senghor, L?opold S?dar, President of Senegal from 1960 to 1980
Siad Barre, Mohamed, President of Somalia, President of the OAU 1973-74
Simon, William E., DeputySecretary of the Treasury from December 1972; Secretary of the Treasury from May 1974 to January 1977
Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asia Affairs, Department of State, from January 1969 to January 1974; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State, from February 1974 to June 1976
Smith, Ian Douglas, Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979
Smith, Robert Powell, Officer in Charge of Nigerian Affairs from July 1966
Smith, Robert S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from December 1969 to February 1973
Soares, M?rio, PortugueseForeign Minister from April 1974 to 1975; Prime Minister from July 1976 to August 1978
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, member of the National Security Council Staff from January 1969
Spain, James W., Ambassador to Tanzania 1976 to January 1974; Counselor of the Department of State from January 1974 to January 1977
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
Spinola, General Ant?nio de, head of the Portuguese Movimento das For?as Armadas; Interim President of Portuguese Provisional Government from May 1974 to September 1975
Springsteen, George S., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State from January 1974 to July 1976
Tombalbaye, Fran?ois (Ngarta), President of Chad from 1960 to April 13, 1975; Prime Minister from 1959 to April 13, 1975
Tshombe, Moise, Leader of the Katanga (Zaire) separatist movement to 1969
Tour?, Ahmed S?kou, President of Guinea from 1958 to 1984
Vance, Sheldon B., Ambassador to Chad from 1967 to 1969; Ambassador to Zaire from 1969 to 1974
Vest, George S., Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State from April 1974 to January 1977
Waiyaki, Munyua, Foreign Minister of Kenya from 1974 to 1979
Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981
Walker, Lannon, Charg? d?Affaires in the Embassy in Uganda
Walters, Lieutenant General Vernon A., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May 1972 to July 1976
Williams, Maurice J., Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Special Coordinator for American Assistance to the West African Drought Disaster
Wodajo, Kifle, Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1977
Wyman, Parker D., Charg? d?Affaires in the Embassy in Ethiopia
Yost, Robert Lloyd, Ambassador to Burundi from August 1972 to May 1974
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