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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1964-1968, Volume I Vietnam, 1964
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List of Persons Note: The identification of persons in this list is limited to circumstances and positions relevant to the events documented in the volume. All titles and positions are American unless otherwise indicated. Alphand, Herve, French Ambassador to the United States Anthis, Brigadier General Rollen H., USAF, Commander U.S. 2d Air Force advanced air echelon headquarters in Saigon; Chief, Air Force Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam Asbjornson, Mildred, secretary to Secretary of State Rusk Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State Bell, David E., Administrator, Agency for International Development Blouin, Rear Admiral F. J., USN, Director, Far East Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France Breckon, M. Lyall, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until March 1, 1964; thereafter Office of the Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs Brent, Joseph L., Director, United States Operations Mission in Vietnam Brubeck, William H., Secretary of State's Special Assistant and Executive Secretary of the Department of State until July 20, 1964 Bundy, McGeorge, President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Bundy, William P., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until March 10, 1964; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs after March 16, 1964 Butler, Richard A., British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Caccia, Sir Harold A., Permanent Under Secretary, British Foreign Office; later, Head of Diplomatic Service Carter, Lieutenant General Marshall S., Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Cater, S. Douglass, President's Special Assistant Chadbourn, Philip H., Counselor of the Embassy in Vientiane Chu, see Nguyen Xuan Chu Cleveland, James H., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Cline, Ray S., Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Coffin, Frank M., Deputy Administrator for Operations, Agency for International Development Colby, William E., Chief, Far East Division, Central Intelligence Agency Coote, Wendell B., Deputy Director for Far Eastern Affairs, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, until August 16, 1964 Cooper, Chester, Member of the National Security Council Staff, on detail from the Central Intelligence Agency Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister Cox, Gordon E., Canadian Commissioner, International Supervision and Control Commission, until April 1964 De Gaulle, Charles, President of France De Silva, Peter, Chief of Central Intelligence Agency Station in Saigon Defferre, Gaston, Socialist candidate for President of France Denney, George C., Jr., Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State Dillon, C. Douglas, Secretary of the Treasury Do Mau, Brigadier General, ARVN, Vietnamese Vice Prime Minister for Cultural and Social Affairs, February 4-November 4, 1964 D'Orlandi, Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, British Prime Minister until October 1964 Dunn John M., Special Assistant to the Director, United States Operations Mission in Saigon Duong Van Duc, Brigadier General, ARVN, Commander of IV Corps and leader of abortive coup of September 13, 1964 Duong Van Minh ("Big Minh"), Lieutenant General, ARVN, Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council until January 30, 1964; Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam, February 8-October 26, 1964 Engle, F. Byron, Director, Office of Public Safety, Agency for International Development Felt, Admiral Harry D., Commander in Chief, Pacific, until February 1964 Fischel, Wesley, Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University Flott, Frederick W., First Secretary and Special Assistant to the Ambassador, Embassy in Saigon Forrestal, Michael V., member of the National Security Council Staff until July 1964; thereafter Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Vietnam Affairs Fredericks, J. Wayne, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs Fulbright, J. William, Senator (D-AR), Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Furness, George A., Jr., Office of Research and Analysis for Far East, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from April 1964 Gard, Richard A., political officer in the Consulate at Hong Kong, February 2-April 3, 1964; thereafter Consul at Hong Kong Gilpatric, Roswell L., Deputy Secretary of Defense until January 1, 1964 Goldwater, Barry, Senator (R-AZ), Republican Presidential candidate, 1964 Goodpaster, Lieutenant General Andrew J., USA, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gore, Sir David Ormeby, then Lord Harlech, British Ambassador to the United States Green, Marshall, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Foreign Minister Halleck, Charles A., Congressman (R-IN), House Minority Leader Harkins, General Paul D., USA, Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam until June 20, 1964 Harriman, W. Averell, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Helble, John J., Consul at Hue Helms, Richard R., Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency Hoan, see Nguyen Ton Hoan Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Hughes, Thomas L., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State Humphrey, Hubert H., Senator (D-MN) and Vice President-designate Jenkins, Walter, Administrative Assistant to the President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, President of the United States Johnson, Robert H., member of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs until July 1, 1964; thereafter Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Kaysen, Carl Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Kennedy, John F., President of the United States, January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963 Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney General of the United States Kent, Sherman, Chairman, Board of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency Khanh, see Nguyen Khanh Khrushchev, Nikita S., Soviet Premier until mid-October; thereafter, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Killen, James S., Director, United States Operations Mission in Saigon Kim, see Le Van Kim Koren, Henry L.T., Director, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until April 7, 1964; thereafter Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State Krulak, Major General Victor H., USMC, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ky, see Nguyen Cao Ky Lam Van Phat, Brigadier General, ARVN, leader of the abortive coup of September 16, 1964 LeMay, General Curtis E., USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Le Van Kim, Major General, ARVN, Secretary General and Foreign Affairs member of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council until January 30, 1964 Lippmann, Walter, newspaper columnist Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam until June 28, 1964 Macapagal, Diosdado, President of the Philippines MacDonald, Admiral David L., USN, Chief of Naval Operations Macmillan, Harold S., British Prime Minister until October 1963 Maechling, Charles, Jr., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Manhll, Melvin L., Counselor for Political Affairs in the Embassy in Saigon Manning, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until July 31, 1964 Mansfield, Michael J., Senator (D-MT), Senate Majority Leader Mao Tse-tung, Chairman, Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Martin, Graham A., Ambassador to Thailand Martin, Paul J., Canadian Minister of External Affairs McCafterty, Arthur, member, National Security Council staff McCone, John A., Director of Central Intelligence McCormack, John W., Congressman (D-MA), Speaker of the House McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense McNaughton, John T., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs after March 1964 Mendenhall, Joseph A., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until April 12, 1964 Minh, see Duong Van Minh Moore, Major General Joseph H., USAF, Commander, 2d Air Division after January 31, 1964 Morgan, Thomas E., Congressman (D-PA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Moyers, Bill D., Deputy Director of the Peace Corps; thereafter Special Assistant to the President Murrow, Edward R., Director, United States Information Agency, through January 1964 Nes, David G., Deputy Chief of Mission in Saigon until July 1964 Ngo Dinh Can, brother of Ngo Dinh Diem, convicted of murder, extortion, and misuse of power and executed on May 9, 1964 Nguyen Cao Ky, Colonel and then Air Commander, VNAF, Commander of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force; member and spokesman of the Armed Forces Council after December 18, 1964 Nguyen Khanh, Major General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps; leader of coup of January 30, 1964; Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, February 4-October 30, 1964; thereafter Commander in Chief of Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces; Chairman of the Armed Forces Council after December 18, 1964 Nguyen Luu Vien, General, ARVN, Vietnamese Minister of the Interior after November 4 and member of the Armed Forces Council after December 18, 1964 Nguyen Ngo Tho, Vietnamese Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance until January 30, 1964 Nguyen Ton Hoan, Vietnamese Vice Premier for Civil Pacification Affairs, February 4-November 4, 1964 Nguyen Van Thieu, Brigadier General, ARVN, Chief of Staff of the Joint General Staff and Commander of the ARVN after February 4, 1964 Nguyen Xuan Chu, Chairman of the Vietnamese High National Council, October 30-November 5, 1964 Nguyen Xuan Oanh, Vietnamese Minister of Finance and Vice Minister for Economy, February 4-November 4, 1964 Oanh, see Nguyen Xuan Oanh O'Brien, Lawrence F., Special Assistant to the President Pearson, Lester B., Canadian Prime Minister Pham Huy Quat, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 4-November 4, 1964 Pham Khac Rau, Counselor and Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Vietnamese Embassy in Washington Pham Khac Suu, Chairman of the Vietnamese High National Council, September 26, 1964; Chief of Staff of the Republic of Vietnam after October 26, 1964 Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Poats, Rutherford M., Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for International Development Procter, Carolyn J., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Rusk after January 15, 1964 Pye, Lucian, Professor of political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Read, Benjamin H., Secretary of State's Special Assistant and Executive Secretary of the Department of State Reedy, George E., Press Secretary to the President Rosenthal, James D., consular Officer at the Consulate at Hue Rostow, Walt W., Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State Rowan, Carl T., Director, United States Information Agency, January 21, 1964 Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State Russell, Richard, Senator (D-GA), member, Senate Armed Services Committee Sarit Thanarat, Field Marshal, Thailand Prime Minister until December 8, 1963 Seaborn, J. Blair, Canadian Commissioner, International Supervision and Control Commission, April 1964 Sharp, Vice Admiral Ulysses S.G., Jr., USN, Commander, Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), April 26, 1964; Commander, Pacific Command (PACOM), April 30, 1964 Shenstone, Michael, First Secretary of the Canadian Embassy in Washington Shriver, Sargent, Director, Peace Corps Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, Chief of State of Cambodia Silver, Solomon, Assistant Program Director with the Agency for International Development in Saigon; after November 8, 1964, Director, Office of Development Planning, Bureau of Far East Affairs Smart, General Jacob E., USAF, Commander, Pacific Air Forces Smith, Bromley, Executive Secretary, National Security Council Smith, Colonel William Y., USA, member, National Security Council staff Solbert, Peter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Stevenson, Adlai E., Representative to the United Nations Stilwell, Major General Richard G., USA, Commander, U.S. Army Support Command, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, March 1, 1964 Stoneman, Walter G., Director, Office of Vietnam Affairs, Agency for International Development, through winter 1964; Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Far East Affairs, April 26, 1964 Sukarno, President of Indonesia Sullivan, William H., Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs and head of the interagency Vietnam Coordinating Committee until July 1964; Ambassador to Laos, November 25, 1964 Suu, see Pham Khac Suu Sylvester, Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, March 1964 Tam Chau, Buddhist leader Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 30 1964; thereafter Ambassador to Vietnam Thant, U, Secretary-General of the United Nations Thieu, see Nguyen Van Thieu Tho, see Nguyen Ngo Tho Thompson, Llewelyn E., Ambassador at Large; Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs, April 29, 1964 Thompson, Robert G. K., RAF Retired, Chief of the British Advisory Mission to the Republic of Vietnam Thomson, James C., Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Far Eastern Affairs; thereafter member, National Security Council staff Throckmorton, Lieutenant General John L., USA, Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, August 2, 1964 Ton That Dinh, Major General, ARVN, Vietnamese Minister of Interior until January 30, 1964 Tran Thien Khiem, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Vietnamese Minister of National Defense, February 4-September 30, 1964 Tran Van Don, General, ARVN, Commander in Chief of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and Minister of National Defense, until January 30,1964 Tran Van Huong, Vietnamese Prime Minister after November 4,1964 Tran Quoc Buu, President of the Confederation of Vietnamese Trade Congresses Trimble, William C., Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; former Ambassador to Cambodia (1959-1962) Tri Quang, Buddhist leader and official of General Buddhist Association Trueheart, William C., Counselor and Consul General at the Embassy in Saigon until May 10, 1964; thereafter Director, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State Tyler, William, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Unger, Leonard, Ambassador to Laos until December 1, 1964 Valeo, Francis R., Secretary for the Majority, U.S. Senate Valenti, Jack, Special Consultant to the President Vance, Cyrus R., Secretary of the Army until January 28, 1964; thereafter Deputy Secretary of Defense Vien, see Nguyen Luu Vien Vinson, Carl, Congressman (D-GA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Vo Nuyen Giap, Vice Premier for Defense, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Waters, General John K., USA, Commander, U.S. Army, Pacific Westmoreland, General William C., USA, Deputy Commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, January 27-June 19, 1964; thereafter Commander Wheeler, General Earl G., USA, Chief of Staff of the Army until July 1, 1964; thereafter Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Wilson, Donald M., Deputy Director, United States Information Agency Wilson, James Harold, British Prime Minister from October 16, 1964 Wilson, Colonel Jasper, USA, adviser, Senior Military Assistance Advisory Group, I Corps Yost, Charles W., former Ambassador to Laos (1954-1956); Deputy Representative to the United Nations Security Council from February 13, 1961 Zorthian, Barry, Public Affairs officer in the Embassy in Saigon through June 2, 1964; thereafter Counselor for Public Affairs [end of document]
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