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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968
Volume XXVIII
Laos

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State until September 20, 1966

Barbis, George M., Officer-in-Charge of Lao Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs until July 1966

Bell, David E., Administrator of the Agency for International Development until June 1966

Berger, Samuel D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs, July 1965-February 1968

Blouin, Rear Admiral F.J., USN, Director of the Far East Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965-1966

Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France until February 9, 1968; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs after February 21, 1968

Bounlent Colonel Saycocie, Chief of Logistics, Royal Armed Forces; unsuccessful coup leader, January 1965 and October 1966

Bowman, Richard C., staff member, National Security Council 1964-1966; liaison with Joint Chiefs of Staff

Brown, Harold , Secretary of the Air Force after October 1, 1965

Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until February 28, 1966

Bundy, William P., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until March 14, 1964; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern (later East Asian and Pacific) Affairs after March 16, 1964

Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador to Vietnam after April 5, 1967

Burchinal, Lieutenant General David A., USAF, Director of the Joint Staff, February 24, 1964-July 31, 1966

Butler, Richard (Rab) A., British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until October 1964

Cleveland, J. Harlan, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until September 8, 1965

Clifford, Clark, Secretary of Defense after March 1, 1968

Cline, Ray, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency until January 17, 1966; thereafter Special Assistant to the Director

Colby, William E., Chief, Far Eastern Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency until 1967

Cooper, Chester L., member of the National Security Council Staff, November 1964-April 1966; Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large Harriman, September 1966-1967

Dawee, Chulasapya, Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of Thailand

De Gaulle, Charles, President of France

Dexter, John B., Deputy Director, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, July 1964 to August 1965

Dillon, C. Douglas, Secretary of the Treasury until March 1965

Dobrynin, Anatoliy, F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States

Ewing, Richard T., member of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State August 1965; Country Director for Burma and Cambodia, July 1966-August 1967

Forrestal, Michael V., member of the National Security Council Staff until April 1964; Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Vietnam July 1964-1965

Gaud, William S., Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development February 1964-August 2, 1966; thereafter Administrator

Giap, see Vo Nguyen Giap

Ginsburgh, Robert N., member of the National Security Council Staff, 1966-1968

Godley, G. McMurtrie, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs after March 1968

Goodpaster, Lieutenant General Andrew J., USA, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, August 1-March 31, 1967

Green, Marshall, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until June 4, 1965; thereafter Ambassador to Indonesia

Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs

Habib, Philip C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs after June 1967

Hamilton, William C., Deputy Director, Far East Region, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, October 1964-July 1966; Laos Country Director, July 1966-September 1967; Supervisory Political Officer at the Embassy in Thailand after September 1967

Harriman, W. Averell, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until March 17, 1965; thereafter Ambassador at Large

Helms, Richard M., Deputy Director for Plans until April 1965; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, April 28, 1965-June 30, 1966; thereafter Director of Central Intelligence

Herz, Martin F., Country Director for Cambodian-Laotian Affairs, Department of State, from January 1968

Hilsman, Roger, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until March 14, 1964

Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas, British Prime Minister until October 1964

Hughes, Thomas L., Director , Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

Humphrey, Herbert H., Vice President of the United States

Hurwitch, Robert A., Deputy Chief of Mission at Vientiane from January 1967

Johnson, Lyndon B., President of the United States

Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until July 12, 1964; Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, July 1964-September 1965; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, November 1, 1965-October 9, 1965; Ambassador to Japan after November 8, 1966

Kennedy, Robert, F., Attorney General until September 1964

Khamking Souvanlasy, Ambassador to the United States after April 1966

Khampan, Prince Tiao, Lao Ambassador to the United States until February 1966

Khanh, see Nguyen Khanh

Kirnassovsky, Boris Y., Soviet Ambassador to Laos October 1964-June 1968

Kohler, Foy D., Ambassador to the Soviet Union until November 1966; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs November 1966-December 1967

Kong Le, General, Royal Armed Forces, Commander of the Lao Neutralist military forces until October 1966

Kouprasith, Abhay, General, Royal Armed Forces, Commander Military Region Five

Law, Colonel William, Army Attache in Vientiane

Leuam Insisiengmay, Lao Deputy Prime Minister

LeMay, General Curtis E., Chief of Staff of the Air Force until January 31, 1965

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador to Vietnam until June 28, 1964; and from July 31 1965 to April 25, 1967

Ma, Thao, General, Commander of the Royal Lao Air Force until September 1966; Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the Royal Air Force until October 1966

McCain, Admiral John S., Jr., Commander in Chief Pacific after August 1968

McCone, John A., Director for Central Intelligence until April 28, 1965

McDonald, Admiral David L., Chief of Naval Operations until August 1, 1967

McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense until February 29, 1968

McNaughton, John T., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1, 1964-July 19, 1967

Manning, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs April 11, 1962-July 31, 1964

Mansfield, Mike, Senator from Montana (D) and Senate Majority Leader

Martin, Graham A., Ambassador to Thailand until September 9, 1967

Momyer, General William, Commander, 7th Air Force 1966-1968

Moyers, Bill D., Deputy Director of the Peace Corps; thereafter Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff of the White House 1964-January 1967; White House Press Secretary July 1965-January 1967

Nguyen Khanh, Major General, Army of the Republic of Vietnam; Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, February 4-October 30, 1964; Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam and Chairman of the Armed Forces Council December 18, 1964-February 21, 1965

Nitze, Paul H, Deputy Secretary of Defense after July 1, 1967

Nouphet, Colonel, Lao Royal Armed Forces, Commander of the Group Mobile 18

Ouane Ratrikoun, General, Commander in Chief, Royal Armed Forces of Laos

Oudom Souvannavong, President of the Lao National Assembly 1966-1967

Oudone Sananikone, General, Chief of the General Staff, Royal Armed Forces of Laos

Oun Sananikone, Deputy in Lao National Assembly

Phasouk Somly, General, Lao Royal Armed Forces; Commander of Military Region Four

Phoui Sananikone, President of the Lao National Assembly until September 1965 and again in 1968

Phoumi Nosavan, General; Minister of Defense of Laos until May 1964; Deputy Prime Minister until July 1965

Rapacki, Adam, Polish Foreign Minister

Rostow, Walt W., Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council until March 31, 1966; thereafter Special Assistant to the President

Rowan, Carl, Director, United States Information Agency, February 28, 1964-July 10, 1965

Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State

Savang Vatthana, King of Laos

Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S. Grant, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific until July 31, 1968

Siho Lamphouthacoul, General, Chief, Lao Directorate of National Coordination/Chief of the Lao National Police until February 1965

Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, Chief of State of Cambodia

Sisouk na Champassak, Lao Minister of Finance

Slutz, Robert F., member of the Laos country office, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs January 1964-June 1968

Smith, Bromley, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council

Solbert, Peter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Souphanouvong, Prince, leader of the Pathet Lao and Deputy Prime Minister of Laos

Sourith Don Sasorith, General, FAL, Commander, Military Region One until September 1966; thereafter Commander of the Royal Lao Air Force

Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Prime Minister of Laos and after May 2, 1964, Minister of Defense

Steadman, Richard C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 1967-1968

Stevenson, Adlai E., Representative to the United Nations until July 14, 1965

Sullivan, William H., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until March 1964; Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs to the Secretary of State, March-November 1964; Ambassador to Laos after November 25, 1964

Swank, Emory C., Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Laos July 1964-June 1967

Sylvester, Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, March 1964

Symington, Stuart, Democratic Senator from Missouri

Thanom, Kittikatchorn, Prime Minister of Thailand

Taylor, Maxwell D., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 30, 1964; Ambassador to Vietnam, July 14, 1964-July 30, 1965; thereafter Special Consultant to the President

Thompson, Llewellyn E., Ambassador at Large, until December 26, 1966; thereafter Ambassador to the Soviet Union

Thomson, James C., Jr., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until June 1964; member of the National Security Council Staff, July 1964-September 1966

Trueheart, William C., Director, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, May 1964-August 1966; Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, after June 1967

Unger, Leonard, Ambassador to Laos until December 1, 1964; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs January 1965-August 11, 1967; thereafter Ambassador to Thailand

Vang Pao, General, Lao Armed Forces, Commander of Military Region Two and head of the Meo (H'mong) guerrilla forces

Valenti, Jack, Special Consultant to the President until May 1966

Vance, Cyrus R., Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 28, 1964-June 30, 1967

Vo Nguyen Giap, General, People's Army of Vietnam; Minister of National Defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Warnke, Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs after August 1, 1967

Westmoreland, General William C., USA, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, June 20, 1964-July 2, 1968

Wheeler, General Earle G., USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army until July 2, 1964; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after July 3, 1964

Wilson, Donald M., Deputy Director, United States Information Agency until August 1, 1965

Wright, Marshall, senior member of the National Security Council Staff 1967-1968

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