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| FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968
Volume IV
Vietnam, 1966
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, DC
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Persons
Acheson, Dean, Secretary of State, 1949-1953
Akalovsky, Alexander, Political Officer at the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Albert, Carl, Representative (D-Oklahoma), House Majority Leader
Alsop, Joseph W., journalist, author, and syndicated columnist
Arends, Leslie C., Representative (R-Illinois), House Minority Whip
Armstrong, Oscar Vance, Consul in Hong Kong until August 1966
Ayub Khan, Field Marshal Muhammad, President of Pakistan
Baldwin, Hanson W., author and Military Editor for The New York Times
Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State until September 30, 1966
Bates, William H., Representative (R-Massachusetts), ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee
Bell, David E., Administrator of the Agency for International Development until July 1966
Black, Eugene, Special Adviser to the President for Southeast Asia
Blouin, Rear Admiral F. J., USN, Far East Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Boggs, Hale, Representative (D-Louisiana)
Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France
Bolton, Frances P., Representative (R-Ohio), ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bow, Frank T., Representative (R-Ohio), ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee
Bowles, Chester, Ambassador to India
Bradley, General Omar N., USA, Ret., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown, George, British Foreign Minister from August 10, 1966
Bruce, David K. E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Bui Diem, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister and then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to the United States from December 1966
Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until February 28, 1966
Bundy, William P., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (retitled Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs on November 1, 1966)
Byrnes, James F., Secretary of State, 1945-1947
Byroade, Henry A., Ambassador to Burma
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., Special Assistant to the President
Cao, see Huynh Van Cao
Cao Van Vien, General, ARVN, Chief of the Joint General Staff
Carver, George, member of the Vietnamese Affairs Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, until late September 1966; thereafter Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
Castello Branco, General Humberto de Alencar, President of Brazil
Christian, George, Press Secretary to the President from February 1, 1967
Chuan, see Nguyen Van Chuan
Church, Frank, Senator (D-Idaho)
Clifford, Clark M., lawyer and one of the "Wise Men" who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson
Co, see Nguyen Huu Co
Colby, William E., Chief, Far East Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Cooper, Chester, member of the National Security Council Staff until April 1966; Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman from September 1966
Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister
Dang Van Quang, General, ARVN, Commander of IV Corps until November 1966
De Gaulle, Charles, President of France
Dean, Arthur, lawyer and one of the "Wise Men" who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson
Dean, Sir Patrick, British Ambassador to the United States
Denney, George C., Jr., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Diaz Ordaz, Gustavo, President of Mexico
Dirksen, Everett McKinley, Senator (R-Illinois), Senate Minority Leader
Do, see Tran Van Do
Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
D'Orlandi, Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam
Douglas, Paul H., Senator (D-Illinois)
Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence from 1953 to 1961
Emrick, Lieutenant General Paul S., USAF, Chief of Staff, Pacific Command
Fanfani, Amintore, Italian Foreign Minister
Fenoaltea, Sergio, Italian Ambassador to the United States
Ford, Gerald R., Representative (R-Michigan), House Minority Leader
Fortas, Abe, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and unofficial adviser to President Johnson
Fowler, Henry H., Secretary of the Treasury
Franco y Bahamonde, General Francisco, Spanish Prime Minister and Chief of State
Freeman, Orville H., Secretary of Agriculture
Fulbright, J. William, Senator (D-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gandhi, Indira, Indian Prime Minister from January 24, 1966
Gardner, John W., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Gaud, William S., Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development until August 1, 1966; thereafter Administrator
Gavin, Lieutenant General James M., USA, Ret., author of War and Peace in the Space Age and former Ambassador to France
George, see Sturm, Paul
Giap, see Vo Nguyen Giap
Ginsburgh, Colonel Robert, member of the National Security Council Staff from summer 1966
Gleysteen, Culver, Political Officer at the Embassy in France until September 1966
Goldberg, Arthur J., Representative to the United Nations
Gonard, Samuel, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Goodpaster, Lieutenant General Andrew J., USA, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to July 31, 1966; Director of the Joint Staff from August 1, 1966
Gore, Albert, Senator (D-Tennessee)
Greene, General Wallace M., Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Foreign Minister
Gronouski, John A., Ambassador to Poland
Gullion, Edmund, unofficial U.S. envoy ("X") in the XYZ negotiations with Mai Van Bo
Habib, Philip C., Political Officer at the Embassy in Vietnam
Hammarskjold, Dag, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Harkins, General Paul D., Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1962-1964
Harriman, W. Averell, Ambassador at Large
Hayden, Carl, Senator (D-Arizona), President Pro Tempore and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee
Helble, John J., Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Helms, Richard M., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence until June 30, 1966; thereafter Director of Central Intelligence
Hickenlooper, Bourke B., Senator (R-Idaho)
Hoang Xuan Lam, General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps from May 1966
Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Giac, Buddhist leader and orator
Holt, Harold, Australian Prime Minister from January 26, 1966
Holyoake, Keith, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Hoopes, Townsend W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Hornig, Donald F., Special Assistant to the President
Hughes, Thomas L., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Humphrey, Hubert H., Vice President of the United States
Huynh Van Cao, General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps from mid-May to late May 1966
Janczewski, Zbigniew, Polish Foreign Ministry official
Javits, Jacob K., Senator (R-New York)
Jean, see Vo Van Sung
Jenkins, Walter E., Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Poland from July 1966
Johnson, General Harold K., USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Johnson, Lyndon B., President of the United States
Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until October 9, 1966; Ambassador to Japan from November 8, 1966
Jorden, William J., member of the National Security Council Staff from May 1966
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., Attorney General until September 1966; Under Secretary of State from October 3, 1966
Kennan, George F., author and former Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
Kennedy, John F., President of United States, January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963
Kennedy, Robert F., Senator (D-New York)
Keppel, Francis, Assistant Secretary for Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare until April 1966
Khanh, see Nguyen Khanh
Kissinger, Henry, professor of Government at Harvard University and Consultant to the Department of State
Kistiakowsky, George B., professor of Chemistry at Harvard University and Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences
Kohler, Foy D., Ambassador to the Soviet Union until November 14, 1966; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from November 29, 1966
Komer, Robert W., Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until March 28, 1966; thereafter Special Assistant to the President; Acting Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs during March 1966
Koren, Henry L. T., Deputy to Deputy Ambassador Porter from July 1966
Kosygin, Alexei N, Soviet Premier
Kraft, Joseph, journalist, author, and syndicated columnist
Krulak, Lieutenant General Victor H., USMC, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Kuchel, Thomas H., Senator (R-California)
Ky, see Nguyen Cao Ky
Lam, see Hoang Xuan Lam
Lansdale, Edward G., Special Assistant to Ambassador Lodge
Leoni, Raul, President of Venezuela
Leonhart, William K., Deputy to Robert W. Komer from March 28, 1966
Le Van Truong (code named "Mr. Out"), Vietnamese proponent of Cochinchinese autonomy residing in Europe in 1966
Lewandowski, Januscz, Polish Representative to the International Control Commission
Lippmann, Walter, author and journalist
Loan, see Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador to Vietnam
Long, Russell B., Senator (D-Louisiana), Senate Majority Whip
Lovett, Robert A., banker and one of the "Wise Men" who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson
Lynd, Staughton, history professor at Yale University
Lucet, Charles E., French Ambassador to the United States
Mahon, George H., Representative (D-Texas), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee
Mai Van Bo (code named "Rupert"), Commercial Representative in Paris of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Manac'h, Etienne, Director of Asian Affairs, French Foreign Ministry
Mann, Charles A., Director of the USAID Mission in Vietnam until August 1966
Mansfield, Mike, Senator (D-Montana), Senate Majority Leader
Marcos, Ferdinand, President of the Philippines
Marks, Leonard H., Director of the United States Information Agency
Martin, Graham A., Ambassador to Thailand
Martin, Paul J., Canadian Foreign Minister
McBride, Robert H., Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in France
McCafferty, Arthur, Supervisor of White House Situation Room
McCarthy, Eugene J., Senator (D-Minnesota)
McCloy, John J., lawyer and one of the "Wise Men" who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson
McConaughy, Walter P., Ambassador to Pakistan until May 17, 1966
McConnell, General John P., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
McCormack, John W., Representative (D-Massachusetts), Speaker of the House
McDonald, Admiral David L., Chief of Naval Operations
McGovern, George S., Senator (D-South Dakota)
McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense
McNaughton, John T., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
McPherson, Harry C., Jr., Special Counsel to the President
Meeker, Leonard C., Legal Adviser to the Department of State
Menzies, Robert G., Australian Prime Minister until January 26, 1966
Michalowski, Jerzy, Director-General, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Miller, Robert H., Director, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Molotov, Vyacheslav M., Soviet Foreign Minister, 1946-1949
Morgan, Thomas E., Representative (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morse, Wayne, Senator (D-Oregon)
Moyers, Bill D., Special Assistant and Press Secretary to the President
Mundt, Karl E., Senator (R-South Dakota)
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, President of the United Arab Republic
Nehru, B. K., Indian Ambassador to the United States
Nguyen Cao Ky, Air Vice Marshal, VNAF, Vietnamese Premier
Nguyen Chanh Thi, General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps until March 10, 1966
Nguyen Chi Thanh, General, Head of the Central Office for South Vietnam, the headquarters for North Vietnamese control of Vietcong forces
Nguyen Duc Thang, General, ARVN, Vietnamese Minister of Rural Construction/Revolutionary Development
Nguyen Huu An, Permanent Secretary of the Vietnamese Red Cross (code named Uncle in the Thrush contacts)
Nguyen Huu Co, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister
Nguyen Huu Tho, Chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front
Nguyen Khanh, former Vietnamese Premier and intermediary in the Elmtree contacts with Le Van Truong
Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Colonel, Director of the Vietnamese Military Security Service; Director General of the National Police from April 1966
Nguyen Van Chuan, General, ARVN, Commander of I Corps, March-April 1966
Nguyen Van Thieu, General, ARVN, Vietnamese Chief of State
Nhuan, see Pham Xuan Nhuan
Nilsson, Torsten, Swedish Foreign Minister
Nkrumah, Kwame, President of Ghana until February 24, 1966
Out, see Le Van Truong
Owen, Henry D., Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State, from June 19, 1966
Park, Chung Hee, President of Korea
Pearson, Lester, Canadian Prime Minister
Pell, Claiborne, Senator (D-Rhode Island)
Pham Van Dong, Premier of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Pham Xuan Nhuan, General, ARVN, Commander of the 1st Infantry Division from March to June 1966
Phan Huy Quat, Vietnamese Premier, February 16-June 11, 1965
Pike, Douglas E., Attache and Assistant Chief of the Planning Division at the Embassy in Vietnam
Poats, Rutherford, Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for International Development
Pompidou, Georges, French Premier
Porter, William J., Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam
Quang, see Dang Van Quang
Quat, see Phan Huy Quat
Raborn, Vice Admiral William F., Jr., USN, Ret., Director of Central Intelligence until June 30, 1966
Rapacki, Adam, Polish Foreign Minister
Read, Benjamin H., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department
Reedy, George E., Special Assistant and Press Secretary to the President until July 8, 1965
Reischauer, Edwin O., Ambassador to Japan until August 19, 1966
Reston, James B., journalist and Associate Editor,The New York Times
Ridgway, General Matthew B., USA, Ret., Army Chief of Staff, 1953-1955
Rivers, L. Mendel, Representative (D-South Carolina), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
Roche, John P., Special Consultant to the President from September 8, 1966
Ronning, Chester, retired Canadian Foreign Service officer who met with North Vietnamese leaders in March and June 1966
Ropa, Donald W., member of the National Security Council Staff
Rostow, Eugene V., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from October 14, 1966
Rostow, Walt W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council until March 31, 1966; thereafter Special Assistant to the President
Rupert, see Mai Van Bo,
Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
Russell, Richard B., Senator (D-Georgia), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Sainteny, Jean, former French colonial official in Indochina who met with North Vietnamese leaders in July 1966
Saltonstall, Leverett, Senator (R-Massachusetts)
Sato, Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister
Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S. Grant, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
Shastri, Lal Bahadur, Indian Prime Minister until January 10, 1966
Shelepin, Alexandr N., Secretary of the Central Committee, Soviet Communist Party
Shiina, Etsusaburo, Japanese Foreign Minster until December 3, 1966
Sieverts, Frank, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State from March 1966
Smathers, George A., Senator (D-Florida)
Smith, Bromley K., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
Sorensen, Theodore, Special Counsel to President Kennedy and Special Counsel to President Johnson until February 1964
Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Laotian Prime Minister
Sparkman, John J., Senator (D-Alabama)
Springsteen, George S., Jr., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until September 1966
Starbird, Lieutenant General Alfred D., USA, Director, Defense Communications Agency
Steadman, John M., Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
Stearns, Monteagle, Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
Stewart, Michael, British Foreign Minster until August 10, 1966
Stewart, Michael N.F., Minister, British Embassy in Washington
Sturm, Paul, unofficial U.S. envoy ("Y") in the XYZ negotiations with Mai Van Bo and Vo Van Sung; unofficial U.S. envoy ("George") in the Elmtree contacts with Le Van Truong
Sullivan, William H., Ambassador to Laos
Symington, Stuart, Senator (D-Missouri)
Tam Chau, leader of Buddhists in Saigon
Tam Giac, Buddhist leader
Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Ret., Special Consultant to the President
Thai, see Vu Van Thai
Thanat Khoman, Colonel, Thai Foreign Minister
Thanom Kittikachorn, Field Marshal, Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister
Thang, see Nguyen Duc Thang
Thant, U, Secretary General of the United Nations
Thi, see Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thien Minh, Buddhist leader
Thieu, see Nguyen Van Thieu
Tho, see Nguyen Huu Tho
Thompson, Llewellyn E., Jr., Ambassador at Large until December 26, 1966
Thomsen, Samuel B., Principal Officer at the Consulate in Hue until August 1966
Thomson, James C., Jr., member of the National Security Council Staff until September 1966
Tran Quoc Buu, Vietnamese labor leader
Tran Van Do, Vietnamese Foreign Minister
Tri Quang, Buddhist leader and key figure in the direction of the Struggle Forces
Tubby, Roger W., Representative-designate to the European Office of the United Nations
Unger, Leonard S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
Valenti, Jack, Special Assistant to the President until May 15, 1966
Vance, Cyrus R., Deputy Secretary of Defense
Vien, see Cao Van Vien
Vinh Loc, General, ARVN, Commander of II Corps
Vo Nguyen Giap, General, PAVN, Minister of National Defense, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vo Van Sung (code named Jean), Deputy to Mai Van Bo
Vu Van Thai, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
Walt, Lieutenant General Lewis W., Commander of the U.S. III Marine Amphibious Force and I Corps Senior Adviser
Wehrle, Leroy S., Associate Director and Economic Counselor, USAID Mission in Vietnam
Westmoreland, General William C., USA, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Wheeler, General Earle G., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Williams, G. Mennen, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until March 23, 1966
Wilson, Harold, British Prime Minister
Wilson, Samuel V., Saigon Mission Coordinator
X, see Gullion, Edmund
Y, see Paul Sturm
Zorthian, Barry, Minister-Counselor for Information at the Embassy in Vietnam and head of the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office
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