Office of the Historian

List of Persons

  • Editor’s Note: The identification of persons in this list is limited to circumstances and positions under reference in this volume. Historical personages alluded to in the volume and certain minor officials are not identified in this list. All titles and positions are American unless there is an indication to the contrary.
  • In this and in other editorial material throughout the volume (document headings, footnotes, and editorial notes), every effort has been made to provide recognizable and consistent transliterations of names of individuals from countries using non–Roman alphabets. The transliterations adopted for proper names were those commonly used by the Department of State at the time, or in documents or official publications of the countries concerned. (In the case of Arabic names, differences arise in the transliteration of vowels. The editors have generally rendered the definite article as al- rather than el–, and have omitted diacritical marks.)
  • Aldrich, Winthrop W., Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 1, 1957
  • Allen, George V., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, January 24, 1955–July 26, 1956; Ambassador to Greece, October 12, 1956–November 13, 1957; Director, United States Information Agency, from November 15, 1957
  • Alphand, Hervé, Permanent Representative of France at the United Nations until August 24, 1956; Ambassador to the United States from September 10, 1956
  • Amer, Gen. Abdel Hakim, Egyptian Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces; Minister of War and Marine; Chief Commander of the Egyptian–Syrian Joint Command from October 23, 1956
  • Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 2, 1955–September 1, 1956; White House Consultant from June 29, 1957
  • Anderson, Robert B., Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 4, 1955; Special Emissary for the President to the Middle East, January–March 1956, and again in August 1956; Secretary of the Treasury from July 29, 1957
  • Bailey, Ronald W., First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States until October 25, 1957
  • Barbour, Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until November 20, 1955; Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom, November 20, 1955–February 23, 1956; thereafter Minister–Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Barco, James W., Senior Adviser on Political and Security Council Affairs at the Mission at the United Nations until June 16, 1955; thereafter Counselor of the Mission
  • Barnes, Robert G., Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, June 12–August 1, 1955; Director, August 1, 1955–March 11, 1956; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
  • Beale, Wilson T.M., Jr., Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, until July 3, 1955; Deputy Director, July 3, 1955–September 30, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • Beeley, Harold, Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States until May 19, 1955; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, May 19, 1955–June 1956; thereafter Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office
  • Ben Gurion, David, Israeli Minister of Defense from February 17, 1955; also Prime Minister from November 3, 1955
  • Bergus, Donald C., Officer in Charge of Israel–Jordan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Bernau, Phyllis D., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles
  • Black, Eugene R., President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Bohlen, Charles, Ambassador to the Soviet Union until April 18, 1957; Ambassador to the Philippines from June 4, 1957
  • Bowie, Robert R., Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until October 18, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 10, 1955–October 18, 1957; Department of State member of the National Security Council Planning Board, August 28, 1955–October 18, 1957
  • Bulganin, Nikolai A., Soviet Minister of Defense until February 1955; Chairman, Council of Ministers, Presidium Member of the Soviet Communist Party, and Head of Government
  • Burdett, William C., Officer in Charge of Egypt and Anglo–Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until October 9, 1955; Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, October 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 7, 1956–August 11, 1957; Acting Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, August 11–November 3, 1957; thereafter First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Burgess, W. Randolph, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs until July 1957; Permanent Representative to NATO with personal rank of Ambassador from July 3, 1957
  • Burns, Maj. Gen. E.L.M., Canadian Army Officer; Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization until November 1956; Commander, United Nations Emergency Force, from November 1956
  • Burns, Robert L., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State, from April 11, 1955
  • Butler, Richard A., British Chancellor of the Exchequer until December 1955; Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, December 1955–January 1957; thereafter Home Secretary
  • Butterworth, W. Walton, Minister of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until February 1, 1956; thereafter Representative with personal rank of Ambassador at the European Coal and Steel Community at Luxembourg
  • Byroade, Henry A., Ambassador to Egypt, March 10, 1955–September 10, 1956; Ambassador to the Union of South Africa from October 9, 1956
  • Cabell, Lt. Gen. C.P.,USAF, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Caccia, Sir Harold, Deputy Under Secretary of the British Foreign Office until November 1956; Ambassador to the United States from November 9, 1956
  • Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon
  • Cole, William Edward, Jr., Consul General at Jerusalem, July 28, 1954–August 1957; thereafter Counselor at the Embassy in the Sudan
  • Coulson, Sir John Eltringham, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until October 1955; Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from October 27, 1955
  • Crosthwaite, Ponsonby Moore, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations Security Council; Alternate Representative at the General Assembly; Alternate Representative on the Disarmament Commission
  • Daridan, Jean Henri, Assistant Director General of Political Affairs, French Foreign Ministry, until February 1956; Assistant Director of the Cabinet of the Minister, February–July 1956; Director General of Political and Economic Affairs from July 5, 1956
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France until January 28, 1957; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from March 15, 1957
  • Dixon, Ben F., Acting Politico–Military Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, until August 26, 1956
  • Dixon, Sir Pierson John, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations
  • Dorsey, Stephen P., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until June 2, 1955; Acting Director, June 2–September 11, 1955; detailed to the International Cooperation Administration as Deputy Regional Director for Near East, South Asia, and Africa, September 11, 1955–August 12, 1956; thereafter International Cooperation Administration Counselor and Director of the United States Operations Mission in Lebanon
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State
  • Eban, Abba, Israeli Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative at the United Nations
  • Eden, Sir Anthony, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister until April 6, 1955; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, April 6, 1955–January 10, 1957
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  • Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 14, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Faisal, ibn al–Aziz, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister
  • Faisal II, King of Iraq
  • Fawzi, Mahmoud, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman of the Egyptian Delegation at the United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until February 1957
  • Foster, Andrew B., Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Gay, Merrill C., Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until March 11, 1956; thereafter Special Assistant, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs
  • George, Walter F., Democratic Senator from Georgia until January 3, 1957; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee until January 3, 1957; Special Ambassador to NATO, January 3–August 4, 1957; died August 4, 1957
  • Geren, Paul F., Counselor of the Embassy in Jordan until November 14, 1955; Officer in Charge of Egypt and Anglo–Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, November 15, 1955–summer 1956
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Goodpaster, Brig. Gen. Andrew J.,USA, Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to the President; became Brigadier General on January 1, 1957
  • Graves, Sir Hubert Ashton, Minister of the British Embassy in the United States, October 5, 1955–July 2, 1956; thereafter British Foreign Office
  • Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 14, 1955–February 27, 1957; Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, from March 14, 1957
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until February 14, 1957; Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 14, 1957; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs; Representative at the 12th Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 1957
  • Gruenther, Gen. Alfred M.,USA, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, until November 1956
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary–General of the United Nations
  • Hanes, John W., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until April 1957; Staff Member, Secretary of State’s Public Commission on Personnel, until 1956; Special Assistant to the U.S. Representative on the Suez Canal Conference at London (August 16–23, 1956); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from April 8, 1957
  • Hare, Raymond A., Ambassador to Egypt from September 25, 1956
  • Hart, Parker T., Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until June 30, 1955; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt
  • Heath, Donald R., Ambassador to Lebanon from March 9, 1955
  • Henderson, Loy W., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration from January 26, 1955
  • Herter, Christian A., Governor of Massachusetts until 1956; Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 14–February 21, 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Herzog, Col. Chaim, former Israeli Military, Naval, and Air Attaché of the Embassy in the United States; Commanding Officer of the Jerusalem District
  • Hollister, John B., Consultant to the Secretary of State, May 2–July 1, 1955; Director of the International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–September 15, 1957
  • Hood, Viscount Samuel, Head of the Western Organization Department, British Foreign Office, until September 4, 1956; Assistant Under Secretary of State, September 4, 1956–September 1957; thereafter Minister of the British Embassy in the United States
  • Hoover, Herbert, Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 21, 1957
  • Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury
  • Hussein, Ahmad, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
  • Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan
  • Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until October 9, 1955
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas; Senate Majority Leader from January 3, 1955
  • Johnston, Eric, Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board, Foreign Operations Administration (after 1956, International Cooperation Administration)
  • Jones, G. Lewis, Jr., Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt until June 27, 1955; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, June 27–November 9, 1955; Minister-Counselor, November 9, 1955–July 27, 1956; Ambassador to Tunisia from October 4, 1956
  • Karame, Rashid, Lebanese Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, September 19, 1955–March 15, 1956
  • Kirk, Roger, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until May 5, 1957; Second Secretary of the Embassy in Italy from June 16, 1957
  • Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone A., British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
  • Lawson, Edward B., Ambassador to Israel
  • Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Permanent Representative at the United Nations
  • Ludlow, James M., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State, until November 4, 1956; thereafter Acting United Nations Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
  • MacArthur, Douglas II, Counselor of the Department of State until November 24, 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 25, 1957
  • McCardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until March 1, 1957
  • Macmillan, Harold M., British Minister of Defense until April 6, 1955; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, April 6–December 20, 1955; Chancellor of the Exchequer, December 20, 1955–January 10, 1957; thereafter Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
  • Macomber, William B., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January 10–November 16, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 16, 1955–August 15, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • Makins, Sir Roger M., British Ambassador to the United States until November 15, 1956
  • Malik, Dr. Charles, Lebanese Ambassador to the United States until October 1955; Representative at the United Nations, 1956–1957; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education from November 19, 1956
  • Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senate Majority Whip from January 3, 1957
  • Meir, Golda,SeeMyerson, Golda
  • Menderes, Adnan, Prime Minister of Turkey
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 7, 1956; Ambassador to Canada from May 23, 1956
  • Molotov, Vyacheslav M., Soviet Foreign Minister until June 1, 1956; Chairman of the Soviet Delegation at the United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly, 1955; First Vice Chairman, Council of Ministers, until July 5, 1957; Minister of State Control, November 21, 1956–July 4, 1957; Ambassador to Mongolia from August 1957
  • Moose, James S., Jr., Ambassador to Syria until June 30, 1957
  • Morris, Willie, First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States from August 1, 1955
  • Mossadeq, Mohammad, former Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Iran
  • Murphy, Robert D., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Myerson, Golda (Meir, Golda), Israeli Minister of Labor until June 1956; Foreign Minister from June 18, 1956
  • Nasser (Nasr, Nassir), Gamal Abdul, Egyptian Prime Minister; also President from June 24, 1956
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Indian Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs; Head of the Department of Atomic Energy
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran
  • Persons, Maj. Gen. Wilton B. (Jerry),USA,Deputy Assistant to the President
  • Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State until April 1, 1957
  • Pinay, Antoine, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 1955–January 1956
  • Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 7, 1955–November 11, 1956
  • al–Quwatli (Quwaitli, Quwatly, Kuwatly), Shukri, President of Syria from August 18, 1955
  • Radford, Adm. Arthur W., USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 14, 1957
  • Riad, Gen. Mahmoud, Egyptian Army; Egyptian Ambassador to Syria
  • Richards, James P., Democratic Congressman from South Carolina until January 3, 1957; Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, until January 3, 1957; Special Envoy of the President to the Middle East, March–May 1957
  • Robertson, Reuben B., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense, August 5, 1955–April 25, 1957
  • Rockefeller, Nelson, Special Assistant to the President until December 31, 1955; Chairman, President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization; Vice President (representing the President) of the Operations Coordinating Board, 1955–1956
  • Rose, Michael, Head of the Levant Department, British Foreign Office, from January 17, 1955
  • Rountree, William M., Counselor of the Embassy in Iran with personal rank of Minister until October 9, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 9, 1955–July 26, 1956; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
  • Russell, Francis H., Counselor of the Embassy in Israel until May 17, 1955; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, May 17–September 25, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, September 25, 1955–October 7, 1956
  • Salim (Salem), Maj. Salaheddin Moustafa, Egyptian Minister of National Guidance and Sudan Affairs until 1955; Chief Editor of the newspaper Al–Chaab (The People) from 1955
  • Saud, ibn Abd al–Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
  • Sharett, Moshe, Prime Minister of Israel until November 2, 1955; also Foreign Minister until June 16, 1956
  • Shaw, John F., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–September 23, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs
  • Shepilov, Dmitri T., Soviet Foreign Minister, June 1, 1956–February 15, 1957; Chairman of the Soviet Delegation at the United Nations, 1956
  • Shiloah, Reuven, Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States
  • Shuckburgh, Charles Arthur Evelyn, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until June 25, 1956
  • Stassen, Harold E., Special Assistant to the President from March 22, 1955; Representative on the United Nations Disarmament Commission from August 2, 1955; Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and Chairman of the Foreign Operations Council, Foreign Operations Administration, until June 30, 1955; also member of the National Advisory Council of International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1955
  • Stevenson, Adlai, Democratic Candiate for President, 1952 and 1956
  • Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, British Ambassador to Egypt from August 1955
  • Tyler, William R., Deputy Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; thereafter Director; also member of the Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly from September 9, 1957
  • Vallat, Francis A., Deputy Legal Adviser of the British Foreign Office and Alternate Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations
  • Wadsworth, George E., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
  • Walmsley, Walter N., Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union with personal rank of Minister until October 8, 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Whisenand, Brig. Gen. James,USAF, Deputy Director of Plans, Offfice of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Air Staff, Department of the Air Force, 1956–1957; Director from 1957
  • White, Gen. Thomas D.,USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 1957; Chief of Staff from July 1, 1957
  • Whitman, Ann, Secretary to the President
  • Wiley, Alexander, Republican Senator from Wisconsin; member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Commitee; ranking Republican member of those Committees
  • Wilkins, Fraser, Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–July 28, 1957; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, July 28–September 16, 1957; thereafter Minister–Counselor
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense until October 8, 1957
  • Wilson, Evan M., First Secretary and Consul General of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until September 1957; Adviser of the U.S. Delgation to the Suez Canal Conference at London (August 16–23, 1956), and the Suez Canal Conference at London (September 19–21, 1956)
  • Wilson, James M., Jr., Chief, Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Office of Special International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • Zorlu, Fatin Rustu, Turkish Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative to NATO