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Abbas, Ferhat, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic from September 1958

Allen, George V., Director, United States Information Agency

Alphand, Hervé, French Ambassador to the United States

Amanrich, Gérard, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Debré from January 1959; also diplomatic adviser to Prime Minister Debré from July 1959

Anderson, Robert B., Secretary of the Treasury

Anschuetz, Norbert L., Consul in the Embassy in the United Arab Republic, February 1958–March 1960; thereafter Consul General

Balafrej, Ahmed, Moroccan Foreign Minister until April 1958; Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, May–November 1958

Barco, James W., Counselor of the Mission at the United Nations

Barnes, Robert G., Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State, until March 1958; Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, March–December 1958

Baxter, William O., Counselor of the Embassy in Israel, until October 1959; thereafter Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State

Becker, Loftus, Legal Adviser of the Department of State until August 1959

Beeley, Harold, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until June 1958; thereafter Deputy Representative at the United Nations; also British member, U.S.–U.K. good offices mission to Tunisia and France

Bell, John O., Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Department of State, from December 1958

Ben Aboud, El-Mehdi, Moroccan Ambassador to the United States

Ben Gurion, David, Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister

Bérard, Armand, French Representative at the United Nations from June 1959

Berding, Andrew H., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

Bergus, Donald C., Officer in Charge of Israel–Jordan Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958

Berry, J. Lampton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958) until October 1958

Bitar, Salah, Syrian Foreign Minister until February 1958; United Arab Republic Minister for Arab Affairs, March–October 1958; Minister for Culture and National Guidance, October 1958–December 1959

Black, Eugene, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Boggs, Marion W., Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 1959

Bohlen, Charles E., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from December 1959

Bourguiba, Habib, President of Tunisia

Bovey, John A., Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Northern Africa Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of African Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State, until August 1959

Brewer, William D., Officer in Charge of United Arab Republic–Sudan Affairs, Department of State, from August 1958

Bronez, Ray W., Deputy Director of Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense

Brown, Elizabeth A., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958; Acting Officer in Charge of United Nations Political Affairs, August 1958–November 1959; Officer in Charge of United Nations Political Affairs, November 1959–April 1960

Brown, L. Dean, Officer in Charge of French-Iberian Affairs, Department of State, from September 1958

Buckle, John, Officer in Charge of North Africa Economic Affairs, Department of State

Buffum, William B., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, June 1958–April 1960; thereafter Officer in Charge of United Nations Political Affairs

Bunche, Dr. Ralph J., United Nations Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs

al-Buri, Dr. Wahbi, Libyan Foreign Affairs until October 1960; thereafter Minister of State

Burke, Admiral Arleigh, USN, Chief of Naval Operations

Caccia, Sir Harold, British Ambassador to the United States

Calhoun, John A., Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until September 1958; Director, September 1958–September 1960

Cannon, Cavendish W., Ambassador to Morocco until July 1958

Cargo, William I., Deputy Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958; thereafter Director

Castiella y Maiz, Fernando Maria, Spanish Foreign Minister

Chanderli, Abdel Kader, Algerian Representative at the United States Chase, Peter R., Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from June 1959

Comay, Michael S., Assistant Director General, Israeli Foreign Ministry, until November 1959; thereafter Israeli Representative at the United Nations

Cordier, Andrew W., Executive Assistant to Secretary-General Hammarskjöld

Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister from June 1958

Davis, John H., Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees from February 1959

de Gaulle, General Charles, French Prime Minister, June 1958–January 1959; thereafter President

Debré, Michel, French Prime Minister from January 1959

Dillon, C. Douglas, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs through June 1958; Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, July 1958–June 1959; thereafter Under Secretary of State

Dimechkié, Nadim, Lebanese Ambassador to the United States from February 1958

Dolgin, George, Political-Economic Adviser for African Affairs, Department of State, August 1958–September 1960

Douglas, James H., Deputy Secretary of Defense from December 1959

Dulles, Allen W, Director of Central Intelligence

Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State until April 1959

Dunnigan, Thomas J., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until March 1959; thereafter Chief, Reports and Operations Staff

Eban, Abba, Israeli Ambassador to the United States until May 1959

Eilts, Hermann F., Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Department of State, from January 1960

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States

Eisenhower, Major John S. D., USA, Assistant Staff Secretary to President Eisenhower; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in May 1960

Elbrick, C. Burke, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until November 1958

Erell, Moshe, Counselor of the Israeli Embassy in the United States from spring 1959

Eshkol, Levi, Israeli Finance Minister

Fawzi, Dr. Mahmoud, United Arab Republic Foreign Minister from March 1958

Fessenden, Russell, Deputy Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, September 1958–September 1960; thereafter Director

Finn, Richard, Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, until August 1958

FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration

Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Gaillard, Félix, French Prime Minister until April 1958

Gates, Thomas S., Jr., Secretary of the Navy to June 1959; Deputy Secretary of Defense, June–December 1959; thereafter Secretary of Defense

Georges-Picot, Guillaume, French Representative at the United Nations through spring 1959

Goodpaster, Brigadier General Andrew J., USA, Staff Secretary to President Eisenhower

Gore, Albert, Democratic Senator from Tennessee

Gorse, Georges, French Ambassador to Tunisia until fall 1959

Grantham, Rear Admiral Elonzo B., USN, Regional Director, Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1959–1960

Gray, Gordon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from July 1958

Greene, Joseph N., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until December 1959

Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President

Haikal, Mohammed, confidant of United Arab Republic President Nasser; Editor of Al Ahram

Haikal, Yusuf, Jordanian Ambassador to the United States

Hamilton, William L., Officer in Charge of Lebanon–Israel Affairs, Department of State, from July 1958

Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hanes, John W., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until January 1959; thereafter Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State

Hare, Raymond G., Ambassador to Egypt until the formation of the United Arab Republic in February 1958; Ambassador to the United Arab Republic, March 1958–December 1959; also accredited to the Yemen Arab Republic from March 1959; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from January 1960

Harman, Avraham, Israeli Ambassador to the United States from September 1959

Harr, Karl G., Jr., Special Assistant to the President

Hart, Parker T., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from October 1958

Henderson, Loy W., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration

Herter, Christian A., Under Secretary of State until April 1959; thereafter Secretary of State

Herzog, Ya’acov, Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States through spring 1960

Holmes, Julius C., Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of State, and head of the working group on North Africa until August 1959

Houghton, Amory, Ambassador to France

Houphouet-Boigny, Félix, French Minister of State from June 1958

Hourani, Cecil, personal adviser to Tunisian President Bourguiba

Howe, Fisher, Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until October 1958

Hussein, King of Jordan

Hussein, Ahmed, Egyptian (United Arab Republic as of February 1958) Ambassador to the United States until May 1958

Ibrahim, Moulay Abdallah, Moroccan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, December 1958–May 1960

Irwin, John N., II, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from August 1958

Jamali, Dr. Mohammed Fadhil, Iraqi Foreign Minister, March–May 1958, and Representative to the United Nations Security Council, 1958

Jandrey, Fred W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until early 1959

Johnson, Robert H., Director of the National Security Council Secretariat

Johnston, Eric, Personal Representative of the President to the Middle East with rank of Ambassador

Jones, G. Lewis, Ambassador to Tunisia until June 1959; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Jones, J. Wesley, Ambassador to Libya from March 1958

Jova, Joseph J., Officer in Charge of French-Iberian Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958

Kaissouni, Abdel Moneim, United Arab Republic Minister of Economy from February 1958

Kamil, Mostafa, United Arab Republic Ambassador to the United States from August 1958

Kassem, Kassim, see Qassim

Kennedy, Donald D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State

al-Khayyal, Abdullah, Saudi Ambassador to the United States

Kohler, Foy D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, February 1958–December 1959; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Knight, Robert H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1959–1960

Krones, Robert, Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser, Department of State, from July 1959

Kubar, Abd al-Majid, Libyan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister until October 1960

Labouisse, Henry R., Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees until June 1958

Ladgham, Bahi, Tunisian Defense Secretary

Lamine-Debbaghine, Mohamed, Foreign Minister, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, September 1958–January 1960

Lawson, Edward B., Ambassador to Israel until February 1959

Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council

LeMay, General Curtis E.,USAF, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff

Lloyd, Selwyn, British Foreign Minister until July 1960; thereafter Chancellor of the Exchequer

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Representative at the United Nations until September 1960

Lodge, John, Ambassador to Spain

Looram, Matthew J., Jr., Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until July 1959

Lucet, Charles, Minister of the French Embassy in the United States through spring 1959

Ludlow, James M., Acting United Nations Adviser to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until December 1958; thereafter United Nations Adviser to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Macmillan, Harold, British Prime Minister

Macomber, William B., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations

al-Majali, Hazza Pasha, Jordanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, May–September 1959; thereafter Prime Minister until his assassination on August 29, 1960

Malik, Charles, Lebanese Foreign Minister until September 1958

Manor, Aryeh, Economic Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States, 1959–1960

Mathews, Elbert G., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning until August 1959

McBride, Robert H., Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, from September 1958

McElhiney, Thomas W., Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 1958–August 1960

McElroy, Neil, Secretary of Defense until December 1959

McGee, Gale, Democratic Senator from Wyoming from January 1959

Meir, Golda, Israeli Foreign Minister

Merchant, Livingston T., Ambassador to Canada until November 1958; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, November 1958–August 1959; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August–December 1959; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Meroz, Yohanan, Counselor of the Israeli Embassy in the United States through early 1959; Political Secretary to the Israeli Foreign Minister, 1960

Meyer, Armin H., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from September 1958; Director from September 1959

M’hamedi, Driss, Moroccan Foreign Minister from May 1960

Mills, Sheldon J., Ambassador to Jordan from May 1959

Mohamed V, King of Morocco

Mokaddem, Sadok, Tunisian Foreign Minister

Morris, Willie, First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States through early 1960

Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco and Chief of Staff of the Moroccan Armed Forces; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister from May 1960

Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until August 1959; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August 1959–December 1959; also U.S. member, U.S.–U.K. good offices mission to Tunisia and France

Mustapha, Amin, Editor-Publisher of Akhbar al-Yom

Nasser, Musa, Jordanian Foreign Minister from September 1959

Nasser, Gamal Abdul, Egyptian President until February 1958; thereafter United Arab Republic President

Nes, David G., Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, until February 1958; Politico-Military Adviser, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, February–August 1958; Politico-Military Adviser, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, August 1958–August 1959; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Morocco

Newsom, David D., Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula–Iraq Affairs, Department of State, until July 1958; Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula Affairs, July 1958–August 1959

Norstad, General Lauris, USA, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe

Nuri el-Said, Iraqi Prime Minister and Defense Minister March–May 1958; Prime Minister from May 1958 until his assassination on July 14, 1958

Oueini, Hussein, Lebanese Foreign Minister, October 1958–May 1960

Owen, Henry D., member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

Palmer, Joseph, II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until September 1958

Palmer, Stephen E., Jr., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, from May 1959

Parker, Richard B., Libyan Desk Officer, Department of State, from December 1958

Penfield, James K., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from September 1958

Pineau, Christian, French Foreign Minister until April 1958

Porter, William J., Director, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of African Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State, until September 1960

Qassim, Brigadier Abdul Karim, Iraqi Prime Minister from July 1958

al-Quwatly, Shukry, Syrian President until February 1958

Raymond, John M., Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State

Reid, Ogden R., Ambassador to Israel from July 1959

Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Counselor of the Department of State, until February 1960; thereafter Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (also accredited to the Yemen Arab Republic)

al-Rifai, Samir, Jordanian Prime Minister, May 1958–May 1959

Roberts, Randolph, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State, until September 1959

Rockwell, Stuart W., Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State, until January 1960

Root, John F., Deputy Director, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from August 1959

Rountree, William M., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958) until July 1959

Sabri, Ali, United Arab Republic Minister for Presidential Affairs from March 1958

Sarraj, Colonel Abdul Hamid, Minister of Interior, Syrian Region, United Arab Republic, from March 1958

Satterthwaite, Joseph C., Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from September 1958

Sherman, Meir, Economic Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States, 1958

Shukairy, Ahmad, Saudi Representative at the United Nations

Sisco, Joseph J., Officer in Charge of United Nations Political Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958; thereafter Deputy Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

Slim, Monghi, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States

Smith, Gerard C., Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning

Soustelle, Jacques, French Minister of Information, July 1958–January 1959; Minister-delegate to the Présidence du Conseil, January 1959–February 1960

Stabler, Wells, Officer in Charge of Egypt–Sudan Affairs (United Arab Republic–Sudan Affairs as of February 1958) until September 1958

Stokes, William N., Officer in Charge of Northwest African Affairs, Department of State, until June 1960; thereafter First Secretary for Consular Affairs at the Embassy in Tunisia

Tekoah, Yosef, Israeli Deputy Representative at the United Nations from October 1958; Acting Representative at the United Nations, 1959–1960

Thacher, Nicholas G., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from June 1959

Torbert, Horace G., Jr., Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958

Touré, Sekou, Guinean Prime Minister

Twining, General Nathan F., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 1960

Urrutia, Francisco, Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for negotiations pertaining to the demilitarization of the Mount Scopus area until April 1958; thereafter specially-designated Representative of the Secretary-General

Valdes, Philip H., Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, from June 1959

Valenza, Thomas E, Chief, Security and Accreditations Branch, Visa Office, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State

Van Dyke, Stuart H., Regional Director, Office of Africa-Europe Operations, International Cooperation Administration, until July 1959

Villard, Henry S., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until June

Von Horn, Major General Carl Carlsson, Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine, from March 1958

Wadsworth, James, Deputy Representative at the United Nations until September 1960; thereafter Representative at the United Nations

Wahl, Theodore A., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 1958), Department of State, until August 1960

Wallner, Woodruff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs from August 1959

Walmsley, Walter N., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until October 1959; thereafter Ambassador to Tunisia

Waugh, Samuel C., President and Chairman of the Board of the Export-Import Bank

Weiss, Seymour, Director for Military Assistance Coordination, Department of State, February 1958–September 1959

White, Ivan B., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from March 1959

White, Lincoln, Chief, News Division, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

Wiener, Aharon, hydraulic engineer in the Israeli Embassy in the United States

Wilcox, Francis O., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Williams, Randall S., Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from September 1959

Wilson, James M., Deputy Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Department of State, from March 1958

Winckler, Jean-Claude, Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States, 1959–1960

Witman, William, II, First Secretary of the Embassy in France until August 1960; thereafter Director, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State

Yazid, Mohammed, Minister of Information, Provisional Government of the Republic of Algeria, from September 1958

Yost, Charles, Ambassador to Syria until February 1958; member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, April–July 1958; thereafter Ambassador to Morocco

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Arab-Israeli Dispute; United Arab Republic; North Africa, Volume XIII

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