Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume I,
Vietnam, 1961
List of Persons
- Alphand, Herve,
French Ambassador to the United States
- Alsop, Joseph,
syndicated columnist
- Amory, Robert,
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- Anderson, Daniel
V., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs,
Department of State; Member of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam
from May 1961
- Anderson, Adm. George
W., Chief of Naval Operations from August 1,
1961
- Anspacher, John
M., Counselor for Public Affairs in Vietnam
- Anthis, Brig. Gen. Roland
H., Commander of the U.S. 2d Air Division
- Bagley, Lt. Cmdr. Worth
H., Naval Aide to the President’s Military
Representative
- Ball, George
W., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,
February 1-December 3, 1961; thereafter Under Secretary of State
- Bao Dai, exiled
Emperor of Vietnam
- Bell, David
E., Director of the Bureau of the Budget
- Bissell,
Richard, Special Assistant for Planning and
Coordination, Central Intelligence Agency
- Black, Col. Edwin
F., Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense;
Member of the Presidential Task Force on Vietnam
- Bohlen, Charles
E., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
- Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles
H., III, Secretary of the General Staff, Department
of the Army; Member of the Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, April-May
1961
- Bowles,
Chester, Under Secretary of State, January 25-December
3, 1961; thereafter Ambassador at Large
- Brown, Brig. Gen. George
S., Secretary of Defense’s Military Assistant
- Brown, Lewis
Dean, Deputy Director of the Office of West European
Affairs, Department of State, July 23-December 24, 1961
- Bundy,
McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
- Bundy, William
P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs
- Burke, Adm. Arleigh
A., Chief of Naval Operations until August 1,
1961
- Burris, Col. Howard
L., Vice President’s Military Aide
- Buu, see
Hoan Buu
- Cabell, Gen. Charles
P., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
- Chatterjee,
D.N., Minister at the Indian Embassy in the United
States
- Chayes, Abram
J., Legal Adviser, Department of State, from February 6,
1961
- Chiang
Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China
- Cleveland,
Harland, Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs from February 23, 1961
- Cleveland, Robert
G., Special Assistant in the Office of Southeast
Asian Affairs, Department of State
- Clifton,. Brig. Gen. Chester
V., President’s Military Aide
- Colby, William
E., Office of the Special Assistant to the Ambassador in
Vietnam, Central Intelligence Agency
- Collins, Gen. J.
Lawton, Special Representative of the United States
in Vietnam, 1954-1955
- Connally, John,
Secretary of the Navy, January 25-December 20, 1961
- Cottrell, Sterling
J., Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief,
Pacific, until April 1961; Director, Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam
from May 1961
- Couve de
Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister
- Cross, Charles
T., Officer in Charge of Laos Affairs, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
- Cunningham, H.
Francis, Jr., Counselor-General of the Embassy in
Vietnam until October 29, 1961; Charge in September
- Decker, Gen. George
H., Army Chief of Staff
- Desai Manilal
Jagdish, Foreign Secretary of the Indian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
- Diehl, William,
Chief of the Far East Division, Office of International Finance, Department
of the Treasury; Member of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam from
May 1961; Member of the Staley Group
- Dulles, Allen
W., Director of Central Intelligence until November
1961
- Dulles, John
Foster, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
- Dueng Van Minh, Maj. Gen.,
“Big Minh”, Commander of the Army Field Command,
Republic of Vietnam Army
- Durbrow,
Elbridge, Ambassador to Vietnam until May 3, 1961
- Dutton, Frederick
G., President’s Special Assistant January
20-December 4, 1961; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for
Congressional Relations
- Eisenhower, Dwight
D., President of the United States until January 20,
1961
- Felt, Adm. Harry
D., Commander in Chief, Pacific
- FitzGerald,
Desmond, Member, Presidential Task Force on Vietnam,
April-May 1961
- Flesch, Col.
J.M., Assistant to the Director, Far Eastern Region,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- Fowler, Henry
H., Under Secretary of the Treasury
- Fulbright, J.
William, Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Galbraith, John
Kenneth, Ambassador to India from April 18,
1961
- Gardiner, Arthur
Z., Director of the U.S. Operations Mission in
Vietnam
- Gilpatric, Roswell
L., Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 24,
1961; Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, April-May
- Godel, William
H., Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects
Agency, Department of Defense
- Gromyko, Andrei
A., Soviet Foreign Minister
- Hamilton,
Fowler, Administrator of the Agency for International
Development from October 3, 1961
- Hammarskjold,
Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations until his
death September 18, 1961
- Hand, Frank
M., Department of Defense Member of the
Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam from May 1961
- Harriman, W.
Averell, Ambassador at Large, February 13-December
3, 1961; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs
- Heavner, Theodore
J.C., Second Secretary in Vietnam
- Heeney, Arnold
D.P., Canadian Ambassador to the United
States
- Heinz, Rear Adm. Luther
C., Director for Far Eastern Affairs, International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Member, Presidential Task Force on
Vietnam, April-May 1961; Member, Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam
from May 1961
- Hilsman, Roger,
Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State,
from February 19, 1961
- Ho Chi Minh,
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Hoan Buu, Head
of the Research Department of the Vietnamese National Bank
- Hoang Thuy
Nam, Col., Chief Liaison Officer of the Republic of
Vietnam to the International Control Commission for Supervision and Control
in Vietnam; kidnapped by the Viet Cong on October 1, 1961; found murdered
October 17, 1961
- Hohler, Henry Arthur
Frederick, British Ambassador to the Republic of
Vietnam
- Home, Douglas-, Alexander
F., British Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
- Hood, Viscount
Samuel, British Minister in the United States
- Horgan, Rogers
B., Officer in Charge of India-Ceylon-Nepal Affairs,
Department of State
- Howe, James
W., Program Officer at the U.S. Operations Mission in
Vietnam
- Johnson, Lyndon
B., Vice President of the United States from January 20,
1961
- Johnson,
Robert, Member of the National Security Council Staff
and Alternate Member of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam
- Johnson, U.
Alexis, Member of the Presidential Task Force on
Vietnam, April-May 1961; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs from May 2, 1961
- Jorden, William
J., Member of the Policy Planning Council, Department of
State, from August 1, 1961
- Kennedy, John
F., President of the United States from January 20,
1961
- Kent, Col.
J.R., Assistant to the Director for Far Eastern Affairs
of the Office of International Security Affairs of the Department of
Defense; alternate member of the Interdepartmental Task Force on
Vietnam
- Khoman Thanat,
Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Khrushchev, Nikita
S., Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
Soviet Union
- Kohler, Foy
D., Assistant Secretary of State for European
Affairs
- Komer, Robert
W., National Security Council staff member
- Labouisse, Henry
R., Director of the International Cooperation
Administration, March 1-October 3, 1961
- Ladejinsky,
Wolf, U.S. Adviser to President Ngo Dinh Diem on
Agrovilles
- Lansdale, Brig. Gen. Edward
G., Deputy Assistant for Special Operations to the
Secretary of Defense until May 1961; thereafter Assistant for Special
Operations to the Secretary of Defense; Member, Presidential Task Force on
Vietnam, April-May 1961
- Le Van Kim,
Brig. Gen., Deputy Commanding General, ARVN
Field Command
- Lebel, Claude,
Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States
- Leddy, John
M., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
- Ledyard,
R.T.D., Counselor of the British Embassy in the United
States
- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman
L., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Levy, Col. Robert
M., JCS Representative on the Presidential Task
Force on Vietnam, April-May 1961; JCS Representative on the
Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam from May 1961
- McConaughy, Walter
P., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs, April 24-December 3, 1961; thereafter Special Assistant in the
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
- McCone, John
A., Director of Central Intelligence from November 29,
1961
- McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel
C., Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group,
Vietnam
- McGhee, George
C., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of
the Policy Planning Council, February 16-December 3, 1961; thereafter Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Macmillan,
Harold, British Prime Minister and First Lord of the
Treasury
- McNamara, Robert
S., Secretary of Defense from January 21,
1961
- Mansfield,
Mike, Senator from Montana and member of the Foreign
Relations Committee; Majority Leader after January 3, 1961
- Mao Tse-tung,
Chairman of the Central Committee, People’s Republic of China
- Martin, Edwin
W., Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief,
Pacific, from September 3, 1961
- Mendenhall, Joseph
A., Counselor for Political Affairs in Vietnam and
Chairman of the Country Team Staff Committee
- Murrow, Edward
R., Director of the U.S Information Agency from March
21, 1961
- Nehru, Braj
Kumar, Indian Ambassador to the United States
- Nehru,
Jawaharlal, Prime Minister and Minister of External
Affairs and for Atomic Energy of India
- Neilson, N.
Paul, Assistant Director for the Far East, U.S.
Information Agency
- Ngo Dinh Can,
brother of President Diem and effective unofficial governor of central
Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Diem,
President and Secretary of National Defense of the Republic of
Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Nhu,
brother of President Diem and Political Adviser to the President
- Ngo Dinh Nhu,
Madame, sister-in-law of President Diem and official hostess for the
President; daughter of Tran Van Chuong
- Ngo Dinh Thuc,
brother of President Diem and Archbishop of Hue
- Nguyen Dinh
Thuan, Vietnamese Secretary of State for the Presidency
of the Republic of Vietnam and Assistant Secretary of State for National
Defense; after May 27, 1961, Secretary of State for the Presidency in Charge
of Security Coordination and Assistant Secretary of State for National
Defense
- Nguyen Khanh, Brig.
Gen., Chief of Staff, Joint General Staff, Army of
the Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen Ngoc
Tho, Vice President of the Republic of Vietnam and
Secretary of State for National Economy; after May 27, 1961, Vice President
and Coordinating Secretary of State for Economic Development
- Nitze, Paul
H., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs from January 29, 1961
- Nolting, Frederick
E., Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam from May 10,
1961
- Nu, U, Burmese
Prime Minister
- Ormsby-Gore,
David, British Ambassador to the United States from
October 1961
- Owen, Henry,
member of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State
- Parker, Maj. Gen.
T.W., USA, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Parsons, J.
Graham, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs until March 30, 1961
- Phoumi Nosavan,
Gen. Laotian DeDutv Premier and Minister of Defense
- Pushkin, Georgi
M., Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for Far
Eastern Affairs and Soviet negotiator at the Geneva Conference on
Laos
- Redick, Joseph,
attache in Laos
- Rice, Edward
E., Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of
State
- Rostow, Walt
W., Deputy Special Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs until December 4, 1961; thereafter Counselor of
the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council; Member
of the Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, April-May 1961
- Rowan, Carl
T., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs from February 27, 1961; observer on the Interdepartmental Task Force
on Vietnam
- Rowen, Henry
S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs (Planning and NSC)
- Rusk, Dean,
Secretary of State from January 21, 1961
- Salans, Carl
Fredric, attorney-adviser in the Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- Salinger,
Pierre, President’s Press Secretary
- Sarit Thanarat,
Thai Prime Minister
- Schlesinger, Arthur
M., Jr., President’s Special Assistant
- Sibley, Brig. Gen. Alden
K., Deputy Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group, Vietnam
- Sihanouk, Prince
Norodom, Head of State of Cambodia; also President
of the Council of Ministers from January 26, 1961
- Silver, Warren,
Operations Center, Department of State; Member of the Interdepartmental Task
Force on Vietnam; Member of the Staley Group
- Smith, Bromley,
Acting Executive Secretary of the National Security Council until August
1961; thereafter Executive Secretary
- Smith, Gen.
Frederick, Commander of the Fourth Allied Tactical
Air Force and Commander in Chief of the U S Air Forces in Europe until July
1, 1961; thereafter Deputy to the Air Force Chief of Staff
- Sorensen, Theodore
C., President’s Special Counsel
- Sorensen, Thomas
C., Deputy Director for Policy and Plans, U S.
Information Agency, from February 21, 1961; Member of the Presidential Task
Force on Vietnam, April-May 1961
- Souvanna
Phouma, Prince, Premier of the neutralist Government of
Laos
- Stahr, Elvis
J., Jr., Secretary of the Army from January 24,
1961
- Staley, Eugene
A., Research Director of the Stanford Research
Institute
- Steeves, John
M., Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs, April-May 1961; prior to and thereafter, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Far Eastern Affairs
- Stevenson, Adlai
E., III, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
from January 23, 1961
- Stewart, Charles Cosmo
Bruce, Consul-General at the British Embassy in the
Republic of Vietnam
- Sukarno,
Achmed, President and Prime Minister of Indonesia
- Symington,
Stuart, Democratic Senator from Mississippi
- Talbot,
Phillips, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
and South Asia Affairs from April 21, 1961
- Taylor, Gen. Maxwell
D., President’s Military Representative from July 1,
1961
- Templar, Field Marshal Sir
Gerald Walter Robert, British High Commander and
Director of Operations in Malaya, 1951-1954
- Thompson, Robert
G.K., former British Permanent Secretary of Defense
in the Malayan Federation; Head of the British Advisory Mission, Vietnam,
from September 1961
- Tran Van
Chuong, Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the
United States and father of Madame Nhu
- Tran Van Don,
Gen., I Corps Commander, Republic of Vietnam Army
- Tran Van Tho,
Director General of Information, Republic of Vietnam
- Trueheart, William
C., Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the
Embassy in Vietnam from October 29, 1961
- Tubby, Roger
W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from
March 10, 1961
- Tunku, Abdul
Rahman, first Prime Minister and Minister of External
Affairs of Malaya
- Vu Quoc Thuc,
Dean of the Saigon University Law School
- Weiss, Seymour,
Senior Planning Officer, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign
Assistance, Under Secretary of State, until November 4, 1961; thereafter
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State; observer on the
Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam from May 1961
- Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Earle
G., Director, Joint Staff Organization, Joint Chiefs
of Staff
- Williams,
Haydn, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs; Member of the Interdepartmental Task Force
on Vietnam from May 1961; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for NSC and
Plans
- Wilson, Donald,
Deputy Director of the U.S. Information Agency from January 28, 1961
- Wood, Chalmers
B., Officer in Charge of Vietnam Affairs in the Bureau
of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Member of the Interdepartmental
Task Force on Vietnam from May 1961
- Woodworth,
C.I., Canadian Representative on the International
Control Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam until November
1961
- Young, Kenneth
T., Ambassador to Thailand from June 22, 1961