Persons

• 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