Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume
XXVIII, Laos
Persons
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Ball, George W., Under
Secretary of State until September 20, 1966
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Barbis, George M.,
Officer-in-Charge of Lao Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
until July 1966
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Bell, David E., Administrator
of the Agency for International Development until June 1966
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Berger, Samuel D., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs, July 1965–February
1968
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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
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Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador
to France until February 9, 1968; Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs after February 21, 1968
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Bounlent Colonel Saycocie,
Chief of Logistics, Royal Armed Forces; unsuccessful coup leader, January
1965 and October 1966
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Bowman, Richard C., staff
member, National Security Council 1964–1966; liaison with Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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Brown, Harold, Secretary of the
Air Force after October 1, 1965
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Bundy, McGeorge, Special
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until February 28,
1966
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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
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Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador
to Vietnam after April 5, 1967
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Burchinal, Lieutenant General David
A.,
USAF, Director of the Joint Staff, February
24, 1964–July 31, 1966
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Butler, Richard (Rab) A.,
British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until October 1964
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Cleveland, J. Harlan,
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until
September 8, 1965
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Clifford, Clark, Secretary of
Defense after March 1, 1968
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Cline, Ray, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency until January 17, 1966; thereafter
Special Assistant to the Director
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Colby, William E., Chief, Far
Eastern Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency until
1967
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Cooper, Chester L., member of
the National Security Council Staff, November 1964–April 1966; Special
Assistant to Ambassador at Large Harriman, September 1966–1967
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Dawee, Chulasapya, Deputy
Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of
Thailand
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De Gaulle, Charles, President
of France
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Dexter, John B., Deputy
Director, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, July 1964 to August 1965
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Dillon, C. Douglas, Secretary
of the Treasury until March 1965
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Dobrynin, Anatoliy F., Soviet
Ambassador to the United States
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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
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Forrestal, Michael V., member
of the National Security Council Staff until April 1964; Secretary of
State’s Special Assistant for Vietnam July 1964–1965
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Gaud, William S., Deputy
Administrator of the Agency for International Development February
1964–August 2, 1966; thereafter Administrator
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Giap, see Vo Nguyen Giap
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Ginsburgh, Robert N., member
of the National Security Council Staff, 1966–1968
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Godley, G. McMurtrie, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs after March
1968
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Goodpaster, Lieutenant General Andrew
J., USA, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, August 1–March 31, 1967
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Green, Marshall, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until June 4, 1965;
thereafter Ambassador to Indonesia
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Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Habib, Philip C., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs after June
1967
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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
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Harriman, W. Averell, Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs until March 17, 1965; thereafter
Ambassador at Large
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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
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Herz, Martin F., Country
Director for Cambodian-Laotian Affairs, Department of State, from January
1968
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Hilsman, Roger, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until March 14, 1964
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Ho Chi Minh, President of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Home, Alexander Frederick
Douglas, British Prime Minister until October
1964
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Hughes, Thomas L., Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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Humphrey, Herbert H., Vice
President of the United States
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Hurwitch, Robert A., Deputy
Chief of Mission at Vientiane from January 1967
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Johnson, Lyndon B., President
of the United States
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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
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Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney
General until September 1964
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Khamking Souvanlasy, Ambassador
to the United States after April 1966
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Khampan, Prince Tiao, Lao
Ambassador to the United States until February 1966
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Khanh, see Nguyen
Khanh
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Kirnassovsky, Boris Y., Soviet
Ambassador to Laos October 1964–June 1968
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Kohler, Foy D., Ambassador to
the Soviet Union until November 1966; Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs November 1966–December 1967
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Kong Le, General, Royal Armed
Forces, Commander of the Lao Neutralist military forces until October
1966
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Kouprasith, Abhay, General,
Royal Armed Forces, Commander Military Region Five
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Law, Colonel William, Army
Attache in Vientiane
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Leuam Insisiengmay, Lao Deputy
Prime Minister
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LeMay, General Curtis E.,
Chief of Staff of the Air Force until January 31, 1965
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Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador
to Vietnam until June 28, 1964; and from July 31 1965 to April 25,
1967
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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
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McCain, Admiral John S.,
Jr., Commander in Chief Pacific after August 1968
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McCone, John A., Director for
Central Intelligence until April 28, 1965
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McDonald, Admiral David L.,
Chief of Naval Operations until August 1, 1967
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McNamara, Robert S.,
Secretary of Defense until February 29, 1968
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McNaughton, John T.,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1,
1964–July 19, 1967
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Manning, Robert J., Assistant
Secretary of State for Public Affairs April 11, 1962–July 31, 1964
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Mansfield, Mike, Senator from
Montana (D) and Senate Majority Leader
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Martin, Graham A., Ambassador
to Thailand until September 9, 1967
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Momyer, General William,
Commander, 7th Air Force 1966–1968
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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
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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
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Nitze, Paul H, Deputy
Secretary of Defense after July 1, 1967
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Nouphet, Colonel, Lao Royal
Armed Forces, Commander of the Group Mobile 18
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Ouane Ratrikoun, General,
Commander in Chief, Royal Armed Forces of Laos
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Oudom Souvannavong, President
of the Lao National Assembly 1966–1967
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Oudone Sananikone, General,
Chief of the General Staff, Royal Armed Forces of Laos
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Oun Sananikone, Deputy in Lao
National Assembly
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Phasouk Somly, General, Lao
Royal Armed Forces; Commander of Military Region Four
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Phoui Sananikone, President of
the Lao National Assembly until September 1965 and again in 1968
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Phoumi Nosavan, General;
Minister of Defense of Laos until May 1964; Deputy Prime Minister until July
1965
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Rapacki, Adam, Polish Foreign
Minister
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Rostow, Walt W., Counselor and
Chairman of the Policy Planning Council until March 31, 1966; thereafter
Special Assistant to the President
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Rowan, Carl, Director, United
States Information Agency, February 28, 1964–July 10, 1965
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Rusk, Dean, Secretary of
State
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Savang Vatthana, King of
Laos
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Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S.
Grant, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific until July 31,
1968
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Siho Lamphouthacoul, General,
Chief, Lao Directorate of National Coordination/Chief of the Lao National
Police until February 1965
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Sihanouk, Prince Norodom,
Chief of State of Cambodia
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Sisouk na Champassak, Lao
Minister of Finance
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Slutz, Robert F., member of
the Laos country office, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs January
1964–June 1968
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Smith, Bromley, Executive
Secretary of the National Security Council
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Solbert, Peter, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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Souphanouvong,
Prince, leader of the Pathet Lao and Deputy Prime Minister of Laos
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Sourith Don Sasorith, General,
FAL, Commander, Military Region One until September 1966; thereafter
Commander of the Royal Lao Air Force
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Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Prime
Minister of Laos and after May 2, 1964, Minister of Defense
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Steadman, Richard C., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
1967–1968
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Stevenson, Adlai E.,
Representative to the United Nations until July 14, 1965
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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
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Swank, Emory C., Counselor and
Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Laos July 1964–June 1967
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Sylvester, Arthur, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, March 1964
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Symington, Stuart, Democratic
Senator from Missouri
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Thanom, Kittikatchorn, Prime
Minister of Thailand
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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
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Thompson, Llewellyn E.,
Ambassador at Large, until December 26, 1966; thereafter Ambassador to the
Soviet Union
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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
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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
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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
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Vang Pao, General, Lao Armed
Forces, Commander of Military Region Two and head of the Meo (H’mong)
guerrilla forces
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Valenti, Jack, Special
Consultant to the President until May 1966
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Vance, Cyrus R., Deputy
Secretary of Defense from January 28, 1964–June 30, 1967
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Vo Nguyen Giap, General,
People’s Army of Vietnam; Minister of National Defense of the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
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Warnke, Paul, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs after August 1,
1967
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Westmoreland, General William
C., USA, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam, June 20, 1964–July 2, 1968
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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
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Wilson, Donald M., Deputy
Director, United States Information Agency until August 1, 1965
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Wright, Marshall, senior member
of the National Security Council Staff 1967–1968