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Aaron, David, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from January 1977 until January 1981

Akhdar, Farouk, Secretary General of the Royal Commission on Yanbu/Jubayl (Saudi Arabia)

Akins, James E. , Ambassador to Saudi Arabia until February 10, 1975

Alireza, Abdallah, Sheikh, Saudi Deputy Minister for Economic and Cultural Affairs

Alireza, Ali Abdallah, Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.

Alm, Alvin, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Evaluation, Department of Energy

Amaya, Naohiro, Head of Japan’s Energy Agency

Amouzegar, Jamshid, Iranian Minister of Interior and Resurgence (Rastakhiz) Party Chief until August 1977; Secretary General of Resurgence Party from November 1976 and Prime Minister from August 1977 until August 1978

Anderson, Glenn, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–California)

Andreotti, Giulio, Italian Prime Minister from July 29, 1976 until August 4, 1979

Andronikoff, Constantin, Minister-Counselor, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ansari (also Ansary), Hushang, Iranian Minister of Finance and Economy until 1977; Director, National Iranian Oil Company, from 1977 until 1978

Apel, Hans, West German Finance Minister

Ardalan, Ali, Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance

Armacost, Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Asao, Shinichiro, Director General, North American Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ashley, Thomas, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Ohio)

Askew, Reubin, U.S. Special Trade Representative, from August 1979 until January 1981

Atherton, Alfred L. “Roy,” Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until April 13, 1978; Ambassador at Large from April 11, 1978 until May 22, 1979; Ambassador to Egypt from May 17, 1979

Azerada da Silveira, Antonio Francisco, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Baker, Howard H., Jr. , Senator (R–Tennessee)

Bartholomew, Reginald, Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State from July 1, 1979

Beaudry, Robert M. , Director, Office of OECD, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Bellmon, Henry, Senator (R–Oklahoma)

Bennett, Jack, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs

Benson, Lucy Wilson, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology from March 28, 1977 until January 5, 1980

Bentsen, Lloyd, Senator (D–Texas)

Bergold, Harry, Energy Policy and Planning, Executive Office of the President and then Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs

Bergsten, C. Fred, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

Biller, Joel W. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 1974

Blumenthal, W. Michael, Secretary of the Treasury, from January 1977 until August 1979

Boeker, Paul H. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Borre, Peter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Resources

Bosworth, Stephen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs

Boumediene, Houari, President of Algeria until December 1978

Bouteflika, Abdelaziz, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs until December 1978

Bowie, Robert, Director, National Foreign Assessment Center, Central Intelligence Agency

Braden, Joan, Consumer Affairs Coordinator and Special Assistant, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Bremer, L. Paul “Jerry,” III, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until 1976

Briggs, Everett E. , Director, Mexico Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State

Brock, William, Senator (R–Tennessee)

Broomfield, William S. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Michigan)

Brown, Clarence J. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Ohio)

Brown, George S. , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 1978

Brown, Harold, Secretary of Defense, from January 21, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Brunet, Jean Pierre, Director of Economic and Financial Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Brunner, Guido, European Community Commissioner for Energy, from 1977 until 1981

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 20, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Bullen, Pierce K. , Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Burns, Arthur, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board

Bush, George H.W. , Director of Central Intelligence from January 1976 until January 1977

Butz, Earl L. , Secretary of Agriculture until October 4, 1976

Byrd, Robert, Senator (D–West Virginia); Senate Majority Leader from January 1977

Calderon-Berti, Humberto, Minister of Energy and Mines, Venezuela

Calingaert, Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Callaghan, James, British Foreign Secretary until April 5, 1976; Prime Minister from April 5, 1976 until May 4, 1979

Carrington, Lord (Peter) , British Foreign Secretary from May 4, 1979

Carter, James E. “Jimmy,” President from January 20, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Casillas Hernandez, Robert, Private Secretary to the President (Mexico)

Castaneda, Jorge, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations from April 1979

Chambers, Anne C. , Ambassador to Belgium from April 29, 1977 until January 17, 1981

Chiriboga, Perez, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States

Christopher, Warren, Deputy Secretary of State from January 21, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Civiletti, Benjamin, Attorney General from August 16, 1979

Clark, Joe, Canadian Prime Minister from June 1979 until March 1980

Clarke, Bruce, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs

Claytor, W. Graham, Deputy Secretary of Defense from August 1979

Clements, William, Jr. , Deputy Secretary of Defense, from January 1977 until August 1979

Cochrane, James, Member of the National Security Council Staff

Colby, William E. , Director of Central Intelligence until January 1976

Conable, Barber B., Jr. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–New York)

Conant, Melvin, Assistant Administrator, Federal Energy Agency

Connor, James E. , Staff Secretary and Secretary to the Cabinet

Cooper, Charles, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, from 1974 until 1975

Cooper, Richard N. , Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from April 8, 1977 until January 19, 1981

Crawford, William R. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Creekmore, Marion V. , Officer in Charge, Producing Country Affairs, Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs

Crosbie, John, Canadian Minister of Finance, from June 1979 until March 1980

Crowley, John J. , Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Caracas

Curtis, Carl T. , Senator (R–Nebraska)

Cutler, Eliot, Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget

Cutter, Bowman, Executive Associate Director for Budget, Office of Management and Budget

Davignon, Etienne, Chairman of the International Energy Agency

Davis, Jeanne W. , Staff Secretary, National Security Council, until January 1977

Davis, Lynn, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Davis, Nathaniel, Ambassador to Switzerland from November 20, 1975 until July 31, 1977

Deal, Timothy, Member of the National Security Council Staff

De La Madrid Hurtado, Miguel, Mexican Under Secretary of Finance and Public Credit

De La Vega Dominguez, Jorge, Mexican Secretary of Commerce

De Rosenzweig Diaz, Alfonso, Mexican Under Secretary for Foreign Relations

Deutch, John, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Technology

Diaz Serrano, Jorge, Director General, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

Dickman, François M. , Director, Office of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Aden, and Gulf States Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1972 until 1976; Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from September 16, 1976 until August 4, 1979; Ambassador to Kuwait from October 24, 1979

Dingell, John, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Michigan)

Dinitz, Simcha, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. until 1979

Dodson, Christine, Deputy Staff Secretary, National Security Council, from January until May 1977; Staff Secretary, National Security Council, from May 1977 until January 1981

Dole, Robert, Senator (R–Kansas)

Dorsey, Robert, Chairman of the Gulf Oil Company

Duncan, Charles W., Jr. , Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 31, 1977 until July 26, 1979; Secretary of Energy from August 24, 1979

Dunn, John M. , Acting Executive Director, Council on International Economic Policy, from 1975 until 1976

Eads, George, member, Council of Economic Advisers, from 1979 until 1981

Eagleburger, Lawrence S. , Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State until January 20, 1977; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from May 14, 1975 until February 26, 1977;

Einaudi, Luigi, Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Groups, Department of State

Eizenstat, Stuart, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy

Ellsworth, Robert, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Enders, Thomas O. , Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs until December 22, 1975; Ambassador to Canada from December 22, 1975 until September 14, 1979; Representative to the European Communities from November 6, 1979

Erb, Guy, member, National Security Council Staff

Ernst, Maurice C. , Director, Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency

Ersboll, Niels, Chairman, Governing Board, International Energy Agency

Esaki, Masumi, Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry

Escovar, Ramon, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs

Fahd Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Interior and Second Deputy Prime Minister until December 1975; Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister from December 1975

Faisal Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia until December 1975

Fannin, Paul J. , Senator (R–Arizona)

Figuerido, Reinaldo, Director of Foreign Trade Institute (Venezuela)

Flores, Oscar, Mexican Attorney General

Ford, Gerald R. , President of the United States from August 9, 1974 until January 20, 1977

Forlani, Arnaldo, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 29, 1976 until August 4, 1979; Prime Minister from October 18, 1980

Fourcade, Jean-Pierre, French Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, from May 1974 until August 1976

François-Poncet, Jean, French Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 29, 1978

Fried, Edward R. , White House Consultant on International Energy; U.S. Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, from 1977 until 1979

Froment-Meurice, Henri, Director, Economic Affairs, French Foreign Ministry; French Ambassador to the Soviet Union, from 1979 until 1981

Frost, Ellen L. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic Affairs

Fukuda, Hiroshi, Director, First North American Division, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fukuda, Takeo, Prime Minister of Japan, from December 1976 until December 1978

Garcia Sainz, Ricardo, Mexican Secretary of Programming and Budget

Garrido, Abel, Director of Bilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Commerce (Mexico)

Garvin, Clifton, Clifton, Chairman, Exxon Corporation from 1975

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, West German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister

Giraud, André, Minister of Industry, France

Giscard d’Estaing, Valery, President of France

Godinez Bravo, Miguel A. , General, Chief of Staff, Presidential General Staff (Mexico)

Gold, Ruth S. , Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

Goldman, Leslie J. , Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs

Gosaibi, Ghazi al-, Saudi Minister of Industry and Electricity

Gramley, Lyle, Acting Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

Granger, Clinton E. , Colonel, Planning and Coordination Officer; Acting Director, Planning and Coordination, National Security Council until September 1976

Greenspan, Alan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors until 1977

Gregg, Donald, Member of the National Security Council Staff

Guiringaud, Louis de, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France, from August 1976 until November 1978

Habib, Philip C. , Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from September 19, 1974 until June 30, 1976

Hartman, Arthur A. , Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until June 1977, Ambassador to France from June 1977

Hatano, Yoshio, Economic Minister, Japanese Embassy in Washington

Hazumi, Mitsuhiko, Deputy Director General, Economic Bureau (Japan)

Healey, Denis, British Chancellor of the Exchequer until May 4, 1979

Helms, Richard, Ambassador to Iran until December 27, 1976

Hermes, Peter, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, West German Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hernandez, Valentin, Minister of Energy and Mines, Venezuela

Hernandez Cervantes, Hector, Mexican Under Secretary for Foreign Commerce

Herrera Campins, Luis, Venezuelan President from March 12, 1979

Heymann, Hans, National Intelligence Officer for Political and Economic Resources, Central Intelligence Agency

Hillenbrand, Martin J. , Ambassador to West Germany until October 16, 1976

Hinton, Deane, U.S. Representative to the European Community from January 29, 1976 until December 3, 1979; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from January 4, 1980

Hodgson, James D. , Ambassador to Japan until February 5, 1977

Holbrooke, Richard C. , Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from March 31, 1977 until January 13, 1981

Hormats, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff, from September 1974 until January 1977; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, from 1977 until 1979

Howe, Geoffrey, British Chancellor of the Exchequer from May 4, 1979

Huberman, Ben, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Hunt, John, Sir, British Cabinet Secretary until 1979

Huntington, Samuel, Member of the National Security Council Staff

Hurtado, Hector, Minister of State, President of the Investment Fund (Venezuela)

Hutcheson, Richard, White House Staff Secretary

Hystad, Carlisle, Chairman, Department of Energy Task Force on Strategic Plans for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Ibarra Munoz, David, Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit

Inderfurth, Karl “Rick,” Member of the National Security Council Staff

Ingersoll, Robert S. , Deputy Secretary of State until March 31, 1976

Iribaren, Ignacio, Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S.

Irwin, John N. , Ambassador to France until October 20, 1974

Izquierdo Gonzalez, Rafael, Adviser to the President (Mexico)

Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” Senator (D–Washington), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, which later became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Jamieson, J. Kenneth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Corporation, until August 1975

Jayne, Randy, Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

Jenkins, Roy, President of the European Commission, from January 1977 until January 1981

Jobert, Michel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France, until 1974

Johnston, Ernst B. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, from 1979 until 1981

Jolles, Paul R. , Swiss State Secretary for Foreign Economic Affairs

Jones, David C. , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 1978

Jordan, Hamilton, White House Chief of Staff

Junz, Helen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Commodities and Natural Resources

Kaneko, Ippei, Japanese Minister of Finance, from 1978 until 1979

Kato, Koichi, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Katori, Yasue, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister

Katz, Julius, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, until September 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, from September 1976 until November 1979

Kawashima, Yutaka, First Secretary, Japanese Embassy in Washington

Kelberer, John, Chairman of Aramco

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” Senator (D–Massachusetts)

Khalid, Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia until December 1975; King of Saudi Arabia from December 1975

Khalifa, Bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of Qatar

Khayl, Aba al-, Saudi Finance Minister

Khomeini, Ruhollah, Ayutollah, Iranian religious leader; Supreme Leader from December 3, 1979

Kimura, Toshio, Japanese Foreign Minister, 1974 Kinoshita, MITI official

Kissinger, Henry A. , Secretary of State, from September 1973 until January 1977 and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from January 1969 until November 1975

Kiuchi, Akitane, Private Secretary to the Japanese Prime Minister

Komer, Robert W. , Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from October 24, 1979 until January 20, 1981

Kosciusko-Morizet, Jacques, French Ambassador to the United States

Kraft, Joseph, U.S. journalist

Kreps, Juanita M. , Secretary of Commerce, from January 1977 until October 1979

Krueger, Robert C. , Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Mexican Affairs, Department of State, from November 6, 1979

Kux, Dennis, Acting Director, Office of Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, 1975

Lake, W. Anthony, Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from January 21, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Lambsdorff, Otto, West German Minister of Economics from October 7, 1977

Lance, Bert, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, from January until September 1977

Lantzke, Ulf, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency

Larosière de Champfeu, Jacques de, Counselor, French Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance

Lauria, Carmelo Lesseur, Minister, Secretariat of the Presidency (Venezuela)

Lautenschlager, Hans Werner, Ministerial Director of Foreign Economic Policy from 1975 until 1979; State Secretary for Foreign Economic and Cultural Policy from 1979

Leigh, Monroe, Legal Advisor, Department of State, from January 21, 1975 until January 20, 1977

Levy, Walter, oil analyst and consultant

Lewis, Samuel W. , Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff until 1975; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from December 24, 1975 until April 13, 1977; Ambassador to Israel from April 26, 1977

Litan, Robert, Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers

Long, Russell, Senator (D–Louisiana)

Lopez Portillo, Jose, Mexican Minister of Finance until 1975; President of Mexico from December 1, 1976

Lopez Portillo, Jose Ramón, Director General for Documentation and Analysis, Department of Programming and Budget (Mexico)

Lord, Winston, Director of the Policy Planning Staff

Lucey, Patrick, Ambassador to Mexico from July 19, 1977 until October 31, 1979

Luers, William H. , Ambassador to Venezuela from September 15, 1978

Luz Alegria Escamilla, Rosa, Mexican Under Secretary for Evaluation

MacDonald, Flora, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, from June 1979 until March 1980

MacDonald, Walter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs

MacEachen, Allan, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs until September 1976; Co-Chairman, Conference on International Economic Cooperation, 1976; Deputy Prime Minister, from September 1977 until June 1979 and from March 1980 until June 1984

Madani, Nizar O. , First Secretary, Embassy of Saudi Arabia

Magnuson, Warren, Senator (D–Washington)

Maitland, Donald, Deputy Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)

Mansfield, Mike, Senator (D–Montana); Senate Majority Leader until January 3, 1977; Ambassador to Japan from June 10, 1977

Margain, Hugo B. , Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.

Matsuura, Koichiro, Counselor, Japanese Embassy in Washington

Matthoefer, Hans, West German Minister of Finance from February 16, 1978

Maynes, Charles William, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs from April 14, 1977 until April 9, 1980

McCloskey, Robert J. , Ambassador at Large until September 10, 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from February 21, 1975 until September 10, 1976

McClure, James A. , Senator (R–Idaho)

McGiffert, David, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1977

Mclntyre, James T. , Director of the Office of Management and Budget, from September 1977

Meyers, Dale, Under Secretary for Energy, Department of Energy

Miki, Takeo, Prime Minister of Japan, from December 1974 until December 1976

Miller, G. William, Secretary of the Treasury from August 1979

Mitchell, Derek, Second Permanent Secretary, Treasury (UK)

Miyazaki, Hiromichi, Director General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire

Moinfar, Ali Akbar, Iranian Oil Minister

Mondale, Walter, Vice President of the United States from January 20, 1977 until January 20, 1981

Monory, Rene, French Minister of Economy

Moore, Frank, Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison, from 1977 until 1981

Moose, Richard M., Jr. , Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 6, 1977 until January 16, 1981

Morse, Ed, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy Policy

Morton, Rogers C.B. , Secretary of the Interior until April 1975; Chairman of the Energy Resources Council, from 1974 until 1975; Secretary of Commerce, from May 1975 until February 1976

Moynihan, Daniel P. , U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Muskie, Edmund, Secretary of State from May 1980

Nabi, Belkacem, Algerian Oil Minister

Nazer, Hisham, Saudi Minister of Planning and National Economy

Newsom, David D. , Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from April 19, 1978

Nimetz, Matthew, Counselor of the Department of State from April 8, 1977 until March 19, 1980; Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology from February 21, 1980 until December 5, 1980

Nixon, Richard M. , President of the United States, from January 1969 until August 1974

Nordhaus, William D. , member, Council of Economic Advisers

Oakley, Robert, Member of the National Security Council Staff

Obasanjo, Olusegun, Military Ruler of Nigeria, from February 1976 until September 1979

Odom, William E. , Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, from January 1977 until January 1981

Ogura, Kazuo, Chief, Second North American Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ohira, Masayoshi, Japanese Minister of Finance until December 1978; Prime Minister from December 1978 until June 1980

Okawara, Yoshio, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. from 1980

Okita, Saburo, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1979 until 1980

O’Neill, Thomas “Tip,” member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Massachusetts); Speaker of the House of Representatives

Oteyza Fernandez, José Andrés, Mexican Secretary of National Wealth and Industrial Development

Owen, Henry, Special Representative to the President (also referred to as Ambassador at Large) for Economic Summits, from October 1977 until January 1981

Packwood, Robert, Senator (R–Oregon)

Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza, Shah of Iran until February 11, 1979

Pandolifi, Filippo M. , Italian Minister of Finance from July 1976 until March 1978

Parsky, Gerald, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury, until 1977

Pastor, Robert A. , Member of the National Security Council Staff

Pearson, James B. , Senator (R–Kansas)

Pendleton, Miles, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, from 1974 until 1975

Pérez, Carlos Andrés, President of Venezuela

Pérez Guerrero, Manuel, Venezuelan Co-Chairman of the Conference on International Economic Cooperation, 1976; Minister of State for International Economic Affairs

Pickering, Thomas A. , Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State, from October 10, 1978

Pierre-Brossolette, Claude, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic (France)

Platt, Nicholas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Poats, Rutherford, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, from 1976 until 1977; Member of the National Security Council Staff, from September 1978 until January 1981

Porter, William J. , Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, from December 1975 until May 1977

Powell, Jody, White House Press Secretary, from January 1977 until January 1981

Preeg, Ernest H. , Director, Office of Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Quandt, William, Member of the National Security Council Staff, from January 1977 until August 1979

Quie, Albert H. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Minnesota)

Rabin, Yitzhak, Israeli Prime Minister until May 1977

Rafful Miguel, Fernando, Head of Department of Fisheries (Mexico)

Raicht, Lawrence R. , Deputy Director, Office of Fuels and Energy, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Rampton, Jack, Head of British delegation, Energy Working Group

Ray, Dixie Lee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission until 1974

Reagan, Ronald W. , Republican candidate for President, 1980; President of the United States, from January 1981 until January 1989

Reinhardt, John E. , Director, International Communication Agency

Renner, John, Member of the National Security Council Staff

Resor, Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Rhodes, John J. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Arizona); Minority Leader, House of Representatives

Richardson, Eliot L. , Secretary of Commerce, from February 1976 until January 1977

Robinson, Charles W. , Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from January 3, 1975 until April 9, 1976; Deputy Secretary of State from April 9, 1976 until January 20, 1977

Rockefeller, David, Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Council; founder of the Trilateral Commission

Roel, Santiago, Mexican Foreign Secretary

Rogers, William D. , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from October 7, 1974 until June 18, 1976; Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from June 18, 1976 until December 31, 1976

Romberg, Alan, Japan Desk Officer, Department of State

Rosen, Gerald, Director, Office of Fuels and Energy, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

Rozental Gutman, Andres, Director General of North American Affairs, Secretariat of Foreign Relations (Mexico)

Rumsfeld, Donald, White House Chief of Staff, from September 21, 1974 until November 20, 1975, Secretary of Defense, from November 20, 1975 until January 20, 1977

Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to France from November 21, 1974 until March 14, 1977

Sabah, Sheikh al-Salim al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait

Sadat, Anwar al-, President of Egypt

Saqqaf, Sayyid Omar, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Salzman, Herbert, U.S. Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development from June 8, 1977 until March 8, 1981

Saud Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1975-1976; Minister of Foreign Affairs after 1976

Saunders, Harold H. “Hal,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, from 1974 until 1975; Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from December 1, 1975 until April 10, 1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from April 11, 1978 until January 16, 1981

Sauvagnargues, Jean, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, from May 1974 until August 1976

Sawhill, John C. , Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, until 1975; Deputy Secretary of Energy from 1979

Schecter, Jerry, Member of National Security Council Staff

Schirmer, Katherine P. “Kitty,” Associate Director for Energy and Natural Resources, Domestic Policy Staff

Schlesinger, James R. , Secretary of Defense until November 19, 1975; Secretary of Energy, from August 6, 1977 until August 23, 1979

Schmidt, Helmut, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Schotta, Charles, Director, Office of Energy Policy Analysis, Department of the Treasury

Schultze, Charles L. , Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, from January 1977 until January 1981

Scowcroft, Brent, Lt. General, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from 1973 until November 1975, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from November 1975 until January 1977

Seidman, L. William, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, from September 1974 until January 1977

Serrano, Diaz, Director of PEMEX, from 1976 until 1981

Shoesmith, Thomas P. , Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, 1975

Shultz, George P. , Secretary of the Treasury, from June 1972 until May 1974

Sick, Gary, Member of the National Security Council Staff for the Middle East and North Africa, from January 1977 until January 1981

Siemer, Deanne C. , Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy, from 1977 until 1981

Sigurani, Ivan, Venezuelan Minister Counselor for Petroleum

Simon, William E. , Secretary of the Treasury

Slocombe, Walter, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Smith, Richard, Director of Office Coordination, Department of Energy

Smith, William Y. , Lieutenant General, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Sober, Sidney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Solomon, Anthony, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs

Sonnenfeldt, Helmut “Hal,” Counselor of the Department of State

Sonoda, Sunao, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1977 until 1979

Staggers, Harley, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–West Virginia)

Sterner, Michael, Department of State

Stevenson, Adlai, III, Senator (D–Illinois)

Stone, I.F. , U.S. journalist

Strauss, Robert S. , U.S. Trade Representative, from January 1977 until August 1979; Personal Representative of the President to the Middle East from 1979

Sullivan, William H. , Ambassador to Iran from May 26, 1977 until April 6, 1979

Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz al Saud, Prince, Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation

Sumiya, Kiyoshi, Minister, Japanese Embassy in Washington

Suzuki, Zenko, Prime Minister of Japan from July 1980

Swandby, Bob, International Affairs Officer, Office of Energy Producing Nations, International Affairs, Department of Energy

Taher, Abdel Hadi, Governor of Petromin

Tanaka, Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan until December 1974

Tarnoff, Peter, Executive Secretary of the Department of State from April 4, 1977

Teshima, Reishi, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau (Japan)

Thatcher, Margaret, British Prime Minister from May 4, 1979

Thompson, Cecil, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy

Thomson, James, National Security Council

Tickell, Crispin, British Chef de Cabinet to the President of the European Community

Todman, Terence A. , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from April 1, 1977 until June 27, 1978

Togo, Fumihiko, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., from 1976 until 1980

Treat, John, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs; Director, Office of Producing Nations International Affairs, Department of Energy

Trudeau, Pierre, Canadian Prime Minister until June 4, 1979 and from March 3, 1980

Turner, Stansfield, Director of Central Intelligence, from January 1977 until January 1981

Turner, William C. , Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development until May 1, 1977

Twinam, Joseph W. , Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

Ugarté, Jose Antonio, Adviser to the President (Mexico)

Ullman, Albert, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Oregon)

Utayba, Mani al-, Abu Dhabi Oil Minister

Vaky, Viron P. , Ambassador to Venezuela from June 16, 1976 until June 24, 1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from July 18, 1978 until November 30, 1979

Vance, Cyrus R. , Secretary of State from January 23, 1977 until April 28, 1980

Van Lennep, Emile, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Verleger, Philip, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy

Vest, George S. , Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs until March 27, 1977; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from June 16, 1977

Vine, Richard D. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, 1976

Von Staden, Berndt, West German Ambassador to the U.S. until 1979

Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary General of the United Nations

Wampler, William C. , member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Virginia)

Warner, Rawleigh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mobil Oil Corporation

Watson, Jack, Cabinet Secretary and Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs, White House

Weber, Hans-Herbert, Assistant Secretary, West German Ministry of Finance

West, John C. , Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from June 8, 1977

Westbrook, Sam, Member of the National Security Council Staff

White, John, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget

Wiley, Marshall, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy in Saudi Arabia

Wilson, Harold, British Prime Minister until April 1976

Wissocq, Francois de, French Director General of Energy

Wyatt, Wendell, member, U.S. House of Representatives (R–Oregon)

Yamani, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Yamazaki, Toshio, Director General, American Affairs Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Yasukawa, Takeshi, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. until 1976

Yeganeh, Mohammad, Governor, Iranian Central Bank, from 1973 until 1975

Yoshida, Taroichi, Japanese Vice-Minister of Finance

Young, Andrew J. , U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from January 30, 1977 until September 23, 1979

Zahedi, Ardeshir, Iranian Ambassador to the U.S. until February 1979

Zarb, Frank, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration

Zayid, Bin Sultan al-Nyhayan, President of the United Arab Emirates

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXVII, Energy Crisis, 1974–1980

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