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Members of Delegations to the Second Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, April 25–May 15 and June 15–July 12, 1946

April 25 to May 15, 1946 and June 15 to July 12, 1946

Editor’s Note: No official list of all the delegations to this session of the Council of Foreign Ministers has been found. The following listing, derived from official documentation, is not complete but does include most of those persons who had a prominent role in some aspect of the Council’s activities. Identification for the members of the delegations is based upon contemporary public sources and may not be completely up-to-date for all persons.

United States Delegation

Member

  • James F. Byrnes, Secretary of State.

Deputy

  • James Clement Dunn, Assistant Secretary of State.

Special Congressional Advisers

  • Tom Connally, United States Senate.
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Senate.

Counselor

  • Benjamin V. Cohen, Counselor, Department of State.

Special Advisers

  • Walter Bedell Smith, Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
  • Lieutenant General Lucius D. Clay, U.S.A., Military Governor, United States Zone of Occupation in Germany.
  • Edwin D. Pauley, United States Reparations Representative.

Political Advisers

  • H. Freeman Matthews, Director, Office of European Affairs, Department of State.
  • Robert D. Murphy, United States Political Adviser for Germany.
  • Charles E. Bohlen, Assistant to the Secretary of State.
  • Philip E. Mosely, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State Dunn.
  • Samuel Reber, Acting Chief, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State.
  • G. Frederick Bernhardt, First Secretary and Consul, American Embassy, Moscow.
  • James W. Riddleberger, Chief, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State.
  • Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr., First Secretary, American Embassy, London.
  • Edward Page, Jr., First Secretary, American Embassy, Rome.
  • E. Allan Lightner, Jr., Acting Chief, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State.

Legal Adviser

  • William W. Bishop, Assistant to the Legal Adviser, Department of State.

Naval Advisers

  • Admiral H. K. Hewitt, USN.
  • Captain Roland F. Pryce, USN.
  • Lieutenant Commander James F. Murray, Jr., USNR.
  • Lieutenant (j.g.) H. Mark Roelofs, USNR.

Military and Air Advisers

  • Brigadier General Jesmond D. Balmer.
  • Brigadier General George A. Lincoln.
  • Brigadier General John Gerhart.
  • Colonel R. H. McDowell.
  • Colonel Charles H. Bonesteel.
  • Colonel William H. Baumer.
  • Colonel William J. Bohnaker.
  • Colonel Richard G. Stilwell.
  • Captain William J. Galloway, Jr.

Economic Advisers

  • Jacques J. Reinstein, Associate Chief, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State.
  • Covey T. Oliver, Associate Chief, Division of German and Austrian Economic Affairs, Department of State.
  • Leonard Unger, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State.
  • William H. Bray, Jr., Office of Research and Intelligence, Department of State.
  • Walter A. Radius, Adviser, Officer of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State.
  • Julia E. Schairer, Economist, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State.
  • Barbara F. Hauer, Office of Economic Security Policy, Department of State.
  • Robert W. Tufts, Division of Commercial Policy, Department of State.
  • Robert D. Baum, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State.

Advisers

  • Edward H. Buehrig, Specialist, Division of International Security Affairs, Department of State.
  • Otto E. Guthe, Chief, Division of Map Intelligence and Cartography, Department of State.
  • John E. Utter, Attaché, American Legation, Cairo.

Press Relations Office

  • Michael J. McDermott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State on Press Relations.

Secretaries of the Delegation

  • John C. Campbell, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State.
  • Raymond E. Cox, Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State Dunn.

United Kingdom Delegation

Member

  • Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Assistant to the United Kingdom Member

  • Pierson John Dixon, Principal Private Secretary.

Deputy

  • Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Counsellor, Foreign Office.

Special Political Advisers

  • Sir Oliver Charles Harvey, Deputy Under Secretary of State (Political).
  • Alfred Duff Cooper, Ambassador to France.
  • Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (from May 1946).
  • Sir William Strang, Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief of British Forces of Occupation in Germany.

Special Military Adviser

  • Lieutenant General Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, Commander in Chief of British Forces of Occupation in Germany.

Political Advisers

  • Viscount Samuel Hood, Foreign Office.
  • Robert George D. Laffan, Research Department, Foreign Office.
  • B. Jennings-Bramly, Research Department, Foreign Office.
  • James Alexander Milne Marjoribanks, Foreign Office.
  • Frank Kenyon Roberts, Counsellor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union.
  • R. J. Stopford, Foreign Office.
  • Arnold J. Toynbee, Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
  • C. H. M. Waldock, Foreign Office.
  • C. L. Silverwood-Cope, Foreign Office.

Legal Adviser

  • Gerald Grey Fitzmaurice, Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign Office.

Economic Advisers

  • H. S. Gregory.
  • A. H. Lincoln, Economic Eelations Department, Foreign Office.
  • J. P. B. Ross.

Press Adviser

  • William Ridsdale, Head of the News Department, Foreign Office.

Treasury Representatives

  • Sir David Waley, Under Secretary of State for the Treasury.
  • J. R. Culpin.

Military Advisers

  • Brigadier A. Dove, War Office.
  • Major J. W. Elliot.

Naval Advisers

  • Captain R. G. Mackay, RN.
  • Lieutenant Commander H. Emmet, RNVR.

Air Advisers

  • Group Captain F. J. St. G. Braithwaite, Air Ministry.
  • Group Captain Macdonald.

Translator

  • G. S. Paton-Smith.

French Delegation

Member

  • Georges Bidault, President of the Provisional Government (from June 19, 1946) and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Deputy

  • Maurice Couve de Murville, Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Political and Economic Advisers

  • Henri Bonnet, Ambassador to the United States.
  • General of the Army Georges Catroux, Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
  • René Massigli, Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  • Alexandre Parodi, Ambassador to the Allied Council for Italy; Permanent French Representative to the United Nations Security Council.
  • François Coulet, Director, Office of European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jacques Fouques-Duparc, Director, Secretariat for International Conferences, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Hervé Alphand, Director General for Economic, Financial and Technical Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Paul Charguérand-Hartmann, Director, Office of Technical Agreements, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Pierre de Saffroy, Associate Director, Office of Technical Agreements, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel, Deputy Director, Office of European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Eric de Carbonnel, Deputy Director, Third Division, Office of Economic and Financial Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jean Wolfrom, Deputy Director, Office of European Affairs (Southern Europe), Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jacques Vimont, Deputy Director, Office of African-Levant Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jean-Paul Anglès, Conference Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jacques Delarue Caron de Beaumarchais, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Jean Laloy, Office of European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Christian de Lavarenne, Financial Attaché, French Representative to the Allied Council for Italy.
  • Pierre Calvet, Financial Counsellor, Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • J. Weulersse.
  • François Valery, Auditor, Accounting Office.

Legal Advisers

  • Professor André Gros, Legal Adviser for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Lucien Hubert, Associate Legal Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Military Adviser

  • Lieutenant Colonel Clementin.

Air Adviser

  • Lieutenant Colonel Paul Marie Victor Stehlin.

Naval Advisers

  • Captain Gabriel Laurent Joseph Rebuffel.
  • Lieutenant Commander Picard-Destelan.
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Press Adviser

  • Raymond Offroy, Chief, Information and Press Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Soviet Delegation

Member

  • Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Deputy

  • Audrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Political and Economic Advisers and Consultants

  • Vladimir Georgiyevich Dekanozov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Alexander Yefremovich Bogomolov, Ambassador to France.
  • Nikolay Vasilyevich Novikov, Ambassador to the United States.
  • Fedor Tarasovich Gusev, Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  • Georgy Filippovich Saksin, Counsellor of Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • Kiril Vasilyevich Novikov, Chief, Second European Division (United Kingdom), Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Semyen Pavlovich Koziryev, Chief, First European Division (Western Europe), Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Vladimir Sergeyevich Gerashchenko, Chief, Economic Affairs Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Amazasp Avakimovich Arutyunyan, Deputy Chief, Economic Affairs Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Pavel Nikolayevich Kumykin, Chief, Commercial Treaty Section, Trade Agreements Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Nikolay Petrovich Koktomov, First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • Alexander Georgiyevich Stetsenko, First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • Konstantin Alexeyevich Kochetkov, Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Vasily Mikhailovich Sakharov, First Secretary of the Embassy in Yugoslavia.
  • Georgy Ratiani, Second Secretary of the Embassy in France.
  • Lev Nikolayevich Ivanov, Academician in the Institute of International Affairs.
  • Sergey V. Pozharsky, Chief of the Commercial Representation in France.
  • A. D. Keilen.
  • Professor S. K. Mai.
  • D. F. Ramzaitsev.
  • S. A. Tokarev.

Legal Advisers and Consultants

  • Vsevolod Nikolayevich Durdenyevsky, Expert-Consultant to the Treaty-Juridical Division of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Vladimir Mikhailovich Koretsky, Professor of International Law, Kharkov State University.
  • Ivan Sergeyevich Peretersky, Expert-Consultant to the Treaty-Juridical Division of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Military and Air Advisers

  • Lieutenant General Nikolay Vasilyevich Slavin.
  • Colonel D. F. Chikin.
  • Colonel Yakov P. Gorshkov, Acting Military and Air Attaché, London.
  • Colonel Alexander I. Romanov.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Bogomolov.
  • Major Timofey Samarin, Assistant Military and Air Attaché, London.
  • Major A. P. Smirnov.

Naval Advisers

  • Rear Admiral V. P. Karpunin.
  • Commodore Vasily D. Yakovlev, Acting Naval Attaché, London.

Translators

  • Vladimir Nikolayevich Pavlov, Personal Assistant and Translator to Foreign Minister Molotov.
  • Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky, Attaché at the Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • K. F. Starikov, First Secretary of the Embassy in France.