D. List of Participants in the Geneva Conference on Indochina
The delegation lists are filed in Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 299 and CF 302.
United States
Headquarters—Hotel du Rhone, Geneva
United States Representatives
April 26–May 3—John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
May 3–June 20—Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
June 20–July 17—U. Alexis Johnson, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
July 17–July 21—Walter Bedell Smith, Under Secretary of State
Deputy United States Representative
Walter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, May 8–June 20 (For the period April 26May 8 Mr. Robertson was listed as a Special Adviser to the United States Delegation.)
Special Assistants to the United States Representatives
Roderic L. O’Connor, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Richard V. Hennes, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State
Coordinator
U. Alexis Johnson, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (For the period July 17–21 Ambassador Johnson was listed as Deputy United States Representative and Delegation Coordinator.)
Special Advisers
Theodore Achilles, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy, Paris
Robert R. Bowie, Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
Arthur C. Davis, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy, Director, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense
Donald R. Heath, Ambassador to Cambodia and Vietnam and Minister to Laos
Douglas MacArthur II, Counselor of the Department of State
Carl W. McCardle, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of State
Livingston T. Merchant, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, Department of State
Edward Page, Jr., Counselor of Embassy and Deputy Director for Political Affairs in the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Council, Paris
Herman Phleger, Legal Adviser, Department of State
George Frederick Reinhardt, Counselor of Embassy, United States Embassy, Paris
Advisers
John Anspacher, Chief, Program Planning Staff, United States High Commissioner for Germany, Bonn
Philip W. Bonsal, Director, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State (In June Mr. Bonsal became a Special Adviser to the Delegation.)
John A. Calhoun, First Secretary and Consul, United States Embassy, Seoul
John Daley, Brigadier General, U.S.A., former Chief of UStaff, U.N. Military Armistice Commission, Korea
Robert G. Ferguson, Colonel, U.S.A., Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense
[Page 405]Franklin C. Gowen, United States Representative for International Conferences and Consul, Geneva
John Hamilton, Deputy Assistant Director for Policy and Programs, United States Information Agency
Louis Henkin, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
Alfred leS. Jenkins, Officer in Charge, Political Affairs, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
John Keppel, Second Secretary and Consul, United States Embassy, Moscow
James F. King, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
Edwin W. Martin, Deputy Director, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
Robert H. McBride, Officer in Charge of French-Iberian Affairs, Department of State
Charles C. Stelle, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
Charles A. Sullivan, Chief, American and Far East Division, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense (In May Mr. Sullivan became a Special Adviser to the Delegation.)
Ray L. Thurston, Deputy Director and later Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
Kenneth T. Young, Director, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
Experts (Research and Reference Officers)
Philip E. Barringer, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense
Robert Blake, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
Chester L. Cooper, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State (In July Mr. Cooper became an Adviser to the Delegation.)
Vladimir De Grave, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
Walter Drew, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
John E. Dwan, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A., Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense (In June Colonel Dwan became an Adviser to the Delegation.)
John L. Getz, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State (In June Mr. Getz became an Adviser to the Delegation.)
[Page 406]Wilburn N. Huston, Colonel, U.S.A., Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald Kallet, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A., United States Embassy, Saigon
Robert C. Taber, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A., Assistant Army Attaché, United States Embassy, Saigon
Joseph A. Yager, Chief, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State (In June Mr. Yager became an Adviser to the Delegation.)
Press Officer
Henry Suydam, Chief, News Division, Department of State
Assistants to the Press Officer
John P. McKnight, United States Information Agency, Rome
Edward Savage, United States Information Agency, Stuttgart (From June 23–July 17 Mr. Savage was listed as the Press Officer for the Delegation.)
Deputy Coordinators and Secretaries of the Delegation
April 26–June 9—Basil Capella, Executive Director, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
June 9–July 17—Henry F. Nicol, Conference Attaché, United States Resident Delegation to International Organizations, Geneva
July 17–July 21—Jeffrey C. Kitchen, Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Special Assistant to the Deputy Coordinators and Secretaries of the Delegation
Henry F. Nicol, Conference Attaché, United States Resident Delegation to International Organizations, Geneva
Technical Secretaries
Morris Draper, Jr., Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Walter Trulock, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Christopher Van Hollen, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Reports Officers
Robert Ekvald, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A., Department of Defense
William H. Gleysteen, Jr., Executive Secretariat, Department of State (In June Mr. Gleysteen was listed as Technical Secretary and Reports Officer to the Delegation.)
Robert Gordon, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
[Page 407]William P. Harris, Staff of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, Bonn
Administrative Officer
Mason A. LaSelle, Deputy Conference Attaché, United States Resident Delegation to International Organizations, Geneva
Deputy Administrative Officer and General Services Officer
Max L. Shimp, Staff of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, Bonn
Documents Officer
Mary Tsouvalas, Division of Foreign Reporting, Department of State
Communications Officers
Earl K. Newton, Office of Communications and Records, Department of State
William P. Richmond, Regional Communications Supervisor, United States Embassy, Paris
Indochina Workmg Group
Donald R. Heath, Chairman
Theodore Achilles
Robert Blake
Philip W. Bonsal
Chester L. Cooper
John Daley
Robert G. Ferguson
John Hamilton
Edwin W. Martin
Robert H. McBride
Charles C. Stelle
Charles A. Sullivan
Robert C. Taber
Ray L. Thurston
Joseph A. Yager
Cambodia
Headquarters—Hotel des Bergues, Geneva
Tep Phan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation
Nong Kimny, Ambassador to the United States, Delegate
Sam Sary, Personal Delegate of the King of Cambodia
Son Sann, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Delegate
[Page 408]Poc Thieun, Secretary General of the Office of the Cambodian Royal High Commission in Paris, Secretary of the Delegation
Nhiek Tioulong, General, Minister of Defense and Commander in Chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces, Head of the Cambodian Military Delegation at the Conference
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Headquarters—Villa “Les Cèdres,” Versoix
Pham Van Dong, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation
Phan Anh, Minister for Industry and Commerce, Delegate
Tran Cong Tuong, Vice Minister of Justice, Delegate and Translator
Hoang Van Hoan, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Delegate
Ta Quang Buu, Vice Minister of Defense, Delegate and Head of the DRV Military Delegation
Nguyen Thanh Le, Liaison Officer of the Delegation
France
Headquarters—Villa “Le Bocage,” Geneva
Georges Bidault, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation, April 26–June 18
Pierre Mendès-France, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation, June 19–July 21 (During Mendès-France’s occasional absences from Geneva in June and July, Ambassador Jean Chauvel was in charge of the Delegation.)
Maurice Schumann, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chief of the Delegation
Marc Jacquet, Secretary of State for Relations with the Associated States, July 1953–June 1954, Delegate
Edouard Frédéric-Dupont. Secretary of State for Relations with the Associated States in June, Delegate
Guy La Chambre, Secretary of State for Relations with the Associated States after June, Delegate
Jean Chauvel, Ambassador to Switzerland, Delegate
Alexandre Parodi, Ambassador and Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Delegate
Guy le Roy de la Tournelle, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director General for Political and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
Roland Jacquin de Margerie, Minister Plenipotentiary and Assistant Director for Political and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
[Page 409]Georges Boris, Counselor of State and member of the personal cabinet of Prime Minister Mendès-France after June 19, Assistant Delegate
Vincent Broustra, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the Conference Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
Francis Lacoste, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Delegate
Pierre-Louis Falaize, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the Office of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
André Gros, Legal Adviser to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
Jacques Baeyens, Minister Plenipotentiary and Chief of the Press and Information Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
Jean Wolfrom, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Delegate
Jacques Roux, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the Asian Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Assistant Delegate
Raymond Offroy, Ambassador to Thailand, Assistant Delegate
Robert Tezenas du Montcel, Director General, Office of the Secretary of State for Relations with the Associated States, Assistant Delegate
Jean L. Laloy, Counselor to the Delegation
Henri Deltiel, Brigadier General, Counselor to the Delegation and Head of the French Union Military Delegation at the Conference
Michel de Brebisson, Colonel, Chief of the Special Staff of the Secretary of State for Relations with the Associated States, Counselor to the Delegation and member of the French Union Military Delegation at the Conference
Alexandre de Manziarly, Consul General in Geneva, Counselor to the Delegation
Jacques Guillermaz, Colonel, Counselor to the Delegation and member of the French Union Military Delegation at the Conference
Bernard Toussaint, Representative to the European Office of the United Nations, Expert to the Delegation
Jean Benard, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Expert to the Delegation
Jacques de Folin, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Expert to the Delegation
Claude Cheysson, Assistant Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Expert to the Delegation
Léone Georges-Picot, Assistant Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Expert to the Delegation
Laos
Headquarters—Villa “Le Lignon,” Aire, Geneva
Phoui Sananikone, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Eelations, Head of the Delegation
Prince Tiao Khammao, Chief Representative of the King of Laos to the President of the French Union in Paris, Delegate
Ourot Souvannavong, Minister to the United States, Delegate
Thao Lenam, First Secretary of the Laotian Delegation in Bangkok, Delegate
Khamphan Panya, Deputy Secretary General to the Council of the French Union in Paris, Delegate
People’s Republic of China
Liaison Office of the Delegation—Hotel Beau Eivage, Geneva
Chou En-lai, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation (During Chou En-lai’s absence from Geneva in June and July, Li Ke-nung was in charge of the Delegation.)
Chang Wen-tien, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Delegate
Wang Chia-hsiang, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Delegate
Li Ke-nung, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Delegate
Wang Ping-nan, Director of the Staff Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of the Delegation
Lei Jen-min, Vice Minister of External Trade, Adviser to the Delegation
Huang Hua, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to and Spokesman for the Delegation
Chen Chia-kang, Director of the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
Ko Pai-nien, Director of the Department of American and Australian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
Shih Che, Member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Adviser to the Delegation
Huan Hsiang, Director of the Department of West European and African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
Kung Peng, Director of the Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
Lei Ying-fu, Counselor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
[Page 411]Wang Cho-ju, Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser to the Delegation
State of Vietnam
Headquarters—Bella Vista, Bellevue-Genthod
Nguyen Trung Vinh, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Head of the Delegation for part of May
Nguyen Quoc Dinh, Minister of Foreign Affairs until June 16, Delegate (Sometime in May, precise date undetermined, Dinh assumed responsibility as Head of the Delegation.)
Tran Van Do, Minister of Foreign Affairs after June 16, Head of the Delegation, June 16–July 21
Tran Van Chuong, Minister of State for the State of Vietnam after June, Delegate
Nguyen Dac Khe, Minister of Democratization, Delegate and Deputy Chief of the Delegation after June 16
Nguyen Duy Thanh, Counselor to the Delegation
Truong Van Chinh, Counselor to the Delegation
Tran Van Tuyen, Counselor to the Delegation
Buu Kinh, Counselor of the Assembly of the French Union and the State of Vietnam’s Official Observer at the United Nations in New York, Counselor to the Delegation
Doan Thuan, Counselor of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of the Delegation
Nguyen Huu Quy, Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Secretary General of the Delegation
Nguyen Huu Chau, Official in the Government of Ngo Dinh Diem, Delegate
Le Quang Trieu, Colonel, Armed Forces Attaché at the Embassy of the State of Vietnam in Washington, Delegate
Dinh Xuan Kieu, Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Secretary General of the Delegation
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The lists of delegations in Department of State files do not indicate the Soviet delegates’ positions at the Geneva Conference with the exception of Molotov, Soldatov, Lavrishchev, and Troyanovsky.
Headquarters—Hotel Metropole, Geneva
V. M. Molotov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation (During Molotov’s absence from Geneva in June and July, V.V. Kuznetsov was in charge of the Delegation.)
A. A. Gromyko, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
V. V. Kuznetsov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
[Page 412]L. F. Ilyichev, Member of the Collegium, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
N. T. Fedorenko, Member of the Collegium, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P. F. Yudin, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
S. P. Suzdalev, Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
G. N. Zaroubin, Ambassador to the United States
S. A. Vinogradov, Ambassador to France
F. F. Molochkov, Minister to Switzerland
K. V. Novikov, Head of the Southeast Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A. A. Soldatov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General to the Delegation
F. A. Fedenko, Counselor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A. A. Lavrishchev, Head of the First European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General to the Delegation
D. A. Zhukov, Head of the Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
O. A. Troyanovsky, Interpreter for the Delegation
United Kingdom
The lists of delegations in Department of State files do not indicate the British delegates’ positions at the Geneva Conference with the exception of Eden and Monckton.
Headquarters—Villa “Les Ormeaux,” Geneva
Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Delegation (During Eden’s absence from Geneva in June and July, Lord Reading and Sir Lionel H. Lamb, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Switzerland, were in charge of the Delegation.)
The Marquis of Reading (Lord Reading), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Harold A. Caccia, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for Administration
William Dennis Allen, Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Humphrey Trevelyan, Chargé d’Affaires at Peking
Walter G. C. Graham, Minister to the Republic of Korea
Charles A. E. Shuckburgh, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after May
Francis A. Vallat, Deputy Legal Adviser, British Foreign Office
[Page 413]John G. Tahourdin, Head of the Southeast Asia Department, British Foreign Office
John D. Priestman, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Donald James Maitland, Private Secretary to the Minister of State, British Foreign Office
James E. Cable, Southeast Asia Department, British Foreign Office
John M. Addis, Southeast Asia Department, British Foreign Office
Julian L. Bullard, Far Eastern Department, British Foreign Office
Richard A. Sykes, Northern Department, British Foreign Office
John F. Ford, Research Department, British Foreign Office
G. W. R. Monckton, Lieutenant Colonel, Military Adviser to the Delegation
Anthony Rumbold, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
C. D. W. O’Neill, Head of the News Department, British Foreign Office
A. A. S. Stark, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs