Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

Achilles, Theodore C., Minister at the Embassy in France until May 29, 1956; Ambassador to Peru from July 24, 1956

Adams, Sherman, The Assistant to the President

Aldrich, Winthrop W., Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 1, 1957

Allen, George B., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, January 24, 1955–July 26, 1956; Ambassador to Greece, October 12, 1956–November 13, 1957; appointed Director, United States Information Agency, November 1, 1957

Amory, Robert, Jr., Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

Anderson, Robert B., Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 4, 1955; Secretary of the Treasury from July 29, 1957

Armstrong, Willis C., Deputy Director, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, January 15, 1955–June 1, 1957; Director, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, June 1, 1957–August 6, 1957; thereafter Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Baker, John C., Representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, 1955–1956

Barringer, J. Paul, Director, Office of Transport and Communications, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until July 19, 1956; thereafter Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Haiti

Beale, Wilson T.M., Jr., Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State until March 24, 1955; Deputy Director, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, July 3, 1955–January 1, 1956; Foreign Service Inspector, January 1, 1956–September 30, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Benson, Ezra Taft, Secretary of Agriculture

Black, Eugene, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Boggs, Hale, Democratic Congressman from Louisiana; Chairman, Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy; Chairman, Subcommittee on Customs, Tariffs and Reciprocal Trade Organizations

Brown, Winthrop G., Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until August 11, 1955; Minister–Counselor, August 12, 1955–June 1, 1957; Director, International Cooperation Administration Mission in the United Kingdom, July 1, 1955–June 1, 1957; Counselor of the Embassies in India and Nepal, June 2, 1957–September 16, 1957; thereafter Minister–Counselor at these posts

Brownell, Herbert, Attorney General

Brundage, Percival F., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget, until 1956; Director from April 2, 1956; Member, Advisory Board on Economic Growth and Stability, Council of Economic Advisers, from 1956

Burgess, W. Randolph, Under Secretary of the Treasury until 1957; Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from 1957

Burns, Arthur F., Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, 1955–1956

Butz, Earl L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

Byrd, Harry F., Democratic Senator from Virginia; Chairman, Senate Finance Committee

Carnahan, Albert Sidney Johnson, Democratic Congressman from Missouri; Representative to the United Nations, 1957

Casey, Richard G., Australian Minister of External Affairs

Chilson, Hatfield, Under Secretary of the Interior from 1957

Cooley, Victor E., Deputy Director, Office of Defense Mobilization

Cooper, Jere, Democratic Congressman from Tennessee until his death, December 18, 1957; Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee

Corbett, Jack C., Director, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

Corse, Carl D., Chief, Commercial Policy Staff, Department of State, until January 15, 1955; Chief, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, January 15, 1955–June 1, 1957; Acting Deputy Director of the Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, June 1, 1957–November 3, 1957; thereafter, Advisor, Office of International Trade

Cullen, Paul H., Secretary, Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until 1955; Chairman, National Security Council Planning Board, and Member, Operations Coordinating Board and Council on Foreign Economic Policy, until 1955 and in 1957

Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France until January 28, 1957; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from March 15, 1957

Dirksen, Everett M., Republican Senator from Illinois; Senate Minority Whip from 1957; Member, Senate Appropriations Committee

Dodge, Joseph M., Special Assistant to the President and Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy, until July 10, 1956

Drain, Richard D., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, March 11, 1957–August 9, 1957

Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence

Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State

Durfee, James R., Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1956–1957

Eden, Sir Anthony, British Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister until April 6, 1955; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, April 6, 1955–January 10, 1957

Edgerton, Major General Glen E., President, Export–Import Bank, 1955–1956; Member, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1955–1956

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States

Fawzi, Mahmoud, Egyptian Foreign Minister; Chairman of the Egyptian Delegation to the United Nations; Representative at the 10th, 11th, and 12th Regular Sessions of the General Assembly

FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director of Operations, International Cooperation Administration

Flemming, Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until February 1957

Francis, Clarence, Special Consultant to the President; Chairman, Interagency Committee on Agricultural Surplus Disposal

Frank, Isaiah, Deputy Director, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until January 15, 1955; Deputy Director, Office of International Trade until June 1, 1957; thereafter Acting Director

George, Walter F., Democratic Senator from Georgia until January 3, 1957; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, until January 3, 1957; President Pro Tempore of the Senate, January 3, 1955–January 3, 1957; Special Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until his death, August 4, 1957

Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary, National Security Council

Glendinning, C. Dillon, Deputy Director, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury; Secretary, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 14, 1955–February 27, 1957; Director, Office of Defense Mobilization from March 14, 1957

Green, Theodore F., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from January 3, 1957

Greene, Joseph N., Jr., Political Officer at the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany until May 5, 1955; then Attaché until September 9, 1956; Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 9, 1956–October 21, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State

Hall, Edward B., Director, Office of Trade, Investment and Monetary Affairs, Foreign Operations Administration and International Cooperation Administration, until 1956

Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hanes, John W., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until April 8, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President

Harris, Walter E., Canadian Minister of Finance

Hauge, Gabriel, Administrative Assistant to the President until 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the President

Hays, Brooks, Democratic Congressman from Arkansas; Member, House Foreign Relations Committee; Member, United States Delegation at the 10th Regular Session of the General Assembly

Herter, Christian A., Governor of Massachusetts until 1956; Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 14, 1957–February 21, 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State

Hill, Robert C., Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of State, October 12, 1955–March 7, 1956; Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, March 7, 1956–June 26, 1957; Ambassador to Mexico from July 25, 1957

Hoffman, Paul, Chairman of the Board, Studebaker–Packard Corporation, until 1956; Delegate at the 11th Regular Session of the General Assembly

Hoghland, John S., II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from June 10, 1957

Hollister, John B., Consultant to the Secretary of State, May 2, 1955–July 1, 1955; Director, International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–August 18, 1957

Hoover, Herbert C., Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 2, 1957

Howe, Clarence D., Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce; Minister of Defense Production; Member, Imperial Privy Council

Hughes, Rowland R., Director, Bureau of the Budget, until April 1, 1956. Died, April 2, 1957

Humphrey, George, Secretary of the Treasury until July 29, 1957

Humphrey, Hubert H., Democratic Senator from Minnesota; Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Member, Government Operations Committee; Delegate at the 11th Regular Session of the General Assembly

Jackson, C.D., former Special Assistant to the President

Jacoby, Neil, Dean, Graduate School of Business, University of California at Los Angeles; Consultant, Rand Corporation; Member, President’s Council of Economic Advisors, until 1955; Representative on the U.N. Economic and Social Council in 1957

Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until October 9, 1955; Counselor at the Embassy in Italy, October 9, 1955–December 12, 1955; thereafter Minister–Counselor

Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas; Minority Leader until 1955; Senate Majority Leader thereafter

Judd, Walter, Republican Congressman from Minnesota; Member, House Foreign Relations Committee; Member, Delegation at the 12th Regular Session of the General Assembly

Kalijarvi, Thorsten V., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until March 14, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March 15, 1957–September 26, 1957; Ambassador to El Salvador from December 16, 1957

Kendall, David W., General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury until 1956; thereafter Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

Knowland, William, Republican Senator from California; Senate Majority leader until January 5, 1955; thereafter Senate Minority leader; Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Kotschnig, Walter M., Director, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; Member, Coal Committee, Economic Commission for Europe, 1955; Delegate, Commission on Industry and Trade, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, 1956

Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council

Leddy, John M., International Economist, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, until October 3, 1955; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, October 3, 1955–October 20, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations

MacArthur, Douglas, II, Counselor of the Department of State until November 24, 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 25, 1957

MacKay, Robert A., Deputy Representative of Canada to the United Nations; Representative on the Economic and Social Council, 1956–1957

Macmillan, Harold, British Minister of Defense until April 1955; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, April 6, 1955–December 20, 1955; Chancellor of the Exchequer, December 20, 1955–January 10, 1957; thereafter Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

Macomber, William B., Jr., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January 10, 1955–November 16, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 16, 1955–August 15, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from October 21, 1957

Magnuson, Warren G., Democratic Senator from Washington; Chairman, Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; Senate Majority Whip from 1957; Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Martin, Joseph W., Republican Congressman from Massachusetts; House Minority Leader

McCardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until March 1, 1957

McClellan, Harold C., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs from 1956

McConnell, James A., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Agricultural Stabilization until 1956

Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 7, 1956; Ambassador to Canada from May 23, 1956

Merrow, Chester E., Republican Congressman from New Hampshire; Delegate at the 10th Regular Session of the General Assembly; Member, House Foreign Relations Committee

Metzger, Stanley D., Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State

Minnich, L. Arthur, Jr., Assistant Staff Secretary to the President from 1956

Morgan, Gerald D., Special Counsel to the President

Morse, True D., Under Secretary of Agriculture

Morton, Thruston B., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations until February 29, 1956; Republican Senator from Kentucky from January 3, 1957

Munro, Sir Leslie, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations; Ambassador to the United States

Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Nichols, Clarence W., Deputy Director, Office of International Minerals Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until January 15, 1955; Chief, International Resources Divison, January 15, 1955–October 1, 1956; Deputy Director, Office of International Trade and Resources, October 1, 1956–March 31, 1957; Deputy Director, Office of International Resources, from June 1, 1957

Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States

Ohly, John H., Deputy Director for Programs and Planning, International Cooperation Administration

Overby, Andrew N., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury until 1957

Pearson, Lester B., Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs; Representative at the 11th Regular Session and the 1st and 2nd Emergency Special Sessions of the General Assembly

Perkins, George, Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council from March 14, 1955

Persons, Maj. Gen. Wilton B.,USA (retired), Deputy Assistant to the President

Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State until April 1, 1957

Potter, Margaret H., Chief, Trade Agreements Branch, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until April 10, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant in the Trade Agreements and Treaties Division

Radius, Walter A., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Randall, Clarence B., Special Consultant to the President; Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy, from July 10, 1956

Rayburn, Sam, Democratic Congressman from Texas; Speaker of the House of Representatives

Raynor, G. Hayden, Director, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, until June 19, 1955; Attaché of the Embassy in Norway, June 19, 1955–July 4, 1955; thereafter Counselor

Reid, Ralph W.E., Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget until 1956; Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1956

Robertson, Norman A., Canadian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom until May 1957; thereafter Ambassador to the United States

Robertson, Walter S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs

Robinson, Hamlin, Special Assistant in the Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

Rockefeller, Nelson, Special Assistant to the President until December 31, 1955; Chairman, President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization; Vice Chairman (representing the President), Operations Coordinating Board, 1955–1956

Rose, H. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury until 1956; Member, Air Coordinating Committee, until 1956

Rountree, William M., Counselor of the Embassy in Iran with personal rank of Minister until October 9, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 9, 1955–July 26, 1956; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs

Rubottom, Roy R., Jr., Counselor of the Embassy in Spain and Deputy Chief of the U.S. Operations Mission until April 24, 1955; Economic Counselor and Director of the Mission, April 24, 1955–May 16, 1956; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter–American Affairs, May 16, 1956–September 14, 1956; Acting Assistant Secretary, September 16, 1956–June 18, 1957; Assistant Secretary thereafter

Russell, Richard B., Democratic Senator from Georgia; second ranking Democrat, Senate Appropriations Committee

Saltonstall, Leverett, Republican Senator from Massachusetts; second ranking Republican, Senate Appropriations Committee

Satterthwaite, Livingston, Counselor of the Embassy in France until March 23, 1955; Deputy Executive Secretary, Operations Coordinating Board, March 23, 1955–January 15, 1956; Special Assistant, Operations Coordinating Board, January 15, 1956–August 1, 1956; Acting Director, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State, August 1, 1956–September 23, 1956; thereafter Director

Schaefer, Walter, Special Assistant to the Director of Finance, International Cooperation Administration, from January 3, 1956

Scheyven, Raymond, Chairman, Committee of Experts, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development, 1955

Seaton, Fred A., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs until February 1955; Administrative Assistant to the President, February 1955–June 1955; Deputy Assistant to the President, June 1955–May 28, 1956; thereafter Secretary of the Interior

Sharp, Mitchell W., Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for Trade and Commerce

Siefkin, Forest D., Vice President and General Counsel, International Harvester Corporation, until 1957; Consultant to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy from July 10, 1956

Smith, Alexander, Republican Senator from New Jersey; second ranking Republican, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Smith, Dan T., Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury for Tax and Debt Analysis until 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury in Charge of Tax Policy, 1956–1957; thereafter Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury in Charge of Tax Policy

Smith, Marshall, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs from 1956

Southard, Frank A., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury; Member, Board of Executive Directors, International Monetary fund

Sprague, Mansfield D., General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1956–1957

Staats, Elmer B., Executive Officer, Operations Coordinating Board

Stambaugh, Lynn U., First Vice–President and Vice–Chairman, Export–Import Bank

Stassen, Harold, Director, Foreign Operations Administration, until June 30, 1955; Chairman, Foreign Operations Council, until June 30, 1955; Special Assistant to the President from March 22, 1955; Deputy Representative on the United Nations Disarmament Commission from August 2, 1955; Member, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1955

Stibravy, William J., Special Assistant to the Director, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

Taber, John, Republican Congressman from New York; ranking Republican, House Appropriations Committee

Thibodeaux, Ben H., Director, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until January 15, 1955; Director, Office of International Trade and Resources, January 15, 1955–March 24, 1957; Economic Counselor of the Embassy in Japan and Director, U.S. Operations Mission, March 24, 1957–May 27, 1957; thereafter Minister–Counselor of Economic Affairs

Timmerman, George Ball, Jr., Governor of South Carolina

Timmons, Benson E.K., III, First Secretary of the Embassy in France and Director, U.S. Operations Mission, until July 8, 1955; Minister for Economic Affairs and Counselor with Personal Rank of Minister, July 8, 1955–September 13, 1955; thereafter Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Turnage, William V., Deputy Director, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

Vorys, John M., Republican Congressman from Ohio; second ranking member of the House Foreign Relations Committee; Regent of the Smithsonian Institute

Waugh, Samuel C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until August 25, 1955; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, August 26, 1955–October 1, 1955; President of the Export–Import Bank from October 4, 1955

Weeks, Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce

White, E. Wyndham, Executive Secretary of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Wilcox, Francis O., Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, until September 6, 1955; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Wiley, Alexander, Republican Senator from Wisconsin; ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Wilgress, L. Dana, Chairman of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1955; Canadian Under Secretary of State for External Affairs; Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council

Willis, George H., Director, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury; Member, Committee for Reciprocity Information

Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense until October 8, 1957

Woodward, Robert F., Ambassador to Costa Rica

Zakharov, Aleksey V., Soviet Alternate Representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1955–1956; Representative, 1957; Deputy Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Foreign Economic Policy; Foreign Information Program, Volume IX

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