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Adams, Sherman, Assistant to the President

Adams, Ware, Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, from September 19, 1956

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

Allen, George V., 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 15, 1957

Alphand, Hervé, Representative of France at the United Nations, September 1955–August 1956; thereafter Ambassador to the United States

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

Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 1955–September 1956; Consultant to the President from June 1957

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

Armstrong, W. Park, Jr., Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until May 5, 1957; Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in Spain from September 22, 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–August 6, 1957; thereafter Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Asbjornson, Mildred, Secretary to Secretary of State Dulles

Barbour, Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until October 23, 1955; Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in the United Kingdom from November 20, 1955

Barnes, Robert G., Attaché at the Embassy in France until June 12, 1955; Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, June 12–August 1, 1955; Director, August 1, 1955–March 11, 1956; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs

Barnes, Stanley N., Assistant Attorney General, Head of the Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice, 1955–1956

Barnett, Robert W., Officer in Charge of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until November 25, 1955; Officer in Charge of Economic Organization Affairs in that Office, December 19, 1955–May 6, 1956; thereafter Economic Counselor at the Embassy in the Netherlands

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

Becker, Loftus E., Legal Adviser of the Department of State from June 13, 1957

Beckner, Earl R., Assistant Chief, Petroleum Staff, Bureau Economic Affairs, Department of State, until January 29, 1956; Associate Chief of the Fuels Division, January 29–May 10, 1956; thereafter Chief of the Division

Beeley, Harold, Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States, 1955; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, May–July 1955; Assistant Under Secretary of the Foreign Office from 1956

Benson, Ezra Taft, Secretary of Agriculture

Bernau, Phyllis, Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles

Bernbaum, Maurice M., Director, Office of South American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, September 2, 1955–January 28, 1957

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

Bishop, Max W., Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State until December 23, 1955; Ambassador to Thailand from January 9, 1956

Bowie, Robert R., Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until August 1955; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 10, 1955–October 18, 1957; Department of State Representative on the National Security Council Planning Board, August 28, 1955–October 18, 1957

Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 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

Buchanan, Wiley T., Jr., Chief of Protocol, Department of State

Burdett, William C., Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, October 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 7, 1956–August 11, 1957; Acting Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, August 11–November 3, 1957; thereafter First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom

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

Burke, Admiral Arleigh A.,USN, Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, January–August 1955; thereafter Chief of Naval Operations

Butz, Earl L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

Caccia, Sir Harold, British Deputy Under Secretary of the Foreign Office until November 1956; thereafter Ambassador to the United States

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

Cosgrave, Liam, Minister for External Affairs of Ireland

Coulson, John E., Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until October 1955; Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from October 27, 1955

Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Ambassador to the United States until September 1956

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

Cutler, Robert, Administrative and Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to the President until April 1955 and from January 1957

Dale, William N., Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

De Margerie, see Jacquin de Margerie

DeLany, Vice Admiral Walter S., Deputy Director for Mutual Defense Assistance Control, International Cooperation Administration

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

Doherty, Edward W., Chief, Division of Functional Intelligence, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence

Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State

Dunham, William B., Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States

Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 11, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

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

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

Garnett, Gwynn, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture

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

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

Goodkind, Louis W., Chief, Economic Defense Division, Department of State

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

Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs until February 14, 1957; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to the United [Page XXII] Kingdom until February 14, 1957; Representative on the United Nations Subcommittee on Disarmament, 1956; Representative on the Disarmament Commission, July 3–fall 1956; Representative to the 12th Regular Session of the General Assembly

Gruenther, General Alfred M., Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, until November 20, 1956; President of the American Red Cross from 1957

Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hansen, Victor R., Assistant Attorney General, Head of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 1957

Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President

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

Henderson, Loy W., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration from January 26, 1955

Hensel, H. Struve, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until 1955

Herter, Christian A., Governor of Massachusetts until 1956; Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 14–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

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

Holman, Eugene, Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

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

Howe, Fisher, Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until March 11, 1956; thereafter Director of the Executive Secretariat

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

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

Iguchi, Sadao, Japanese Ambassador to the United States until March 1956

Jackson, William H., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, September-November 1955; Special Assistant to the President, 1956–1957; member (representing the President), Operations Coordinating Board, 1956–1957

Jacquin de Margerie, Roland, Director General of Political and Economic Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry, June 1955–July 1956

Johnston, Eric, Chairman, International Development Advisory Board, Foreign Operations Administration (after 1956, International Cooperation Administration)

Jones, Howard P., Chief, Foreign Operations Administration Mission, and Counselor of Embassy in Indonesia until July 15, 1955; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs

Kalijarvi, Thorsten V., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until March 14, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March 15–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

Knoll, Jerry, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

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

Krebs, Max V., Office of the Under Secretary, Department of State

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

Lloyd, Selwyn, British Minister of Supply until April 1955; Minister of Defense, April-December 1955; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from December 12, 1955

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Representative at the United Nations

Ludlow, James M., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs

Lyon, Cecil B., Director, Bureau of German Affairs, Department of State, until June 28, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, June 28, 1955–May 10, 1956; Ambassador to Chile from June 15, 1956

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

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

McConaughy, Walter P., Director, Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until May 20, 1957; Ambassador to Burma from August 20, 1957

McGuire, E. Perkins, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 1956–1957; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics from 1957

McKay, D. Vernon, Deputy Director, Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, from April 8, 1956

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

Macy, Loring K., Director, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of Commerce

Makins, Sir Roger, British Ambassador to the United States until October 1956; Joint Permanent Secretary of the Treasury from October 15, 1956

Mann, Thomas C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from September 7, 1957

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

Martin, I. Jack, Administrative Assistant to the President

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

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

Mitchell, James P., Secretary of Labor

Moline, Edwin G., Attaché at the Embassy in the United Kingdom until January 3, 1956; First Secretary-Consul until May 6, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Organization Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State

Molotov, Vyacheslav M., Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs until May 31, 1956; Chairman of the Soviet Delegation to the 10th Regular Session of the General Assembly; First Vice Chairman, Council of Ministers, until July 4, 1957; Minister of State Control, November 21, 1956–July 4, 1957; Ambassador to Mongolia from August 1957

Morse, True D., Under Secretary of Agriculture

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; thereafter Deputy Director, Office of International Resources

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

Nugent, Julian L., Officer in Charge of Canadian Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Ockey, William C., Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

O’Connor, Roderic L., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until December 1, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, December 1, 1955–May 28, 1957; thereafter Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State

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

O’Mahoney, Joseph C., Democratic Senator from Wyoming

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

Parsons, Marselis C., Jr., Officer in Charge of Northern European Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, until 1956; Deputy Director of the Office, January-May 1956; thereafter Director

Peaslee, Amos J., Special Assistant to the President

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

Persons, Major General Wilton B.,USA (ret.), Deputy Assistant to the President

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

Pinay, Antoine, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 23, 1955–January 31, 1956

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 Division

Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 8, 1955–November 15, 1956

Quarles, Donald A., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development until August 14, 1955; Secretary of the Air Force, August 15, 1955–April 30, 1957; Deputy Secretary of Defense from May 1, 1957

Radford, Admiral Arthur W.,USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 14, 1957

Rand, William M., Deputy Director, Foreign Operations Administration

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

Rankin, Karl, Ambassador to the Republic of China until December 30, 1957

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

Richards, James P., Democratic Congressman from South Carolina; Chairman, House Foreign Relations Committee, until January 3, 1957; Special Assistant to the [Page XXV] President for the Middle East with personal rank of Ambassador from January 3, 1957

Ritchie, A.E., Minister of the Canadian Embassy in the United States from February 1957

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

Robertson, Reuben B., Deputy Secretary of Defense, August 5, 1955–April 25, 1957

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

Rockwell, Stuart W., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, July 1, 1956–August 11, 1957; thereafter Director of the Office

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

Ross, Emerson A., Chief, Investment and Development Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

Rountree, William M., 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

Rowan, Sir Leslie, British Second Secretary of the Treasury; Alternate Governor, Board of Governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Alternate Governor, Board of Governors, International Finance Corporation, 1957

Rubottom, Roy R., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, May 16–September 14, 1956; Acting Assistant Secretary, September 16, 1956–June 18, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary

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

Rutherford, M. Robert, Fuels Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State

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

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

Scott, Sir Robert H., Minister of the British Embassy in the United States until September 1955

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

Sebald, William J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until March 14, 1957; Ambassador to Australia from June 7, 1957

Shaw, John F., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–September 23, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs in the Office

Shigemitsu, Mamoru, Japanese Foreign Minister

Silver, Warren A., Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State

Smith, James H., Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air until May 28, 1956; member, Air Coordinating Committee, until May 28, 1956; Director, International Cooperation Administration, from August 19, 1957

Smith, Robert G.C., Commercial Minister of the Canadian Embassy in the United States

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

Stassen, Harold E., 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

Stewart, Charles A., Adviser to the Mission to the United Nations, fall 1955; Counselor of Embassy in Costa Rica until November 4, 1956; thereafter Deputy Director, Office of Middle American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State

Stewart, Hugh A., Director, Office of Oil and Gas, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Mineral Resources), Department of the Interior

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

Strauss, Admiral Lewis L., Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Symington, Stuart, Democratic Senator from Missouri

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 Embassy in Japan, and Director, United States Operations Mission, March 24–May 27, 1957; thereafter Minister-Counselor of Economic Affairs at the Embassy

Thorneycroft, Peter, President of the British Board of Trade until January 1957; thereafter Chancellor of the Exchequer

Timmons, Benson E.K., II, First Secretary at the Embassy in France and Director, United States Operations Mission, until July 8, 1955; Minister for Economic Affairs and Counselor with personal rank of Minister, Paris, July 8–September 13, 1955; thereafter Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Tucker, Robert W., Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

Vorys, John M., Republican Congressman from Ohio; second ranking member, House Foreign Relations Committee

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

Weeks, Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce

Whitehouse, Charles S., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Whitney, John Hay, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from February 1957

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

Williams, Walter, Under Secretary of Commerce

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

Wilson, Brigadier General James K., Director, Office of Military Assistance Programs, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Director, Office of Programs and Control, 1956–1957

Wright, Robert B., Chief, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Trade, Department of State

Yeh, George King-Chao, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China

Zaroubin (Zarubin), Georgi N., Soviet Ambassador to the United States

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Foreign Aid and Economic Defense Policy, Volume X

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