Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Near East Region; Iran; Iraq, Volume XII

Abdul Ilah, Crown Prince of Iraq

Abdullah, King, late King of Jordan, assassinated July 20, 1951

Abu al-Huda, Tawfiq, Jordanian Prime Minister until May 30, 1955

Ala, Hosein (Hussein), Iranian Minister of the Court until April 8, 1955; Prime Minister, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957

Alam, Asadullah, Iranian Minister of the Interior, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957

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

Ali, Mohammed, Pakistani Prime Minister and Foreign Minister until August 12, 1955; thereafter Head of the Pakistani Delegation at the United Nations, Ambassador to the United Statesand Mexico; also Minister to Cuba from November 8, 1955

Allen, Francis O., Officer in Charge of Syria–Lebanon Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until September 11, 1955

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; Director of the United States Information Agencyfrom November 15, 1957

Alphand, Hervé, Representativeof France at the United Nations until August 24, 1956; Ambassador to the United States from September 10, 1956

Amini, Ali, Iranian Ambassadorto the United States from January 24, 1956

Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 2, 1955–September 1, 1956; White House Consultant from June 29, 1957

Anderson, Robert B., Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 4, 1955; Special Emissary for the President to the Middle East, January–March 1956, and again in August 1956;Secretary of the Treasury from July 29, 1957

Ardalan, Ail Qoli, Iranian Foreign Minister from December 27, 1955

Arif, General Rafiq, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces

Armour, Norman, Sr., Consultant to the Senate Special Committee Studying the Mutual Security Program (part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) from October 1956

Armstrong, William P., Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until June 16, 1957

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

al-Asali, Sabri, Syrian Prime Minister, February 13–September 13, 1955, and again from June 14, 1956;Minister of the Interior, February 13–September 13, 1955, and again from January 2, 1957

al-Atasi, Fayid, Syrian Foreign Minister until February 13, 1955

Austin, Vice Admiral BernardL., USN, Director of the Joint Staff Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from March 15, 1956

Ayub Khan, General Mohammed,Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Army, Minister of Defense until August 12, 1955

al-Azm, Khalid Pasha, Syrian Foreign Minister, February 13–September 13, 1955

Azzam Pasha, Abdel (Abdul)Rahman, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the League of Arab States, also Secretary General, until 1953

al-Badr ben Ahmad, Crown Prince Muhammed, Crown Prince of Yemen and Foreign Minister from August 31, 1955

Bailey, Ronald W., First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States until October 25, 1957

Bakhtiar, General Taymur, Iranian Military Governor of Tehran until April 1957

Barbour, Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until November 20, 1955; Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom, November 20, 1955–February 23, 1956; thereafter Minister-Counselor

Barnes, Robert G., Deputy Director of the 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

Bashayan, Burhan al-Din, Iraqi Foreign Minister, May 8, 1955–June 20, 1957, and again from December 15, 1957

Baxter, William O., Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until August 26, 1956; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Israel

Bayar, Celal, President of Turkey

Beale, W.T.M., Jr., Officerin Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, until July 3, 1955; Deputy Director, July 3, 1955–September 30, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

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

Beckner, Earl R., Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Staff, Department of State, until January 29, 1956; Associate Chief of the Fuels Division, January 29–May 20, 1956; thereafter Chief

Beeley, Harold, Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States until May 19, 1955; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, May 19, 1955–June 1956; thereafter Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office

Ben Gurion, David, Israeli Minister of Defense from February 17, 1955; also Prime Minister from November 3, 1955

Ben Halim, see Halim Sayyid Mustafa Ben

Bennett, W. Tapley, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State, August 9, 1955–September 8, 1957

Bennsky, George M., Jr., Department of the Treasury Representative in the Middle East until August 12, 1956; thereafter Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

Bergus, Donald C., Officer in Charge of Israel–Jordan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

Bernau, Phyllis D., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles

Berry, J. Lampton, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, October 21, 1955–August 30, 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs

Birgi, Nuri (Nuri-Birgi, M.), Secretary General of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs until June 1957; Ambassador to the United Kingdom from June 1957

Bishop, Frederick A., Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Minister Eden from 1956

Bitar, Salah al-Din, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 14, 1956

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

Bliss, Don C., Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, February 13, 1955–June 22, 1957; thereafter Ambassador to Ethiopia

Boggs, Marion W., Coordinator, National Security Council Board of Assistants until 1957; Director of the National Security Council Secretariat from 1957

Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassadorto the Soviet Union until April 18, 1957; Ambassador to the Philippines from June 4, 1957

Boone, Admiral Walter F.,USN, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, after May 1, 1956

Bourguiba, Habib, Tunisian Prime Minister from April 14, 1956; President from July 1957

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

Brand, Vincent, Member of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank

Brook, Sir Norman, Secretary to the British Cabinet; Joint Secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service from 1956

Brosio, Manlio, Italian Ambassador to the United States from February 3, 1955

Bulganin, Nikolai A., Soviet Minister of Defense until February 1955; Chairman, Council of Ministers, Presidium Member of the Soviet Communist Party, and Head of Government

Burdett, William C., Officerin Charge of Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until October 9, 1955; Deputy Director, Officeof Near Eastern Affairs, October 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; Special Assistantto 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

Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., USN, Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after August 1955

Burns, Robert L., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, from April 11, 1955

Byroade, Henry A., Ambassadorto Egypt, March 10, 1955–September 10, 1956; Ambassador to the Union of South Africa from October 9, 1956

Cabell, Lieutenant General CharlesP., USAF, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

Caccia, Sir Harold, British Ambassador to the United States from November 9, 1956

Carney, Admiral Robert B., USN, Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 17, 1955

Cassady, Admiral John H., USN, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, until May 1, 1956

Cassilly, Thomas A., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran, August 11, 1956–April 21, 1957;thereafter Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon

Chapin, Selden, Ambassador to Panama until May 29, 1955; Ambassador to Iran from July 19, 1955

Clock, Philip, First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran, July 25, 1955–August 25, 1957

Cook, General Orval R., USAF, Deputy Commander in Chief of the United States European Command

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

Cottman, James S., Jr., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until autumn 1956; Special Assistant to the Counselor of the Department of State, autumn 1956–October 1957

Coulson, Sir John E., Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from October 27, 1955

Crowl, R. Bernard, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until December 30, 1955; thereafter First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran

Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Ambassador to Indonesia until March 3, 1957; Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, May 5–October 10, 1957; thereafterDirector, Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Chairman of the National Security Council Planning Board, and member of the Operations Coordinating Board and the Council on Foreign Economic Policy until 1955 andagain from 1957

Dabney, Major General John A., USA, Director, Military Assistance Division, Headquarters of the U.S. European Command, until June 1957

al-Daftari, Ali Mumtaz, Iraqi Director General of Communications and Works until June 20, 1957; Minister of Finance and Acting Foreign Minister, June 20–December 15, 1957

Daghestani, Major General Ghazi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army for Operations and Intelligence

Davis, Vice Admiral Arthur C., USN, Director, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, April 1–October 1, 1955

Dean, Sir Patrick Henry, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until August 29, 1956; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State

Dickson, Air Marshal Sir William, Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chairman of the British Chiefs of Staff Committee from October 25, 1955

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

Dixon, Ben F., Acting Politico-Military Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, until August 26, 1956

Dorman, John, Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after August 28, 1957

Duke, Sir Charles Beresford, British Ambassador to Jordan

Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence

Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State

Eakens, Robert H.S., Chief of the Fuels Division, Department of State, January 15, 1955–April 8, 1956

Eban, Abba, Israeli Ambassadorto the United States and Permanent Representative at the United Nations

Ebtehaj, Abol Hasan(Abolhassan), Managing Director of the Iranian Plan Organization

Eddleman, Lieutenant General Clyde D., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, October 10, 1955–January 3, 1956; thereafter Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, Army Staff

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

Eilts, Hermann F., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iraq until January 27, 1957; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, January 27–November 3, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of Baghdad Pact and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Affairs

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,President of the United States

Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 14, 1957;thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Entezam, Abdullah, Iranian Foreign Minister until December 27, 1955; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio, December 27, 1955–April 4, 1957

Eqbal, Dr. Manoutchehr, Iranian Minister of Court, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957; thereafter Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior

Esenbel, Melih, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1956; First Assistant Secretary General, 1956; Secretary General from 1956

Faisal ibn al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahmanal-Faisal al Saud, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister

Faisal II, King of Iraq

Fawzi, Mahmoud, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman of the Egyptian Delegation at the United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly

Felt, Admiral Harry D., Vice Chief of Naval Operations after August 1956

Finn, Richard B., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs after February 26, 1956

Fitz Gerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration

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

Frechtling, Louis E., Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State

Fritzlan, A. David, Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula and Iraqi Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until August 14, 1955; Counselor of the Embassy in Iraq after July 1, 1956

Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Gallman, Waldemar J., Ambassador to Iraq

Gardener, Sir Alfred John,British Ambassador to Syria until March 31, 1957

Garran, Isham Peter, Commercial Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from January 7, 1955

George, Walter F., Democratic Senator from Georgia until January 3, 1957; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, until January 3, 1957; Special Ambassador to NATO, January 3 until his death on August 4, 1957

Geren, Paul F., Counselor of the Embassy in Jordan until November 14, 1955; Officer in Charge of Egyptand Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, November 15, 1955–summer 1956

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

Glubb, Lieutenant General Sir John Bagot, British Chief of the General Staff of the Arab Legion in Jordan until March 2, 1956

Goodpaster, Brigadier General Andrew J., USA, Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to the President

Gordon, Robert L., Assistant Attaché of the Embassy in Iraq, March 10, 1955–December 1, 1956; thereafter Vice Consul at Kuwait

Gordon, Thomas S., Democratic Representative from Illinois, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committeeuntil 1957, Chairman from 1957

Gork, Haydar, Turkish Ambassador to the United States, June 21, 1955–September 7, 1957

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 of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from January 3, 1957

Greene, Joseph N., Jr., Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 9, 1956–October 21, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State

Gregory, Clark S., Director, Foreign Operations Administration Mission in Jordan until March 27, 1955;thereafter Director, United States Operations Mission in Iran

Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until February 14, 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister

Gruenther, General Alfred M., USA, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO until November 1956

Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President

Halim, Sayyid Mustafa Ben, Libyan Prime Minister until May 26, 1957

Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hannah, Norman B., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran until May 15, 1955; Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, May 15, 1955–March 10, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration

Hannah, Colonel Thomas R., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iraq until August 1957

Harding, Field Marshal Sir John, Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Army until 1955

Hardy, Porter, Jr., Democratic Representative from Virginia, Head of the House Subcommittee on International Operations

Hare, Raymond A., Ambassadorto Egypt from September 25, 1956

Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President

Hart, Parker T., Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until June 30, 1955; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt

Hawrani, Akram, President of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies from October 1957

Heath, Donald B., Ambassadorto Lebanon from March 9, 1955

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 June 30, 1955

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

Hildreth, Horace A., Ambassador to Pakistan until May 1, 1957

Hollister, John B., Consultantto the Secretary of State, May 2–July 1, 1955; Director of the International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–September 15, 1957

Holman, Eugene, Director, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

Home, Lord, British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations after April 1955

Hood, Viscount Samuel, Minister of the British Embassy in the United States after September 1957

Hooper, Robin William John, Counselor of the British Embassy in Iraq until January 1957

Hoover, Herbert, Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 21, 1957

Howe, Fisher, Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until March 12, 1956;thereafter Director of the Executive Secretariat

Hoyer Millar, Sir Frederick R., British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after February 4, 1957

Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury

Hussein, Ahmad, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States

Hussein, King of Jordan

Jamali, Muhammed Fadil, former Iraqi Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Jawdat, al-Ayyubi, Iraqi Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, June 20–December 15, 1957

Jennings, Brewster, Chairman of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company

Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until October 9, 1955

Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas, Senate Majority Leader from January 3, 1955

Johnston, Eric, Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board, Foreign Operations Administration(International Cooperation Administration from 1956)

Jones, G. Lewis, Jr., Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt until June 27, 1955; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, June 27–November 9, 1955; Minister-Counselor, November 9, 1955–July 27, 1956; Ambassador to Tunisia from October 4, 1956

Jones, John Wesley, Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Jones, Owen T., Counselor of the Embassy in Turkey until August 31, 1956; thereafter Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State

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

Karamanlis, Constantine, Greek Prime Minister from October 1955; also Minister of Defense, October 1955–February 1956

Kelley, Thomas R., Washington Representative of the Socony-Vacuum OilCompany, February 9–October 20, 1955; thereafter Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company

Kennedy, Donald D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, after November 12, 1957

Kerr, Peyton, Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, September 11, 1955–August 11, 1957

al-Khalidi, Awni, Representative of Iraq at the United Nations until December 1955; thereafter Secretary General of the Baghdad Pact Organization

Khalil, Hashim, Counselor of the Iraqi Embassy in the United States

Khrushchev, Nikita S.,Secretary General of the Central Commitee of the Soviet Communist Party

al-Khuri (Khouri), Faris,Syrian Prime Minister until February 13, 1955; member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations

Kirk, Roger, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until May 5, 1957

Kitchen, Jeffrey C., Deputy Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1956

Knowland, William F.,Republican Senator from California, Senate Minority Leader, and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Kohler, Foy D., Counselor of the Embassy in Turkey until November 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; thereafterdetailed to the International Cooperation Administration

Koprulu, Mehmet Fuat, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs until April 15, 1955; Minister of State, April 15–December 9, 1955; Minster of Foreign Affairs, December 9, 1955–June 20, 1956

Langley, James, Ambassador to Pakistan from July 27, 1957

Laskey, Denis S., Head of the Economic Relaations Department, British Foreign Office, from May 9, 1955;Counselor of the Foreign Office; Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Lloyd from 1956

Lathram, L. Wade, Politico-Economic Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, July 31, 1955–October 6, 1957; thereafter Director, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian and Regional Affairs

Lavrentyev, Anatoliy I., Soviet Ambassador to Iran until 1956

Lawson, Edward B., Ambassadorto Israel

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

Leary, Colonel Byron V., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization until November 1956; thereafter Acting Chief of Staff

Leonhart, William, member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from January 17, 1955;Department of State Assistant, National Security Council Planning Board, from October 1, 1956; Department of State Representative from February 20, 1957

Lloyd, Selwyn, British Minister of Supply until April 1955; Minister of Defense, April–December 1955;Foreign Secretary from December 12, 1955

Luce, Clare Boothe, Ambassadorto Italy until December 27, 1956

Lucet, Charles E., Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States from June 1955

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

Macmillan, Harold S., British Minister of Defense until April 6, 1955; Foreign Secretary, April 6–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., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January 10–November 16, 1955;Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 16, 1955–August 15, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for CongressionalRelations

Mahdi, Saleh, Counselor of the Iraqi Embassy in the United States from November 1956

al-Majali, Haza, Jordanian Prime Minister, December 15–20, 1955

Makins, Sir Roger M., British Ambassador to the United States until November 15, 1956

Malik, Dr. Charles, Lebanese Ambassador to the United States until October 1955; Representative at the United Nations, 1956–1957; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education from November 19, 1956

Mallory, Lester D., Ambassadorto Jordan

Mann, Thomas C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from September 30, 1957

Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana, Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Majority Whip from January 3, 1957

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

Mathews, Elbert G., member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, March 13, 1955–November 13, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning

Matlock, Clifford C., Special Assistant to the Ambassador in Iran until May 5, 1957; First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Iran, March 28, 1955–May 5, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

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

McCaul, Lieutenant General Verne J., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1957

Mc Clanahan, Grant V., Consulat Dhahran until June 15, 1957; thereafter First Secretary of the Embassy inthe United Kingdom

Mc Cormack, John W., Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, House Majority Leader

Meir, Golda, Israeli Minister of Labor until June 1956; Foreign Minister from June 18, 1956

Memminger, Robert B., Special Assistant for Baghdad Pact Affairs, July 1, 1956–April 21, 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Iraq

Menderes, Adnan, Turkish Prime Minister

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

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

Minnich, L. Arthur, Assistant Staff Secretary to the President

Mirza, Major General Iskander, Governor General of Pakistan, August 7, 1955–March 23, 1956; thereafter President of Pakistan

Mollet, Guy, French Prime Minister, January 31, 1956–June 11, 1957

Molotov, Vyacheslav M., Soviet Foreign Minister until June 1, 1956; Chairman of the Soviet Delegation atthe United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly, 1955

Monckton of Benchley, Viscount (Walter T. Monckton), British Minister of Defense, December 1955–October 1956

Moose, James S., Jr., Ambassador to Syria until June 30, 1957

Morgan, Thomas E., Democratic Representative from Pennsylvania, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Morris, Brewster H., Political Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom after January 27, 1957

Morris, Willie, First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States from August 1, 1955

Mossadeq, Mohammad, former Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Iran

Mouser, Grant E., III, Second Secretary of the Embassy in Iran, February 9–August 12, 1956; Reportsand Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, August 12, 1956–March 1, 1957; thereafter Acting Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs

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

Nasser (Nasr, Nassir), Gamal Abd’al, Egyptian Head of Government; President and Head of State from June 24, 1956

Nehru, Jawaharlal, Indian Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs

Newsom, David D., Second Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Iraq and Public Affairs Officer of the United States Information Agency Mission until June 27, 1955; thereafter Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula-Iraq Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

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

Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairsuntil September 25, 1955; United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations (USRO) at Paris, from September 25, 1955; also Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council and Deputy Chief of USRO from October 6, 1957

Noon, Malik Firoz Khan, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs, September 12, 1956–October 24, 1957;Minister of Defense from December 16, 1957

Ogburn, Charlton, Jr., Chief, Research Division for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Bureauof Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until spring 1957

Page, Howard, Director, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shahof Iran

Pate, General Randolph M., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps until January 1, 1956; thereafter Commandant

Pella, Giuseppe, Italian Foreign Minister from May 20, 1957

Perkins, George W., Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, March 15, 1955–October 12, 1957

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

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

Pineau, Christian, French Foreign Minister from February 1, 1956; President of the French Delegationsat the United Nations, 1956 and 1957

Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 7, 1955–November 11, 1956

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

al-Quwatli (Quwaitli, Quwatly, Kuwatly), Shukri, President of Syria from August 18, 1955

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

Randall, Colonel (Brigadier General in 1957) Carey A., USMC, Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Armed Forces Policy Council

Raymond, John M., Acting Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, spring 1956–April 1, 1957;thereafter Deputy Legal Adviser; also Acting Legal Adviser, April 3–June 12, 1957

Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Counselor of the Department of State from March 17, 1957

Riad, General Mahmoud, Egyptian Ambassador to Syria

Richards, Arthur L, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State, after January 15, 1956

Richards, James P., Democratic Representative from South Carolina; Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee until January 3, 1957; Special Envoy of the President to the Middle East, March–May 1957

Robertson, Reuben B., Jr., 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, Department of State, July 1, 1956–August 11, 1957; thereafter Director

Rose, Michael, Head of the Levant Department, British Foreign Office, from January 17, 1955

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

Rowan, Sir (Thomas) Leslie, Alternate Governor, Board of Governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation

Russell, Francis H., Counselorof the Embassy in Israel until May 17, 1955; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, May 17–September 25, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, September 25, 1955–October 7, 1956; Ambassador to New Zealand from June 7, 1957

al-Said, General Nuri Pasha, Iraqi Prime Minister and Minister of Defense until June 20, 1957

Samuel, Ian, Head of the Security Department, British Foreign Office, from July 30, 1956

Saud, ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia

Scott, Walter K., Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until August 1, 1955;thereafter detailed to the International Cooperation Administration

Seager, Cedric, Deputy Regional Director for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Operations, Foreign Operations Administration, until May 1, 1955; Regional Director, May 1, 1955–October 8, 1956 (International Cooperation Administration after July 1, 1955); Regional Director for Near Eastern and South Asian Operations, October 8, 1956–August 15, 1957

al-Shabandar, Moussa, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States; also Foreign Minister until May 8, 1955

Sharett, Moshe, Israeli Prime Minister until November 2, 1955; also Foreign Minister until June 16, 1956

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

Shuckburgh, Evelyn, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until June 25, 1956

Shuqayr, General Shawkat, Syrian Chief of Staff until July 8, 1956

Sisco, Joseph J., Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, May 22, 1955–July 1, 1956; Officer in Charge of General Assembly and Security Council Affairs, July 1, 1956–January 27, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of United Nations Political and Security Affairs

Smith, Gerard C., Consultantto the Secretary of State until January 1, 1956; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Matters, January 1, 1956–October 18, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning

Smith, H. Alexander, Republican Senator from New Jersey, member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Smith, Harry L., Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, after February 12, 1956

Smith, James H., Jr., Director of the International Cooperation Administration from September 15, 1957

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

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

Stabler, Wells, Officer in Charge of Egyptian-Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after April 21, 1957

Stassen, Harold E., Special Assistant to the President from March 22, 1955; Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and Chairman of the Foreign Operations Council, Foreign Operations Administration, until June 30, 1955; also member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1955

Stelle, Charles C., member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until August 26, 1956; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 26, 1956–August 25, 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Iran

Stevens, Eli, Politico-Military Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, from August 8, 1955

Stevens, Francis B., Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, September 23, 1956–July 28, 1957

Stevens, Sir Roger Bentham, British Ambassador to Iran

Sturgill, Robert G., Executive Secretariat, Department of State

Stutesman, John H., Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until August 1, 1955

Suhrawardy, Hussain, Pakistani Minister of Law until 1955; Prime Minister from September 1956

Suwaydi, Tawfiq, former Prime Minister of Iraq

Swihart, James W., First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army, from June 30, 1955

Templer, General Sir Gerald, Chief of the British Imperial Staff

Thacher, Nicholas G., First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iraq after September 23, 1956

Timmons, Benson E. L., Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State, after September 13, 1955

Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, British Ambassador to Egypt from August 1955

Twining, General Nathan F., USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 30, 1957; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 15, 1957

Urgupulu, Ali Suat Fuat Hayri, Turkish Ambassador to the United States from September 7, 1957

Van Dusen, William, Fuels Division, Department of State

Voroshilov, Kimet Yefremovich, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

Wadsworth, George E., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Waggoner, Edward L., Consul at Izmir until July 8, 1955; First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Syria, July 18, 1955–August 12, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Lebanon-Syria Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

Wallner, Woodruff, Counselor of the Embassy in France and Political Adviser to the European Command at Paris until April 7, 1957

Walmsley, Walter N., Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union until October 8, 1956; thereafer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Warren, Avra M., Ambassador to Turkey until February 17, 1956

White, General Thomas D., USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 1957; Chief of Staff from July 1, 1957

Whitney, John Hay, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from February 28, 1957

Wilcox, Francis O., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs after September 6, 1955

Wiley, Alexander, Republican Senator from Wisconsin, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Commitee

Wilkins, Fraser, Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–July 28, 1957; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, July 28–September 16, 1957; thereafter Minister-Counselor

Williams, Murat W., Deputy Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, after July 29, 1956

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

Wilson, Evan M., First Secretary-Consul General of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until September 1957

Withers, Charles D., Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State, March 13, 1955–November 1956; Deputy Director, November 1956–August 25, 1957

Wright, Sir Michael Robert, British Ambassador to Iraq from January 21, 1955

Yasin, Yusuf Shaikh, Saudi Arabian Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of State, and Delegate at the League of Arab States

Zahedi, Major General Fazollah, Iranian Prime Minister until April 7, 1955

Zorlu, Fatin Rustu, Turkish Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative to NATO

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Near East Region; Iran; Iraq, Volume XII

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