Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Suez Crisis, July 26–December 31, 1956, Volume XVI

Adams, Sherman, Assistant to the President

Adams, Ware, Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State, from September 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; Director, United States Information Agency, from November 15, 1957

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

Amer, Gen. Abdel Hakim, Egyptian Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces; Minister of War and Marine; Chief Commander of the Egyptian-Syrian Joint Command from October 23, 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., 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

Armstrong, W. Park, Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until June 16, 1957

Asbjornson, Mildred, Secretary of State Dulles’ secretary

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

Barbour, Walworth, Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom after February 23, 1956

Barco, James W., Counselor of the Mission to the United Nations from June 16, 1955; also Deputy Representative to the U.N. Security Council from April 12, 1956; also Counselor of the Delegation to the U.N. General Assembly at the 10th, 11th, and 12th Sessions

Beckett, John A., Assistant Secretary of the British Ministry of Fuel and Power

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

Beeley, Harold, British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, May 1955–June 1956; thereafter Assistant Under Secretary in the British Foreign Office

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

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

Berding, Andrew H., Assistant Director for Policies and Programs, United States Information Agency, until March 22, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from March 28, 1957

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

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

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, Secretary General of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs until June 1957; Ambassador to the United Kingdom from June 1957

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

Blackiston, Slator C., Jr., Vice Consul at Jerusalem until February 9, 1956; Consul, February 9–April 8, 1956; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, April 8, 1956–March 10, 1957; thereafter Attaché of the Embassy in Lebanon

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

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

Bourgès-Maunoury, Maurice, French Minister of Defense, January 31, 1956–June 11, 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

Brilej, Josa, Permanant Yugoslav Representative at the United Nations from June 1954

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

Broustra, Vincent, Head of the French Delegation to the United Nations, 1956

Brownell, Herbert, Jr., Attorney General of the United States

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., Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern 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

Burgess, W. Randolph, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs until July 1957; Permanent Representative to NATO with personal rank of Ambassador from July 3, 1957

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

Burns, Maj. Gen. Eedson L.M., Canadian Army Officer; Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization until November 1956; Commander, United Nations Emergency Force, from November 1956

Butler, Richard A., British Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, December 1955–January 1957; thereafter Home Secretary

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

Cabell, Lt. Gen. C.P., USAF, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

Caccia, Sir Harold, Deputy Under Secretary in the British Foreign Office until November 1956; Ambassador to the United States from November 9, 1956

Carrigan, John W., Consul General at Dhahran, July 20, 1955–August 1957

Casey, Richard G., Australian Minister for External Affairs

Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon

Chauvel, Jean, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Chiperfield, Robert B., Democratic Congressman from Illinois and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Comay, Michael S., Israeli Ambassador to Canada until April 1957

Connors, W. Bradley, Counselor for Public Affairs at the Embassy in the United Kingdom from July 29, 1955

Cornut-Gentille, Bernard, Permanent French Representative to the U.N. Security Council, August–December 1956

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

Crosthwaite, Ponsonby Moore, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom at the U.N. Security Council; Alternate Representative at the General Assembly; Alternate Representative on the Disarmament Commission

Dale, William N., First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until July 29, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State

Daridan, Jean Henri, Assistant Director of the Cabinet of the Minister, French Foreign Ministry, February–July 1956; Director General of Political and Economic Affairs from July 5, 1956

De Palma, Samuel, Deputy Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, April 8, 1956–August 25, 1957

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

Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France until January 28, 1957

Dixon, Sir Pierson, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations

Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence

Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State

Eagleton, William L., Second Secretary and Vice Consul of the Embassy in Iraq until September 14, 1956; thereafter Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

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

Eden, Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony, British 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 14, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Engen, Hans, Permanent Representative of Norway at the United Nations

Faisal ibn al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-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

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

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

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

Foster, Andrew B., Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom

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

Gaitskell, Hugh, British Member of Parliament and Leader of the Labour Party since December 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–August 4, 1957; died August 4, 1957

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

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

Goodpaster, Brig. Gen. Andrew J., USA, Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to the President; became Brigadier General on January 1, 1957

Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 14, 1955–February 27, 1957

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

Greene, Joseph N., Jr., Deputy Dirdctor of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 9, 1956–October 1957

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

Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President

Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hanes, John W., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until April 1957

Hare, Raymond A., Ambassador to Egypt from September 25, 1956

Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President

Hayter, Sir William Goodenough, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union until January 1957

Heath, Donald B., Ambassador to Lebanon from March 9, 1955

Heeney, Arnold D.P., Canadian Ambassador to the United States until April 1957

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

Hollister, John B., Director of the International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–September 15, 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

Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury

Hussein, Ahmad, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States

Hussein, King, King of Jordan

Jebb, Sir Hubert Miles Gladwyn, British Ambassador to France

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 (after 1956, International Cooperation Administration)

Jones, G. Lewis, Jr., Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, 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

Joxe, Louis, Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry from July 5, 1956

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

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

Kidron, Mordecai R., Israeli Deputy Representative to the United Nations

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

Kirkpatrick, Ivone A., British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Kiselev, Yevgeniy Dmitrievich, Soviet Ambassador to Egypt from February 13, 1956

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

Laboulaye, François de, Second Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States

Lall, Arthur S., Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

Lange, Halvard, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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

Lawson, Edward B., Ambassador to Israel

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

Lister, Ernest A., Deputy Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, May 6, 1956–August 25, 1957

Lloyd, Selwyn, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from December 12, 1955

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

Loutfi, Omar, Permanent Representative of Egypt at the United Nations

Luce, Clare Boothe, Ambassador to Italy until December 27, 1956

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

Ludlow, James M., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State, until November 4, 1956; thereafter Acting United Nations Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs

McAfee, William, Psychological Intelligence and Research Staff, Department of State, until winter 1956; Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, winter 1956–October 1957

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

McAuliffe, Eugene V., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until April 7, 1957; thereafter Director

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

MacDonald, Thomas L., New Zealand Minister of External Affairs

Macmillan, Harold M., British 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 Secretary of State, November 16, 1955– August 15, 1957

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

Malik, Charles, Permanent Representative of Lebanon at the United Nations, 1956–1957; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education from November 19, 1956

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

Mathews, Elbert G., Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, March 13, 1955–November 13, 1957

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

Menon, V.K. Krishna, Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations and Representative on the Trusteeship Council; Minister without Portfolio, 1956; Minister of Defense, 1957

Menzies, Robert G., Australian Prime Minister

Merchant, Livingston T., Ambassador to Canada from May 23, 1956

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

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

Moline, Edwin G., Officer in Charge of Economic Organization Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State, from May 6, 1956

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

Monckton of Brenchley, 1st Viscount (Walter Turner Monckton), British Minister of Defense, December 1955–October 1956; Paymaster General, October 1956–January 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

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

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal, Indian Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs; Head of the Department of Atomic Energy

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

Noon, Malik Firoz Khan, Pakistani Foreign Minister, September 1956–September 1957

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

Ordonneau, Pierre, Minister and Adviser for Security Council Affairs, Permanent French Delegation to the United Nations

Overby, Andrew N., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury until February 28, 1957

Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran

Pate, Gen. Randolph M., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and Chief of Staff until January 1, 1956; thereafter Commandant

Pearson, Lester, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs until June 21, 1957; Representative to the 11th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, November 1956–March 1957

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

Persons, Maj. Gen. Wilton B. (Jerry), 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; Head of the French Delegations at the United Nations, 1956 and 1957

Popovic, Koca, Yugoslav Foreign Minister; Head of the Yugoslav Delegation to the 10th, 11th, and 12th Sessions of the U.N. General Assembly

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

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

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

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

Riad, Gen. Mahmoud, Egyptian Army; Egyptian Ambassador to Syria

Roberts, Randolph, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after January 29, 1956

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

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 (Thomas) Leslie, British Second Secretary of the Treasury; Alternate Governor, Board of Governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Finance Corporation

St. Laurent, Louis S., Canadian Prime Minister until June 21, 1957

Salisbury, Lord, Leader of the British House of Lords

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

Seaton, Fred A., Secretary of the Interior from June 8, 1956

Sharett, Moshe, Prime Minister of Israel 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–September 23, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs

Shepilov, Dimitri T., Soviet Foreign Minister, June 1, 1956–February 15, 1957; Head of the Soviet Delegation at the United Nations, 1956

Sherwood, Robert K., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Deparatment of State, until October 6, 1957

Shiloah, Reuven, Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States

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

Smith, Gerard C., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Matters, January 1, 1956–October 18, 1957

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

Sohm, Earl D., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until March 1957

Spaak, Paul Henri, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs until May 11, 1957; Head of the Belgian Delegation to the 10th and 11th Sessions of the U.N. General Assembly

Spender, Sir Percy, Australian Ambassador to the United States

Stassen, Harold E., Special Assistant to the President from March 22, 1955; Representative on the United Nations Disarmament Commission from August 2, 1955

Stelle, Charles C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 26, 1956–August 25, 1957

Stevenson, Adlai, Democratic candidate for President, 1952 and 1956

Suhrawardy, Husayn, Pakistani Prime Minister, September 12, 1956–October 17, 1957

Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, from June 30, 1955

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

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

Twining, Gen. Nathan F., USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 30, 1957

Tyler, William R., Deputy Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957

Unden, Osten, Swedish Foreign Minister

Vallat, Francis A., Deputy Legal Adviser of the British Foreign Office and Alternate Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations

Vimont, Jacques, Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States until September 1957

Von Brentano, Heinrich, German Foreign Minister from June 6, 1955

Wadsworth, George E., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Wainhouse, David W., Acting Deputy Assistant of State for International Organization Affairs, July 20–October 7, 1956

Walmsley, Arnold R., British Consul at Jerusalem until April 27, 1956

Walmsley, Walter N., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs after October 8, 1956

Waugh, Samuel C., President and Chairman of the Board of the Export-Import Bank from October 4, 1955

Weeks, Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce

Wentworth, Brig. Gen. Richard D., USAF, Secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff from summer 1956

White, Gen. Thomas D., USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 1957

Whitman, Ann, President Eisenhower’s personal secretary

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; ranking Republican member of those Committees

Wilkins, Fraser, Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–September 1957

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

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

Wormser, Felix E., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Mineral Resources

Yassin (Yasin), Shaikh Yusuf, Saudi Royal Counselor; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Secretary to King Saud

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