Office of the Historian

List of Persons

  • Editor’s Note: The identification of persons in this list is limited to circumstances and positions under reference in this volume. Historical personages alluded to in the volume and certain minor officials are not identified in this list. All titles and positions are American unless there is an indication to the contrary.
  • In this and in other editorial material throughout the volume (document headings, footnotes, and editorial notes), every effort has been made to provide recognizable and consistent transliterations of names of individuals from countries using non-Roman alphabets. The transliterations adopted for proper names were those commonly used by the Department of State at the time, or in documents or official publications of the countries concerned. (In the case of Arabic names, differences arise in the transliteration of vowels. The editors have generally rendered the definite article as al- rather than el-, and have omitted diacritical marks.)
  • Abramov, Alexander N., Soviet Ambassador to Israel
  • 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
  • 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
  • Amin, Moustafa, Egyptian publisher and special emissary of Nasser
  • 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 to the Secretary of State 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
  • Barnes, Robert G., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs from March 11, 1956
  • Beckett, John A., Assistant Secretary of the British Ministry of Fuel and Power
  • Beam, Jacob D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, October 23, 1955-June 27, 1957; Ambassador to Poland after August 9, 1957
  • Becker, Loftus, Legal Adviser, Department of State, from June 13, 1957
  • 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
  • Bennike, Maj. Gen. Vagn, former Chief of Staff, U.N. Truce Supervisory Organization until September 2, 1954
  • 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
  • Bizri, Gen. Afif, Syrian Army Chief of Staff from August 1957
  • Black, Eugene, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Blackiston, Slator C., Jr., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, April 8, 1956- March 10, 1957; thereafter Attaché of the Embassy in Lebanon
  • Bodggs, Marion W., Coordinator, National Security Council Board of Assistants, until 1957; Director of the National Security Council Secretariat from 1957
  • Bourgès-Maunoury, Maurice, French Minister of Defense, January 31, 1956-June 11, 1957
  • Bowie, Robert, Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until October 18, 1957; Department of State member of the National Security Council Planning Board, August 28, 1955-October 18, 1957
  • 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
  • Bunche, Ralph J., Under Secretary in the United Nations Secretariat
  • Burdett, William C., Jr., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 7, 1956-August 11, 1957; Acting Depuyty Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, August 11, 1957-August 28, 1957; First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom from November 3, 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 17, 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
  • Byroade, Henry A., Ambassador to Egypt, March 10, 1955-September 10, 1956; Ambassador to the Union of South Africa from October 9, 1956
  • Caccia, Sir Harold, Ambassador to the United States from November 9, 1956
  • Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon
  • 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
  • Corbett, Jack C., Director, Office of Finance and Development Policy, Department of State
  • Cordier, Andrew W., Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations since 1946
  • 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
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Intelligence, Department of State, May 5, 1957-October 10, 1957; thereafter Director of Intelligence and Research
  • Dale, William N., Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, from July 29, 1956
  • 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
  • Dayan, Maj. Gen. Moshe, Chief of General Staff, Israeli Defense Forces
  • De Palma, Samuel, Deputy Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, April 8, 1956-August 25, 1957
  • Dean, Arthur H., lawyer in private practice
  • Dean, Sir Patrick Henry, Assistant Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Office, until August 29, 1956; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France until January 28, 1957; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from March 15, 1957
  • Dixon, Sir Pierson, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations
  • Dorman, John, First Secretary and Consul at the Embassy in the United Kingdom, October 22, 1955-August 1957; Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, from August 28, 1957
  • Drain, Richard D., Secretary of State Dulles’ Special Assistant, March 11, 1957-August 9, 1957
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary 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
  • Eshkol, Levi, Israeli Minister of Finance
  • Faisal ibn abd al-Aziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 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
  • FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until February 1957
  • Fobes, John E., Director, Office of International Administration, Department of State, from September 25, 1955
  • Frost, Rear Adm. Lawrence H., USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Intelligence) and Director of Naval Intelligence
  • Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Furnas, Clifford C., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Development), December 1, 1955-February 15, 1957
  • Gaitskell, Hugh, British Member of Parliament and Leader of the Labour Party since December 1955
  • Gamon, David L., Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State, from November 4, 1956
  • 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
  • Gohar, Lt. Col. Salah, Egyptian Army; head of the Palestine Department, Egyptian Ministry of War
  • 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; Director of the 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., Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 9, 1956-October 1957
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., First Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 14, 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister; Representative to the 12th Session of the U.N. General Assembly
  • Gruenther, Gen. Alfred M., USA, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, until November 1956
  • Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President
  • Haikal (Heikal), Mohammed, Egyptian journalist and confidant of President Nasser; editor of Al Ahram from 1957
  • 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, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union until January 1957; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary in the Foreign Office
  • Heath, Donald R., 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; Officer in Charge of Hungarian Refugee Operations from December 31, 1956
  • Herter, Christian A., Consultant to Secretary of State Dulles, January 14, 1957-February 20, 1957; Under Secretary of State from February 21, 1957; Chairman of the Operations Coordinating Board from February 25, 1957
  • Hill, Robert C., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, March 7, 1956-May 1957; Ambassador to Mexico from May 20, 1957
  • Hoffacker, Lewis, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, from December 16, 1956
  • Home, Earl of (Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home), British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations since April 1955
  • Hood, Viscount Samuel, Assistant Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Ministry, September 1956-September 1957; thereafter Minister at the Embassy in the United States
  • Hoover, Herbert, Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 21, 1957
  • Houghton, Amory, Ambassador to France from April 17, 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
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas; Senate Majority Leader from January 3, 1955
  • Johnston, Eric A., Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board, International Cooperation Administration
  • Jones, John Wesley, Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from February 14, 1957
  • Joxe, Louis, Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry from July 5, 1956
  • al-Kaissouni, Abdelmoneim, Egyptian Minister of Finance
  • Kalijarvi, Thorsten V., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until March 14, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs thereafter
  • al-Khayyal, Sheikh Abdullah, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States from August 11, 1955
  • Khouri, Victor A., Lebanese Ambassador to the United States from November 8, 1955
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S., First Secretary of the Central Commitee of the Soviet Communist Party
  • Kidron, Mordecai R., Israeli Deputy Representative to the United Nations
  • 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
  • Kollek, Theodore (Teddy), Director General of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office
  • Labouisse, Henry R., Director, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • Laboulaye, François de, Second Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States
  • Lall, Arthur S., Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
  • 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
  • Leary, Col. Byron V., USA, Acting Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization after November 1956
  • 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
  • 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, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, winter 1956–October 1957; Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research from October 10, 1957
  • McCardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until March 1, 1957
  • McCloy, John J., Chairman of the Board of the Chase Manhattan Bank
  • McCollum, Robert J., Deputy Administrator for Refugee Relief, Department of State, from February 1, 1957
  • Macmillan, Harold, 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
  • Malik, Charles, Permanent Representative of Lebanon at the United Nations, 1956–1957; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education from November 19, 1956
  • Mallory, Lester D., Ambassador to Jordan
  • 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; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning from November 3, 1957
  • Meeker, Leonard C., Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, January 1951-April 1957; Acting Deputy Legal Adviser from April 3, 1957
  • Meir, Golda, Israeli Minister of Labor until June 1956; Foreign Minister from June 18, 1956
  • Menon, V.K. Krishna, 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
  • Moline, Edwin G., Officer in Charge of Economic Organization Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State, from May 6, 1956
  • Mollet, Guy, French Prime Minister, January 31, 1956–June 11, 1957
  • Moose, James S., Jr., Ambassador to Syria until June 30, 1957
  • Morris, Willie, First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States from August 1, 1955
  • 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
  • Newsom, David D., Office of Arabian Peninsula and Iraqi Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, from June 27, 1956
  • O’Connor, Roderic L., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, December 1, 1955-May 1957; Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, from May 28, 1957
  • 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
  • Pella, Giuseppe, Italian Foreign Minister from May 20, 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 Delegation at the United Nations, 1956 and 1957
  • Proctor, Carolyn, Secretary of State Dulles’ secretary
  • 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
  • Rafael, Gideon, Counselor, Department of Middle Eastern and United Nations Affairs, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Rayburn, Sam, Democratic Congressman from Texas; Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • Raymond, John M., Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, until February 1957; Deputy Legal Adviser, March 1-April 2, 1957; Acting Legal Adviser from April 3, 1957
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Counselor of the Department of State from March 14, 1957
  • Riad, Gen. Mahmoud, Egyptian Army; Egyptian Ambassador to Syria
  • Richards, James P., Special Assistant to the President with the personal rank of Ambassador from January 7, 1957
  • al-Rifai, Abdul Monem, Jordanian Ambassador to the United States until August 2, 1957
  • al-Rifai, Samir, Jordanian Foreign Minister from April 25, 1957
  • Roberts, Randolph, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after January 29, 1956
  • 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
  • Russell, Richard B., Democratic Senator from Georgia; Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee
  • Sabry, Ali, Egyptian Director of Intelligence for External Activities, June 1956-May 1957; Minister of State for Presidential Affairs from May 1957
  • al-Said, General Nuri, Iraqi Prime Minister, August 3, 1954-June 20, 1957
  • Salisbury, Lord, Leader of the British House of Lords
  • Sandys, Duncan, British Minister of Defense from January 13, 1957
  • Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
  • Shaw, John F., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–September 23, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs
  • Sherman, Meir, Economic Minister of the Israeli Embassy in the United States
  • 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, H. Alexander, Republican Senator from New Jersey; member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Spender, Sir Percy, Australian Ambassador to the United States
  • Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D.,USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, from June 30, 1955
  • Tyler, William R., Deputy Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; thereafter Director
  • Vorys, John M., Republican Congressman from Ohio; Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Wadsworth, George E., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
  • Wadsworth, James J., Alternate Representative to the 10th, 11th, and 12th Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
  • 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
  • Wentworth, Brig. Gen. Richard D.,USAF, Secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff from summer 1956
  • White, Paul Lincoln (Linc), Acting Chief of the News Division, Department of State, December 1955-July 1957; thereafter Chief
  • Whitman, Ann, President Eisenhower’s personal secretary
  • 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; ranking Republican member of those Committees
  • Wilkins, Fraser, Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–September 1957; Minister-Counselor at the Embassy in Iran from September 16, 1957
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense until October 8, 1957
  • Yassin (Yasin), Shaikh Yusuf, Saudi Royal Counselor; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Secretary to King Saud
  • Yost, Charles W., Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in France, October 2, 1956-December 1957; Ambassador to Syria from December 24, 1957
  • Zeineddine, Farid, Syrian Ambassador to the United States until August 1957; Vice Chairman of the Syrian Delegation to the 11th and 12th Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, 1956 and 1957