List of Persons

• Editor’s Note: The identification of the persons in this list is generally limited to circumstances and positions under reference in this volume. All titles and positions are American unless there is an indication to the contrary. Where no dates are given, the official held the position throughout the period covered by this volume.
• Adams, Sherman , Assistant to President Eisenhower
• Adenauer, Konrad , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and, until May 1955, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Aldrich, Winthrop W. , Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 1957
• Alphand, Hervé , French Permanent Representative at the United Nations, June 1955–September 1956; thereafter Ambassador to the United States
• Amory, Robert, Jr. , Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• Anderson, Clinton P. , Democratic Senator from New Mexico; Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, January 1955–January 1957; thereafter Chairman
• Anderson, Dillon , Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs, April 1955–September 1956; thereafter Consultant to the President
• Anderson, Robert B. , Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 1955; Secretary of the Treasury from July 1957
• Baker, Vincent , Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• Barbour, Walworth , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until November 1955; Minister–Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom, November 1955–February 1956; thereafter Deputy Chief of Mission
• Beam, Jacob D. , Director, Office of East European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, March 1955–October 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, October 1955–June 1957; Ambassador to Poland from August 1957
• Berding, Andrew H. , Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Programs, U.S. Information Agency, until March 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• Bond, Niles W. , Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• Bourgès–Maunoury, Maurice , French Minister of the Armed Forces, January–February 1955; Minister of the Interior, February 1955–January 1956; Minister of National Defense, January 1956–June 1957; Prime Minister, June–November 1957; thereafter Minister of the Interior
• Bowie, Robert R. , Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until August 1955; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning and Department of State representative on the National Security Council Planning Board, August 1955–October 1957
• Brentano, Heinrich von , West German Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 1955
• Bricker, John W. , Republican Senator from Ohio
• Bridges, Styles , Republican Senator from New Hampshire
• Brown, Winthrop G. , Economic Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom with the personal rank of Minister
• Brownell, Herbert, Jr. , Attorney General of the United States until November 1957
• Bruce, David K.E. , Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 1955–March 1957; thereafter Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and Chief of Mission at Berlin
• Brucker, Wilber M. , Secretary of the Army from July 1955
• Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich , Soviet Minister of Armed Forces until February 1955; Chairman of the Council of Ministers and member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Burke, Admiral Arleigh A. , Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 1955
• Caccia, Sir Harold A. , British Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until November 1956; thereafter Ambassador to the United States
• Cole, W. Sterling , Republican Representative from New York and member, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, until December 1957; thereafter Director–General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Coulson, John E. , British Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until October 1955; Minister of the Embassy in the United States, October 1955–September 1957
• Cutler, Robert , Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs until April 1955 and from January 1957
• Davis, W. Kenneth , Acting Director, Division of Reactor Development, Atomic Energy Commission, until February 1955; thereafter Director
• Dodge, Joseph M. , Special Assistant to President Eisenhower and Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy until July 1956
• Dulles, Allen W. , Director of Central Intelligence
• Dulles, John Foster , Secretary of State
• Durham, Carl T. , Democratic Representative from North Carolina; Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, January 1955–January 1957; thereafter Chairman
• Eden, Sir Anthony , British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until April 1955; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, April 1955–January 1957
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. , President of the United States
• Elbrick, C. Burke , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
• Farley, Philip J. , Deputy to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs until October 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
• Farrell, Major General Francis W. (Lieutenant General from 1957), Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Security Affairs until 1957
• Faure, Edgar Jean , French Minister of Foreign Affairs, January–February 1955; Prime Minister, February 1955–January 1956
• Firehock, Colonel Raymond B. , Deputy Staff Director of Harold E. Stassen’s Special Staff, April 1955–June 1957
• Fisk, James B. , Member, General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, Science Advisory Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization
• Flemming, Arthur S. , Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization until February 1957
• Foster, Paul F. , Special Assistant to the General Manager (Liaison), Atomic Energy Commission, 1955–June 1956; thereafter Assistant General Manager for International Activities, Atomic Energy Commission
• Gardner, Edward R. , Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission, until May 1956; thereafter Director, Office of Special Projects, Atomic Energy Commission
• Gleason, S. Everett , Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
• Goodpaster, Colonel Andrew J. (Brigadier General from January 1957), Staff Secretary to President Eisenhower
• Gray, Gordon , Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1955–February 1957; Director of the Office of Defense Moblization from March 1957
• Greene, Joseph N., Jr. , First Secretary, Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany, until September 1956; Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 1956–October 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
• Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich , Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until February 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister
• Gullion, Edmund A. , Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• Hagerty, James C. , Press Secretary to President Eisenhower
• Hall, John A. , Director, Office of International Affairs (Division of International Affairs from November 1955), Atomic Energy Commission
• Hall, William O. , Senior Adviser on Internatonal Organization Affairs, U.S. Mission t to the United Nations, and Adviser to the U.S. members, Advisory Committee for the U.N. Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
• Hammarskjold, Dag , Secretary–General of the United Nations
• Herter, Christian A. , Consultant to the Secretary of State, January–February 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State and Chairman, Operations Coordinating Board
• Hickenlooper, Bourke B. , Republican Senator from Iowa
• Hollister, John B. , Consultant to the Secretary of State, May–July 1955; Director, International Cooperation Administration, July 1955–July 1957
• Holmes, Julius C. , Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 1955; Consul General at Tangier, May 1955–July 1956; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from July 1956; Deputy Representative to the United Nations Subcommittee on Disarmament from July 1957
• Hoover, Herbert C., Jr. , Under Secretary of State and Chairman, Operations Coordinating Board, until February 1957
• Howe, Fisher , Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until March 1956; thereafter Director of the Executive Secretariat
• Hughes, Rowland R. , Director of the Bureau of the Budget until April 1956
• Humphrey, George M. , Secretary of the Treasury until July 1957
• Humphrey, Hubert H. , Democratic Senator from Minnesota
• Jackson, William H. , Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, September 1955–January 1956; Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, January–September 1956; Acting Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs, September 1956–January 1957
• Johnson, Lyndon Baines , Democratic Senator from Texas; Minority Leader of the Senate until January 1955; thereafter Majority Leader of the Senate
• Key, David McK. , Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until July 1955
• Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich , First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Killian, James R., Jr. , Head, Technological Capabilities Panel, Science Advisory Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization, from June 1955; Chairman, President’s Board on Foreign Intelligence Activities, from 1956; Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for Science and Technology from November 1957
• Kishi, Nobusuke , Secretary General, Japan Democratic Party (Liberal–Democratic Party from 1956); Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, December 1956–July 1957; Prime Minister from February 1957
• Knowland, William F. , Republican Senator from California; Senate Majority Leader until January 1955; thereafter Senate Minority Leader; Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Member, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
• Kuznetsov, Vasilii Vasilevich , Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister and Representative to the U.N. General Assembly
• Larson, Arthur , Under Secretary of Labor until November 1956; Director, U.S. Information Agency, December 1956–November 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to President Eisenhower
• Lay, James S., Jr. , Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
• Libby, Willard F. , Member, Atomic Energy Commission
• Lloyd, John Selwyn , British Minister of Supply until April; Minister of Defense, April 1955–December 1955; thereafter Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
• Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. , Permanent Representative at the United Nations
• Loper, Major General Herbert B. , Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy and Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission
• Macmillan, Harold , British Minister of Defense until April 1955; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, April–December 1955; Chancellor of the Exchequer, December 1955–January 1957; thereafter Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
• Makins, Sir Roger M. , British Ambassador in the United States until October 1956; Joint Permanent Secretary of the Treasury from October 1956
• Martin, Joseph W., Jr. , Republican Representative from Massachusetts; Speaker of the House of Representatives until January 1955; thereafter Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
• Martin, Paul , Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare until June 1957; Chairman, Canadian Delegation to the U.N. General Assembly and Representative on the Subcommittee to the Disarmament Commission, 1955
• Matteson, Robert E. , Director, Office of Research and Reports, Foreign Operations Administration, until May 1955; thereafter Staff Director of Harold E. Stassen’s Special Staff
• Minnich, L. Arthur, Jr. , Assistant Staff Secretary to President Eisenhower
• Moch, Jules , French Permanent Representative to the U.N. Disarmament Commission and Subcommittee
• Mollet, Guy , President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe until January 1956; Prime Minister of France, February 1956–June 1957
• Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich , Soviet Foreign Minister until May 1956
• Murphy, Robert D. , Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• Murray, Thomas E. , Member, Atomic Energy Commission, until June 1957
• Nelson, Commander Curtis A. , Division of Inspection, Atomic Energy Commission
• Noble, Commander Allan Herbert Percy , British Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1955–1956; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from December 1956
• Norstad, General Lauris , Air Deputy, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe, until November 1956; thereafter Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
• Nutting, Sir Harold Anthony , British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Representative to the U.N. General Assembly and to the Subcommittee of the U.N. Disarmament Commission until November 1956
• Patterson, Morehead , Representative to the Negotiations for the Establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency until December 1955
• Peaslee, Amos J. , Ambassador to Australia until February 1956; thereafter Deputy Special Assistant to President Eisenhower
• Perkins, George W. , Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, March 1955–October 1957
• Peterson, Val , Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration until June 1957; Ambassador to Denmark from August 1957
• Phillips, Christopher H. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Pinay, Antoine , French Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 1955–January 1956
• Pineau, Christian , French Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 1956
• Quarles, Donald A. , Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development until August 1955; Secretary of the Air Force, August 1955–April 1957; thereafter Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Rabi, Isidor I. , Chairman, General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission, until 1957; Member, Science Advisory Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization, 1955–1956; thereafter Chairman; Representative to Negotiations for the Establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency from August 1955
• Radford, Admiral Arthur M. , Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August 1957
• Ridgway, General Matthew B. , Chief of Staff, United States Army, until June 1955
• Robertson, Reuben B., Jr. , Deputy Secretary of Defense, August 1955–April 1957
• Robertson, Walter S. , Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
• Rockefeller, Nelson A. , Special Assistant to President Eisenhower until December 1955; Chairman, President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization, until 1957
• Saltonstall, Leverett , Republican Senator from Massachusetts
• Sandys, Duncan , British Minister of Defense
• Smith, Bromley K. , Senior Member, National Security Council Special Staff
• Smith, Gerard C. , Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs until October 1957 thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
• Sobolev, Arkadii Aleksandrovich , Soviet Permanent Representative at the United Nations from March 1955 and Representative to the U.N. Disarmament Commission
• Spaak, Paul–Henri , Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs until May 1957; thereafter Secretary–General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Spiers, Ronald I. , Foreign Affairs Officer, Atomic Energy Commission, until January 1955; Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State, January 1955–June 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
• Sprague, Mansfield D. , General Counsel, Department of Defense, October 1955–February 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• Stassen, Harold E. , Director of the Foreign Operations Administration until June 1955; Special Assistant to President EISENHOWER from March 1955 and Deputy Representative to the U.N. Disarmament Commission from August 1955
• Stevenson, Adlai , Democratic Party Presidential candidate, 1956
• Strauss, Lewis L. , Special Assistant to President EISENHOWER and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
• Streibert, Theodore C. , Director of the U.S. Information Agency until December 1956
• Taylor, General Maxwell D. , Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, Far East, and Eighth U.S. Army, until March 1955; Commander in Chief, Far East Command, April–June 1955; thereafter Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
• Thompson, Llewellyn E. , U.S. High Commissioner to Austria until May 1955 and Ambassador to Austria until July 1957; thereafter Ambassador to the Soviet Union
• Twining, General Nathan F. , Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, until July 1957; thereafter Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Von Neumann, John , Member, Atomic Energy Commission, until February 1957
• Wadsworth, James J. , Alternate Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Mission to the United Nations; Representative for International Atomic Energy Agency Negotiations from January 1956
• Wainhouse, David W. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until September 1955; First Secretary of the Embassy in France, September 1955–July 1956; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, July–October 1956; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Austria
• Walmsley, Walter N., Jr. , Minister–Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union until October 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Waugh, Samuel C. , Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until August 1955; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, August–October 1955; thereafter President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export–Import Bank
• Weiler, Lawrence D. , Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• Whitney, John Hay , Ambassador to the United Kingdom from February 1957
• Wilcox, Francis O. , Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, until September 1955; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Wilson, Charles E. , Secretary of Defense until October 1957
• Zarubin, Georgii Nikolayevich , Soviet Ambassador to the United States and Representative to the U.N. General Assembly
• Zhukov, Georgii Konstantinovich , Soviet Minister of Defense, February 1955–October 1957
• Zorin, Valerian Aleksandrovich , Head of the Soviet Delegation to the Subcommittee of the U.N. Disarmament Commission