Office of the Historian

List of Persons

  • Editor’s Note: Identification of the persons on this list is generally limited to positions and circumstances under reference in the volume and is confined to the years 1955–1957. All titles and positions are American unless otherwise indicated. Where no dates are given, the individual usually held the position throughout the period covered by the volume.
  • Abbott, George M., Special Assistant for South East Asia Treaty Organization Affairs, Department of State, from August 1956
  • Abdulgani, Ruslan, Secretary-General of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to March 1956; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Indonesian Delegation to the United Nations
  • Achilles, Theodore C., Minister at the Embassy in France to May 1956; thereafter Ambassador to Peru
  • Ali, Mohammed, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan to August 1955; thereafter Head of the Pakistani Delegation to the United Nations, Ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and Minister in Cuba
  • Aldrich, Winthrop W., Ambassador to the United Kingdom to February 1957
  • Allen, George V., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs to August 1956; thereafter Ambassador to Greece
  • Anderson, Rear Admiral George W., USN, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to July 1955
  • Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 1955–September 1956; thereafter White House Consultant
  • Anderson, Robert B., Deputy Secretary of Defense to August 1955; appointed Secretary of the Treasury, July 1957
  • Anschuetz, Norbert L., Counselor of the Embassy in Thailand, August 1955–August 1956
  • Armstrong, W. Park, Jr., Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, to May 1957
  • Bacon, Leonard L., Counselor of the Embassy in Laos from April 1957
  • Baldwin, Charles F., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs to July 1955
  • Barbour, Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs to November 1955; Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in the United Kingdom to February 1956; thereafter Minister-Counselor
  • Bell, James D., Deputy Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, July 1955–March 1956; thereafter Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs
  • Berding, Andrew H., Assistant Director for Policies and Programs, United States Information Agency, to March 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • Blancké, W. Wendell, First Secretary of the Embassy in Laos, April–July 1955; Counselor, July 1955–summer 1957
  • Bishop, Max W., Ambassador to Thailand from December 1955
  • Boun Oum na Champassak, Prince, Prime Minister of Laos, March 1948–February 1950
  • Bowie, Robert R., Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, to August 1955; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • Brown, Brigadier General Rothwell, USA, Head of the Programs Evaluation Office in Laos from January 1957
  • Burfans, Lieutenant Colonel Robert D., USA, Army Attaché at the Embassy in Cambodia to March 1956
  • Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., USN, Chief of Naval Operations from August 1955
  • Byrne, Patricia Mary, International Relations Officer in the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, to March 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Lao Affairs
  • Cabell, Lieutenant General Charles P., USAF, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • Caccia, Sir Harold A., Deputy Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Office to 1956; British Ambassador in the United States from November 1956
  • Carney, Admiral Robert B., USN, Chief of Naval Operations to August 1955
  • Casey, Richard G., Foreign Minister of Australia
  • Chiang Kai-Shek, Generalissimo, President of the Republic of China
  • Chou En-lai, Premier of the State Council and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China
  • Collins, General J. Lawton, USA, Special Representative of President Eisenhower to Vietnam, with the personal rank of Ambassador, to May 1955
  • Corcoran, Thomas J., Consul in Hanoi to December 1955
  • Couve de Murville, Maurice J., French Ambassador to the United States to September 1956
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Intelligence, May–October 1957; thereafter Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Cutler, Robert, Administrative Assistant to President Eisenhower; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, March 1953–April 1955 and January 1957–June 1958
  • Daridan, Jean H., Assistant Director General of Political Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry to February 1956; Assistant Director of the Cabinet of Ministers, February–July, 1956; thereafter Director General of Political and Economic Affairs
  • Davis, Admiral Arthur C., USN, Director of the Office of Foreign Military Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs to October 1955
  • De Paul, N. Carter, Jr., Director of the United States Operations Mission in Laos to November 1957
  • Deshmukh, Sir Chintaman Dwarkanath, Indian Finance Minister to July 1956
  • Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France to January 1957
  • Dodge, Joseph M., Special Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • Dufour, René, French Chief of Protocol
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State
  • Duncan, Admiral Donald B., USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations to September 1956
  • Durbrow, Elbridge, Minister in Singapore, October 1955–March 1957 (from November 1955, also Consul General); thereafter Ambassador to Vietnam
  • Eden, Sir Anthony, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister to April 1955; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, April 1955–January 1957
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  • Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs to February 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Ely, General Paul H.R., French Commissioner-General and Commander of the French Forces in Indochina to March 1956; thereafter Chief of the General Staff
  • Erskine, General Graves B., USMC, Director of the Office of Special Operations, Department of Defense
  • Faure, Edgar, French Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs to January 1955; Foreign Minister, January–February, 1955; thereafter Prime Minister and President of the Council of Ministers
  • Fox, Lieutenant General Alonzo P., USA, Military Adviser to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Gassouin, Olivier, French Ambassador in Laos from January 1957
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Goodpaster, Colonel Andrew J., USA, Staff Secretary to the President; promoted to Brigadier General January 1957
  • Gorce, Pierre, French High Commissioner in Cambodia to November 1956; thereafter French Ambassador in Cambodia
  • Gordon, Lieutenant Colonel Donald B., USA, Army Attaché at the Embassy in Laos
  • Graves, Sir Hubert Ashton, British Ambassador in Vietnam to March 1955; Minister in the United States, October 1955–July 1956
  • Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1955–February 1957; Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization from March 1957
  • Guibaut, Andre Justin, French High Commissioner in Laos, May 1955 to 1956
  • Hamilton, William C., Vice Consul and Secretary in the Division of Research for the Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State, to August 1957; thereafter Second Secretary at the Embassy in Burma
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Hartshorn, Brigadier General Edwin S., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Cambodia from June 1957
  • Hensel, H. Struve, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs to July 1955
  • Herter, Christian A., Consultant to the Secretary of State, January–February 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State and Chairman of the Operations Coordinating Board
  • Herz, Martin F., Second Secretary of the Embassy in Cambodia from February 1955; First Secretary, January–October 1957; thereafter First Secretary of the Embassy in Japan
  • Hildreth, Horace A., Ambassador to Pakistan to May 1957
  • Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; Chairman and General Secretary of Lao Dong Dang
  • Hoey, Robert E., Officer in Charge of Vietnam–Laos–Cambodia Affairs, Department of State, to December 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, December 1955–July 1956
  • Holliday, Leonard Gibson, British Ambassador and Consul General in Laos from June 1956
  • Hollister, John B., Consultant to the Secretary of State, May–July 1955; thereafter Director of the International Cooperation Administration
  • Douglas-Home, Alexander, 14th Earl of Home, British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from April 1955
  • Hoover, Herbert J., Under Secretary of State to February 1957
  • Houghton, Amory, Ambassador to France from April 1957
  • Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury
  • Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs to October 1955; Minister-Counselor at the Embassy in Italy from December 1955
  • Jones, Howard P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs from July 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs from April 1957
  • Katay Don Sasorith, Prime Minister of Laos until February 1956; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State, March 1956–August 1957; thereafter Minister of Interior, Economy, and Social Welfare
  • Kavanaugh, John M., Officer in Charge of Australian and New Zealand Affairs, Department of State, from February 1957
  • Key, David McK., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs to September 1955
  • Khosla, Jagan Nath, Indian Chairman of the International Commission for Supervision and Control for Laos, 1955–1956; thereafter Minister and Chargé d’Affaires of the Indian Embassy in Czechoslovakia
  • Kishi, Nobusuke, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, December 1956–July 1957; Prime Minister from February 1957
  • Kocher, Eric, Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, from April 1956
  • Kossamak Nearireat Serey Vathana, Sisowath Monivong, Queen of Cambodia from March 1955
  • Kotalewala, Sir John Lionel, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and External Affairs of Ceylon to April 1956
  • La Chambre, Guy Charles, French Minister for the Associated States to February 1955
  • Lacy, William S.B., Ambassador to Korea, March–November 1955; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, November 1955–August 1956; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for East-West Exchange
  • Lansdale, Colonel Edward G., USAF, Chief of the National Security Division of the Joint French-American Training Relations and Instruction Mission, Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam, to December 1956
  • Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Lebel, Claude A., French Foreign Ministry official in charge of Cambodian, Lao, and Vietnamese Affairs, 1956–1957
  • Leng Ngeth, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Cambodia, January–October 1955
  • Lloyd, Selwyn, British Minister of Defense, April–December 1955; thereafter Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Lodoen, Brigadier General George, USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Cambodia, August 1955–June 1957
  • Lon Nol, General, Minister of Defense of Cambodia, October 1955–January 1956; Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Cambodia from August 1955
  • MacArthur, Douglas, II, Counselor of the Department of State to December 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 1957
  • McBride, Sir Philip Albert Martin, Australian Defense Minister
  • McCardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs to March 1957
  • McClintock, Robert, Ambassador to Cambodia to October 1956; Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, January–December 1957
  • MacDonald, Malcolm, Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia (Singapore) to September 1955; thereafter High Commissioner for India
  • Macdonald, Thomas L., Minister of External Affairs of New Zealand to December 1957; Minister of Defense to September 1957
  • McGuire, E. Perkins, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mutual Defense Assistance Programs to December 1956; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense, Supply and Logistics
  • Macmillan, Harold, British Minister of Defense to 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
  • Macomber, William B., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January–November 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 1955–August 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • Makins, Sir Roger M., British Ambassador to the United States to October 1956; thereafter Joint Permanent Secretary of the Treasury
  • Malik, Dr. Charles H., Lebanese Ambassador to the United States to September 1955; Lebanese Representative to the U.N. General Assembly, 1956–1957; Foreign Minister from November 1956
  • Marshall, David S., Chief Minister and Minister of Commerce and Industry of Singapore, April 1955–June 1956
  • Mein, John G., Counselor of the Embassy in Indonesia, May 1955–July 1956; Deputy Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Department of State, July 1956–May 1957; thereafter Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs
  • Mendès-France, Pierre, French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to February 1955
  • Menon, V.K. Krishna, Chairman of the Indian Delegation to the U.N. General Assembly; Indian Minister without Portfolio, February 1956–April 1957; thereafter Minister of Defense
  • Menzies, Robert G., Prime Minister of Australia
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs to May 1956; thereafter Ambassador to China
  • Mikoyan, Anastas Ivonovich, First Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers; Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Millet, René, French Diplomatic Counselor to the International Supervision and Control Commission; Counselor to the High Commissioner of France in Vietnam to November 1956
  • Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, First Vice Chairmman of the Soviet Council of Ministers and Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs to June 1956; Minister of State [Page XXVI] Control, 1956–1957; Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party to 1957; thereafter Ambassador to Outer Mongolia
  • Morrison, Clinton, Deputy Regional Director of the Office of Far Eastern Operations, Foreign Operations Administration
  • Munro, Sir Leslie, New Zealand Ambassador to the United States
  • Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India and Minister for External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
  • Ngo Dinh Diem, Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam to October 1955; thereafter President and Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Ngo Dinh Nhu, Secretary-General of the Personalist Revolutionary Workers Party of Vietnam; brother and adviser to Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Nhouy Abhay, Thao, Minister of the Interior and Social Welfare of Laos from 1956 to August 1957; thereafter Minister of Education, Sports and Youth
  • Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs to September 1955; First Secretary of the Embassy in France, September–December 1955; Minister from December 1955; Political Adviser to the Chief of the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Mission to the European Regional Organization in Paris, December 1955–October 1957; thereafter Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council and Deputy Chief of the Mission to the European Regional Organization in Paris
  • Nong Kimny, Cambodian Ambassador to the United States
  • O’Connor, Roderic L., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State to December 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, December 1955–May 1957; thereafter Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
  • O’Daniel, Lieutenant General John W., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group for Indochina to February 1956
  • Offroy, Raymond, French Ambassador to Thailand and Permanent French Representative to the South East Asia Treaty Organization
  • Ouan Ratrikoun, Colonel, Chief of Staff of the Lao National Army from July 1956
  • Ourot R. Souvannavong, Lao Ambassador to the United States
  • Parsons, J. Graham, Ambassador to Laos from October 1956
  • Parthasarathi, Gopalaswami, Chairman, International Commission for Supervision and Control for Cambodia, 1955, for Vietnam, 1955–1957
  • Pearson, Lester B., Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs to June 1957; Canadian Representative to the U.N. General Assembly, November 1956–March 1957
  • Peaslee, Amos J., Ambassador to Australia to February 1956; thereafter Deputy Special Assistant to the President, assigned to the area of disarmament
  • Penn Nouth, Samdech, Senior Member of the King of Cambodia’s High Council and Director-General of Services at the Royal Palace
  • Petsarath, Prince, Viceroy of Laos; elder brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma and elder half-brother of Prince Souvanouvong
  • Peurifoy, John E., Ambassador to Thailand until his death in August 1955
  • Pham Van Dong, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from September 1955
  • Phao, General Sriyanon, Thai Director-General of Police and Chief of the Police Intelligence Agency to September 1957; Deputy Minister of the Interior to March 1957; Minister of the Interior, March–September 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Thai Embassy in Switzerland
  • Phibun Songkhram. See Pibulsonggram
  • Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State to April 1957
  • Phoui Sananikone, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos to March 1956; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Public Works, Reconstruction and Urbanism, August–November 1957; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pibulsonggram, Field Marshal P. (Phibun Songkhram), Prime Minister of Thailand to September 1957; Minister of Defense and of the Interior to March 1957
  • Price, C. Hoyt, Officer in Charge of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Affairs, Department of State, from April 1956
  • Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, October 1955–November 1956
  • Purnell, Lewis M., Officer in Charge of Burma Affairs, Department of State, from December 1956
  • Radford, Admiral Arthur W., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to August 1957
  • Rahman, Tunku Abdul, First Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs of Malaya from July 1955; concurrently Minister for Internal Defense and Security from March 1956
  • Randall, Clarence B., Special Assistant to the President in the area of foreign economic policy
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Ambassador to Vietnam, April 1955–February 1957; Counselor of the Department of State from March 1957
  • Rhee, Syngman, President of the Republic of Korea
  • Richards, Arthur L., Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State from January 1956
  • Ridgway, General Matthew B., USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army, to 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
  • Romulo, General Carlos P., Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States from December 1955
  • Roux, Jacques, French Foreign Ministry official in charge of Asia and Oceania; Assistant Director General of Political Affairs from July 1956; thereafter Assistant Staff Director of the Foreign Ministry
  • Sam Sary, Life Member of the King of Cambodia’s High Council; Vice Premier, Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance, Planning and National Education, October 1955–January 1956
  • Sarasin, Pote, Ambassador of Thailand to the United States to September 1957
  • Satterthwaite, Joseph C., Ambassador to Burma, April 1955–April 1957
  • Savang Vatthana, Crown Prince of Laos
  • Schow, Major General Robert A., USA, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army, to August 1956; thereafter Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army
  • Scott, Sir Robert H., Minister of the British Embassy in the United States to October 1955; thereafter Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia (Singapore)
  • Scott, Walter K., Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, to August 1955; thereafter Deputy Director for Management of the International Cooperation Administration
  • Sebald, William J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs to March 1957; thereafter Ambassador to Australia
  • Sihanouk, Norodom, King of Cambodia to March 1955, thereafter Prince of Cambodia; Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, October 1955–January 1956; [Page XXVIII] Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of the Interior, March–April 1956; Prime Minister, September–October 1956, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Minister of Plans, and Minister of the Interior, April–July 1957
  • Sirik Matak, Prince and General, Cambodian Minister of National Defense, January-October 1955; Chief of Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to August 1955; Minister of Defense and Minister of Internal Security, January–September 1956; Minister of Defense and Minister of Information and Tourism from July 1957
  • Sisavang Vong, King of Laos
  • Smith, General Walter Bedell, USA, former Director of Central Intelligence and Under Secretary of State
  • Son Ngoc Thanh, Cambodian Democratic Party leader
  • Soulie, Gaston, Chargé and First Consul of the French Embassy in Laos, June 1956–February 1957
  • Souphanouvong, Prince, Leader of the Pathet Lao; Lao Minister of Plans, Reconstruction and Urbanism from November 1957; half-brother to Princes Petsarath and Souvanna Phouma
  • Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense to 1955; Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, War Veterans, and Information, March 1956–November 1957; thereafter Prime Minister, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, and Minister of Information
  • Spender, Sir Percy, Australian Ambassador to the United States
  • Sprague, Mansfield D., General Counsel, Department of Defense, to February 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • Stassen, Harold E., Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and Deputy Representative on the U.N. Disarmament Commission to March 1955; thereafter Special Assistant to the President
  • Stelle, Charles C., Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, to August 1956; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 1956–August 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Iran
  • Strom, Carl W., Ambassador to Cambodia from October 1956
  • Stump, Admiral Felix B., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • Sukarno, Dr. Ahmed, President of Indonesia
  • Sullivan, Charles A., Director of the Policy Division of the Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of Defense
  • Suramarit, Norodom, King of Cambodia from March 1955
  • Talbot, Milo John Reginald, Lord Talbot De Malahide, British Minister in Laos to August 1955; British Ambassador to Laos, August 1955–August 1956
  • Tange, Arthur H., Australian Secretary of External Affairs
  • Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Far East and Eighth United States Army, Far East Command, to March 1955; Commander in Chief, Far East Command, April–June 1955; thereafter Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • Tomlinson, Frank S., Head of the Southeast Asia Department of the British Foreign Office
  • Twining, General Nathan F., USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, to June 1957; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 1957
  • Villard, Henry S., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State from September 1957
  • Wan, Prince, Foreign Minister of Thailand
  • Wells, General Henry, Chief of the Australian General Staff
  • Whittington, Floyd L., Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs in the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, from August 1956
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense to October 1957
  • Wisner, Frank G., Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Wright, Thomas K., Consul General in Malaya, October 1955–December 1957; Chargé d’Affaires in Malaya, August–December 1957
  • Yost, Charles W., Minister to Laos to July 1955; Ambassador to Laos, July 1955–June 1956; Counselor of the Embassy in France, July–October 1956; thereafter Minister-Counselor
  • Young, Kenneth T., Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, January 1955–April 1956; thereafter Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs