Office of the Historian

List of Persons

  • Abdul Rahman, Tengku, Chief Minister, Federation of Malaya to August 1957; thereafter Prime Minister
  • Abdulgani, Roeslan, Secretary General of the Indonesian Foreign Office to March 1956; Foreign Minister, March 1956–March 1957
  • Acly, R. Austin, Counselor of Embassy in Burma until June 1955
  • Agung, Anak Agung Gde, Indonesian Foreign Minister, August 1955–March 1956
  • Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian Prime Minister to August 1955 and March 1956–March 1957
  • Allison, John M., Ambassador to Japan to February 1957; Ambassador to Indonesia from March 1957
  • Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 1955–September 1956; White House Consultant from June 1957
  • Anschuetz, Norbert, Counselor of Embassy in Thailand, August 1955–August 1956
  • Armstrong, W. Park, Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, to May 1957
  • Ba Swe, Burmese Defense Minister to June 1956; Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and National Planning, June 1956–February 1957; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and National Planning from March 1957
  • Ba U, President of Burma to March 1957
  • Baird, James C., Jr., Director of the Foreign Operations Administration (later International Cooperation Administration) mission in Indonesia from January 1956
  • 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
  • Barnes, Robert G., Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, August 1955–March 1956; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
  • Barrington, James, Burmese Ambassador to the United States to November 1955; Permament Secretary, Burmese Foreign Office, 1956–1957
  • Becker, Loftus E., Legal Adviser of the Department of State from June 1957
  • Bell, James D., Deputy Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, July 1955–March 1956; Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, March 1956–April 1957; Counselor of Embassy in Indonesia, April–December 1957
  • Bendetsen, Karl R., Special Representative to the Republic of the Philippines and Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Philippine Affairs, July–December 1956
  • Benson, Ezra Taft, Secretary of Agriculture
  • Bishop, Max W., Ambassador in Thailand from January 1956
  • Black, Eugene R., President, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to the Philippines from June 1957
  • Braddock, Daniel M., Counselor of Embassy in Burma, July 1955–September 1957
  • Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, Soviet Minister of Armed Forces until February 1955; thereafter Chairman of the Council of Ministers and member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Burhannuddin Harahap, Indonesian Prime Minister, August 1955–March 1956
  • Burke, Adm. Arleigh A.,USN, Chief of Naval Operations from August 1955
  • Bushner, Rolland H., Officer in Charge of Thai Affairs, Department of State, from April 1956
  • Butterworth, W. Walton, Minister of the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Byington, Homer M., Jr., Ambassador to Malaya from December 1957
  • Cabell, Lt. Gen. Charles P.,USAF, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Casey, Richard G., Australian Minister for External Affairs
  • Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, President of the Republic of China
  • Chou En-lai, Premier and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Ambassador to Indonesia to March 1957; Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, May–October 1957; thereafter Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Cuthell, David C., Officer in Charge of Philippine Affairs, Department of State, to December 1956
  • Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to April 1955 and from January 1957
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassador to France to January 1957; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from March 1957
  • Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Director General of the Indonesian National Planning Bureau to March 1956; Minister of State for Planning, March 1956–March 1957; Prime Minister from April 1957
  • Dodge, Joseph M., Special Assistant to the President and Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy, to July 1956
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State
  • Durbrow, Elbridge, Minister and Consul General at Singapore, October 1955–March 1957; Ambassador to Vietnam from April 1957
  • Eden, 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
  • Erskine, Gen. Graves B. (USMC, retired), Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
  • Ferguson, Homer, Ambassador to the Philippines, April 1955–March 1956
  • FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, to February 1957
  • Foster, Rockwood H., Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Garcia, Carlos P., Philippine Vice President and Foreign Secretary to March 1957; thereafter President
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Goodpaster, Col. Andrew J. (Brig. Gen. from January 1957), Staff Secretary to President Eisenhower
  • Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1955–February 1957
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Harahap, seeBurhanuddin
  • Haring, Philip E., Officer in Charge of Indonesian and Pacific Island Affairs, Department of State, to July 1956
  • Hatta, Mohammad, Vice President of Indonesia to December 1956
  • 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
  • Hkun Hkio, Sao, Burmese Foreign Minister
  • Hollister, John B., Consultant to the Secretary of State, May 2, 1955–July 1, 1955; Director, International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–August 18, 1957
  • Hoover, Herbert, Jr., Under Secretary of State to February 1957
  • Howe, Fisher, Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, from March 1956
  • Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury, January 1955–July 1957
  • Jones, Howard P., Chief of the Foreign Operations Administration Mission in Indonesia and Counselor of Embassy to July 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs, February 1956–April 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Kyaw Nyein, U, Burmese Minister for Industries to June 1956; thereafter Minister for the National Economy
  • Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Lim Yew Hock, Chief Minister of Singapore from June 1956
  • Lloyd, Selwyn, British Defense Minister, April-December 1955; thereafter Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Representative at the United Nations
  • Luns, Joseph, Netherlands Foreign Minister
  • MacArthur, Douglas II, Counselor of the Department of State to December 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 1957
  • McCaffery, Richard S., Counselor for International Cooperation at the Embassy in Burma from May 1957
  • McConaughy, Walter P., Director of the Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State, to May 1957; Ambassador to Burma from August 1957
  • Macmillan, Harold, British Defense Minister 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
  • Magsaysay, Ramon, President of Philippines to March 1957
  • Marshall, David, Chief Minister of Singapore to June 1956
  • Matthews, H. Freeman, Ambassador to the Netherlands to June 1957; Ambassador to Austria from September 1957
  • Mein, John Gordon, First Secretary of the Embassy in Indonesia to May 1955; Counselor of Embassy, May 1955–July 1956; Deputy Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Department of State, July 1956–May 1957; thereafter Director of that office
  • Menzies, Robert Gordon, Australian Prime Minister
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs to May 1956; thereafter Ambassador to Canada
  • Moekarto Notowidigdo, Indonesian Ambassador to the United States
  • Moyer, Raymond T., Regional Director for Far East, Foreign Operations Administration
  • Murphy, Robert, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Nasution, Maj. Gen. Abdul Haris, Indonesian Army Chief of Staff from October 1955
  • Natsir, Mohammad, Chairman of the Indonesian Masjumi Executive Council
  • Ne Win, Lt. Gen., Supreme Commander, Burmese Armed Forces
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India and Minister for External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • Nu, U, Prime Minister of Burma to June 1956 and from March 1957
  • Nufer, Albert F., Ambassador to the Philippines, July–November 1956
  • Peurifoy, John E., Ambassador to Thailand to August 1955
  • Phao Sriyanon, Gen., Director General of the Thai Police to September 1957
  • Phibun Songkhram, seePibulsonggram
  • Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State to April 1957
  • Pibulsonggram, Field Marshal P., Thai Prime Minister and Minister of Defense to September 1957
  • Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 1955–November 1956
  • Purnell, Lewis M., Officer in Charge of Burma Affairs, Department of State, from April 1955
  • Quarles, Donald A., Deputy Secretary of Defense from May 1957
  • Radford, Admiral Arthur W.,USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to August 1957
  • Raschid, M.A., Burmese Trade Development Minister to June 1956; Minister of Mines, June 1956–September 1957
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Ambassador to Vietnam to February 1957; Counselor of the Department of State from March 1957
  • Richards, James P., Representative from South Carolina and Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to January 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the President
  • Roberston, Reuben B., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense, August 1955–April 1957
  • Robertson, Walter S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • Roeslan Abdulgani, seeAbdulgani
  • Romulo, Gen. Carlos P., Philippine Ambassador to the United States from November 1955
  • Sarasin, Pote, Thai Ambassador to the United States to July 1957; Secretary-General of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, July–September 1957; Prime Minister, September–December 1957
  • Sarit Thanarat,Field Marshal, Commander in Chief of the Thai Army
  • Satterthwaite, Joseph C., Ambassador to Burma, May 1955–April 1957
  • Sebald, William J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs to March 1957; Ambassador to Australia from June 1957
  • Sessions, Edson O., Director of the U.S. Operations Mission in Thailand
  • Smith, Horace H., Counselor of Embassy in the Philippines from August 1956
  • Spender, Sir Percy, Australian Ambassador to the United States
  • Spruance, Adm. Raymond A., Ambassador to the Philippines to April 1955
  • Stassen, Harold E., Director, Foreign Operations Administration, to June 1955
  • Streibert, Theodore C., Director, U.S. Information Agency, to December 1956
  • Stump, Adm. Felix B.,USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command and Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • Subandrio, Secretary General of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry, 1956–April 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister
  • Sukarno, President of Indonesia
  • Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, Indonesian Finance Minister, August 1955–March 1956
  • Sunario, Indonesian Foreign Minister until August 1955
  • Twining, Nathan F.,USAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
  • van Roijen, J.H., Netherlands Ambassador to the United States
  • Walker, William, Counselor of Embassy in the Philippines from October 1955
  • Wan Waithayakon Krommun Naradhip Bongsprabandh, Prince, Thai Foreign Minister and Representative at the United Nations
  • Waugh, Samuel C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until August 1955; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, August–October 1955; President of the Export-Import Bank from October 1955
  • Wilcox, Francis O., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from September 1955
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense to October 1957
  • Win, U, Burmese Ambassador to the United States from December 1955
  • Young, Kenneth T., Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs to March 1956; thereafter Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
  • Young, Philip, Ambassador to the Netherlands from June 1957