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.

  • Achilles, Theodore C., Ambassador to Peru until January 1960; Counselor of the Department of State from March 1960
  • Acly, R. Austin, Counselor of the Embassy in Panama until August 1959
  • Acosta, Eduardo, Minister and Petroleum Counselor of the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States, April 1958–January 1959
  • Adair, Charles W., Jr., Chief, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Office of International Trade, Department of State until June 1958; Director, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, June 1958–October 1959; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from November 1959
  • Adams, Sherman, The Assistant to the President until November 1958
  • Alejos, Carlos, Guatemalan Ambassador to the United States from June 1960.
  • Alejos, Roberto, Guatemalan Coordinator of Ministers until March 1959; adviser to President Ydígoras
  • Alessandri Rodriguez, Jorge, President of Chile from November 1958
  • Allen, George V., Director of the United States Information Agency
  • Allende, Salvador, Chilean Marxist Senator
  • Alvarado Puerto, Andres, Honduran Minister of Natural Resources until 1958; Foreign Minister from 1958
  • Anderson, Robert B., Secretary of the Treasury
  • Andrade, Victor, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States until October 1958, and again from February 15, 1960; Foreign Minister, October 1958–November 1959
  • Antillón Hernandez, Colonel Carlos S., Guatemalan Ambassador to the United States, June 1958–June 1959
  • Aramburu, Major General Pedro Eugenio, Provisional President of Argentina until May 1, 1958
  • Arcaya Rivero, Ignacio Luis, Venezuelan Foreign Minister from February 13, 1959
  • Arey, Hawthorne, Director of the Export-Import Bank
  • Arias, Ricardo M., Panamanian Ambassador to the United States until December 7, 1960
  • Arroyo Torres, Ledo, Member of the National Government Council of Uruguay from March 1, 1959
  • Atterberry, Phil R., Economic Development Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; Department of State Liaison with Export-Import Bank, National Advisory Council, International Monetary Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Finance Commission
  • Atwood, Rollin S., Regional Director for Latin American Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Baggett, Samuel G., Vice President and General Counsel, United Fruit Company, until 1959
  • Baguidy, Joseph, Haitian Foreign Minister from October 25, 1960
  • Baird, Julian B., Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs
  • Balaguer, Joaquin, Vice President of the Dominican Republic until August 3, 1960; thereafter President
  • Barral, Milton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs after October 3, 1960
  • Barfield, John D., Second Secretary of the Embassy in the Dominican Republic until August 1960; thereafter Consul
  • Barnes, Robert G., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs until March 1958; Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, March 1958–July 1959
  • Barrau Pelaez, Manuel, Bolivian Foreign Minister until October 1958; Ambassador to the United States, October 1958–July 1, 1959
  • Bartch, Carl E., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Venezuelan Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, September 1958–August 1959; thereafter Second Secretary of the Embassy in Peru; also Consul from June 1960
  • Batlle Berres, Luis, reporter for Uruguayan newspaper Acción: member of the National Council of Government, March 1, 1958–March 1, 1959
  • Beale, Wilson T.M., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until February 1960
  • Beaulac, Willard L., Ambassador to Argentina until August 1960
  • Becker, Loftus E., Legal Adviser of the Department of State until August 1959
  • Bell, John O., Regional Director for Near East and South Asia Operations, International Cooperation Administration, until December 1958; thereafter Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • Belton, William, Counselor of the Embassy in Chile until August 1958
  • Beltran Espantoso, Pedro G., director of Peruvian newspaper La Prensa until July 20, 1959; thereafter Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Commerce of Peru
  • Bendfeldt Jauregui, Manuel, Guatemalan Minister of Finance and Public. Credit from 1960
  • Benson, Ezra Taft, Secretary of Agriculture
  • Berckemeyer, Fernando, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States
  • Berding, Andrew W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • Bernau, Phyllis D., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles
  • Bernbaum, Maurice M., Director, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958, Director, Office of East Coast Affairs, September 1958-April 1959; Counselor of the Embassy in Argentina, April 1959–October 1960; thereafter Ambassador to Ecuador
  • Betancourt, Romulo, President of Venezuela from February 13, 1959
  • Black, Eugene R., President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Blanchard, Louis F., Officer in Charge of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until December 1958; thereafter Counselor for Consular Affairs of the Embassy in Nicaragua
  • Blowers, George A., Director, Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • Boggs, Marion W., Director of the National Security Council Secretariat until July 1959; thereafter Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Bonhomme, Ernest, Haitian Ambassador to the United States from December 8, 1958
  • Bonsal Philip W., Ambassador to Bolivia until February 1959; Ambassador to Cuba, March 1959–October 1960
  • Boonstra, Clarence A., Deputy Director, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, June–September 1958; Deputy Director, Office of East Coast Affairs, September 1958–March 1959; thereafter Director
  • Borbon Castro, Jorge, Costa Rican Minister of Agriculture and Industries, May 8, 1958–March 1, 1960; thereafter Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Bramble, Harlan P., Counselor for Economic Affairs of the Embassy in Venezuela until October 18, 1959; thereafter Deputy Director, Office of International Resources, Department of State
  • Brand, Vance, Director, Export-Import Bank; also Director, Development Loan Fund from September 2, 1959
  • Brewster, Robert C., Staff Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March–April 1958; Staff Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, April 1958–April 1959; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, April-June 1959; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, June 1959–August 1960
  • Briggs, William T., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, September 1958–March 1959; Deputy Director, Office of East Coast Affairs, March 1959–August 1960
  • Brucker, Wilber M., Secretary of the Army
  • Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., USN, Chief of Naval Operations
  • Burr, Jorge, Counselor of the Chilean Embassy in the United States until January 1959; thereafter Minister-Counselor
  • Burrows, Charles R., Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in Venezuela until August 1960; also Consul General, April 1958–August 1960; Ambassador to Honduras from November 1960
  • Cabell, Lieutenant General (General from July 11, 1958) Charles P., USAF, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Cabot, John M., Ambassador to Colombia until July 15, 1959; Ambassador to Brazil from July 22, 1959
  • Calhoun, John A., Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State until September 1958; Director, September 1958–September 1960
  • Carrillo Smith, Carlos, Peruvian Minister of Government and Police, June 10, 1958–May 25, 1960
  • Carson, Charles C., Consul at Porto Alegre until January 1958; Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, January-June 1958; thereafter Officer in Charge of Paraguayan Affairs
  • Carter, Albert E., First Secretary of the Embassy in Paraguay until September 1958; thereafter Counselor
  • Carter, Major General William A., USA, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1960
  • Castillo, Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Angel, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Castillo Figueroa, Dr. Fabio, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Castro, Hector David, Salvadoran Ambassador to the United States
  • Castro León, Colonel Jesus Maria, Venezuelan Minister of Defence, January 23, 1958–July 22, 1958
  • Castro Ruz, Fidel, Commander in Chief of the Cuban Armed Forces, January 2–February 15, 1959; Premier of Cuba from February 16, 1959
  • Chaplin, Maxwell, Second Secretary of the Embassy in Colombia until December 1959; Officer in Charge of El Salvadoran Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Department of State, December 1959–August 1960, thereafter Officer in Charge of Honduran Affairs
  • Chiari, Dr. Roberto F., President of Panama from October 1, 1960
  • Clulow, Carlos A., Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States from February 16, 1960
  • Coerr, Wymberley D.R., Counselor of the Embassy in Bolivia until October 1959; Director, Office of West Coast Affairs, Department of State, October 1959–October 1960; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
  • Conover, Harry, Deputy Director, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Department of State, until May 1959, Counselor for Economic Affairs of the Embassy in Argentina after September 1959
  • Copete Lizarralde, Ignacio, Director of the Bank of Colombia
  • Coughran, Thomas B., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs until 1958; thereafter Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
  • Cruz Salazar, Colonel Jose Luis, Presidential candidate in the Guatemalan elections of January 19, 1958, Minister of Communications and Public Works from 1960
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until January 1960; thereafter United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank
  • Davila, Celeo, Honduran Ambassador to the United States from March 10, 1958
  • De la Guardia, Ernesto, Jr., President of Panama until October 1, 1960
  • De Moya, Manuel A., Dominican Ambassador to the United States until July 1959
  • De Sola, Dr. Rene, Venezuelan Foreign Minister, January 23, 1958–February 13, 1959
  • Dennison, W. Ellery, Financial Economist, Loan Division, Export-Import Bank
  • Devine, Frank J., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until March 1958; Staff Assistant, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, March 1958–August 1960; thereafter Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
  • Diez, Julio, Venezuelan Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, November 24, 1958–February 13, 1959
  • Dihigo, Ernesto, Cuban Ambassador to the United States, March 16, 1954–January 18, 1960
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until June 1958; Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, July 1958–June 1959; thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Dorr, Robert J., First Secretary of the Embassy in Chile until November 1958
  • Douglas, James H., Jr., Secretary of the Air Force until December 10, 1959; Deputy Secretary of Defense from December 11, 1959
  • Downs, Donald P., Counselor of the Embassy in El Salvador after June 1959
  • Dreier, John C., Acting Director, Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State, until January 1960; Representative, Council of the Organisation of American States until November 1960; Member, Inter-American Peace Committee until August 1960; Chairman, August 1959–August 1960
  • Drew, Gerald A., Ambassador to Haiti until July 16, 1960
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State until April 22, 1959
  • Duvalier, François, President of Haiti
  • Eaton, Samuel D., Second Secretary of the Embassy in Colombia after October 4, 1959
  • Echandi Jimenez, Mario, President of Costa Rica from May 8, 1958
  • Echegoyen, Martin R., President of Uruguay, March 1, 1959–Mart h 1, 1960, thereafter Member of the National Council of Government
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  • Eisenhower, Major (Lieutenant Colonel from May 1960) John S.D., USA, Assistant Staff Secretary to the President after October 20, 1958
  • Eisenhower, Milton S., Personal Representative of the President with rank of Special Ambassador, July 12–August 1, 1958; Member, National Advisory Committee for Inter-American Affairs from November 14, 1959
  • Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., Staff Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March–July 1959; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State
  • Escalante Duran, Manuel G., Costa Rican Ambassador to the United States from July 16, 1958
  • Escamilla, Colonel Alberto, Director General of the Salvadoran National Police until December 1959; Minister of Interior from October 26, 1960
  • Espy, James, Counselor of the Embassy in Uruguay until February 22, 1959
  • Falcon Briceno, Marcos, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States, August 14, 1958–November 11, 1960
  • Falla Caceres, Ricardo, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Farland, Joseph F., Ambassador to the Dominican Republic until May 28, 1960; Ambassador to Panama from August 29, 1960
  • Farley, Philip J., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs until March 1958; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Disarmament and Atomic Energy Affairs
  • Figueres Ferrer, José, President of Costa Rica until May 8, 1958
  • Fischer, Carlo L., President of Uruguay, March 1, 1958–March 1, 1959
  • FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from August 1, 1958
  • Flores Avendano, Guillermo, Provisional President of Guatemala until March 2, 1958
  • Fortin Magana, René, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Franklin, Albert B., III, Counselor of the Embassy in Honduras after September 1959
  • Frondizi, Arturo, President of Argentina from May 1, 1958
  • Gallo Porras, Luis, First Vice President of Peru; Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, June 10, 1958–July 19, 1959
  • Gaither, General Ridgely, USA, Commander in Chief, Caribbean Command, Quarry Heights, Panama Canal Zone, from 1958
  • Garcia Bauer, Carlos, Guatemalan Foreign Minister, March–September 1958
  • Gates, Thomas S., Jr., Secretary of the Navy until June 7, 1959; Deputy Secretary of Defense, June 8–December 1, 1959; thereafter Secretary of Defense
  • Gawf, John L., Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State, January–September 1958; Officer in Charge of El Salvadoran Affairs, September 1958–June 1959; Officer in Charge of Honduran Affairs, June 1959–June 1960
  • Gerber, Anthony, Economic Development Division, Department of State until May 29, 1960, thereafter Chief, Development Policy Branch, Economic Development Division
  • Gerberich, Albert H., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958, thereafter Officer in Charge of Colombian Affairs
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council until July 1959
  • Godfrey, Richard A., Second Secretary and Commercial Attaché of the Embassy in Costa Rica until April 1959; Officer in Charge of Costa Rican Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Department of State, April 1959–July 1960; thereafter Officer in Charge of Guatemalan Affairs
  • Gonzalez Sigui, Colonel Jose Ruben, First Sub-Secretary of Defense, Guatemalan Ministry of Defense, March 3–April 22, 1958; Minister of National Defense, April 23, 1958–December 6, 1960
  • Goodpaster, Brigadier General Andrew J., Jr., USA, White House Staff Secretary
  • Gorrell, Juan J., First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Guatemala until April 1959; also Labor Attaché, April 1958–April 1959; Officer in Charge of Guatemalan Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Department of State, April 1959–July 1960; thereafter Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
  • Goulart, Joao Belchior Marques, Vice President of Brazil
  • Gray, Gordon, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until July 22, 1958; thereafter Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Gray, Robert K., Special Assistant at the White House until May 16, 1958; thereafter Secretary to the Cabinet
  • Guevara Arze, Walter, Bolivian Minister of Government, September 1958–November 1959; Minister of Foreign Affairs, November 16, 1959–February 1, 1960
  • Guevara Serna, Major Ernesto (“Che”), head of Industrial Department, Cuban National Institute of Industrial Reform from 1959; President of the National Bank of Cuba from November 26, 1959
  • Gutierrez Gomez, José, Colombian Ambassador to the United States until October 16, 1959
  • Haedo, Eduardo Victor, member of the Uruguayan National Government Council
  • Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President
  • Hammond, Henry S., Counselor for Economic Affairs of the Embassy in the Dominican Republic until March 1959; First Secretary–Labor Attaché of the Embassy in Cuba, March 1959–October 1960; thereafter Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State
  • Hanes, John W., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until January 1959; thereafter Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
  • Harley, Charles R., Chief of the Latin American Division, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury
  • Harr, Karl G., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until Match 1958; thereafter Special Assistant to the President and Vice Chairman of the Operations Coordinating Board
  • Harrington, Julian F., Ambassador to Panama until July 14, 1960, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration from August 1960
  • Harrison, Faustino, member of the Uruguayan National Government Council
  • Hazera, Jorge, Minister-Counselor of the Costa Rican Embassy in the United States until 1960
  • Hemba, Alton W., First Secretary of the Embassy in El Salvador until July 1959; Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, Department of State, July 1959–August 1960; thereafter Deputy Director, Office of East Coast Affairs
  • Henderson, Horace, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, June 1958–January 1959; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Henderson, Loy, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • Hernandez Volio, Alfredo, Costa Rican Minister of Economy and Finance, May 8, 1958–February 29, 1960
  • Herrera, Felipe, Chilean banker, Governor, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund, 1958, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay from 1958; President of the Inter-American Development Bank from December 1959
  • Herrera Báez, Porfirio, Dominican Foreign Minister
  • Herron, Francis W., Counselor and Consul of the Embassy in Argentina until February 1959, thereafter Deputy Director of the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • Herter, Christian A., Under Secretary of State until April 22, 1959, thereafter Secretary of State
  • Hidalgo, Carlos F., Counselor of the Honduran Embassy in the United States
  • Higdon, Charles E., Deputy Director, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, November 1959–August 1960; thereafter Acting Director
  • Hill, John C., Jr., Office in Charge of River Plate Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, Department of State, June–July 1958; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, July 1958–August 1960
  • Hill, Robert C., Ambassador to Mexico until December 1, 1960
  • Hilton, Ralph, Counselor of the Embassy in Paraguay until October 1958, Deputy Director, UNESCO Relations Staff of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, October 1958–January 1959; Director, January–June 1959; thereafter Special Assistant, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
  • Hoegh, Leo A., Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Administration until July 1, 1958, thereafter Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
  • Hoghland, John S., II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • Howe, Fisher, Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until October 1958
  • Howe, Walter, Ambassador to Chile from June 1, 1958
  • Hoyas Osares, Guillermo, Counselor of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1958
  • Hoyt, Henry A., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until August 1958; [Facsimile Page 33] Counselor of the Embassy in Uruguay, August 1958–November 1960; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Argentina
  • Ibáñez del Campo, General Carlos, President of Chile until November 3, 1958
  • Ingersoll, John J., Assistant Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs and Officer in Charge of Venezuelan Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958, Assistant Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, September 1958–August 1959; thereafter Officer in Charge of Venezuelan Affairs
  • Irwin, John N., II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until September 1958; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Jacobsson, Per, Swedish Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund
  • Jamison, Edward A., Counselor for Consular Affairs of the Embassy in Costa Rica until February 1959; Counselor for Consular Affairs of the Embassy in Guatemala, February–March 1959; Counselor and Consul General, March 1959–January 1960; thereafter Director of the Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas; Senate Majority Leader
  • Johnson, Robert H., member, Special Staff, National Security Council, until 1959; Director, Planning Board Secretariat, National Security Council, from 1959
  • Johnston, John W., Jr., Director, International Cooperation Administration Mission in Colombia until August 1959, Deputy Regional Director for Latin American Operations, International Cooperation Administration after June 1960
  • Kalijarvi, Thorsten V., Ambassador to El Salvador until December 18, 1960
  • Kendall, David W., Counsel to the President from November 5, 1958
  • Kerr, Peyton A., Director, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, March–September 1960; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • Keyes, Commander Thomas E., USN, Chief of the Naval Mission in the Dominican Republic, 1958
  • Kimmel, Roy I., Counselor for Economic Affairs in the Embassy in Honduras until January 1959, thereafter Counselor and Consul of the Embassy in Costa Rica
  • King, Bayard, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Guatemalan Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, September 1958-April 1959
  • Krebs, Max V., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until June 1959; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • Krieg, William L., Deputy Director and Officer in Charge of Puerto Rican Affairs, Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State, until June 1958, Counselor and Consul General of the Embassy in Chile from July 1958
  • Kubitschek de Oliviera, Dr. Juscelino, President of Brazil
  • Lacarte, Julio A., Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States until February 1960
  • Lafer, Horácio, Brazilian Foreign Minister from August 4, 1959
  • Larrazábal, Admiral Wolfgang, Provisional President of Venezuela, January 23–November 14, 1958
  • Leddy, John M., Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, until June 1958; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, June 1958–June 1959; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State
  • Leggett, Herbert B., Officer in Charge of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Deputy Director, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, September 1958–August 1959
  • Lemus, Lieutenant Colonel José Maria, President of El Salvador until October 26, 1960
  • Lightner, Edwin Allan, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until June 1959
  • Linville, Francis A., Counselor for Economic Affairs of the Embassy in Peru until June 1960
  • Litsey, Weldon, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Department of State, until August 1959; thereafter First Secretary and Consul General of the Embassy in Argentina
  • Little, Edward S., Officer in Charge of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Deputy Director, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, September 1958–September 1959; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Ecuador
  • Lleras Camargo, Alberto, President of Colombia from August 7, 1958
  • Lleras Restrepo, Carlos, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party; Vice President of Colombia from November 1960
  • Llosa, Rear Admiral Luis Edgardo, Naval Attaché of the Peruvian Embassy in the United States
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Representative at the United Nations until September 3, 1960
  • Lofton, Harry M., Second Secretary–Consul of the Embassy in the Dominican Republic until August 1960; thereafter Consul of the Consultate in the Dominican Republic
  • López Henriquez, Brigadier General Jose, Venezuelan Minister of Defense from July 22, 1958
  • López Herrarte, Dr. Marianao, Guatemalan Minister of Public Heath and Social Welfare from March 3, 1958
  • López Mateos, Adolfo, President of Mexico from December 1, 1958
  • Luboeansky, Earl H., Officer in Charge of Special Political Affairs, Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State; also member of the Delegation to the Council of the Organization of American States
  • Macedo Soares, Jose Carlos de, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs until July 4, 1958
  • Magnani, General Enrique, Uruguayan Army; Aide to President Eisenhower during his visit to Uruguay, March 1960
  • Mallory, Lester D., Ambassador to Guatemala, February 27, 1958–November 11, 1959; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from November 27, 1959
  • Mann, Thomas C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until August 28, 1960; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
  • Mars, Louis, Haitian Foreign Minister, November 7, 1958–December 21, 1959
  • Martin, Edwin M., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, January–August 1960; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • Martinez Montero, Lieutenant Homero, Uruguayan Foreign Minister from March 1, 1959
  • McCone, John A., Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission from July 15, 1958
  • McElroy, Neil H., Secretary of Defense until December 1, 1959
  • McIntosh, Dempster, Manager of the Development Loan Fund, January 3–June 30, 1958; Managing Director, July 1, 1958–June 30, 1959, Ambassador to Colombia from July 30, 1959
  • Mejia Salazar, Jorge, Colombian Minister of Agriculture until August 7, 1958
  • Menapace, Robert, Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank, from December 1959
  • Méndez Montenegro, Mario, Presidential candidate in the Guatemalan election of January 19, 1958
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, November 1958–August 1959; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August–December 1959; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from December 1959
  • Miller, Colonel Henry W., USA (ret.), Director of the United States Operations Mission in El Salvador
  • Miller, Rear Admiral William, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, Plans and Policy from 1959
  • Minnich, L. Arthur, Jr., Assistant Staff Secretary to the President until August 6, 1960
  • Montiel Arguello, Alejandro, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister
  • Mora, José A., Secretary General of the Organization of American States
  • Moreno, Miguel J., Jr., Panamanian Foreign Minister
  • Moreno Cordova, Hugo, Bolivian Minister of Finance and Economy (Finance and Statistics) until 1959
  • Morgan, Gerald D., Special Counsel to the President until 1958; Deputy Assistant to the President from 1958
  • Morse, True D., Under Secretary of Agriculture
  • Morse, Wayne, Democratic Senator from Oregon; Chairman of the Subcommittee on American Republics Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Muccio, John J., Ambassador to Guatemala from February 1, 1960
  • Mueller, Frederick H. Assistant Secretary of Commerce until November 1958; Under Secretary of Commerce, November 1958–August 10, 1959; thereafter Secretary of Commerce
  • Müller Hess, Walter, Chilean Ambassador to the United States from February 13, 1959
  • Mulliken, Jean H., Officer in Charge of Commodities and Commercial Policy, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • Muñoz Marin, Luis, Governor of Puerto Rico
  • Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until August 1959; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August–December 1959
  • Nardone, Benito, member of the Uruguayan National Government Council; President from March 1, 1960
  • Neal, Jack D., Counselor of the Embassy in Peru
  • Negrao de Lima, Francisco, Brazilian Foreign Minister, July 1958–August 1959
  • Newbegin, Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Personnel until March 26, 1958, Ambassador to Honduras, April 21, 1958–August 3, 1960, Ambassador to Haiti from November 4, 1960
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • O’Connor, Jeremiah J., Deputy Operations Coordinator, Department of State, March–July 1958; thereafter Operations Coordinator
  • Ortiz Mancia, Alfredo, Salvadoran Foreign Minister until October 26, 1960
  • Ortúzar Escobar, Enrique, Chilean Minister of the Interior and Secretary to the Executive, November 3, 1958–January 19, 1959; Acting Foreign Minister during Vergara’s absence, 1960; Minister of Justice from September 15, 1960
  • Osorio, Lieutenant Colonel Oscar, former President of El Salvador, September 14, 1950–September 14, 1956
  • Owen, Richard B., Second Secretary of the Embassy in Bolivia until December 1958; also Consul, February–December 1958; Cuban Desk, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Department of State, December 1958–July 1960; Officer in Charge of Dominican Republic Affairs from July 1960
  • Paarlberg, Don, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture until October 1958; thereafter Special Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs
  • Paes de Almeida, Sebastiao, President of the Bank of Brazil until June 1959; Acting Minister of Finance, June–July 1959; thereafter Minister of Finance
  • Parada, General Alan, Salvadoran Minister of Defense until October 26, 1960
  • Parker, Roberto A., Salvadoran Minister of Public Works until October 26, 1960
  • Paz Lstenssoro, Victor, Bolivian Ambassador to the United Kingdom until 1960; President of Bolivia from August 6, 1960
  • Peñaloza, Luis, President of the Central Bank of Bolivia
  • Pérez Alfonso, Juan Pablo, Venezuelan Minister of Mines and Petroleum from February 13, 1959
  • Pérez de la Cova, Carlos, Minister and Petroleum Counselor of the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States until May 22, 1958; Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, May 22, 1958–February 1959; thereafter Minister and Petroleum Counselor of the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States; also Chargé d’Affaires ad interim from November 11, 1960
  • Pérez Jiménez, General Marcos, President of Venezuela until January 23, 1958
  • Peron, General Juan Domingo, President of Argentina, June 4, 1946–September 22, 1955
  • Perry, Hart, Deputy Manager, Development Loan Fund, January–September 1958; thereafter Deputy Managing Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Persons, Major General Wilton K., Deputy Assistant to the President until October 7, 1958, thereafter Assistant to the President
  • Phillips, Robert M., Officer in Charge of Chilean Affairs, Office of West Coast Affairs, Department of State, from September 1958
  • Pitts, Henry L., Jr., Office of West Coast Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Bolivian Affairs, September 1958–July 1960
  • Plate, Juan, Paraguayan Ambassador to the United States from July 29, 1958
  • Ploeser, Walter C., Ambassador to Paraguay until September 12, 1959
  • Ponce Enríquez, Camilo, President of Ecuador until September 1, 1960
  • Poole, Richard A., Second Secretary of the Embassy in Colombia until July 1959; Officer in Charge of Peruvian Affairs, Office of West Coast Affairs, Department of State, from August 1959
  • Porras Barrenechea, Raul, Peruvian Foreign Minister, April 1958–September 1960
  • Post, Albert, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs until May 1959; thereafter, Financial Adviser of that Office
  • Potter, Major General William F., USA, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
  • Powell, Oscar M., Director of the International Cooperation Administration Mission in Guatemala until September 1959
  • Prado Montano, Julio, Bolivian Minister of Defense until February 1958; Bolivian Ambassador to Ecuador from Feburary 27, 1958
  • Prado y Ugarteche, Mauel, President of Peru
  • Price, William E., Officer in Charge of Panamanian Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Department of State, September 1958–September 1959
  • Pringle, Sandy M., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Peruvian Affairs, Office of West Coast Affairs, September 1958–August 1959
  • Puga, Mariano, Chilean Ambassador to the United States until July 1958
  • Quadros, Janio da Silva, Governor of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil until 1958; member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, 1959–1960; President-elect of Brazil from October 3, 1960
  • Ramírez Amaya, Guillermo, Colombian Minister of Government, August 7, 1958–winter 1960
  • Ramírez Pinto, Colonel Arturo, Guatemalan Ambassador to Mexico, 1958–1959; Ambassador to the United States, July 13, 1959–March 11, 1960
  • Randall, Clarence B., Special Assistant to the President for Foreign Economic Policy
  • Redington, Robert J., Officer in Charge of U.S.–OAS Delegation Matters. Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State
  • Rengifo, Brigadier General Pioquinto, Colombian Minister of Government until August 7, 1958
  • Riddleberger, James W., Director, International Cooperation Administration, after May 20, 1959
  • Roa y García, Raúl, Cuban Representative to the Organization of American States from January 1959; Foreign Minister from June 12, 1959
  • Roderick, George H., Assistant Secretary of the Army
  • Rodríguez Echazabal, Antonio, Cuban Ambassador to Guatemala, October 1959–April 1960
  • Rogers, William P., Attorney General of the United States
  • Rosales, Major Ruben Alonso, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Rosenson, Alexander M., Officer in Charge of Economic Development, Commodities, and Commercial Policy, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Department of State, until October 14, 1960, thereafter Deputy Director, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs
  • Ross, Emerson A., Chief of the Investment and Development Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, until January 1959; Acting Special Assistant, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, January–April 1959; thereafter Special Assistant
  • Ross, Robert W., Second Secretary of the Embassy in the Dominican Republic until February 1959; Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, February–August 1959; thereafter Information Specialist of that bureau
  • Rowntree, R. Henry, Chief of the Economics Division, Export-Import Bank
  • Rubottom, Roy R., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until August 27, 1960; Ambassador to Argentina from October 20, 1960
  • Ruiz Cortines, Adolfo, President of Mexico until November 30, 1958
  • Saccio, Leonard J., General Counselor, International Cooperation Administration, until August 1958; Deputy Director, August 1958–September 1960; Attaché at the Embassy in Brazil, September–October 1960; thereafter Counselor for Economic Affairs; also Director of the United States Operations Mission in Brazil from September 1960
  • Sanders, Terry B., Jr., Deputy Director, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958
  • Santaella, Hector, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States until May 22, 1958
  • Sanz de Santamaría, Carlos, Colombian Foreign Minister until August 7, 1958; Ambassador to the United States from April 1, 1960
  • Sapena Pastor, Raúl, Paraguayan Foreign Minister
  • Sauer, Walter C., Executive Vice President, Export-Import Bank
  • Saulnier, Dr. Raymond J., Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers
  • Sause, Oliver L., Jr., Deputy Director of the United States Operations Mission in Chile until November 1958, Chief of the Program Staff, International Cooperation Administration, November 1958–September 1960; thereafter Deputy Regional Director for African and European Operations
  • Seaton, Fred A., Secretary of the Interior
  • Secco Ellauri, Oscar, Uruguayan Foreign Minister until March 1, 1959
  • Sepulveda Contreras, Alberto, Chilean Foreign Minister until November 3, 1958
  • Sevilla-Sacasa, Guillermo, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States
  • Shepherd, General Lemuel C., Jr., USMC, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board until September 15, 1959
  • Shillock, John C., Jr., First Secretary–Consul of the Embassy in Panama, February–July 1959; thereafter Counselor and Consul
  • Silberstein, Joseph A., Officer in Charge of West Coast Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Deputy Director, Office of West Coast Affairs, September 1958–June 1960
  • Siles Zuarzo, Hernan, President of Bolivia until August 8, 1960
  • Sinn, Melvin E., Second Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Uruguay until September 1960; thereafter Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs
  • Siracusa, Ernest V., Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Director, Office of West Coast Affairs, September 7 1958–September 1959
  • Smith, Dan Throop, Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury (in charge of Tax Policy) until 1958
  • Smith, Gerard C., Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • Smith, James H., Jr., Director, International Cooperation Administration until March 9, 1959
  • Smith, Marshall M., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs until March 1959
  • Snow, William P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until November 1959
  • Snowdon, Henry T., Chief of the Aviation Division, Department of State
  • Solís, Galileo, Panamanian Foreign Minister from October 1, 1960
  • Somoza Debayle, General Anastasio, Director of the Nicaraguan National Guard and Chief of the Air Force
  • Somoza Debayle, Luis A., President of Nicaragua
  • Southard, Frank A., Jr., U.S. Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
  • Sparks, Edward J., Ambassador to Guatemala until February 15, 1958, Ambassador to Venezuela from March 19, 1958
  • Spencer, George O., First Secretary of the Embassy in Brazil, January 1958; Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Department of State. January–September 1958, thereafter Officer in Charge of Inter-American Security and Military Assistance Affairs
  • Sprague, Mansfield D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until September 1958
  • Staats, Elmer B., Executive Officer of the Operations Coordinating Board until 1958, Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget from March 16, 1959
  • Stambaugh, Lynn U., First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank
  • Stans, Maurice H., Director of the Bureau of the Budget from March 16, 1958
  • Stewart, C. Allan, Deputy Director, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Director, Office of Central American Affairs, September 1958–August 1960; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Venezuela
  • Stimpson, Harry F., Jr., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until July 1959; Special Assistant, Office of the [Facsimile Page 43] Secretary of State, July–September 1959, Ambassador to Paraguay from October 23, 1959
  • Stoessel, Walter J., Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, July–September 1960, thereafter Director
  • Storm, Gustavo, President of the Central Bank of Paraguay
  • Strauss, Admiral Lewis L., Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Special Assistant to the President on Atomic Energy Matters until November 12, 1958; Secretary of Commerce, November 12, 1958–August 10, 1959
  • Stroessner, General Alfredo, President of Paraguay
  • Strom, Carl W., Ambassador to Bolivia from May 4, 1959
  • Sullivan, Charles A., Deputy Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Disarmament and Atomic Energy, February 1959–October 1960; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • Taylor, Henry L., Officer in Charge of Costa Rican-Nicaraguan Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until April 1959; Officer in Charge of Nicaraguan Affairs, April 1959–October 1960
  • Tello Baurraud, Manuel, Mexican Foreign Minister from December 1, 1958
  • Thorndike, Augusto, Peruvian Minister of Justice until January 8, 1958; Minister of Finance and Commerce, January 8–June 9, 1958
  • Tirado Lamb, Rear Admiral Guillermo, Peruvian Minister of the Navy from June 10, 1958
  • Tobar Zaldumbide, Carlos, Ecuadoran Foreign Minister until September 1, 1960
  • Trujillo y Molina, General Hector B., President of the Dominican Republic until August 3, 1960
  • Trujillo y Molina, Generalissimo Rafael L., Commander in Chief of the Dominican Armed Forces
  • Turbay Ayala, Julio César, Colombian Minister of Mines and Petroleum until August 7, 1958; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Turkel, Harry R., Director, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Department of State, until December 30, 1959; thereafter, Representative with personal rank of Ambassador to the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States
  • Turnage, William V., Deputy Director, Office of International Finance and Development, Department of State, until October 1959, Acting Director, October 1959–February 1960; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs after November 1959
  • Unda Murillo, Jesus V., Guatemalan Foreign Minister from September 11, 1958
  • Upton, T. Graydon, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1958
  • Urrutia de Leon, Colonel Luís, Commander of the Guatemalan Air Force until April 1959
  • Valle, Henrique Rodrigues, Minister-Counselor of the Brazilian Embassy in the United States until September 1959
  • Vallon, Edwin E., Counselor of the Embassy in El Salvador until October 1959, Deputy Director, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Department of State, October 1959–September 1960; Acting Director, September–October 1960; thereafter Director
  • Vargas Gené, Joaquin, Costa Rican Minister of Government, Police, Justice, and Pardons from May 8, 1958
  • Vergara, Roberto, Chilean Minister of Finance, Economy, and Mines, November 3, 1958–September 15, 1960
  • Vergara Donoso, German, Chilean Foreign Minister from November 3, 1958
  • Vial Infante, Carlos, Chilean Minister of Defense from November 3, 1958
  • Villeda Morales, Dr. Jose Ramón, President of Honduras
  • Wallich, Henry C., Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1958–1959; member, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 1959–1960
  • Wardlaw, Andrew B., Officer in Charge of North Coast Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until July 1958; Chief of the Division of Research and Analysis for American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, July 1958–February 1959
  • Warner, Norman E., Officer in Charge of Haitian Affairs, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Department of State, September 1958–December 1960
  • Washburn, Abbott M., Deputy Director, United States Information Agency
  • Watrous, Livingston D., Officer in Charge of River Plate Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958
  • Waugh, Samuel C., President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank
  • Weise, Robert W., Jr., International Educational Exchange Service, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State, until June 1960, thereafter Officer in Charge of Bolivian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs
  • Wells, Milton K., Counselor of the Embassy in Colombia from January 1958
  • Wheaton, Anne W., Associate Press Secretary to the President
  • Whelan, Thomas E., Ambassador to Nicaragua
  • White, Paul Lincoln, Chief of the News Division, Department of State
  • White, General Thomas D., USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
  • Whitehouse, Charles S., Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, until June 1958; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, June 1958–March 1959
  • Whiteman, Marjorie M., Attorney-Adviser, Inter-American Area, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until October 1958; thereafter Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs
  • Wieland, William A., Director, Office of Middle American Affairs. Department of State, until September 1958; Director, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, September 1958–October 1960
  • Willauer, Whiting, Ambassador to Honduras until March 24, 1958; Ambassador to Costa Rica from May 5, 1958
  • Willis, George H., Director, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury; also Secretary of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • Wilson, Jackson W., Office of South American Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958; Officer in Charge of Nicaraguan Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, September 1958–August 1960; thereafter Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs
  • Wilson, Simon N., Office of Inter-American Regional Poltical Affairs, Department of State, until October 1958; thereafter Officer in Charge of Inter-American Organizations and Conferences, Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs
  • Woodward, Robert F., Ambassador to Costa Rica until March 15, 1958; Ambassador to Uruguay from April 21, 1958
  • Yanes Urías, Colonel César, member of the Salvadoran Junta from October 26, 1960
  • Ydígoras Fuentes, General Miguel, President of Guatemala from March 2, 1958
  • Young, John P., Chief, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Department of State
  • Yriat, Juan F., Director General, Uruguayan Foreign Office.