Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, South and
Southeast Asia, Volume XV
List of Persons
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Note: This list provides identification of persons
only for the years 1958–1960. All titles and positions are American unless
otherwise indicated. Where no dates are given, the person usually held the
position throughout the period. In some cases, it has not been possible to
determine all positions held.
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Adams, Robert
A.W., Officer in Charge of India, Ceylon, and Nepal
Affairs until September 1958; Deputy Director, Office of South Asian
Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State, September 1958–August 1959; thereafter Acting Director until August
1960
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Ahmed, Aziz,
Pakistani Ambassador to the United States until the winter of 1959
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Ali, Amjad,
Finance Minister of Pakistan until October 1958
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Allen, George
V., Director, United States Information Agency
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Anderson, Robert
B., Secretary of the Treasury
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Arthayukti,
Visutr, Thai Ambassador to the United States from
1959
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Ayub Khan,
Mohammed, Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Army and
Chief Martial Law Administrator until October 1958; thereafter President of
Pakistan and Minister of Defense
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Bandaranaike, Felix
Dias
(also known as Felix Dias), Minister of Finance of Ceylon from July
1960
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Bandaranaike, Solomon
W.R.D., Prime Minister of Ceylon, Minister of
Defense, and Minister of External Affairs; assassinated on September 26,
1959
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Bandaranaike, Mrs.
Srimavo, Prime Minister of Ceylon from July 1960;
also Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defense
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Bartlett, Frederic
P., Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until
August 1960
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Bell, James
D., Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs,
Department of State, from June 1960
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Bernau, Phyllis
D., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles
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Berry, J.
Lampton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs until fall 1958; Ambassador to Ceylon,
October 1958–June 1959; Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, November 1959–August 1960
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Bhumibol
Adulyadej, King of Thailand
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Bishop, Max
W., former Ambassador to Thailand (January 1956–January
1958) Black, Eugene, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (World Bank)
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Bohlen, Charles
E., Ambassador to the Philippines until October 1959;
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from December 1959
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Brand, Robert
A., Officer in Charge of Philippine Affairs, Department
of State, to August 1960
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Bunker,
Ellsworth, Ambassador to India, also accredited to
Nepal, until November 1959
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Bushner, Rolland
H., Officer in Charge of Thai Affairs, Department of
State, until mid–1959
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Byroade, Henry
A., Ambassador to Afghanistan from January 1959
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Caldwell, Robert
W., Labor Attaché at the Embassy in Pakistan, August
1958–October 1960
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Cavell, Nik,
Canadian High Commissioner in Ceylon from May 1958
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Chagla, Mohammed Ali
Currim, Indian Ambassador to the United States from
1958
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Clock, Charles
P., Special Assistant for Military Base Matters to the
Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, June 1958–1959
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Crowe, Philip
K., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until
February 1959; Ambassador to the Union of South Africa from April
1959
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Cumming, Hugh
S.,Jr., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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Dahanayake,
Wijayananda, Prime Minister of Ceylon, Minister of
External Affairs, and Minister of Defense, September 1959–March 1960
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Daoud, Sarder
Mohammed, Prime Minister of Afghanistan
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Desai, Morarji
R., Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry until
1958; thereafter Finance Minister
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DeSilva, Charles
Percival, Ceylonese Minister for Lands and Land
Development and Leader of the House until 1959; Minister of Agriculture,
1959; thereafter Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Irrigation, and
Power
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DeZoysa,
Stanley, Ceylonese Finance Minister until November 1959;
thereafter Minister of the Interior until March 1960
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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
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Dulles, Allen
W., Director of Central Intelligence
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Dulles, John
Foster, Secretary of State until April 1959
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Eisenhower, Dwight
D., President of the United States
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Eisenhower, Milton
S., member, President’s Advisory Committee on
Government Organization; Personal Representative of the President with rank
of Special Ambassador, July–August 1958; member, National Advisory Committee
for Inter-American Affairs, from November 1959
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Elwood, Robert
B., Counselor of Embassy in Afghanistan until September
1959; thereafter Director of the Office of Intelligence Resources and
Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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Felt, Admiral Harry
D., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, from July
1958
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Fleck, Benjamin
A., Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from September
1958
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Garcia, Carlos
P., President of the Philippines
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Gates, Thomas S.,
Jr., Secretary of Defense from December 1959
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Gleason, S.
Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National
National Security Council until July 1959
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Gluck, Maxwell
H., Ambassador to Ceylon until October 1958
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Goodpaster, Brigadier
General Andrew J., Jr., USA, Staff Secretary to
President Eisenhower
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Goonetilleke, Sir Oliver
Ernest, Governor General of Ceylon
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Gray, Gordon,
Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization until July 1958; thereafter
President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
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Graham, Frank
P., United Nations Representative in India and
Pakistan
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Gufler, Bernard
A., Ambassador to Ceylon from July 1959
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Gunasekera,
Douglas, Ceylonese Representative to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary
Fund
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Gunewardene,
Philip, Ceylonese Minister of Food and Agriculture,
until May 1959
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Gunewardene,
R.S.S., Ceylonese Ambassador to the United
States
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Hammarskjöld,
Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Hart, Parker
T., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs from October 1958
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Herter, Christian
A., Under Secretary of State until April 1959;
thereafter Secretary of State
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Hickerson, John
D., Ambassador to the Philippines from January
1960
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Ilangaratne, Tikri
Bandara, Ceylonese Minister for Social Services and
Housing, until 1959; Minister of Home Affairs, 1959
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Iliff, Sir William
A.B., Vice President, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
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Irwin, John
N.,II, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs from September 1958
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Johnson, U.
Alexis, Ambassador to Thailand from January 1958
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Jones, G. Lewis,
Jr., Ambassador to Tunisia until June 1959;
thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs
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Khoman, Thanat,
Thai Ambassador to the United States until February 1959; thereafter Foreign
Minister of Thailand
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Kittikachorn, Lieutenant
General Thanom, Thai Prime Minister and Minister of
Defense, January–October 1958; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
from February 1959
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Knight, Robert
H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, 1959–1960
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Kocher, Eric,
Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs, Department of State, January 1958–June 1959
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Koirala, Bisweswar
Prasad, Prime Minister of Nepal, May 1959–December
1960
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Krishnamachari, Tiruvallur
Thattai, Indian Minister of Finance until
1958
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Langley, James
M., Ambassador to Pakistan until July 1959
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Lay, James S.,
Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security
Council
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Lemnitzer, General Lyman
L., USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army until July
1959; Chief of Staff, July 1959–September 1960; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, from October 1960
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Lodge, Henry
Cabot, Representative at the United Nations until
September 1960
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Macapagal,
Diosdado, Vice President of the Philippines
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Maffitt, Edward
P., Counselor of the Embassy in India; also Counselor of
the Embassy in Nepal until August 1959
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Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah
Deva, King of Nepal
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Maiwandwal, Mohammad
Hashim, Afghan Ambassador to the United States from
May 1958
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McCone, John
A., Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
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McElroy, Neil
H., Secretary of Defense until December 1959
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Mehta, Gaganvihari
L., Indian Ambassador to the United States until
1958
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Mein, John
Gordon, Director, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs,
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until May 1960
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Menon, V.K.
Krishna, Indian Minister of Defense
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Merchant, Livingston
T., Ambassador to Canada until November 1958;
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, November 1958–August
1959; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August–December
1959; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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Meyer, Armin
H., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from
September 1958; Director from September 1959
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Mills, Sheldon
T., Ambassador to Afghanistan until February 1959
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Mirza, Major General
Iskander, President of Pakistan until October
1958
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Mueller, Frederick
H., Under Secretary of Commerce, 1958–1959;
thereafter Secretary of Commerce
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Murphy, Robert
D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs until August 1959; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
August 1959–December 1959; also U.S. member, U.S.-U.K. good offices mission
to Tunisia and France
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Naim, Prince
Mohammed, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
of Afghanistan
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Nehru, B.K.,
Joint Secretary, Indian Ministry of Finance
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Nehru,
Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India and Minister for
External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
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Nixon, Richard
M., Vice President of the United States
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Noon, Malik Firoz
Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan until October
1958
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Parsons, J.
Graham, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs until June 1959; thereafter Assistant Secretary
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Perera, N.M.,
Ceylonese politician, leader of the LSSP
(Lanka Sama Samaja Parby, the Trotskyite Ceylon Equality Party)
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Pillai, Sir Narayana
Raghaven, Secretary-General, Indian Ministry of
External Affairs
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Pote Sarasin,
Prime Minister of Thailand until January 1958; Secretary General of SEATO
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Poullada, Leon
B., Officer in Charge of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs,
Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State, February 1959–August 1960; thereafter Deputy
Director, Office of South Asian Affairs
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Qadir, Manzur,
Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations from
October 1958
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Radhakrishnan,
Sarvepalli, Vice President of India
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Riddleberger, James
W., Director of the International Cooperation
Administration from March 1959
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Roach, John
L., Deputy Director of the International Cooperation
Administration, February 1958–November 1958; Director, U.S. Operations
Mission in Colombo, November 1958–September 1960
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Robertson, Walter
S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs until June 1959
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Romulo, Carlos
P., Philippine Ambassador to the United States
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Rountree, William
M., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern,
South Asian, and African Affairs (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of
August 1958) until July 1959; Ambassador to Pakistan from August 1959
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Sarasin,
see Pote Sarasin
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Scribner, Fred C,
Jr., Under Secretary of the Treasury until 1958;
thereafter Deputy Assistant to the President
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Senanayake,
Dudley, Prime Minister of Ceylon, Minister of External
Affairs, and Defense Minister, March–July 1960
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Serrano, Felixberto
M., Permanent Philippine Representative to the
United Nations and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1958; thereafter
Foreign Minister
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Shaha,
Rishikesh, Nepalese Ambassador to the United States from
October 1958; appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance in December
1960
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Shoaib,
Mohammed, Pakistani Minister of Finance from November
1958
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Smith, James H.,
Jr., Director of the International Cooperation
Administration until March 1959
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Smith, Henry
T., Counselor of the Embassy in Ceylon until February
1959
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Smith, Rufus
Burr, Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of
South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African
Affairs, 1958; Counselor of Embassy in Ceylon from August 1958; Economic
Counselor at the Embassy in India from July 1960
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Snyder, Robert
M., Chief of the U.S. Operations Mission in Afghanistan
until 1959
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Soulen, Garrett
H., Officer in Charge of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs,
Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State, until February 1959
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Spielman, Henry
W., Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of
South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State, February 1959–August 1960; thereafter Officer in Charge
of Pakistan–Afghanistan Affairs
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Sprague, Mansfield
D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs until September 1958
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Springsteen, George S.,
Jr., General Finance Officer, Development Loan Fund,
from November 1958
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Stans, Maurice
H., Director of the Bureau of the Budget from March
1958
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Tennekoon,
T.G., Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
External Affairs of Ceylon, May 1958-July 1959
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Thanarit,
Sarit, Supreme Commander of the Thai Armed Forces until
February 1959; thereafter Prime Minister of Thailand
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Thapan, Nara
Pratap, Nepalese Secretary of Foreign Affairs until
1959
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Turnage, William
V., Acting Director, Office of International Finance and
Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State,
October 1959–February 1960; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of
State for Economic Affairs from November 1959
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Twining, General Nathan
F.,
USAF, Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until September 1960
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Wan Waithayakon Krommun
Naradhip Bongsprabandh, Prince, Foreign Minister of
Thailand until October 1958; Deputy Prime Minister from February 1959
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Weil, Thomas
Eliot, Acting Director and then Director of the Office
of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State, after August 1960
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Zahir Shah,
Mohammed, King of Afghanistan