Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume IV,
Vietnam, August–December 1963
List of Persons
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Alphand, Herve,
French Ambassador to the United States
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Alsop, Joseph,
syndicated columnist
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Ball, George
W., Under Secretary of State
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Barnett, Robert
W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Economic Affairs from February 3, 1963
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Bell, David
E., Administrator of the Agency for International
Development and member of the Counterinsurgency Group
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Blake, Lieutenant General
Gordon A.,
USAF, Director of the National Security
Agency
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Bohlen, Charles
E., Ambassador to France
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Bowles, Chester
A., President’s Special Representative, Adviser on
African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs, and Ambassador at Large until
July 19, 1963; thereafter Ambassador to India
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Brent, Joseph
L., Director, Operations Mission in Vietnam
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Buffum, William
B., Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations
Political and Social Affairs, Department of State, until November 10, 1963;
thereafter Director
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Bui Diem, Dai
Viet oppositionist
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Bui Van Luong,
Vietnamese Minister of the Interior
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Bundy,
McGeorge, President’s Special Assistant for National
Security Affairs
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Bundy, William
P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs
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Buu Hoi,
Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
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Carroll, Lieutenant General
Joseph E,
USAF, Director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency
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Carter, Lieutenant General
Marshall S.,
USA, Deputy Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency
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Church, Frank,
Democratic Senator from Idaho; member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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Cleveland,
Harlan, Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs
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Clifton, Major General
Chester V.,
USA, President’s Military Aide
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Colby, William,
Director of the Far East Division, Operations Directorate, Central
Intelligence Agency
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Conlon, Thomas
F., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after September 1, 1963, and member of
the Vietnam Working Group
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Cooper, Chester
L., Assistant for Policy Support to the Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, until November 1963;
thereafter Assistant Deputy Director for Policy Support
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Couve de Murville,
Maurice, French Foreign Minister
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De Gaulle,
Charles, President of France
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Diem, see
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Dillon, C.
Douglas, Secretary of the Treasury
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Dingeman, Major James
W.,
USA, Executive Secretary of the Special
Group for Counterinsurgency
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Dinh, see
Ton That Dinh
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Do Mau,
Colonel, (after November 1963, Brigadier General),
ARVN, Military Security Service Chief;
also political member of the Executive Committee of the Military
Revolutionary Council
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Do yang Ly,
Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States after September 30, 1963.
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Don, see
Tran Van Don
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D’Orlandi
Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to the Republic of
Vietnam
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Dungan, Ralph
A., President’s Special Assistant
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Duong Ngoc Lam,
Colonel,
ARVN, Director, Civil Guard/Self Defense
Corps
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Duong Van
Hieu, Assistant Director for Special Police of the
Republic of Vietnam until November 1, 1963
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Dueng Van (“Big”) Minh,
Major General, (after November 4, 1963, Lieutenant
General), ARVN, Military Adviser to
President Diem until November 1,
1963; thereafter Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Revolutionary
Council; President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam
after November 4, 1963
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Dutton, Frederick
G., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Affairs
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Felt, Admiral Harry
D.,
USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
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Forrestal, Michael
V., member, National Security Council Staff
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Fraleigh, Albert
S., Deputy Assistant Director for Rural Affairs,
Operations Mission in Vietnam
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Fulbright, J.
William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas and
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Gilpatric, Roswell
L., Deputy Secretary of Defense and member of the
Counterinsurgency Group
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Halberstam,
David, New York Times correspondent in Vietnam
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Harkins, General Paul
D.,
USA, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam
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Harriman, W.
Averell, Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs until April 3, 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs and Chairman of the Special Group for
Counterinsurgency
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Helble, John
J., Consul in Hue
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Helms, Richard,
Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
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Hieu, see
Ngo Trong Hieu
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Higgins,
Marguerite,
New York Herald Tribune correspondent
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Hilsman, Roger,
Jr., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
until April 25, 1963; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs
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Ho Chi Minh,
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; also Chairman and General
Secretary of Dang Lao Dong, Workers’ Party of Vietnam
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Hoang Van Lac,
Colonel,
ARVN, Permanent Commissioner,
Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets; Special Commissioner for
Strategic Hamlet Program
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Hughes, Thomas
L., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research until April 28, 1963; thereafter Director
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Huynh Van Cao, Brigadier
General,
ARVN, IV Corps Commander
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Imhof,
Johannes, Office of Western European Affairs, Department
of State
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Janow, Seymour
J., Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for
International Development
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Johnson, Lyndon
B., Vice President until November 22, 1963; thereafter
President
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Johnson, U.
Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs
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Jorden,
William, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
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Kattenburg, Paul
M., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian
Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and Chairman of
the Vietnam Interdepartmental Working Group from August 4, 1963
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Kaysen, Carl,
President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
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Kennedy, John
F., President of the United States until November 22,
1963
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Kennedy, Robert
E, Attorney General
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Kent, Colonel J.
R.,
USA, Assistant Director, Far East Region,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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Khanh, see
Nguyen Khanh
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Khiem, see
Tran Thien Khiem
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Khiet, see
Tien Khiet
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Khnong, see
Nguyen Khuong
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Kim, see
Le Van Kim
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Koren, Henry L.
T., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs,
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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Krulak, Major General Victor
H.,
USMC, Special Assistant for
Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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Ky, see
Nguyen Cao Ky
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La, see
Nguyen Van La
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Lac, see
Hoang Van Lac
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Lalouette,
Roger, French Ambassador to the Republic of
Vietnam
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Lansdale, Maj. Gen. Edward
G.,
USAF, Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense
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Lausche, Frank,
Democratic Senator from Ohio and Chairman of the Far Eastern Subcommittee,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Le Quang
Trieu, Special Forces Commander after November 1,
1963
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Le Quang Tung,
Colonel,
ARVN, Special Forces Commander until
November 1, 1963
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Le Van Kim, Brigadier
General, (after November 1, 1963, Major General),
ARVN, Secretary General and Foreign
Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council,
after November 1, 1963
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Le Van Nghiem, Brigadier
General,
ARVN, Commander, I Corps
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Lippmann,
Walter, columnist
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Lodge, Henry Cabot,
Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam from August 26,
1963
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Luong, see
Bui Van Luong
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Mai Huu Xuan, Brigadier
General, (after November 1963, Major General),
ARVN, Commander, Quang training camp;
member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after
November 1, 1963; Chief of National Police
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Maneli,
Mieczyslaw, Polish member of the International Control
Commission
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Manning, Robert
1., Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs
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Mansfield,
Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; Majority Leader
and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Mau, see
Vu Van Mau
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McCone, John
A., Director of Central Intelligence
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McNamara, Robert
S., Secretary of Defense
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Mecklin, John,
Counselor for Public Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam
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Mendenhall, Joseph
A., United Nations Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs, Department of State, from June 23, 1963
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Minh, see
Duong Van Minh
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Montgomery, James
M., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and member of the Vietnam Working
Group
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Morse, Wayne,
Democratic Senator from Oregon and member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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Murrow, Edward
R., Director, United States Information Agency
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Nes, David G.,
Deputy Chief of Mission in Saigon from December 1963
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Nghiem, see
Le Van Nghiem
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Ngo Dinh Can,
brother of President Diem
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Ngo Dinh Diem,
President of the Republic of Vietnam until November 1, 1963
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Ngo Dinh
Luyen, brother of President Diem; Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United
Kingdom until November 2, 1963
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Ngo Dinh Nhu,
brother of President Diem;
Presidential Counselor and Head of the Interministerial Committee for
Strategic Hamlets until November 1, 1963
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Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame (Tran Le
Xuan), wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu and member of the
Vietnamese National Assembly; official hostess for President Diem
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Ngo Dinh Thuc,
brother of President Diem;
Archbishop of Hue
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Ngo Trong
Hieu, Vietnamese Minister of Civic Action until November
1, 1963
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Nguyen Cao Ky, Lieutenant
Colonel, Vietnamese Air Force, Transport Squadron
Commander; Air Force Commander from December 17, 1963
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Nguyen Dinh
Thuan, Vietnamese Secretary of State at the Presidency
and Assistant Secretary of State for National Defense
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Nguyen Khanh, Major
General,
ARVN, Commander of II Corps until November
29 1963; thereafter Commander of IV Corps
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Nguyen Khuong,
Colonel,
ARVN, coup leader
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Nguyen Luong,
Vietnamese Minister of Finance
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Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vietnamese
Vice President until November 4, 1963; thereafter
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and National Economy of the
Provisional Government
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Nguyen Van La, Major
General,
ARVN, Civil Guard Commander
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Nguyen Van Thieu,
Colonel, (Brigadier General after November 1, 1963),
ARVN, Commanding Of 9cer of the 5th
Infantry Division
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Nhu, see
Ngo Dinh Nhu
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Nhu, Madame,
see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame
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Nolting, Frederick E.,
Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam until August 15,
1963
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Pham Dang Lam,
Secretary General of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry until November 4, 1963;
thereafter Foreign Minister in the Provisional Government
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Pham Van Dong,
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Phan Huy Quat,
former Vietnamese Defense Minister under Bao Dai and leader of Dai Viet
Party
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Phillips, Rufus
C., Assistant Director for Rural Affairs, Operations
Mission in Vietnam
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Reston, James,
syndicated columnist
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Rice, Edward
E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs
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Richardson, John
H., Chief of Central Intelligence Agency Station in
Saigon until October 5, 1963
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Rostow, Walt
W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of
the Policy Planning Council
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Rusk, Dean,
Secretary of State
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Salinger, Pierre E.
G., President’s Press Secretary
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Schlesinger, Arthur,
Jr., President’s Special Assistant
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Sheehan, Neil,
United Press International correspondent in Vietnam
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Sihanouk, Prince
Norodom, Cambodian Chief of State
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Smith, Bromley,
Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
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Souvanna
Phouma, Laotian Prime Minister
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Stevenson, Adlai Representative at the United
Nations
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Stilwell, Major General
Richard G.,
USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for
Operations, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from April 1963
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Stoneman, Walter
G., Director of the Office of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau
for the Far East/Vietnam, Agency for International Development
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Sullivan, William
H., U.N. Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State, until April 28, 1963; thereafter Assistant to the Under
Secretary of State
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Sylvester,
Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs
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Tam Chau,
bonze, member of Buddhist delegation from Hue; became
Chairman of the Intersect Committee for the Defense of Buddhism
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Taylor, General Maxwell
D., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Tho, see
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
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Thompson, Brigadier Robert
G. K., head of the British Advisory Mission in
Vietnam
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Thuan, see
Nguyen Dinh Thuan
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Thuc, see
Ngo Dinh Thuc
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Timmes, Major General
Charles, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group, Vietnam
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Tinh Khiet,
chief bonze in Hue
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Ton That Dinh, Major
General,
ARVN, Military Governor of Saigon, August
21-November 1, 1963; thereafter Commander of III Corps, Second Deputy
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council,
and Minister of Public Security of the Provisional Government
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Tran Kim
Tuyen, head of the Service des Etudes Politiques et
Sociales
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Tran Le Quang,
Vietnamese Minister of Rural Affairs until November 4, 1963; thereafter
Minister of Rural Affairs of the Provisional Government
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Tran Le Xuan,
see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame
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Tran Thien Khiem,
General,
ARVN, Chief of Staff after November 1,
1963, Military Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military
Revolutionary Council
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Tran Tu Oai Brigadier
General,
ARVN, Director of Psychological Warfare,
Vietnamese Ministry of Defense; Chief of Public Information; Minister of
Information in the Provisional Government after November 4, 1963
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Tran Van
Chuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States until
August 22, 1963
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Tran Van Don, Major
General,
ARVN, Commander of III Corps until July
1963; thereafter Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam; Acting
Chief of the Joint General Staff after August 1963; First Deputy Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council after November
1, 1963; Minister of National Defense after November 4, 1963
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Tri Quang,
bonze, Buddhist opposition leader
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Trueheart, William
C., Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission
in Vietnam
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Tung, see
Le Quang Tung
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Tuyen, see
Tran Kim Tuyen
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Unna Warren,
Washington Post correspondent
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Vu Van Mau,
Vietnamese Foreign Minister until August 22, 1963; Ambassador to the United
Kingdom after December 24, 1963
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Wheeler, General Earle
G.,
USA, Chief of Staff
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Xuan, see
Mai Huu Xuan
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Zablocki, Clement
J., Democratic Representative from Wisconsin and
member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee