Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume VI,
Vietnam, January–August 1968
Names
- Abrams, General
Creighton, Deputy Commander, Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam to July 1968; thereafter Commander
- Acheson,
Dean, Secretary of State, 1949–1953, and informal
adviser to the President
- Agnew,
Spiro, Governor of Maryland and Vice Presidential
nominee of the Republican Party
- Aiken,
George, Senator (Republican-Vermont)
- Albert,
Carl, Representative (Democrat-Oklahoma)
- Algard,
Ole, Norwegian Ambassador to the People’s Republic
of China
- Allen,
George, Deputy Special Assistant for Vietnamese
Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
- Ashmore,
Harry, Executive Director, Center for the Study of
Democratic Institutions
- Ayub Khan,
Mohammad, President of Pakistan
- Ball,
George, Representative to the United Nations after
May 14, 1968
- Baggs,
William, Director, Center for the Study of
Democratic Institutions
- Battle, Lucius
D., Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs
- Berger, Samuel
R., Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam after March
1968
- Bogdan,
Cornelieu, Romanian Ambassador to the United
States
- Boggs,
Hale, Representative (Democrat-Louisiana)
- Bogomolov,
Sergei, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in
Paris
- Bohlen,
Charles, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs
- Bowles,
Chester, Ambassador to India
- Bradley,
Omar, General (ret.), informal adviser to the
President
- Brezhnev,
Leonid, Chairman, Soviet Communist Party
- Brooke,
Edward, Senator (Republican-Massachusetts)
- Brown,
Harold, Secretary of the Air Force
- Bruce, David
K.E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Bui Diem,
Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to the United States
- Bundy,
McGeorge, President, Ford Foundation, and informal
adviser to the President
- Bundy, William
P., Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs
- Bunker,
Ellsworth, Ambassador to Vietnam
- Busby,
Horace, former Special Assistant to the
President
- Byrd,
Robert, Senator (Democrat-West Virginia)
- Calhoun, John
A., Political Officer at the Embassy in
Saigon
- Califano,
Joseph, Special Assistant to the President
- Cao Van
Vien, Chairman, Joint General Staff, Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces
- Carver, George
A., Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs to
the Director of Central Intelligence
- Ceausescu,
Nicolae, President of the State Council of
Romania
- Celac,
Sergiu, Third Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in
Washington
- Chan, see
Nguyen Chan
- Chernyakov,
Yuri, Chargé d’Affaires of the Soviet Embassy in
Washington
- Christian, George
A., Special Assistant to the President and White
House Press Secretary
- Clifford, Clark
M., Secretary of Defense after March 1,
1968
- Colby,
William, Deputy Director, Civil Operations and
Revolutionary Development Support
- Collingwood,
Charles, correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting
System
- Cushman, General Leonard
F., Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Daley,
Richard, Mayor of Chicago
- Daniel,
Price, Director, Office of Emergency Planning
- Dang Duc
Khoi, Special Assistant to the Vice President,
Republic of Vietnam
- Davidson, Daniel
I., Special Assistant to the Ambassador at Large
and member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Davis,
Nathaniel, Member, National Security Council
Staff
- Dean,
Arthur, retired diplomat and informal adviser to the
President
- De Gaulle,
Charles, President of France
- Denney,
George, Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- DePuy, Major General
William, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency
and Special Activities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Dillon, C.
Douglas, former Secretary of the Treasury and
member of the unofficial “Wise Men” Group
- Dirksen,
Everett, Senator (Republican-Illinois)
- Dobrynin,
Anatoliy, Soviet Ambassador to the United
States
- Dodd,
Thomas, Senator (Democrat-Connecticut)
- D’Orlandi,
Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to the United
States
- Douglas,
Paul, Senator (Democrat-Illinois)
- Eisenhower, Dwight
D., President, 1953–1961
- Elsey, George
M., Special Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense
- Enthoven,
Alain, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems
Analysis
- Fanfani,
Amintore, Italian Foreign Minister
- Finch,
Robert, Lieutenant-Governor of California and
adviser to Presidential candidate Richard
Nixon
- Floweree, Charles
C., Staff Member, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
- Ford, Gerald
R., Representative (Republican-Michigan)
- Fortas,
Abe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- Fowler, Henry
(Hugh), Secretary of the Treasury
- Freeman,
Orville, Secretary of Agriculture
- Fulbright, J.
William, Senator (Democrat-Arkansas)
- Gandhi,
Indira, Indian Prime Minister
- Gelb,
Leslie, Analyst, Bureau of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
- Ginsburgh, Robert
N., member, National Security Council
Staff
- Goldberg, Arthur
J., Representative to the United Nations to June
24, 1968
- Goodpaster, General
Andrew, Director, Joint Staff, to April 1968;
Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, April–July 1968;
thereafter Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
- Gore,
Albert, Senator (Democrat-Tennessee)
- Gorton,
John, Australian Prime Minister
- Goulding, Phil
G., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs
- Gromyko,
Andrei, Soviet Foreign Minister
- Gronouski,
John, Ambassador to Poland to May 26, 1968
- Ha Van Lau, Deputy
Chief, North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris
Peace Talks
- Habib, Philip
C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Member, U.S. Delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks
- Halperin,
Morton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs
- Hardesty,
Robert, Assistant to the President
- Harkins, General
Paul, Commander, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam, 1962–1964
- Harlow,
Bryce, adviser to the Nixon Presidential campaign
- Harriman, W.
Averell, Ambassador at large; Head, U.S.
delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Helms, Richard
R., Director of Central Intelligence
- Herz, Martin
F., Country Director, Cambodia and Laos, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
- Hickenlooper,
Bourke, Senator (Republican–Iowa)
- Ho Chi
Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam
- Holbrooke, Richard
C., Staff Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris
Peace Talks
- Holdridge,
John, Deputy Director, Office of Research and
Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- Hollings,
Ernest, Senator (Democrat-South Carolina)
- Hoopes,
Townsend, Under Secretary of the Air Force
- Hughes,
Thomas, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- Humphrey, Hubert
H., Vice President
- Hurwitch,
Robert, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in
Vientiane
- Ignatius,
Paul, Secretary of the Navy
- Iliescu,
Marin, First Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in
Washington
- Jackson,
Henry, Senator (Democrat-Washington)
- Johnson, General Harold
K., Army Chief of Staff to June 1968
- Johnson, Lyndon
B., President of the United States
- Johnson, U.
Alexis, Ambassador to Japan
- Johnson, W. Thomas
(Tom), Assistant Press Secretary to the
President
- Jones, James R.
(Jim), Special Assistant to the President
- Jorden, William
J., Staff Member, National Security Council;
after May 1968, Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Kaplan,
Harold, Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace
Talks
- Karamessines,
Thomas, Deputy Director for Plans, Central
Intelligence Agency
- Katzenbach, Nicholas
deB., Under Secretary of State
- Kennedy, Edward
(Ted), Senator (Democrat-Massachusetts)
- Kennedy, Robert
F., Senator (Democrat-New York)
- Kissinger, Henry
A., consultant to the Department of State;
informal adviser to the Rockefeller and Nixon Presidential campaigns
- Komer, Robert
W., Deputy for Civil Operations and
Revolutionary Development to the Commander, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam, and Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Vietnam
- Koplowitz, Wilfred
D., Chief, Political Operations Division,
Central Intelligence Agency Station in Saigon
- Kosygin,
Alexei, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
Soviet Union
- Krulak, Lieutenant
General Victor, Commander, Fleet Marine Force,
Pacific
- Lansdale,
Edward, Special Assistant to the Ambassador to
Vietnam
- Lapham,
Lewis, Chief of Station in Saigon
- Laird,
Melvin, Representative (Republican-Wisconsin)
- Le Duc Tho, Special
Adviser, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- LeMay,
Curtis, Vice Presidential candidate, American
Independent Party
- Leonhart,
William, Special Assistant to the
President
- Levison,
Lawrence, Deputy Special Counsel to the
President
- Locke,
Eugene, Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam to January
1968
- Lodge, Henry
Cabot, Ambassador at large to May 7, 1968;
Ambassador to Germany after May 27, 1968
- Long,
Russell, Senator (Democrat-Louisiana)
- Macovescu,
George, First Deputy Foreign Minister of
RomaniaMai Van Bo, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Representative to
France
- Manac’h,
Etienne, Director for Asia, French Foreign
Ministry
- Manatos,
Mike, Administrative Assistant to the
President
- Mansfield,
Mike, Senate Majority Leader
(Democrat-Montana)
- Marks,
Leonard, Director, United States Information
Agency
- Maurer, Ion
Gheorghe, President of the Council of Ministers
of Romania
- McCain, Admiral John
S., Commander in Chief, Pacific, after July 31,
1968
- McCarthy,
Eugene, Senator (Democrat-Minnesota)
- McCloskey, Robert
J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Public Affairs and Department Spokesman
- McCloy, John
J., former Assistant Secretary of War and High
Commissioner for Germany; informal adviser to the President
- McConnell, General John
P., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
- McCormack,
John, Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Democrat-Massachusetts)
- McGee,
Gale, Senator (Democrat-Wyoming)
- McNamara, Robert
S., Secretary of Defense to February 29, 1968;
thereafter President of the World Bank
- McPherson,
Harry, Special Counsel to the President
- Middleton,
Harry, Staff Assistant to the President
- Mills,
Wilbur, Representative (Democrat-Arkansas)
- Momyer, General
William, Commander, 7th Air Force, Pacific, and
Deputy Commander for Air, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
- Moorer, Admiral
Thomas, Chief of Naval Operations
- Moyers, William
(Bill), Special Assistant to the President,
1964–1967
- Murphy,
Charles, Special Consultant to the President
- Murphy,
Robert, adviser to Presidential candidate Nixon
- Negroponte,
John, Staff Member and interpreter, U.S. Delegation
to the Paris Peace Talks
- Nelson,
Gaylord, Senator (Democrat-Wisconsin)
- Ngo Minh
Loan, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to
the People’s Republic of China
- Nguyen Cao
Ky, Vice President of the Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen
Chan, Chargé d’Affaires of the Democratic Republic
of Vietnam Embassy in Vientiane
- Nguyen Dinh
Phuong, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Nguyen Dinh
Trinh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen Duc Thang,
Commanding General, IV Combat Tactical Zone,
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen Minh Vy,
Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Nguyen Ngoc
Loan, Director General of the National Police
and Chief of the Military Security Service, Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen Thanh Le, Member
and Spokesman, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Nguyen Van
Loc, Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister to May 18,
1968
- Nguyen Van
Thieu, President of the Republic of
Vietnam
- Nguyen Van
Vy, Minister of Defense and Minister of Veteran’s
Affairs, Republic of Vietnam
- Nguyen Xuan Phong,
Member, Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks
- Nitze,
Paul, Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Nixon, Richard
M., Republican candidate for President
- Norodum
Sihanouk, Chief of State of Cambodia
- Nugroho, Indonesian Ambassador to the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
- Oberemko,
Valentin, Political Officer of the Soviet
Embassy in Paris
- O’Brien, Lawrence
(Larry), Postmaster-General to April 10,
1968
- Oelhart,
Benjamin, Ambassador to Pakistan
- Orotona,
Egidio, Italian Ambassador to the United
States
- Osberg,
J.C.S., First Secretary, Swedish Foreign
Ministry
- Palmer, General
Bruce, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Vietnam
- Park (Pak)
Chung-hee, President of the Republic of
Korea
- Paul IV,
Pope
- Pearson,
Drew, syndicated news columnist
- Pell,
Claiborne, Senator (Democrat-Rhode Island)
- Perry,
Jack, Political Officer and Second Secretary of the
Embassy in Paris
- Petri,
Lennart, Swedish Ambassador to the People’s Republic
of China
- Pham Dang
Lam, Republic of Vietnam observer at the Official
Conversations on Vietnam
- Pham Van
Dong, Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of
Vietnam
- Phan Hien,
Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Phan Van
Su, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to
Czechoslovakia
- Pierson, W.
DeVier, Special Counsel to the President
- Pursley,
Robert., Military Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense
- Raimondi, Archbishop
Luigi, Apostolic Delegate to the United
States
- Read,
Benjamin, Executive Secretary of the Department of
State
- Reischauer, Edwin
O., Professor of History, Harvard University,
and Ambassador to Japan, 1961–1966
- Resor,
Stanley, Secretary of the Army
- Reuss,
Henry, Representative (Democrat-Wisconsin)
- Ribicoff,
Abraham, Senator (Democrat-Connecticut)
- Ridgway, General Matthew
B. (ret.), informal adviser to President
Johnson
- Ridgway,
Rozanne, Political Officer of the Embassy in
Oslo
- Rivers, L.
Mendel, Representative (Democrat-South
Carolina)
- Robb, Charles
(Chuck), Marine Corps officer in Vietnam and
son-in-law of the President
- Roche,
John, Special Assistant to the President
- Rockefeller,
Nelson, Governor of New York
- Rostow, Walt
W., Special Assistant to the President
- Rusk, Dean,
Secretary of State
- Russell,
Richard, Senator (Democrat-Georgia)
- Sainteny,
Jean, unofficial French envoy to the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
- Sanders, Harold
Barefoot, Legislative Counsel to the
President
- Sharp, Admiral Ulysses
S., Commander in Chief, Pacific, to July 31,
1968
- Sidle, Major General
Winant, Chief, Office of Information, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
- Sisco,
Joseph, Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organizational Affairs
- Smathers,
George, Senator (D–FL)
- Smith, Admiral
Abbott, Chairman, National Board of
Estimates
- Smith,
Bromley, Executive Secretary, National Security
Council
- Smith, Margaret
Chase, Senator (Republican-Maine)
- Sorensen,
Theodore, informal adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy
- Souvanna
Phouma, Laotian Prime Minister
- Sparkman,
John, Senator (Democrat-Alabama)
- Steadman,
Richard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
- Stewart,
Michael, British Foreign Secretary
- Sullivan, William
H., Ambassador to Laos
- Swank,
Emory, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in
Moscow
- Taylor, General
Maxwell, Special Consultant to the
President
- Thanh Le, Member and
Spokesman, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Thant, U,
United Nations Secretary-General
- Thompson,
Llewelyn, Ambassador to the Soviet Union
- Thompson, Sir
Robert, counter-insurgency expert
- Tibbetts, Margaret
Joy, Ambassador to Norway
- Ton That
Tien, Minister of Information, Republic of
Vietnam
- Tower,
John, Senator (Republican-Texas)
- Tran Buu
Kiem, Member, National Liberation Front delegation
to the Paris peace talks
- Tran Chanh
Thanh, Republic of Vietnam Minister of Foreign
Affairs
- Tran Quang
Co, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnamese
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
- Tran Van
Don, Republic of Vietnam Senator
- Tran Van
Huong, Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister from May
18, 1968
- Tran Van
Lam, Republic of Vietnam Senator and Chief of
unofficial delegation in Paris
- Trueheart,
William, Deputy Director for Coordination,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- Unger,
Leonard, Ambassador to Thailand
- Vance, Cyrus
R., Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace
Talks
- Vann, John
Paul, Military and Pacification Adviser to the
Commander, III Corps
- Vo Nguyen Giap,
General, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense
- Vuong Van Bac,
Member, Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks
- Wallace,
George, Independent Presidential candidate
- Wallner,
Woodruff, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy
in Paris
- Walsh, John
P., Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of
State
- Walt, Lieutenant General
Lewis, Commander, III Marine Amphibious
Force
- Warnke,
Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International and Security Affairs
- Westmoreland, General
William C., Commander, Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam, to June 11, 1968; Army Chief of Staff after July 3,
1968
- Weyand, Lieutenant
General Frederick C., Commander, 25th Division
(Saigon/Gia Dinh area); after June 1968 Deputy Commander, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
- Wheeler, General
Earle, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Wilson,
Harold, British Prime Minister
- Xuan Thuy,
Chief, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation
to the Paris Peace Talks
- Young,
Stephen, Senator (Democrat-Ohio)
- Zorin,
Valerian, Soviet Ambassador to France
- Zwick,
Charles, Director, Office of Management and
Budget