Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
Persons
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Adair, Edwin Ross, Ambassador
to Ethiopia from July 1971 to February 1974
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Addou, Abdullahi Ahmed,
Somalian Ambassador to the United States
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Ahidjo, Ahmadou, President of
Cameroon from 1960 to 1982
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Amin, Idi, Major General;
President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
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Andom, Aman Michael, General;
Prime Minister of Ethiopia from September 1974 to November 1974
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Aref, Ali Bourhan, President
of the Government Council of the FTAI from 1967 to July 1976
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Arikpo, Okoi, Nigerian Federal
Commissioner for External Affairs from 1967 to 1975
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Bah, Habib, Guinean Ambassador
to the United States
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Balancy, Guy, Mauritian
Ambassador to the United States
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Bante, Teferi, First Deputy
Chairman of the Ethiopian Provisional Military Government
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Boerma, Addeke Hendrik,
Director General, Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations) from
1968 to 1975
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Boumedienne, Houari (Mohamed Ben Brahim
Boukharouba), President of Algeria; Chairman of the
Non-Aligned Movement from August 1973 to August 1976
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Brewer, William D., Ambassador
to Sudan from 1973
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Brown, George S., Chief of
Staff, U.S. Air Force, from August 1973 to June 1974; Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff from July 1974
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Buffum, William B., Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1973 to
1975
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Bula Nyati, Mandungu, Zairian
Foreign Minister from 1975 to 1976
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Burke, Yvonne, member, U.S.
House of Representatives (D-California); Chairperson of the Congressional
Black Caucus, 1976
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Bush, George H. W.,
Representative to the United Nations from February 1971 to January 1973;
Head of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing from October 1974 to December
1975; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 1976 to
January 1977
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Butler, Malcolm, member of the
National Security Council Staff
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Cabral, Amilcar, Secretary
General of the African Party for the Independence of Portuguese Guinea and
the Cape Verde Islands from 1956 to 1973
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Clark, Richard (Dick),
Senator (D-Iowa) from 1973 to 1979
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Clements, William (Bill),
Jr., Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense from
January 1973
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Cline, Ray S., Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October
1969
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Cohen, Edwin S., Under
Secretary of the Treasury from 1972 to 1973
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Cohen, Herman J., Director,
Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
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Colby, William, Deputy
Director of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, from March to
August 1973; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 4,
1973, to January 30, 1976
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Coote, Wendell, Director,
Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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Cutler, Walter, Country
Director, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State; thereafter Ambassador to Zaire
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Davis, Nathaniel M.,
Ambassador to Chile from 1971 to 1973; Assistant Secretary for African
Affairs, Department of State, from March 1975 to October 1975
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Deng, Francis M., Sudanese
Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1976; Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1980
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Denney, George C., Jr.,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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D’Estaing, Valéry Giscard,
President of France from 1974 to 1981
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DePalma, Samuel, Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 1969
to June 1973
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Desta, Negash, Ethiopian
Minister of Finance
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di-Lutete, Umba, Zairean
Commissioner of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from
1974 to 1975
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Diggs, Charles, Jr., member,
U.S. House of Representatives (D-Michigan); Member of the Congressional
Black Caucus
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Diori, Hamani, President of
Niger from November 10, 1960, to April 15, 1974
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Eagleburger, Lawrence S.,
member of the National Security Council Staff from June 1973 to February
1975; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from February
1975 to May 1975; Under Secretary of State for Management from May 1975 to
January 1977
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Easum, Donald B., Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1974 to 1975; Ambassador to
Nigeria from 1975 to 1979
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Ekangaki, Nzo, Secretary
General of the Organization of African Unity from 1972 to 1974
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Eliot, Theodore L., Jr.,
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department
of State from August 1969 to September 1973
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Ellerkmann, Richard, West
German Ambassador to Uganda from 1974 to 1977
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Ellsworth, Robert, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from June 1974 to
December 1975; Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense from December
1975 to January 1977
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Endalkachew, Makonnen, Prime
Minister of Ethiopia from February 1974 to July 1974
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Ferguson, Clarence Clyde,
Jr., Special Coordinator on Relief to Victims of the
Nigerian Civil War from February 1969 to June 1970; Ambassador to Uganda
from June 1970 until July 1972; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs from August 1972 to October 1973
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Foccart, Jacques, French
Secretary General for African and Malagasy Affairs
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Ford, Gerald R., member, U.S.
House of Representatives (R-Michigan) from 1963 to 1973; House Minority
Leader from 1965 to 1973; Vice President of the United States from October
13, 1973, to August 8, 1974; President of the United States from August 9,
1974, to January 20, 1977
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Freeman, Mason, Rear Admiral,
USN; Vice Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Freymond, Jacques, Vice
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from April
1969
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Froehlke, Robert F., Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Administration from January 1969 to June 1971;
Secretary of the Army from July 1971 to May 1973
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Garba, John, Kenyan Ambassador
to the United States
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Garba, Joseph Nanven, Major
General; Nigerian Federal Commissioner for External Affairs from 1975 to
1978
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Gowon, Yakubu (Jack),
General; Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria from July 1966
to July 28, 1975
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Granger, Clinton E., member of
the National Security Council Staff from August 1974 to September
1976
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Habib, Philip C., Assistant
Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from September
1974 to June 1976; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
Department of State, from June 1976 to January 1977
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Habte-Wold, Tsehafi Ta’izaz
Aklilu, Prime Minister of Ethiopia from April 1961
to March 1, 1974
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Hadsel, Fred Latimer,
Ambassador to Somalia from June 1969 to July 1971; Ambassador to Ghana from
September 1971 to July 1974
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Haig, Alexander M., Jr.,
General; Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs from January 1969 to June 1970; Deputy Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs from June 1970 to January
1973; thereafter, Army Vice Chief of Staff
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Haile, Selassie I, Emperor of
Ethiopia from 1930 to September 12, 1974
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Hannah, John A.,
Administrator, Agency for International Development from April 1969 to
October 1973
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Harlow, Bryce N., Assistant to
the President from January 1969 to January 1970; Counselor to the President
from January 1970 to 1974
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Harrison, Roger, member of the
National Security Council Staff from 1974 to 1976
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Hinton, Deane R., Ambassador
to Zaire from 1974 to 1975
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Horan, Harold, member of the
National Security Council Staff from 1973 to 1976
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Hormats, Robert T., member of
the National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1977
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Houphouët-Boigny, Félix,
President of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from 1960 to 1993
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Hummel, Arthur, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department
of State, from 1971 to January 1975; Ambassador to Ethiopia from February
1975 to July 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State, from August 1976 to January 1977
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Humphrey, Hubert H., Senator
(D-Minnesota) from 1949 to 1964; Vice President of the United States from
1964 to 1968; Senator (D-Minnesota) from 1971 to 1979
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Hyland, William G., Director
of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from
January 1974 to November 1975; President’s Deputy Assistant for National
Security Affairs from 1975 to 1976
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Ingersoll, Robert S.,
Ambassador to Japan from 1972 to 1973; Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 to 1974; Deputy
Secretary of State from July 1974 to March 1976
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Inouye, Daniel K., Senator
(D-Hawaii)
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Irwin, John N., II, Under
Secretary of State from September 1970 to July 1972; Deputy Secretary of
State from July 1972 to February 1973
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Iyalla, Joseph T. F.,
Nigerian Ambassador to the United States from March 1968 to April 1972;
Permanent Secretary, Nigerian Ministry of External Affairs from May 1972;
Acting Foreign Minister
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Jenkins, Kempton, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State
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Kaunda, Kenneth David,
President of Zambia; Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1970 to
1973
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Kennedy, Richard T., Colonel;
Deputy Assistant to the President for NSC Planning from 1973 to 1975
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Kenyatta, Jomo, President of
Kenya from 1964 to 1978
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Kissinger, Henry A.,
President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1969 to
October 1973; Secretary of State from October 1973 to January 1977
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Labidi, Abdelwahab, President
of African Development Bank from September 1970 to May 1976
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Lamizana, Sangoulé, President
of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso); Prime Minister from 1974 to 1978
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Leigh, Monroe, Legal Advisor,
Department of State from 1975 to January 1977
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Loomis, Henry, Deputy
Director, United States Information Agency until January 1973
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Lord, Winston, member of the
National Security Council Staff from 1971 to 1973; Director, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State from October 1973 to January 1977
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Loughran, John L., Ambassador
to Somalia from 1975
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Lynn, James T., Director of
the Office of Management and Budget from 1975 to 1977
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Marshall, Anthony D.,
Ambassador to Kenya from 1973 to 1976; Ambassador to Seychelles
thereafter
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McNamara, Robert S.,
Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1967; President of the IRBD (World Bank)
from 1968 to 1981
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Melady, Thomas Patrick,
Ambassador to Burundi from January 1970 to May 1972; Ambassador to Uganda
from July 1972 to February 1973
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Melbourne, Roy M., Country
Director for West Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State,
from June 1966
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Mengistu, Haile Mariam,
Chairman of the EPMG
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Mobutu, Sese Seko (born Joseph-Désiré
Mobutu), Lieutenant General; President of the
Republic of the Congo (Zaire) and Minister of Defense from 1965 to
1997
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Mohammed, Murtala, General;
Nigerian Commissioner (Minister) of Communications from July 1973 to July
1975; Nigerian Head of State from July 28, 1975, to February 13, 1976
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Moi, Daniel arap, Vice
President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978; President of Kenya from 1978 to
2002
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Mulcahy, Edward W., Ambassador
to Chad 1972 to 1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs from 1974 to 1976
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Ndabaniwe, Burundi
Ambassador to the United States
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Neto, António Agostinho,
President of Angola from 1975 to 1979
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Newsom, David D., Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 1969 to January 1974
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Nimeiry, Jaafar (Gaafar Muhammad
an-Nimeiry), President of Sudan from 1969 to
1985
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Nixon, Richard M., President
of the United States from January 20, 1969, to August 9, 1974
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Njoku, Eni, Biafran delegate at
peace talks and a senior emissary
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Nkomo, Joshua, Zimbabwean
leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU)
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Nyerere, Julius K., President
of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985
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Obasanjo, Olusegun,
Lieutenant General; Nigerian Head of State from February 13, 1976, to
October 1, 1979
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Obote, Apollo Milton,
President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971
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Onu, Peter, Acting Secretary
General of the Organization of African Unity
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Oris, Juma, Ugandan Foreign
Minister
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Parker, Daniel, Administrator
of Agency for International Development from 1973
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Passman, Otto E., member, U.S.
House of Representatives (D-Louisiana) from 1947 to 1977
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Patricio, Rui Manuel,
Portuguese Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1974
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Peal, Edward, Liberian
Ambassador to the United States
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Pickering, Thomas R., Special
Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of
State from 1973 to 1974
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Porter, William J., Under
Secretary of Political Affairs of the Department of State from 1973 to
1974
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Quarm, Samuel, Ghanian
Ambassador to the United States
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Ramathan, Moustapha, Ugandan
Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing
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Rangel, Charles B., member,
U.S. House of Representatives (D-New York); Chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus from 1974 to 1975
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Reinhardt, John E., Ambassador
to Nigeria from 1971 to 1975; Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs, Department of State, from 1975 to 1977; Director, United States
Information Agency from 1977 to 1980
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Richardson, Elliot L., Under
Secretary of State from January 1969 to June 1970; Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare from June 1970 to January 1973; Secretary of Defense
from January to May 1973; Attorney General from May to October 1973
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Roberto, Holden, Head of the
Front National de Libération de l’Angola (National Front for the Liberation
of Angola, or FNLA)
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Robinson, Charles W., Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1976; Deputy Secretary
of State from 1976 to January 1977
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Rockwell, James N.,
Brigadier General; Team Chief, Military Technical Advisory Team
(Zaire)
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Rodman, Peter, member,
National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1977
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Rogers, William P., Secretary
of State from January 1969 to September 1973
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Rondon, Fernando E., member,
National Security Council Staff from 1970 to 1973
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Ross, Claude G., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from August 1972
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Rumsfeld, Donald R., Assistant
to President Ford to October 1975;
Secretary of Defense from October 1975 to January 1977
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Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Germany from July 1969 to February 1972; Deputy
Secretary of Defense from February 1972 to January 1973; Deputy Secretary of
State from January 1973 to May 1974; Ambassador to France from 1974
to
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Rwema, Bisengimana Barthélemy,
Advisor to Zairian President Mobutu
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Saunders, Harold H., member,
National Security Council Staff from 1961 to 1974; Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1975 to 1977
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Sauvagnargues, Jean, French
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1974 to 1976
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Savimbi, Jonas M., leader of
the Angolan national liberation movement UNITA
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Scali, John, U.S.
Representative to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975
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Schaufele, William E., Jr.,
Ambassador to Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) from October 1969 to July 1971;
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1975 to 1977
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Schlesinger, James R.,
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from August 1971 to February 1973;
Director of Central Intelligence from February to July 1973; Secretary of
Defense from July 1973 to October 1975
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Scowcroft, Brent, General;
President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs from May 1973 to
October 1975; President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from
October 1975 to January 1977
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Senghor, Léopold Sédar,
President of Senegal from 1960 to 1980
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Siad Barre, Mohamed, President
of Somalia; President of the OAU from 1973 to 1974
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Simon, William E., Deputy
Secretary of the Treasury from December 1972; Secretary of the Treasury from
May 1974 to January 1977
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Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant
Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asia Affairs, Department of
State, from January 1969 to January 1974; Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, Department of State, from February 1974 to June
1976
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Smith, Ian Douglas, Prime
Minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979
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Smith, Robert Powell, Officer
in Charge of Nigerian Affairs from July 1966
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Smith, Robert S., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from December 1969 to
February 1973
-
Soares, Mário,
PortugueseForeign Minister from April 1974 to 1975; Prime Minister from July
1976 to August 1978
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Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, member of
the National Security Council Staff from January 1969
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Spain, James W., Ambassador to
Tanzania 1976 to January 1974; Counselor of the Department of State from
January 1974 to January 1977
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Spiers, Ronald I., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from August to
September 1969; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs from September
1969 to August 1973
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Spinola, António de, General;
head of the Portuguese Movimento das Forças Armadas; Interim President of
Portuguese Provisional Government from May 1974 to September 1975
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Springsteen, George S., Jr.,
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department
of State from January 1974 to July 1976
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Tombalbaye, François (Ngarta),
President of Chad from 1960 to April 13, 1975; Prime Minister from 1959 to
April 13, 1975
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Tshombe, Moise, Leader of the
Katanga (Zaire) separatist movement to 1969
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Touré, Ahmed Sékou, President
of Guinea from 1958 to 1984
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Vance, Sheldon B., Ambassador
to Chad from 1967 to 1969; Ambassador to Zaire from 1969 to 1974
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Vest, George S., Director,
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State from April 1974 to
January 1977
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Waiyaki, Munyua, Foreign
Minister of Kenya from 1974 to 1979
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Waldheim, Kurt,
Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981
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Walker, Lannon, Chargé
d’Affaires in the Embassy in Uganda
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Walters, Vernon A.,
Lieutenant General; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May 1972 to
July 1976
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Williams, Maurice J., Deputy
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Special
Coordinator for American Assistance to the West African Drought
Disaster
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Wodajo, Kifle, Ethiopian
Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1977
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Wyman, Parker D., Chargé
d’Affaires in the Embassy in Ethiopia
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Yost, Robert Lloyd, Ambassador
to Burundi from August 1972 to May 1974