Office of the Historian

Persons

    • Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1975; Commander of the Saudi National Guard
    • Adham, Kamal, Adviser to King Faisal; Chief of the General Intelligence Directorate of Saudi Arabia
    • Ahmann, James H., Brigadier General, USAF; Chief, U.S. Military Training Mission, Saudi Arabia, from 1975 until 1977
    • Akins, James, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 until 1975
    • Ali, Ahmad Ismail, Minister of Defense of Egypt from 1972 until 1974
    • Allon, Yigal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel from 1974
    • Arafat, Yassir, Chairman, Central Committee, Palestine Liberation Organization
    • al-Asnaj (Asnag), Abdallah, Foreign Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic
    • Assad (Asad), Hafez, President of Syria
    • Atherton, Alfred L., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until 1974; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
    • al-Awadi, Muhammed, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia
    • Barger, Thomas, member of the Northrop Corporation Board of Directors
    • Bennett, Jack, Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs until 1974; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs from 1974 until 1975
    • Bhutto, Zulfiqar, Prime Minister of Pakistan
    • Biller, Joel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
    • Bird, Eugene H., Political-Economic Section, U.S. Embassy in Jidda
    • Bourguiba, Habib, President of Tunisia
    • Brown, George S., Lieutenant General, USAF; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1974
    • Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1977 until 1981
    • Butcher, Duane C., Economic-Commercial Section, U.S. Embassy in Jidda
    • Carter, James E., Democratic Presidential nominee in 1976; President of the United States from 1977 until 1981
    • Case, Clifford P., Senator (R-New Jersey)
    • Casey, William, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until 1974
    • Cecil, Charles O., Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in Jidda; Country Director for Saudi Arabia
    • Church, Frank, Senator (D-Idaho)
    • Clements, William, Deputy Secretary of Defense
    • Cluverius, Wat Tyler, IV, U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain from 1976
    • Colby, William, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
    • Cooper, Charles A., member, National Security Council Staff, until 1974; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1974 until 1975
    • Crawford, William R., U.S. Ambassador to the Yemen Arab Republic until 1974
    • Crosland, Anthony, Foreign Secretary of United Kingdom from 1976
    • Davies, Rodger P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
    • Davis, Jeanne W., Administrative Staff Director of the National Secuiry Council
    • Dickman, François M., Director, Office of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Aden, and Gulf States Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 1976
    • Dinitz, Simcha, Israeli Ambassador to the United States
    • Draper, Morris, Director, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1976
    • Dunlop, John T., Director of the Cost of Living Council until 1974; Secretary of Labor from March 1975 until January 1976
    • Eagleburger, Lawrence S., Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; National Security Council Staff member from June until October 1973; Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State until 1975
    • Eban, Abba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel until 1974
    • Eilts, Hermann F., U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
    • Eliot, Theodore, Executive Secretary to the Secretary of State until 1973
    • Ellsworth, Robert, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in 1975; Deputy Secretary of Defense in 1976
    • Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1975; First Deputy Prime Minister until 1975; Prime Minister from 1975
    • Fahmy, Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
    • Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, King of Saudi Arabia until 1975
    • Feldman, Mark, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, from 1973
    • Fifer, William A., Lieutenant Colonel; Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Jidda, until 1973
    • Fish, Howard M., Lieutenant General, USAF; Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1974
    • Flanigan, Peter, Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy until 1974
    • Ford, Gerald R., President of the United States
    • Friedersdorf, Max L., Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
    • al-Ghani, Abdal Aziz Abd, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1975
    • al-Ghashmi (Gashmi), Ahmed, Lieutenant Colonel; Deputy Commander in Chief of the Yemeni Armed Forces
    • Habib, Philip, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1976
    • al-Hamdi, Ibrahim Muhummad, President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1974
    • Hassan bin al Talal, Crown Prince of Jordan
    • Helms, Richard M., Director of Central Intelligence until 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Iran
    • Holloway, James L., III, Admiral, USN; Chief of Naval Operations
    • Horan, Hume, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Jidda
    • Hoskinson, Samuel, National Intelligence Officer for the Middle East and Islamic World, Central Intelligence Agency
    • Huffman, B. Keith, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
    • Humphrey, Hubert, Senator (D-Minnesota)
    • Hussein (Husayn) I bin Talal, King of Jordan
    • Hyland, William P., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until 1975; thereafter Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
    • Ingersoll, Robert S, Deputy Secretary of State
    • al-Iryani, ’Abd al-Rahman, President of the Yemen Arab Republic until 1974
    • Iklé, Fred, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • Janka, Les, member, National Security Council Staff
    • Javits, Jacob, Senator (R-New York)
    • Jungers, Frank, President of Arabian American Oil Company
    • Kennedy, Richard T., Colonel, USA; member, National Security Council Staff, until 1974
    • Khalatbari, Abas Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
    • Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia until 1975; thereafter King of Saudi Arabia
    • al-Khalifa, Khalifa ibn Salman, Prime Minister of Bahrain
    • al-Khalifa, Shaikh ’Isa ibn Salman, Amir of Bahrain
    • al-Khalifa, Shaikh Hamad ibn Isa, Minister of Defense of Bahrain; Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force
    • al-Khalifa, Shaikh Mohammad ibn Mubarak, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
    • Khashoggi, Adnan, Saudi financier; owner of Triad Financial Establishment
    • Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until 1975; Secretary of State from 1973
    • Knoche, E. Henry, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1976
    • Leigh, Monroe, Legal Adviser, Department of State, from 1974 until 1975
    • Lewis, William, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance
    • Lowrie, Arthur L., Principal Officer, U.S. Interests Section in Iraq, until 1975
    • Maestrone, Frank E., U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait from 1976
    • Mansouri, Abdal Rahman, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
    • Maw, Carlyle, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance from 1974
    • McNamara, Robert, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    • Meir, Golda, Prime Minister of Israel until 1974
    • Moorer, Thomas, Admiral, USN; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until 1974
    • Murphy, Nicholas M., Political Section, U.S. Embassy in Jidda, from 1974
    • Nazir, Hisham, President of the Central Planning Organization of Saudi Arabia
    • Nixon, Richard M., President of the United States from 1969 until 1974
    • Noyes, James H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
    • Oakley, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1974
    • Odeen, Philip, member, National Security Council Staff, until 1973
    • Paganelli, Robert, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar from 1974
    • Pahlevi, Mohammad Reza, Shah of Iran
    • Palmer, Stephen, Jr., Director, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1974
    • Parsky, Gerald, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Trade, Energy, and Financial Resources Policy from 1974 until 1975; thereafter Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
    • Pendleton, Miles, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State
    • Percy, Charles, Senator (R-Illinois) and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    • Pharon, Rashad, Adviser to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
    • Pickering, Thomas R., Executive Secretary, Department of State, until 1974; thereafter U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
    • Plowden, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1976
    • Porter, William, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1976
    • Proxmire, William, U.S. Senator (D-Wisconsin)
    • Qaboos (Qabūs, Qabus) ibn Sa’id Al ’Bu Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
    • al-Qadafi, Mu’ammar, Chairman of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council; Commander in Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces
    • Quandt, William B., member, National Security Council Staff, until 1974
    • Ransom, David, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, from 1975
    • Richardson, Elliot, Secretary of Defense until May 1973
    • al-Rifai, Zayd, Prime Minister of Jordan
    • Robinson, Charles W., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1974; thereafter Deputy Secretary of State
    • Rockefeller, David, Vice Chairman, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Chief Executive Officer, Chase Manhattan Bank
    • Rockefeller, Nelson, Vice President of the United States
    • Rogers, William P., Secretary of State until 1973
    • Rumsfeld, Donald, Secretary of Defense from 1975 until 1976
    • Rush, Kenneth, Deputy Secretary of State until 1973
    • al-Sabah, Sa’ad al-’Abdallah, Minister of Defense of Kuwait
    • al-Sabah, Sabah al-Ahmad al Jabir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait
    • al-Sabah, Sabah al-Salim, Amir of Kuwait
    • al-Sabah, Shaikh Salim Sabah al-Salim, Kuwaiti Ambassador to the United States
    • Sadat, Anwar, President of Egypt
    • al-Saqqaf, Sayyid ’Umar (Omar), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia until 1975
    • Sa’ud ibn Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia from 1975; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
    • Saunders, Harold H., member, National Security Council Staff, until 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
    • Schlesinger, James, Secretary of Defense from 1973 until 1975
    • Scotes, Thomas J., U.S. Ambassador to Yemen from 1974
    • Scowcroft, Brent, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until 1974; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1975
    • Shaker, Sharif Zeid Bin, Commander in Chief, Jordanian Armed Forces
    • Shultz, George, Secretary of the Treasury until 1974
    • Sick, Gary, Comander, USN; Country Director for Oman, Department of Defense, until 1975; member, National Security Council Staff from 1976
    • Simon, William, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury until 1974; Secretary of the Treasury from 1974
    • Sisco, Joseph, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until 1974; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1974
    • Sober, Sidney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1974 until 1975
    • al-Sowayel, Ibrahim Abdallah, Saudi Ambassador to the United States
    • Spiers, Ronald I., Director, Bureau for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, until 1973
    • Stein, Robert A., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, until 1973; Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Bahrain, from 1973
    • Sterner, Michael E., U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 1974
    • Stoltzfus, William, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait; Non-resident Ambassador to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates until 1974
    • Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Minister of Defense & Aviation of Saudi Arabia
    • al-Suwaydi, Ahmad Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
    • Tarr, Curtis W., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance of the United Arab Emirates until 1973
    • Thacher, Nicholas, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia until 1973
    • Turki bin Abd al-Aziz Al Sa’ud, Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation of Saudi Arabia
    • Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, Deputy Director General of the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate
    • Twinam, Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain from 1974 until 1976
    • al-U’Utayba (Otaiba), Mani’ Sa’id, Minister of Oil and Mineral Wealth of the United Arab Emirates
    • Vest, George S., Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from 1974
    • Walters, Vernon A., Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Acting Director from July until September 1973
    • Warner, John, Secretary of the Navy
    • Wickham, John, Major General, USA; Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense until 1974; Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1975
    • Wolle, William D., U.S. Ambassador to Oman from 1974 until 1976
    • Yamani, Ahmad Zaki, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth of Saudi Arabia
    • Zayid ibn Sultan al-Nuhayan, Shaikh, President of State of the United Arab Emirates; Amir of Abu Dhabi