Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

Adderley, Paul, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Bahamas, from 1973 until 1984

Aherne, Richard W. , Congressional Relations Office, Department of State, until July 1974; Office of Political-Economic Affairs from July 1974; Executive Assistant to the Secretary, from March 1976

Andre, Antonio, Haitian Minister of Commerce as of April 1976

Andrés Pérez, Carlos, President of Venezuela from March 12, 1974

Arenales, Alfonzo, Acting Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, 1973; Deputy Director for American Republics from 1973 until July 1974; Deputy Director, Office of South African Affairs, from July 1974

Axelrod, Philip, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, from 1974 until 1976

Balaguer, Joaquín, President of the Dominican Republic, from 1960 until 1962, and again from July 1, 1966

Barbian, Paul E. , Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs until March 1974; Operation Staff Office, Executive Secretariat, from March 1974 until March 1975; Special Assistant from March 1975 until June 1976; Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs from June 1976

Barona Lobato, Juan, Legal Advisor, Foreign Secretariat, Mexico, as of 1975

Barrow, Erroll, Prime Minister of Barbados from November 1966 until September 1976

Batres, César A. , Foreign Minister of Honduras from 1973 until 1974

Bello Andino, Rafael, private secretary to Dominican President Balaguer as of 1974

Bishop, Maurice, Coordinating Secretary of New Jewel Movement, a Grenadian opposition group, as of 1973

Blacken, John D. , Political Officer, Embassy in Panama, from May 1973 until July 1976; DCM-Counselor at the Embassy in Guyana, from July 1976

Blanchet, Paul, Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities, Haiti, until April 1976

Bloomfield, Richard J. , Staff Director, NSC Interdepartmental Group for Inter-American Affairs, from 1973; Director of the Office of Policy Coordination, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from August 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador from May 1976

Bluhdorn, Charles, President, Gulf and Western Corporation

Boeker, Paul, Economic-Commercial Officer at the Embassy in Bonn, FRG, from 1973; the Policy Planning Staff from 1974; Office of Investment Affairs, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, as of 1975; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, from 1976

Borgonovo Pohl, Mauricio, Foreign Minister of El Salvador from 1972 until 1977

Bowdler, William G. , Ambassador to Guatemala from October 19, 1971 until August 26, 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from September 1973 until May 1975; Ambassador to South Africa from May 14, 1975

Bray, Charles W., III, Director of the Office of Press Relations, Department of State, from 1971 until 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs from 1976

Britton, Theodore R., Jr. , Ambassador to Barbados and Grenada from February 1975 until April 1977

Brooke, Edward, Senator (R-Massachusetts)

Brown, George S. , General, USAF; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from August 1, 1973, until June 20, 1978

Brownell, Herbert, President’s Special Representative for the Resolution of the Salinity Problem with Mexico from 1972 until 1973

Brownell, Mary E. , Research Assistant, National Security Council Staff, from August 1974

Brutus, Edner, Foreign Minister of Haiti from 1974 until 1978

Buffum, William B. , Ambassador to Lebanon from October 13, 1970 until January 17, 1974; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 4, 1974 until December 18, 1975

Burke, John, Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until July 1976; Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy in Bangkok from July 1976

Burnham, Linden Forbes Sampson, Prime Minister of Guyana from 1973

Bush, George H.W. , Head of U.S. Liaison Office in Peking, China, from October 21, 1974 until December 7, 1975; Director of Central Intelligence from January 30, 1976

Butz, Earl, Secretary of Agriculture from 1973 until October 4, 1976

Callaghan, James, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, from March 5, 1974, until April 5, 1976; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom from 1976

Cambronne, Luckner, Haitian Defense and Interior Minister from 1971 until 1972

Campbell, James F. , Ambassador to El Salvador from April 5, 1974, until July 23, 1976

Casey, William J. , Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs from February 2, 1973 until March 14, 1974; President and Chairman, EXIM Bank, from 1974

Castaña1eda, Jorge, Mexican Sub-Secretary of Foreign Relations, as of 1976

Castro, Fidel, Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 until 1976; President of Cuba from 1976

Cheek, James, Political Section Chief, Embassy in Managua, as of 1973

Cheney, Richard, Deputy Assistant to the President from 1974 until 1975: Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff from November 1975

Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai), Premier of the PRC until January 8, 1976; Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Bureau until 1976

Christensen, Ward, Consul, acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, as of January 1973

Chung, Arthur, President of Guyana from March 17, 1970

Cisler, Walker, Chairman, International Executive Council, World Energy Conference

Clements, William P., Jr. , Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 30, 1973; Acting Secretary of Defense, as of June 1973

Colby, William E. , Deputy Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency, until September 1, 1973; Director of Central Intelligence from September 4, 1973 until January 30, 1976

Collums, Haley D. , Consular Official, Consulate in Ankara, from July 1973 until July 1975; Operations Official from July 1975 until June 1976; Special Assistant to the Secretary from June 1976

Corcoran, Thomas J. , Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from 1973 until 1974

Covey, James P. , Department Duty Officer, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary, from 1974

Crimmins, John Hugh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until March 1973; Ambassador to Brazil from August 13, 1973

Davis, Jeanne W. , Staff Secretary, National Security Council, from 1973

Dean, Robert W. , Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Mexico City from 1973 until 1974; Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, from May 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Peru from May 2, 1974

De la Madrid Hurtado, Miguel, Sub-Secretary of Credit, Mexican Treasury Secretariat, from 1975 until 1976

Dent, Frederick B. , Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973 until March 26, 1975; Special Representative for Trade Negotiations from March 26, 1975

De Olloqui, José Juan, Mexican Ambassador to the United States until 1976

De Roulet, Vincent, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica until 1973

De Santillana, Gerald, Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from 1973 until 1974; Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1976

Desir, Luc, secret police commander, National Palace, Haiti

De Tarr, Francis, Director, Office of Operations Policy, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from 1975

Devine, Frank J. , Deputy Chief of Mission-Minister-Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Caracas, until May 1973; Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Caracas from May 1973 until August 1973; Department of State official from August 1973 until November 1973; Director of North Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from November 1973

Díaz, Polibio, Dominican politician, attorney, and confidant of President Balaguer

Dominique, Marie-Denise, sister of Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier

Dominique, Max, brother-in-law of Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier

Donovan, Eileen, Ambassador to Barbados from September 1969 until August 1974

Dreyfuss, John T. , Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, from 1974 until 1976

Duval, Michael, see Raoul-Duval

Duvalier, Jean-Claude, President-for-Life of Haiti from April 21, 1971

Duvalier, Simone, Haitian First Lady, mother of President Jean-Claude Duvalier, widow of Francois Duvalier

Eagleburger, Lawrence S. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs from January 31, 1973 until May 10, 1973; member of the National Security Council Staff from June 1973; Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State from October 1973; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from February 1975 until May 1975; Under Secretary of State for Management from May 1975

Echeverría Alvarez, Luis, President of Mexico from December 1, 1970 until November 30, 1976

Eliot, Theodore L., Jr. , Executive Secretary of the State Department until September 26, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from November 21, 1973

Ellsworth, Robert, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from June 5, 1974 until December 22, 1975

Enders, Thomas O. , Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh until 1974; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from July 24, 1974, until December 22, 1975; U.S. Ambassador to Canada from February 17, 1976

Facio Segreda, Gonzalo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica

Fascell, Dante B. , Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Florida) from 1973

Feldman, Mark B. , Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State, as of 1973; Acting Legal Advisor as of September 1974

Figueres Ferrer, José, President of Costa Rica until 1974

Fishlow, Albert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1975 until 1976

Flanigan, Peter M. , Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Executive Director, White House Council on International Economic Policy, from April 16, 1973 until 1974

Fletcher, Douglas, Jamaican Ambassador to the United States from 1973 until 1974

Font Bernard, Ramón, advisor to Dominican President Balaguer

Ford, Gerald R. , Member, House of Representatives (R-Michigan) until 1973; Minority Leader, House of Representatives until 1973; Vice President of the United States from December 6, 1973 until August 9, 1974; President of the United States from August 9, 1974

Fourcand, Serge, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Haiti, as of 1975

Fraser, Donald M. , Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Minnesota); Chair of the International Organizations Subcommittee of the House Committee on International Relations, 1976

Gairy, Eric, Premier of Grenada through 1974; Prime Minister of Grenada from 1974

Gantz, David, Assistant Legal Advisor for Inter-American Affairs from February 1973; Assistant Legal Advisor for European Affairs from July 1976

García, Nestor, First Secretary, Cuban Mission to the United Nations, as of 1976

García Robles, Alfonso, Mexican Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1971 until 1975; Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1975 until 1976

Gerard, Sumner, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica from June 4, 1974, until April 15, 1977

Gleysteen, Culver, Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, as of 1975

Goldberg, Arthur J. , Former Supreme Court Justice; chair, Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace, from 1973

Gómez Bergés, Víctor, Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic from 1972 until 1975

Gonzalez Galvez, Sergio, Director, Bureau of International Organizations, Mexico, as of 1974

Gowen, George A., III, member of the staff, Office of Central America, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from 1975 until 1976

Granger, Clinton E. , member, National Security Council Staff from August 1974 until September 1976

Grey, Robert T., Jr. , Deputy Director, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, from August 1973 until August 1974; Consular Officer, U.S. Embassy in Canberra, from August 1974 until November 1974; Political Officer from November 1974

Gutiérrez Barrios, Fernando, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Mexico, as of 1975

Habib, Philip C. , Ambassador to South Korea until August 19, 1974; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from September 27, 1974 until June 30, 1976; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from July 1, 1976

Haig, Alexander M., Jr. , General, USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army until August 1974; White House Chief of Staff from May 1973 until September 1974; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and Commander in Chief United States European Command, from June 1974

Hartman, Arthur A. , Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from January 8, 1974

Heavner, Theodore J.C. , Director of Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State from 1973 until August 1974; detailed to the Foreign Service Institute from August 1974 until July 1975; Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from July 1975

Helms, Richard, Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, from June 1966 until February 2, 1973; Ambassador to Iran from April 5, 1973 until January 1977

Hewitt, Ashley C., Jr. , Deputy Chief of Mission-Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Kingston, from July 1973 until August 1975; Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Kingston, from 1973 until 1974; Chief, Industrial and Strategic Materials Division, Office of International Commodities, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State, from August 1975

Holladay, Thomas, Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, as of 1976

Hormats, Robert, International Economic Affairs, National Security Council Staff, from 1973; Senior Staff Member, from 1974

Hoskinson, Samuel M. , member, National Security Council Staff as of 1976

Humphrey, Hubert H., Jr. , Senator (D-Minnesota) from 1949 until 1964, and again from 1971 until 1979; Vice President of the United States, from 1965 until 1969

Hurtado, see de la Madrid Hurtado

Hurwitch, Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from 1969 until August 1973; U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, from September 1973 until April 1978

Hutchison, Barbara, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, from 1974 until 1975

Hyland, William G. , member, National Security Council Staff until January 21, 1974; Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research from January 21, 1974, until November 24, 1975; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 24, 1975

Ingersoll, John J. , Chief, Tropical Products Division, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, from 1973

Ingersoll, Robert Stephen, U.S. Ambassador to Japan from February 29, 1972, until November 8, 1973; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January 8, 1974, until July 9, 1974; Deputy Secretary of State from July 10, 1974, until March 31, 1976

Inouye, Daniel, Senator (D-Hawaii)

Irwin, John N., II, Deputy Secretary of State from July 13, 1972 until February 1, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to France from March 23, 1973, until October 20, 1974

Isham, Heyward, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti from January 31, 1974, until July 8, 1977

Isaacs, Allan, Minister of Mining and Natural Resources, Jamaica, as of 1973

Jack, Hubert, Acting Foreign Minister, Guyana, as of December 1975

Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop”, Senator (D-Washington)

Jacques, Gracia C. , Brigadier General, Haitian Army, Haitian Presidential Guard commander as of 1976

Jagan, Cheddi, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Guyana, as of 1974

Javits, Jacob K. , Senator (R-New York)

Jiménez, Ramón Emilio, Jr. , Rear Admiral, Dominican Navy, Dominican Secretary of State for the Armed Forces from July 1971 until June 1975; Dominican Foreign Secretary, from June 1975

Johnson, Peter B. , Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in San José, until August 1975; Officer in Charge, Congressional Relations, Public Affairs, Office of Policy Planning, Public and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from August 1975

Jones, Kirby, Press Secretary, George McGovern Presidential campaign, from 1971 until 1972; Special Correspondent, CBS News, from 1974; joined Frank Mankiewicz in traveling to Cuba and conveying messages between Fidel Castro and United States Government officials

Jorden, William J. , member, National Security Council Staff from 1973 until 1974; U.S. Ambassador to Panama from April 17, 1974, until August 25, 1978

Jova, Joseph J. , Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization of American States from July 8, 1969, until January 13, 1974; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from January 30, 1974, until February 21, 1977

Kaiser, Mary J. , Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, as of July 1976

Karamessines, Thomas H. , Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency, until February 24, 1973

Katz, Julius, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Resources and Food Policy, until 1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, July 1974 until September 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, from September 1976

Kelley, Clarence, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, from July 9, 1973

Kennard, Gavin R. , Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, from 1975

Kennedy, Edward M. , Senator (D-Massachusetts)

Key, Spencer A. , Lieutenant Colonel, USA, Defense Attaché, Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from 1973 until 1975

King, John F. , Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State from August 1973 until November 1973; Director, Office of Press Relations, from November 1973 until February 1975; Director, Office of Ecuadorian and Peruvian Affairs, from February 1975 until July 1976; Director of the Office of Regional Political Programs, from July 1976

King, Kenneth, Minister of Economic Development, Guyana, from 1974

King, Spencer, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana from 1969 until 1974

Kissinger, Henry A. , Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 20, 1969 until November 3, 1975; Secretary of State from September 23, 1973, until January 20, 1977

Kleine, Herman, Assistant Administrator, Agency for International Development, and Deputy U.S. Coordinator, Alliance for Progress, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from December 1973

Knoche, E. Henry, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, from July 7, 1976, until August 1, 1977; Acting Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, from January 20, 1977, until March 9, 1977

Knox, Clinton E. , U.S. Ambassador to Haiti from November 13, 1969, until April 26, 1973

Koch, Edward, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-New York)

Krebs, Max V. , Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister-Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, until April 4, 1974; U.S. Ambassador to Guyana from April 4, 1974, until June 15, 1976

Kubisch, Jack B. , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress from May 29, 1973, until September 4, 1974; U.S. Ambassador to Greece from September 26, 1974, until July 19, 1977

Lahens, Alphonse, Haitian exile, opposition figure

Laird, Melvin, Secretary of Defense from January 21, 1969, until January 29, 1973

Lane, Lyle, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in San José, from 1973 until 1976

Lauder, George V. , Acting Chief, Latin America Division, Central Intelligence Agency, 1976

Lawrence, Loren E. , Acting Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, as of December 1975

Lazar, David, Director, Office of Central American Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 until 1975; Senior Staff Member, Latin America, National Security Council, from August 1976

Leigh, Monroe, Legal Advisor of the Department of State from January 21, 1975

Leonhardy, Terrance, Consul General in Guadalajara, as of 1973

Levi, Edward H. , U.S. Attorney General from February 2, 1975, until January 26, 1977

Lewis, Samuel W. , member of Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, as of November 1974

Lewis, William H. , Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Department of State, until May 1974; Director of the Office of Security Assistance, from May 1974 until February 1976; Director of Inter-African Affairs, and Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for African Affairs, from February 1976

Lluberes Montas, Salvador, Brigadier General, Dominican Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff, Dominican Republic, through May 1975

Logroño Contin, Manuel, Captain, Dominican Navy, Navy Chief of Staff, Dominican Republic, through May 1975

López Arellano, Oswaldo, President of Honduras from October 3, 1963, until June 7, 1971, and again from December 4, 1972, until April 22, 1975

López Portillo, José, Mexican Treasury Secretary from 1973 until 1975; President of Mexico, from December 1, 1976

Lord, Winston, member, National Security Council Staff until 1973; Director of the Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State, October 12, 1973, until February 26, 1974; Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from February 27, 1974

Low, Stephen, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council, from 1974 until August 31, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, from August 31, 1976

Lozano, Ignacio E., Jr. , U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador from August 31, 1976, until June 1, 1977

Luers, William H. , Political Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Caracas, as of March 1973; Deputy Director, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, from May 1973 until December 1973; Deputy Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State, from December 1973 until March 1975; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, from March 1975 until September 1976; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, from September 1976

Lynn, James T. , Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, from February 2, 1973, until 1975; Director of Office of Management and Budget from February 1975

Macomber, William B., Jr. , Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from October 3, 1969, until April 4, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey from May 16, 1973, until June 15, 1977

Mailliard, William S. , Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-California), from January 1953, until March 5, 1974; Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization of American States from March 7, 1974, until February 1, 1977

Malmborg, Knute, E. , Assistant Legal Advisor for Management, Security, and Consular Affairs, Department of State, as of February 1973

Mankiewicz, Frank, Journalist; Campaign Director, George McGovern campaign for President, 1972; intermediary between the U.S. Government and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, from 1974 until 1975

Manley, Michael, Prime Minister of Jamaica

Mansfield, Michael, Senator (D-Montana); Senate Majority Leader

Marsh, John O. , Attorney; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1972 until 1973; Assistant to the Vice President for Defense and International Affairs from 1973 until 1974; Counsellor to the President on National Security Issues from 1974 until 1977

Matalon, Eli J. , Minister of National Security and Justice, Jamaica, from 1975 until 1980

Matalon, Mayer M. , Chairman, National Bauxite Commission, Jamaica, as of 1974; brother of Eli

Maw, Carlyle E. , Legal Advisor of the Department of State from November 27, 1973, until July 9, 1974; Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs from July 10, 1974, until September 17, 1976

McBride, Robert H. , U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from July 22, 1969, until January 25, 1974

McCloskey, Robert J. , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Press Relations and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until May 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus from June 20, 1973, until January 14, 1974; U.S. Ambassador at Large from February 14, 1974, until February 20, 1975; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from February 21, 1975, until September 10, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands from October 22, 1976, until March 10, 1978

McNamara, Robert S. , President of World Bank

Meany, W. George, President, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO)

Meloy, Francis E., Jr. , U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from July 16, 1969, until August 6, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala from February 7, 1974, until April 19, 1976

Meyer, Charles A. , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from April 2, 1969, until March 2, 1973

Meyers, Donald F. , Industrial and Strategic Materials Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State, until July 1974

Miller, Gerald E. , Vice Admiral, USN, Commander, Sixth Fleet, from October 1971 until June 1973; served informally as advisor to the Dominican Republic in 1975

Moe, George, Minister of External Affairs, Barbados, as of November 1975

Molina, Arturo Armando, President of El Salvador

Monge Álvarez, Luis Alberto, President, Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, from 1973 until 1974; Secretary General, Partido de Liberación Nacional (Party of National Lib__eration), Costa Rica, from 1967 until 1979

Montiel, Alejandro, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicaragua, from 1973 until 1976

Morton, Rogers C. B. , Secretary of the Interior from January 29, 1971, until April 30, 1975; Secretary of Commerce from May 1, 1975, until February 2, 1976

Moskowitz, Sam, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, from 1973 until 1974; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy of San Salvador, as of 1975

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 30, 1975, until February 2, 1976

Munn, Keble, Minister of Agriculture, Jamaica, until October 1975; Minister of Security, Jamaica, from October 1975

Nascimento, Christopher A. , Minister of State in the Office of Prime Minister, Guyana, as of October 1973

Nixon, Richard M. , President of the United States from January 20, 1969, until August 9, 1974

Norton, D. Clark, Office of Policy and Coordination, Bureau of Latin American Affairs, Department of State, from July 1973 until June 1974; Country Officer, U.S. Embassy in Kingston, from June 1974 until July 1976; Political Officer, U.S. consulate in Genoa, from July 1976

Oduber Quirós, Daniel, President of Costa Rica from May 1974 until May 1978

Ojeda Paullada, Pedro, Attorney General of Mexico from 1971 until 1976

Orfila, Alejandro José Luis, Argentine Ambassador to the United States, from November 1973 until May 1975; Secretary General, Organization of American States, from May 17, 1975

Ortiz, Salvador, Dominican Ambassador to the United States from 1970 until 1974

Ortíz Mancia, Alfredo, emissary for Salvadoran President Molina as of October 1973

Ortíz Mena, Antonio, President of the Inter-American Development Bank from 1971 until 1988

Parker, Daniel, Administrator, Agency for International Development, from 1973 until 1977; President’s Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance as of 1976

Pell, Claiborne de Borda, Senator (D-Rhode Island)

Peña Gómez, José Francisco, Secretary General, Dominican Revolutionary Party, Dominican Republic, from 1973

Percy, Charles H. , Senator (R-Illinois)

Pérez y Pérez, Enrique, Chief of Police, Dominican Republic, from January 1971 until October 1971; Dominican Army Chief of Staff through May 1975; Interior Minister from June 1975

Petit, Pierre, Minister of Public Works, Haiti, until 1976

Pezzullo, Lawrence A. , Deputy Director, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, as of 1973; Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large McCloskey until June 1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, from February 1975

Phillips, David Atlee, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency, from 1973

Pindling, Lynden O. , Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Porter, William J. , Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 2, 1973, until February 18, 1974

Rabasa Mishkin, Emilio O. , Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, from 1970 until 1975

Ramphal, Sir Shridath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana, until 1975; Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Guyana from June 30, 1975

Raoul-Duval, Michael, Staff Assistant, Domestic Council, White House Office of Policy Development, from October 1973 until May 1974; Associate Director for Natural Resources and Associate Director for Energy and Transportation, Domestic Council, from May 1974 until October 1975; Assistant to the Counsellor to the President and Executive Director of the White House Intelligence Coordinating Group from August 1975 until April 1976; Special Counsel to the President from April 1976 until January 1997

Ratliff, Rob Roy, Member of the National Security Council Staff and Executive Secretary of the 40 Committee, from 1973

Raymond, Adrien, Foreign Minister of Haiti from 1971 until 1974

Rebozo, Charles “Bebe”, Florida banker, friend of President Nixon

Reid, Ptolemy, Deputy and Acting Prime Minister of Guyana

Richardson, Egerton, Jamaican Ambassador to the United States from 1967 until 1972; Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs from 1973 until 1974

Richardson, Elliot R. , Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1970 until 1973; Secretary of Defense, from January 30, 1973, until May 24, 1973; Advisor to the President from June, 1973 until February, 1974; Attorney General from May 24, 1973, until October 20, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, from March 21, 1975, until January 16, 1976; Secretary of Commerce, from February 1976 until January 1977

Robinson, Charles W. , Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, from January 3, 1975, until April 9, 1976; Deputy Secretary of State from April 9, 1976

Rogers, William D. , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from October 7, 1974, until June 18, 1976; Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, June 18, 1976, until December 31, 1976

Rogers, William P. , Secretary of State from January 22, 1969, until September 3, 1973

Rosson, William B. , General, USA, Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, from January 1973 until July 1975

Rumsfeld, Donald H. , U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of North Atlantic Treaty Organization from February 2, 1973, until December 5, 1974; White House Chief of Staff from September 1974 until November 1975; Secretary of Defense from November 20, 1975, until January 20, 1977

Rush, Kenneth, Deputy Secretary of State from February 2, 1973, until May 29, 1974; Secretary of State ad interim from September 3, 1973, until September 22, 1973; Chair, White House Council on International Economic Policy, from 1974 until 1975; U.S. Ambassador to France from November 21, 1974

Ryan, Hewson A. , U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from November 5, 1969, until May 30, 1973; Information Career Minister, United States Information Agency, detailed to the Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, from July 1973 until March 1975; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from March 1975

Sagor, Elliot, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, from 1970 until 1976

Salomon, Georges, Haitian Ambassador to the United States, as of 1976

Sanchez, Phillip V. , U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from June 15, 1973, until July 17, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia from September 2, 1976, until April 5, 1977

Saunders, Harold H. , Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research from December 1, 1975, until April 10, 1978;

Scali, John, Special Consultant to the President until 1973; Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1973 until 1975

Schlesinger, James R. , Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, from February 2, 1973, until July 2, 1973; Secretary of Defense from July 2, 1973, until November 19, 1975

Schwebel, Stephen, Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State, as of 1974

Scowcroft, Brent, Lieutenant General, USAF, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from 1973 until November 3, 1975; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 3, 1975, until January 20, 1977

Sevilla Sacasa, Guillermo, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States

Shelton, Turner B. , U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua from November 20, 1970, until August 11, 1975

Shlaudeman, Harry W. , Deputy Chief of Mission and Counselor, Embassy in Chile, until 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1973 until 1975; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela from May 9, 1975, until May 14, 1976; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, from May 14, 1976

Shultz, George P. , Secretary of the Treasury from June 12, 1972, until May 8, 1974

Siclait, Henry, Director, Regie du Tabac (government tobacco monopoly), Haiti, until 1976

Simms, John, Country Officer, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from September 1973; Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, as of November 1975

Simon, William E. , Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, until May 1974; Secretary of the Treasury, from May 1974; Chairman, White House Council on International Economic Policy, from 1975

Sisco, Joseph J. , Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from February 10, 1969, until February 18, 1974; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 19, 1974, until June 30, 1976

Smith, David, staff member, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, as of 1976

Solórzano González, Gonzalo, Minister of the Presidency, Costa Rica, through May 1974; Acting Foreign Minister, Costa Rica, as of March 1974

Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, Member, National Security Council Staff, until January 1974; Counsel of the Department of State from January 7, 1974, until February 21, 1977

Spiers, Ronald I, Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from September 18, 1969, until August 2, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas from September 7, 1973, until September 2, 1974; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in London, from 1974

Springsteen, George S., Jr. , Acting Assistant Secretary of State until August 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from August 1973 until January 1974; Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State, from January 31, 1974, until July 14, 1976; Director of the Foreign Service Institute, from July 14, 1976

Strasser, Daniel A. , Political Officer, U.S. consulate at Rio de Janeiro, until August 1974; Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, from August 1974 until September 1974; Country Officer, U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, from 1974; staff member, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, as of April 1976

Sullivan, Joseph G. , Country Officer for Costa Rica, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 until 1975

Sutton, Gerald M. , Political Section Chief, U.S. Embassy in Managua, as of 1975

Talbot, Frederick Hilborn, Guyanese Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States, from March 1973 until 1975

Theberge, James D. , U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua from August 11, 1975, until June 8, 1977

Thompson, Dudley, Jamaican Senator and Minister of State, through 1975; delegate, Mexico City Meeting of Foreign Ministers, 1974; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica, from 1975 until 1977

Todman, Terence A. , U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from March 17, 1975, until January 24, 1977; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from April 1, 1977, until June 27, 1978

Torrey, Charles P. , Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 until 1974

Vaky, Viron P. , U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from October 17, 1972, until February 9, 1974; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia from April 5, 1974, until June 23, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela from July 26, 1976

Vallimarescu, Serban, member, National Security Council Staff, as of 1973

Vance, Sheldon B. , U.S. Ambassador to Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) from June 28, 1969, until March 26, 1974; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Narcotics Matters, from 1974

Vesco, Robert, fugitive financier, subject of long-running extradition case

Vest, George S. , Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Press Relations, until December 1973; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, from December 1973; Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from April 29, 1974, until March 27, 1977

Villa, José, Captain of the vessel Johnny Express; detained in Cuba from December 1971 until February 1973

Vincent, John W. , Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from 1974 until 1975

Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary General of the United Nations from January 1, 1972, until December 31, 1981

Walters, Vernon A. , Lieutenant General, USA, Acting Director of Central Intelligence from July 2, 1973, until September 4, 1973; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from September 4, 1973, until July 31, 1976

Wampler, Mary E. , Special Assistant to the Deputy Administrator, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development, until April 1975; Director of the Office of International Narcotics Control, Bureau of Program and Management Services, from April 1975

Warner, Leland W., Jr. , Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Managua, from 1973 until 1974

Warren, Raymond A. , Acting Chief of the Latin America Division, Central Intelligence Agency, from February 1975

Wauchope, Keith, Staff, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, as of June 1973; Country Officer for Haiti, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Department of State, through August 1973

Weintraub, Sidney, Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, until 1974; Assistant Administrator, Agency for International Development, from 1975

Weiss, Seymour, Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from August 6, 1973, until January 17, 1974; U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas from September 11, 1974 until December 15, 1976

Weissman, Marvin, Director, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State as of 1976; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from June 28, 1977, until March 22, 1980

Wilkins, James, United States citizen arrested in Costa Rica, 1976; alleged to be acting on behalf of U.S. Attorney to gather information on Vesco, 1976

Williams, Albert Norman, Counselor, Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, until July 1974; Assistant Director, Political Military Affairs, Office of Planning and Coordination, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from July 1974 until August 1976; Detailed, National War College, from August 1976

Willis, Franklin K. , Economic and Business Affairs, Office of the Assistant Legal Advisor, Department of State, until May 1975; Assistant Legal Advisor for African Affairs, Office of the Legal Advisor, from May 1975; Legal Advisor, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from October 1976

Wills, Frederick R. , Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana, from March 15, 1975

Wilson, Thomas F. , Consular Officer, U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, from April 1973

Wilson, Simon N. , Inter-American Organizations Advisor, Alternate U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, from 1973

Yeo, Edwin H., III, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, from 1975

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