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Aaron, David L., Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Abdullah bin-Aziz al Saud, Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister
Abu Odeh, Adnan, Jordanian Minister of Information until December 1979 and from September 1980; Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ali, Kamal Hassan, Egyptian Minister of Defense from September 1978 until May 1980; Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 1980; Deputy Prime Minister from May 1980
al-Araby, Nabil, Director, Legal Department, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Arafat, Yassir, Chairman, Palestine Liberation Organization
al-Asad (Assad), Hafez, President of Syria
Atherton, Alfred L. (Roy), Jr., Ambassador at Large until May 22, 1979; U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from July 2, 1979
Avner, Yehuda, Israeli diplomat; personal adviser to Prime Minister Begin

Badawi, Ahmad, Egyptian Minister of Defense from May 1980
Badran, Muhdar, Jordanian Prime Minister until December 1979 and from September 1980; Jordanian Minister of Defense until December 1979 and from September 1980; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs until December 1979
Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi emissary to the United States
Barak, Aharon, Justice, Israeli Supreme Court from September 22, 1978; Israeli Prime Minister’s Legal Adviser
Bar-On, Hanan, Minister, Israeli Embassy in the United States
Bartholomew, Reginald, National Security Council Staff until April 1979
el-Baz, Osama, Egyptian Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Begin, Menachem, Prime Minister of Israel; also Minister of Defense from May 28, 1980; also Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 23, 1979, until March 10, 1980
Ben-Elissar, Eliahu, Chef de Cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office; Israeli Ambassador to Egypt from February 26, 1980
Bennet, Douglas J., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs until August 2, 1979; Administrator for the Agency for International Development from August 3, 1979, until January 20, 1981
Benson, Lucy W.P., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology until January 5, 1980
Bergland, Robert, Secretary of Agriculture
Bishara, Abdullah, Kuwaiti Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Blackwill, Robert D., Political Counselor, Embassy in Tel Aviv, until September 1979
Blum, Yehuda, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations
Blumenthal, W. Michael, Secretary of the Treasury until August 4, 1979
Boutros, Fu’ad, Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 17, 1978, until February 1979
Bovis, Eugene, Foreign Service Officer in the Middle East
Bowdler, William G., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Bowie, Robert R., Director, National Foreign Affairs Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Brezhnev, Leonid I., General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bridges, Peter S., Director, Office of United Nations Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until August 1980
Brown, Harold, Secretary of Defense
Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Burg, Yosef, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
Byrd, Robert C., Senator (D-West Virginia); Senate Majority Leader

Callaghan, James, British Prime Minister until May 1979
Carlucci, Frank C., III, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Carter, James Earl (Chip) III, son of President Carter
Carter, James Earl, (Jimmy), President of the United States
Cathey, Charles H., Major General, USA; Head of U.S. Military Training Mission, Saudi Arabia, from July 1977 until July 1979
Chamoun (Shamun), Camille, Leader, National Liberal Party (Lebanon); former President of Lebanon from 1952 until 1958
Chamoun (Shamun), Dany, Leader, Lebanese Forces
Charney, Leon, U.S. attorney for Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman
al-Choufi, Hammoud, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Christopher, Warren M., Deputy Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State from April 28 until May 2 and May 4 until May 8, 1980
Church, Frank F., Senator (D-Idaho); Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Ciechanover, Joseph, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Claytor, W. Graham, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense from August 24, 1979, until January 16, 1981
Clift, A. Denis, Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Clough, Susan S., Private Secretary to the President
Cohen, Geula, Member of the Israeli Knesset
Constable, Peter D., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from July 1979; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Cooper, Richard N., Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs; Acting Secretary of State on May 3, 1980
Covey, James P., Political Officer, Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
Cuq, Jean, General, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Southern Lebanon
Cutler, Lloyd N., White House Counsel

Dabboul, Mohammed, Private Secretary to Syrian President Hafez al-Asad
Daniels, M. Gordon, staff, U.S. Embassy in Jidda
Dayan, Moshe, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs until October 21, 1979
Dean, John Gunther, Ambassador to Lebanon from October 10, 1978
Denend, Leslie G., member, National Security Council Staff; Special Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1980 until January 1981
Dinitz, Simcha, Israeli Ambassador to the United States until January 11, 1979
Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
Dodson, Christine, Staff Secretary, National Security Council
Donovan, Hedley W., White House Senior Adviser
Draper, Morris, Director, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
Duncan, Charles W., Jr., Secretary of Energy from August 24, 1979, until January 20, 1981
Dutton, Frederick G., U.S. consultant to the Saudi Arabian Government; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Relations from 1961 until 1964

el-Ehrian, Abdallah, Legal Adviser to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Ehrlich, Simcha, Israeli Minister of Finance
Eilts, Hermann F., U.S. Ambassador to Egypt until May 20, 1979
Eizenstat, Stuart L., White House Counsel; President’s Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy
Ermarth, Fritz, member, National Security Council Staff until November 1980
Evron, Ephraim (Eppie, Eppy), Israeli Ambassador to the United States from January 11, 1979

Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Flaten, Robert, staff, Legislative Management Office for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from September 1979
Freij, Elias, Mayor of Bethlehem

Gaffney, Henry H., Director, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
Gamasy (Jamasi), Mohammed Abdel Ghani, Lieutenant General, Egyptian Minister of Defense until September 1978
Gates, Robert, Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Gemayel, Pierre, Leader, Kataeb (Phalange) Party (Lebanon)
el-Gheite, Abou, staff, Office of the Foreign Minister (Egypt)
Ghorbal, Ashraf, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, President of France
Glaspie, April, staff, U.S. Embassy in London
Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Guiringaud, Louis de, French Minister of Foreign Affairs until November 29, 1978

Habib, Philip C., Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State
Haddad, Saad, Major, Lebanese Christian militia leader
Hammadi, Saddoun, Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs
Hansell, Herbert J., Legal Adviser, Department of State, until September 20, 1979
Hart, Donald F., Head of Economic/Commercial Section at Embassy in Tel Aviv
Henze, Paul, member, National Security Council Staff
Hinton, Deane R., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from January 4, 1980, until May 14, 1981
Hosni, Wafiq, Director, Economic Department, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Houghton, Arthur A., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
Hunter, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff
Hurvitz, Yigael, Israeli Minister for Finance from November 1979 until January 1981
Hussein I (Husayn), King of Jordan
Hussein, Saddam, President of Iraq

Inderfurth, Karl F. (Rick), Special Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs until April 1979
Iyad, Abu, Deputy leader, Palestine Liberation Organization

Javits, Jacob, Senator (R-New York)
Jones, David C., General, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jordan, Hamilton, White House Chief of Staff from 1979 until 1980

Kamel (Kamil), Muhammad Ibrahim, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs until September 17, 1978
Keene, Douglas, Deputy Director, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from March 1979 until August 1980
Khaddam, Abdel Khalim, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
Khalidi, Walid, Palestinian historian; co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut
Khalil, Mustafa, Prime Minister of Egypt from October 2, 1978, until May 15, 1980; Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 1979 until May 1980
Kirby, William A., member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1969 until 1975; Secretary of State from 1973 until 1977
Kollek, Theodor (Teddy), Mayor of Jerusalem
Kontos, C. William, staff, Sinai Support Mission
Korn, David A., Director, Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
Kornienko, Georgi M., Soviet First Deputy to the Foreign Minister
Kreisky, Bruno, Austrian Chancellor

Lawrence, Richard D., Major General, USA, Military representative, U.S. delegation, Egyptian-Israeli peace talks
Leonard, James, Deputy to the Special Representative of the President to the Middle East peace negotiations from May 12, 1979
Lewis, Samuel W., U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Linowitz, Sol M., Special Representative of the President to the Middle East peace negotiations from December 4, 1979
Lipshutz, Robert J., White House legal counsel

McGiffert, David E., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
McHenry, Donald F., Representative to the United Nations from September 23, 1979, until January 20, 1981
McIntyre, James T., Director, Office of Management and Budget
McMahon, John N., Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
el-Magdoub, Taha, General, Egyptian delegate to the Blair House talks
Maher, Ahmed, Director of the Cabinet of the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
March, William H., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
Marthinsen, Charles E., Director, Office of Egypt Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State until June 1980
al-Masri, Hikmat, Former Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament
Matthews, H. Freeman, Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission, Cairo, until August 1980; Chargé d’Affaires from May 20 until July 20, 1979
Maynes, Charles W., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until April 9, 1980
Meir, Golda, Israeli Prime Minister from 1969 until 1974
Modai, Yitzhak, Israeli Minister of Petroleum and Infrastructure
Mondale, Walter, Vice President of the United States
Moore, Frank, President’s Assistant for Congressional Liaison
Mortada, Saad, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel from February 26, 1980
Moses, Alfred, Special Adviser to President Carter from March 1980
Mubarak (Mobarak), Hosni, Vice President of Egypt
Murphy, Nicholas, staff, U.S. Embassy in Paris
Murray, Robert J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern, African, and South Asian Affairs
Muskie, Edmund S., Secretary of State from May 8, 1980

Nasser, Gamel Abdel, President of Egypt from 1956 until 1970
Navon, Yitzhak, President of Israel
Nehushtan, Jacob, Minister, Israeli Embassy in Washington
Newlin, Michael H., Principal Officer, Jerusalem until January 1980
Newsom, David D., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Acting Secretary of State from May 2 until May 4, 1980
Nimeiri (Nimeiry), Jaafar, President of Sudan
Nimetz, Matthew, Counselor, Department of State, until March 19, 1980; Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs from February 19, 1980, until December 5, 1980
Nunn, Sam, Senator (D-Georgia)

Orly, Abraham, General, Israeli Coordinator of the administration of Sinai, Gaza, and the West Bank
Owen, Henry D., Special Representative to the President for Economic Summits

Parker, Richard B., U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon until October 1, 1978
Pattir, Dan, Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister for Public Affairs
Pelletreau, Robert H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Peres, Shimon, Leader of the Alignment Party; previously Prime Minister of Israel from April 22, 1977, until June 21, 1977
Poran, Ephraim, Brigadier General, Military Secretary to Prime Minister Begin
Powell, Jody, White House Press Secretary

Qadhafi, Muammar, President of Libya
Quandt, William B., member, National Security Council Staff until August 1979

Rabin, Yitzhak, Israeli Prime Minister from 1974 until 1977
Rafshoon, Gerald, White House Communications Director from 1978 until 1979
Raphel, Arnold L., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
el-Reedy, Abdul Rauf, Director of Policy Planning, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rosenne, Meir, Legal Adviser to the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rubinstein, Elyakim (Elie), Assistant Director General, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sabbagh, Isa K., Political Counselor, Embassy in Jidda
al-Sadat, Anwar, President of Egypt
Salah (Salih), Ali Abdullah, Lieutenant Colonel, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)
Sanders, Edward, Senior Adviser to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs until March 1980
Sarkis, Elias, President of Lebanon
Saud bin Faisal al Saud, Prince, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Saunders, Harold H. (Hal), Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
al-Sayeh, Hamid Abd al-Latif, Egyptian Minister of Economy, Economic Cooperation and Foreign Trade until May 1980
Schmidt, Helmut, West German Chancellor
Seelye, Talcott W., U.S. Ambassador to Syria from September 17, 1978
Seignious, George M., Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Shaka, Bassam, Mayor of Nablus
Shamir, Yitzhak, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 10, 1980
Sharaf, Abdul Hamid, Chief of the Royal Court (Jordan) until December 1979; Jordanian Prime Minister from December 1979 until July 1980; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1979 until July 1980; Jordanian Minister of Defense from December 1979 until July 1980
Sharon, Ariel, Israeli Minister of Agriculture
al-Shawa, Rashad, Palestinian mayor of Gaza from 1971 until 1982
Sherman, George F., Jr., Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
Shulman, Marshall D., Special Adviser on Soviet Affairs to the Secretary of State
Sick, Gary, member, National Security Council Staff
Small, David H., Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
Smith, Carl R., Brigadier General, USAF; Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Sterner, Michael E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Strauss, Robert S., Special Representative of the President to the Middle East peace negotiations from April 24, 1979, until November 6, 1979
Suddarth, Roscoe S., Deputy Chief of Mission, Amman, until May 1979; Deputy Executive Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, from May 1979
Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation

Tamir, Avraham, Major General, Director, Israeli Army Planning Branch
Tarnoff, Peter R., Executive Secretary of the Department of State
Terzi, Zehdi, Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the United Nations
Toon, Malcolm, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union until October 16, 1979
Tueni, Ghassan, Lebanese Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Tuhami, Hassan, Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister
Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, Saudi Director of Intelligence
Turner, Stansfield, Admiral, USN, Director of Central Intelligence
Twinam, Joseph W., Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1979; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from July 1979
Tzipori (Zippori), Mordechai, Israeli Deputy Minister of Defense

Vance, Cyrus R., Secretary of State until April 28, 1980
Vanden Heuvel, William J., Deputy Representative to the United Nations from 1979 until 1981.
Vardi, Joseph, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Veliotes, Nicholas A., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until September 17, 1978; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan from September 17, 1978
Vest, George S., Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
Viets, Richard N., Deputy Chief of Mission, Tel Aviv, until October 1979

Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Walker, Edward S. (Ned), staff, Office of the Special Representative of the President in the Office of the Secretary of State
Warnke, Paul C., Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Watson, Jack H., Jr., Secretary to the Cabinet and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs; White House Chief of Staff from 1980 until 1981.
Weizman, Ezer, Israeli Minister of Defense until May 1980
West, John C., U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Wisner, Frank G., Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State from 1977 until 1979

Yadin, Yigael, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister
Young, Andrew J., U.S. Representative to the United Nations until September 23, 1979

Zablocki, Clement J., Representative (D-Wisconsin); Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on International Relations
Zamir, Yitzhak, Israeli Attorney General
Zwiefel, David E., Deputy Director, Office of Egypt Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until June 1979; Deputy Chief of Mission, Amman, from June 1979

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume IX, Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978–December 1980, Second, Revised Edition

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