Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980 Volume XXIV, South America; Latin America Region

Aaron, David L., Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Adriázola Valda, Oscar, Major General (retired), Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship until July 1978
Agosti, Orlando, Brigadier General, Argentine Air Force Chief and Junta member from 1976 until 1981
Aguirre Asanza, Carlos, General, Chief of Staff of Ecuadorian Joint Command
Aja Espil, Jorge, Argentine Ambassador to the United States from 1976 until 1981
Alba, Wenceslao, Bolivian Minister of Finance from 1978 until 1979
Albright, Madeleine, Congressional Relations Officer, Press and Congressional Relations Office, National Security Council, from March 1978 until January 1981
Allara, Gualter Oscar, Admiral, Argentine Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Allende, Salvador, President of Chile from 1970 until 1973
Allitto, Tony, Ecuador Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from 1977 until 1978
Almeyda, Clodomiro, leader of the Chilean Socialist Party and Foreign Minister from 1970 until 1973
Alvarado, Luis, Peruvian Ambassador to the Organization of American States until 1978
Alvarez, Alvaro, Uruguayan Director of Foreign Policy Issues from 1977 until 1978
Alvarez, Gregorio, General, head of the Uruguayan National Security Council from 1973 and Commander in Chief of the Army from February 1978 until February 1979
Alzamora, Carlos, Peruvian Representative to the United Nations
Amenabar, Tomas, Chilean Chargé d’Affaires in Washington, 1978
Anderson, David, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1977 until 1978
Anderson, Jack, investigative journalist
Araoz Levy, Gaston, Bolivian Foreign Minister, 1980
Arbulu Galliani, Guillermo, Peruvian Prime Minister and Minister of War from 1976 until 1978
Arce Alvarez, Roberto, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States from 1979
Arce Gomez, Luis “Lucho”, Colonel, Bolivian Minister of Interior from 1980
Arias-Schreiber, Alfonso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States, from 1979 until 1980
Arismendi, Rodney, leader of the Uruguayan Communist Party, in exile in the Soviet Union from 1975
Arlia, Juan Carlos, Chief, Human Rights Working Group, Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Arnez Camacho, Antonio, General, Bolivian Minister of Defense from 1980
Arns, Paulo Evaristo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arrata Macias, Andres, General (retired), Ecuadorian Defense Minister until 1979
Arria, Diego, Venezuelan Minister of Information and Tourism from 1977 until 1978; independent candidate in the 1978 presidential election
Asencio, Diego Cortes, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia from 1977 until 1980
Ayala Lasso, Jose, Ecuadoran Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs until July 1977; Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1977 until August 1979

Banzer Suárez, Hugo, President of Bolivia until July 1978
Barcella, Jr., E. Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney in Letelier investigation
Barco, Virgilio, Colombian Ambassador to the United States
Barnebey, Malcolm R., Director of Andean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
Barrios Bustillos, Gonzalo, Venezuelan politician; founding member of the Democratic Action party
Barros, Jose Miguel, Chilean Ambassador to the United States from 1978
Bartholomew, Reginald H., Deputy Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from January until November 1977; member, USSR/East Europe Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from November 1977 until April 1979; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from July 1979
Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio, President of Cuba from 1952 until 1959
Bedregal Gutierrez, Guillermo, Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, November 1979
Begin, Menachem, Prime Minister of Israel from June 1977
Belaunde Terry, Fernando, President of Peru, from 1980
Bell, Griffin B., U.S. Attorney General from January 26, 1977, until July 19, 1979
Bendahan, Raul, General, Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Air Force from 1978
Bennet, Douglas J., Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, from March 1977 until August 1979; Administrator of the Agency for International Development from August 1979
Bensinger, Peter, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Benson, Lucy Wilson, Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Department of State, from March 1977 until August 1977; Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology, Department of State, from August 1977 until January 1980
Bentsen, Lloyd, Senator (D–Texas)
Bergland, Bob S., Secretary of Agriculture
Bergsten, C. Fred, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; member, Board of Directors, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Bernal, Rene, General, Christian Democratic Party candidate in the 1978 Bolivian presidential election
Bernal, Carlos, Colombian Ambassador to the Organization of American States from 1979
Betancourt, Romulo, President of Venezuela from 1945 until 1948 and again from 1959 until 1964
Blake, Melville, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Panama City from 1978
Bloomfield, Lincoln P., National Security Council Staff from June 1979 until August 1980
Bloomfield, Richard, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador until 1978
Blumenthal, W. Michael, Secretary of the Treasury from January 1977 until July 1979
Boeker, Paul Harold, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State, until 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from September 1977 until February 1980; Director of the Foreign Service Institute from March 1980
Borad, Jorge, General, head of Uruguayan delegation to Inter-American Human Rights Council-related discussions, January 1978
Borg, C. Arthur, Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State until April 1977
Borquez Montero, Israel, President of the Chilean Supreme Court from 1978
Botelho Gozálvez, Raul, Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship from November 1978 until August 1979
Boumediene, Houari, President of Algeria until December 1978
Bourne, Peter, Special Assistant to the President for Health Issues and Director of the White House Office of Drug Abuse Policy from June 1977 until July 1978
Bova, Michele M., Acting Director, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1977; Economics and International Financial Institutions, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, , Department of State, from 1977 until 1979
Bowdler, William Garton, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from December 1979
Boyatt, Thomas David, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Santiago until 1978; U.S Ambassador to Colombia from December 1980
Bravo, Alfredo, co-president and founder of the Argentine Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Bremer, L. Paul III “Jerry”, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Oslo until 1979; Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State from 1979
Bretel Barba, Hugo, Bolivian Minister of National Defense until July 1978
Brown, George S., General, USAF; Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 1978
Brown, Harold, Secretary of Defense
Brown, Leslie H., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology, from 1977 until 1979; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1979
Brown, Timothy C., Uruguay Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from October 1978 until October 1979
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Bucaram, Assad, leader of the Ecuadoran Concentration of People’s Forces party
Buchanan, James E., Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Buffum, William, United Nations Undersecretary for Political and General Assembly Affairs, September 1977
Bumpus, James, Argentina Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1977
Busch, Alberto Natusch, See Natusch
Bushnell, John A., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from January 1979 until 1980

Cahill, Jacklyn A., Staff Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until 1977; Special Assistant to Secretary of State Vance from 1977
Caldera, Rafael, President of Venezuela from 1969 until 1974
Calderon Berti, Humberto, Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Mines from March 1979
Calderon Munoz, Abdon, Radical Alfarist Front candidate in the 1978 Ecuadoran presidential election; assassinated November 29, 1978
Calderon Fournier, Rafael Angel, Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Relations from 1978 until 1980
Callaghan, James, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until May 1979
Calvani Silva, Aristides, Venezuelan Senator; Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1969 until 1974
Camacho Leyva, Luis Carlos, Colombian Minister of National Defense, from 1978
Campora, Hector, President of Argentina from May until July 1973
Camps, Ramon Juan Alberto, Brigadier General; chief of Buenos Aires provincial police
Caprio, Giuseppe, Archbishop, Substitute for General Affairs, Vatican Secretariat of State until May 1979
Carazo Odio, Rodrigo, President of Costa Rica from 1978
Cardenal, Ramiro, Nicaraguan businessman and opposition leader; member of the Group of 12
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, Brazilian academic
Cardozo, Hilarion, Venezuelan Representative to the Organization of American States
Carter, Hodding III, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Department of State spokesperson from March 23, 1977, until June 30, 1980
Carter, James Earl “Jimmy”, President of the United States
Carter, Rosalynn, First Lady of the United States
Carvajal Prado, Patricio,Vice Admiral, Chilean Minister of Foreign Relations, until 1978
Casaroli, Agostino, Cardinal, Vatican Secretary of State
Castro, Fidel, President of Cuba
Castro, Raul Hector, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from November 1977 until July 1980
Cauas Lama, Jorge, Chilean Ambassador to the United States from January 1977 until March 1978
Cavalcanti, Gerardo Holanda, Brazilian Ambassador to UNESCO from 1978
Cerda, Carlos Horacio, Lieutenant Colonel, Argentine presidential aide
Chafee, John H., Senator (R-Rhode Island)
Chamorro Cardenal, Pedro Joaquin, director of the Nicaraguan opposition newspaper La Prensa; assassinated January 10, 1978
Chaplin, Maxwell, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires until 1980
Cheek, James R., Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Montevideo from 1977 until 1979
Christopher, Warren “Chris”, Deputy Secretary of State
Civiletti, Benjamin R., Deputy Attorney General from 1978 until 1979; Attorney General from 1979
Clegg, Calvin, FBI special agent
Clift, A. Denis, Assistant for National Security Affairs to Vice President Mondale
Cohen, Roberta, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State, from 1977
Cohen, Steven B., member, Policy Planning Staff, from 1977 until 1978; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State, from 1978
Consalvi Bottaro, Simon, Venezuelan Representative to the United Nations to July 1977; Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1977 until March 1979
Contreras Sepulveda, Juan Manuel, Colonel, Director of the Chilean Directorate of National Intelligence to its abolition in August 1977; indicted for the murder of Orlando Letelier in August 1978
Cooper, Richard Newell, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
Cordova Rivas, Rafael, member of the Nicaraguan Provisional Junta from May 1980
Cornick, Carter, FBI agent
Corr, Edwin G., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Quito, 1978. U.S. Ambassador to Peru from October 1980
Cranston, Alan, U.S. Senator (D–California)
Crespo Gutierrez, Alberto, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States until 1977
Crespo Zaldumbide, Ricardo, Ecuadoran Ambassador to the United States from 1979
Crigler, Trusten Frank, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Bogota, 1979
Crimmins, John H., U.S. Ambassador to Brazil until 1978
Crowley, John Joseph, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Caracas from 1977 until 1980
Cubillos Sallato, Hernán, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1978 until 1980
Cura, Raul, Under Secretary for International Economic Relations, Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, from 1977 until 1980
Cutler, Lloyd N., White House Counsel from 1979

da Silveira, Antonio Francisco Azaredo, Brazilian Foreign Minister until March 1979; Brazilian Ambassador to the United States from March 1979
Dalton, Roberto, Argentine Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires in Washington from 1978
de la Puente Radbill, Jose, Foreign Minister of Peru from 1977 until 1978
Delfante, Enrique, Uruguayan Sub-Secretary of Foreign Relations until 1978
Delfim Netto, Antônio, Brazilian Minister of Planning from August 1979
Denend, Leslie G. “Les”, member, Global Issues Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from July 1977 until June 1979; Special Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1980
Derian, Patricia Murphy “Patt”, Coordinator for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State, from June 1977 until August 1977; Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from August 1977
D’Escoto Brockmann, Miguel, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister from 1979, member of the Group of 12; Maryknoll Catholic priest
Devine, Frank J., Office Director, Office of Andean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1977
Diaz Bessone, Ramon, Argentine Minister of Planning until December 1977
Diez Urzua, Sergio, Chilean Representative to the United Nations
Dion, J. Mark, U.S. Alternate Representative to the Organization of American States in 1977; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Asuncion from 1978, Chargé d’Affaires from January until September 1980
Dodson, Christine, Deputy Staff Secretary, National Security Council, from January until May 1977; Staff Secretary from May 1977
Donovan, Hedley, Senior Advisor to President Carter from August 1979 until August 1980
Drexler, Robert W., Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Bogota until 1978
Driscoll, Robert S., Chile Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1977
Duncan, Charles W., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1977 until 1979; Secretary of Energy from 1979
Durán Arcentales, Luis Guillermo, General, Commander of the Ecuadorian Army; Member of the Supreme Council of Government, 1979
Durán-Ballen Cordovez, Sixto, National Constitutionalist Front candidate in the 1978 Ecuadorian presidential election
Dworkin, Douglas A., Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Christopher from 1978

Earle, Ralph II, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1980
Eastman, Jorge Mario, Colombian Ambassador to the United States from 1980
Eaton, Samuel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs from 1979 until 1980
Einaudi, Luigi, Director of Policy Planning for Public and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1977; Bureau of Inter-American Affairs Staff Director for National Security Council Interdepartmental Groups, 1980
Eizenstat, Stuart E., Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy and Executive Director of the Domestic Council
Erb, Guy F., member, International Economics Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from September 1977 until January 1980; Deputy Director of the International Development Cooperation Agency from January 1980
Ericson, Richard A., Jr., Deputy Director, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, until November 1978; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland from November 1978
Escobar Sierra, Hugo, Colombian Minister of Justice from 1978 until 1980
Escovar Salom, Ramon, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1977
Espeche Gil, Manuel Angel, Official, Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Espinoza Bravo, Pedro, Brigadier General, Director of Operations of the Chilean Directorate of National Intelligence to its abolition in August 1977; indicted for the murder of Orlando Letelier in August 1978
Etcheberry, Alfredo, Chilean attorney representing the U.S. Government in the Letelier proceedings in Chile

Febres-Cordero, Leon, Ecuadorina political operative
Feinberg, Richard, member, Policy Planning Staff, from 1977 until 1980
Fernandez Saavedra, Gustavo, Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, August 1979
Fernandez Larios, Armando, Captain, Chilean Directorate of National Intelligence agent; indicted in August 1978 for his part in the murder of Orlando Letelier (also used pseudonym Alejandro Romeral)
Fernandez, Sergio, Chilean Interior Minister from 1978
Ferreira Aldunate, Wilson, Uruguayan Senator from 1967 until 1973
Figueiredo, Joao Batista, Chief of the Brazilian National Intelligence Service until 1978; President of Brazil from 1979
Fimbres, Rudy Valdez, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Quito, 1979
Fisher, Richard W., Executive Assistant, Department of State, 1978
Flood, Patrick J., Regional Affairs Officer, South America, Caribbean and the Organization of American States, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State, from 1978 until 1980; Officer in Charge of Human Rights Affairs, U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, from 1980
Folle Martinez, Adolfo, Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Minister from July 1978
Fraser, Donald M., Member, House of Representatives (D–Minnesota) until January 1979
Frei, Eduardo, President of Chile from 1964 until 1970
Fretes Davalos, Alejandro, General, Chief of Staff of the Paraguayan Army
Fuller, Alexander S. C., Peru County Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1977; Alternate Director of Andean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, August 1978

Galtieri, Leopoldo Fortunato, Major General, Argentine Army office; Commander in Chief of Argentine Army after 1980
Garcia Bedoya, Carlos, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States until January 1979; Peruvian Foreign Minister from February 1979
Garcia Bustillos, Gonzalo, Venezuelan Minister of the Secretariat of the Presidency from 1979
Garcia Meza Tejada, Luis, General, Commander of the Bolivian Army; led military coup and became President of Bolivia in July 1980
Gardner, Richard N., U.S. Ambassador to Italy
Geisel, Ernesto, General, President of Brazil until 1979
Gelb, Leslie H., Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, from February 1977 until June 1979
Giambruno, Carlos, Uruguayan Representative to the United Nations, 1977; Foreign Policy Director, Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978
Gilman, Benjamin A., Member, House of Representatives (R–New York)
Giscard d’Estaing, Valery, President of France
Glenn, John, Senator (D–Ohio)
Gonzalez, Raymond E., U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador from 1978
Gonzalez Revilla, Nicolas, Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Goodpaster, Andrew J., General, USA, Commandant of West Point; Envoy to Argentina and Brazil in 1980 for talks regarding the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan
Graham, Richard C., Desk Officer for Uruguay and Paraguay, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
Graiver, David, Argentine banker and stockholder in La Opinion, a newspaper published by Jacobo Timerman died in a plane crash in 1976; posthumously accused of laundering money for the Montoneros
Griffin, Robert P., Senator (R–Michigan) until January 1979
Gromyko, Andrei, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Guanes Serrano, Benito, Colonel, Paraguayan Army Intelligence Chief
Gueiler Tejada, Lidia, President of Bolivia from November 1979 until July 1980
Guerra, Manuel, Ecuador Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
Guerreiro, Ramiro Saraiva, Brazilian Foreign Ministry General Secretary until 1978; Foreign Minister from 1979
Guevara Arze, Walter, Authentic Revolution Party candidate in 1978 Bolivian presidential election; President of Bolivia from August until November 1979
Gutierrez, Mario., leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange party
Guzman, Ralph C., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from 1978 until 1979
Guzzetti, Cesar Augusto, Argentine Minister of Foreign Relations and Worship until May 1977

Habib, Philip C., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until April 1978; thereafter, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Caribbean Issues
Hanson, Thor, Admiral, Director of the Joint Staff, from 1979 until 1980
Harguindeguy, Albano, General, Argentine Minister of the Interior
Harkin, Thomas, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Iowa)
Harris, F. A. “Tex”, First Secretary, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, from 1977 until 1979
Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul, founder and leader of the APRA party; President of the Peruvian Constituent Assembly from 1978 until 1979
Heaphy, Eileen M., Colombia Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, November 1980
Heavner, Theodore “Ted”, Director, Office of Operations and Policy, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from August 1977
Henning, Geraldo Azevedo, Admiral, Brazilian Minister of the Navy
Heredia, Horatio H., President of the Supreme Court of Argentina until 1978
Hernandez Acosta, Valentin, Venezuelan Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons until March 1979
Herrera Campins, Luis, President of Venezuela from 1979
Hervas, Anthony, Department of State interpreter
Hidalgo, Edward, Secretary of the Navy from 1979
Hidalgo Sola, Hector, Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela; member of the Radical Party, disappeared in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1977
Hill, Robert C., U.S. Ambassador to Argentina until 1977
Hodges, Luther H., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Commerce from 1980
Hollings, Ernest “Friz”, Member, House of Representative (D-South Carolina)
Hormats, Robert D., National Security Council Staff for International Economics until October 1977; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from October 1977 until December 1979; Deputy U.S. Trade Representative from December 1979
Hoyt, Mary, Rosalynn Carter’s press secretary
Huerta Montalvo, Francisco, candidate in 1978 Ecuadoran presidential election; disqualified in March 1978 and replaced by his uncle, Raul Clemente Huerta Rendon
Huerta Rendon, Raul Clemente, candidate in 1978 Ecuadoran presidential election
Humphrey, Hubert H., Jr., Senator (D–Minnesota) until January 1978; Vice President of the United States from 1965 until 1969
Hunter, Robert, member, West Europe Cluster, National Security Council staff, from January 1977 until August 1979; member, Middle East/North Africa Cluster, from September 1979
Hurtado, Oswaldo, Vice President of Ecuador from 1978; leader of the Popular Democracy Party
Hurtado Navarro, Hector, Venezuelan Minister of Finance until 1977; Minister of State and President of the Investment Fund, 1978
Hyde, Henry, Member, House of Representatives (R–Illinois)

Inderfurth, Karl F. “Rick”, Special Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, from January 1977 until April 1979
Inouye, Daniel K., Senator (D–Hawaii)
Iribarren Borges, Ignacio, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States
Iturralde, Carlos, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States, 1978
Iturriaga Neumann, Raul Eduardo, Lieutenant Colonel, senior officer in the Chilean Directorate of National Intelligence

Jarrin Cahuenas, Bolivar, General, Ecuadoran Minister of Government until December 1978
Jimenez, Guillermo, Bolivian Interior Minister, 1978; Acting Foreign Minister, May 1978
John Paul II, Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978
Johnson, Richard E., Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, until 1978; Director of the Regional Political Program, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from 1978 until 1980
Jones, David C., General, USAF Chief of Staff until June 1978; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 1978
Jones, Ellis O. “Ollie”, Politico-Military Affairs, Security Assistance, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State, until January 1979
Jordan, Hamilton, Assistant to the President from January 1977 until July 1979; White House Chief of Staff from July 1979 until June 1980
Jorden, William, U.S. Ambassador to Panama until 1978

Katz, Julius, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs until 1979
Kennedy, Edward “Ted”, Senator (D–Massachusetts)
Killgore, Andrew I., U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
Kissinger, Henry A., Secretary of State from September 1973 until January 1977; National Security Advisor from January 1969 until November 1975
Klix, Jose Maria, Argentine Defense Minister until October 1978
Klutznick, Philip M., Secretary of Commerce from January 1980
Kramer, Franklin S. “Frank”, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Kriesky, Bruno, Chancellor of Austria

Laghi, Pio, Papal Nuncio in Argentina until December 1980
Lake, Anthony “Tony”, Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
Lamb, Dennis, Deputy Director, Office of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until 1977; Executive Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Christopher from 1977 until 1978; thereafter, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to the European Communities at Brussels
Lambruschini, Armando, Admiral, Commander in Chief of the Argentine Navy from September 1978
Landau, George W., U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay until October 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Chile from November 1977
Lane, Lyle Francis, U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay from October 1979 until July 1980; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay from September 1980
Laugerud Garcia, Kjell Eugenio, President of Guatemala until July 1978
Lauria, Carmelo Lesseur, Venezuelan Minister of the Secretariat of the Presidency from July 1977 until March 1979
Lechin Oquendo, Juan, Leader of the Bolivian Workers Union
Lechin Suarez, Juan, Bolivian Minister of Planning until 1978
Leigh, Gustavo, General, Commander in Chief of the Chilean Air Force; member of the ruling junta until 1978
Leoro, Luis Anibal, General, Ecuadoran Air Force Commander and member of the Supreme Council of Government
Letelier, Orlando, Chilean Ambassador to the United States from 1971 until 1993; Chilean Foreign Minister, 1973; assassinated in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 1976
Lievano Aguirre, Indalecio, Colombian Foreign Minister until 1978
Lister, George, Special Assistant and Human Rights Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
Lopez Escobar, Mario, Paraguayan Ambassador to the Unites States
Lopez Michelsen, Alfonso, President of Colombia until August 1978
Lopez Portillo, Jose, President of Mexico
Lucas Garcia, Fernando Romeo, President of Guatemala from July 1978
Lucey, Patrick, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from July 1977 until October 1979
Luers, William Henry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until 1977; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1977 until 1978; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela from October 1978

Machin, Jose Maria, Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Madero, Castro, Argentine Admiral
Majano Ramos, Adolfo Arnoldo, Colonel; member of the Salvadoran from governing junta from October 1979
Manley, Michael, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Marchand, Luis, Peruvian Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Marquez, Hugo L., Admiral, Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Navy
Marshall, Ray, Secretary of Labor
Martinez, Carlos, General, Argentine Secretary of Intelligence from 1978
Martinez de Hoz, Jose, Argentine Minister of the Economy
Massera, Emilio Eduardo, Admiral, Commander of the Argentine Navy; member of the ruling junta until 1978
Mathews, Jessica Tuchman, member, Global Issues Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from January 1977 until June 1979
McAfee, William, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
McAuliffe, Dennis P., Lieutenant General, USA, Commander of U.S. Southern Command until September 1979
McGee, Gale, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States
McGiffert, David E., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from April 1977
McHenry, Donald, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979
McMahon, John N., Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
McNeil, Francis J. III “Frank”, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, from 1977 to 1979
Medeiros, Octavio Aguiarde, General, Chief of the Brazilian National Intelligence Service
Mena Salinas, Odlanier, General (retired), Director of the Chilean National Information Center from November 1977;
Mendez Manfredini, Aparicio, President of Uruguay
Mendoza, Cesar, Chief of the Carabineros (Chilean national police force); member of the ruling junta
Menendez, Luciano Benjamin, Major General, Commander of Argentine Army Corps III in Cordoba
Merino, Jose Toribio, Admiral, Commander in Chief of the Chilean Navy; member of the ruling junta
Mezvinsky, Edward M., U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1977 until 1979
Miller, G. William, Secretary of the Treasury from August 1979
Miranda, Rogelio, General, Bolivian Army officer, presidential candidate in 1979
Moffitt, Veronica “Ronni” Karpen, colleague of Orlando Letelier; killed on September 21, 1976, while riding in car with Letelier in Washington, D.C., when a bomb exploded in Letelier’s car
Mondale, Joan, wife of the Vice President of the United States
Mondale, Walter “Fritz”, Vice President of the United States
Montanaro, Sabino, Paraguayan Minister of Interior
Montano, Galo, Ecuadoran Minister of Industries and Commerce
Montero, Enrique, Chilean Air Force; Under Secretary of the Ministry of Interior
Montes, Jose, Major General, Argentine army officer
Montes, Oscar, Admiral, Argentine Foreign Minister from May 1977 until November 1978
Montes de Oca, Rafael Andres “Pepi”, Venezuelan Interior Minister from 1979
Morales Bermudez Cerutti, Francisco, General, President of Peru
Moore, John L., Jr., Chairman, Export-Import Bank
Mota Sardenberg, Ronaldo, Counselor; Advisor for Bilateral Affairs, Brazilian Foreign Ministry, 1978
Muskie, Edward S., Senator (D–Maine) until May 1980; Secretary of State from May 1980

Natusch Busch, Alberto, Colonel, advisor to Bolivian President Juan Pereda, 1978; led a military coup in November 1979; President of Bolivia, from November 1 to 16, 1979
Nava Carrillo, German, Director General of the Venezuelan Foreign Minister from 1979
Newsom, David D., U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia until October 1977; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from November 1977 until March 1978; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from April 1978
Niehous, Donna, wife of William Niehous
Niehous, William, U.S. citizen director, Owens-Illinois company in Venezuela; kidnapped February 27, 1976, freed in June 1979
Nogueira Filho, Jose, Counsellor, Advisor for Political Affairs, Brazilian Foreign Ministry
Nogues, Alberto, Paraguayan Foreign Minister
Novo Sampol, Guillermo, Cuban exile convicted of the Letelier and Moffitt murders
Novo Sampol, Ignacio, Cuban exile convicted of lying to the grand jury and failing to inform authorities of a crime in the Letelier and Moffitt murder case
Nutting, Wallace H., Lieutenant General, USA, Commander of U.S. Southern Command from 1979

Odom, William E., Lieutenant General, USA, Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from 1977 until 1981
Oduber Quiros, Daniel, President of Costa Rica until 1978
Olmedo Gonzalez, Renan, General, Chairman of the Ecuadoran Joint Chiefs of Staff
Orfila, Alejandro Jose Luis, Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Orozco, Hector, General, head of the Chilean Army Intelligence Directorate; ad hoc military prosecutor and investigator of passport fraud case related to Letelier assassination
Ortiz Mena, Antonio, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Oxman, Stephen A., Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Christopher from 1977 until 1978; Executive Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Christopher from 1978 until 1979
Owen, Henry D., member, International Economics Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from 1977; also Special Representative for Economic Summits from October 1978
Oyarzun, Maria Eugenia, Chilean Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1977

Pacheco Areco, Jorge, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States from June 1980; President of Uruguay, from 1967 until 1972
Padilla, David, General, Bolivian army, led a coup against President Juan Pereda in November 1978; President of Bolivia from November 1978 until August 1979
Pallais Debayle, Luis, cousin of Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza; director of Novedades; Nicaraguan Liberal Party spokesperson
Palmer, Stephen E., Jr., Director, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group, Department of State, from 1977 until 1978; Director, Country Reports Project, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State, from 1978 until 1979; Chief of Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. Mission in Geneva, 1979; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1979; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1980
Pantoja, Jeronimo, Colonel, Chilean army officer and Deputy Director of the National Information Center
Pappalardo, Conrado, Advisor to Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner
Pareja Diezcanseco, Alfredo, Ecuadoran Foreign Minister from August 1979 until July 1980
Pastor, Carlos Washington, Argentine Foreign Minister from November 1978
Pastor, Robert, member, Latin American/Caribbean, North/South Cluster, National Security Council Staff
Pastora Gomez, Eden, also known as “Commandante Zero”, commander in the Nicaraguan Sandinista National Liberation Front
Paz Estenssoro, Victor, Nationalist Revolution Mombement (“historical” wing) candidate in the 1978 Bolivian presidential election
Paz Romero, Virgilio, Cuban exile indicted for murders of Letelier and Moffitt; fugitive from justice until 1991
Paz Zamora, Jaime, Bolivian politician from the Revolutionary Leftist Movement party
Pereda Asbun, Juan, General, candidate in the 1978 Bolivian presidential election; led a military coup after elections were annulled; President of Bolivia from July until November 1978
Perez, Carlos Andres “CAP”, President of Venezuela until 1979
Perez, Enrique, Bolivia Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, November 1978
Perez Caldas, Jose, Uruguayan ambassador to the United States
Perez Chiriboga, Marcial, Venezuelan ambassador to the United States
Perez Guerrero, Manuel, Venezuelan Minister of State for International Economic Affairs
Perez Jimenez, Marcos, President of Venezuela from 1952 until 1958
Perez Vives, Alvaro, Colombian Secretary General of the Presidency
Peron, Isabel Martinez de, President of Argentina from 1974 until 1976
Peron, Juan Domingo, President of Argentina from 1955 until 1964 and again from 1973 until 1974
Perry, Jack R., Deputy Executive Secretary, Office of the Secretary of State
Pezzullo, Lawrence A. “Larry”, U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay from August 1977 until May 1979; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua from July 1979
Pinheiro, Joao Baptista, Brazilian ambassador to the United States until 1979
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, General, President of Chile; Chairman of the military junta; Commander in Chief of the Chilean army
Plaza, Galo, President of Ecuador from 1948 until 1952; Secretary-General of the Organization of American States from 1968 until 1975
Popper, David H., U.S. Ambassador to Chile until 1977
Poveda Burbano, Alfredo, Admiral, President of the Ecuadoran Supreme Council of Government until 1979
Powell, Jody, White House Press Secretary
Prado, Gary, Bolivian Planning Minister until 1979
Press, Frank, Special Adviser to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, from June 1977
Price, George Cadle, Premier and Minister of Finance of Belize
Propper, Eugene M. “Gene”, Assistant U.S. Attorney; prosecutor in charge of the Letelier investigation
Pustay, John. S., Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Quainton, Anthony “Tony”, Director, Office for Combating Terror, Department of State
Queirolo, Luis, Lieutenant General, Chief of Uruguayan military mission to the United States and Uruguayan representative at the Inter-American Defense Board until February 1979; Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan army from February 1979
Quintana, Julio, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua from 1977 until 1979

Rachmeler, Louis, Major General, USA, coordinator of security assistance for the Department of the Army
Ramos, Pedro, U.S. citizen indicted for the murder of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro in Nicaragua
Reuss, Henry S., Member of the House of Representatives (D–Wisconsin)
Richardson, Elliott, U.S. Ambassador to the Law of the Sea Conference
Richardson, Henry, member, Sub-Saharan Africa, North/South Cluster, National Security Council Staff, from February 1977 until November 1978
Robelo Callejas, Alfonso, member of Nicaraguan Provisional Junta until April 1980
Roel Garcia, Santiago, Mexican Foreign Minister until 1979
Rogers, Stephen H., Deputy Director, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1977
Roldos Aguilera, Jaime, President of Ecuador from 1978
Romeral, Alejandro, pseudonym; see Fernandez Larios, Armando
Romero, Carlos Humberto, President of El Salvador from July 1977 until October 1979
Rondon, Fernando E., Alternate Director, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1978
Ros, Enrique, Argentine Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ross Diaz, Alvin, Cuban exile convicted of murders of Letelier and Moffitt
Rovira, Alejandro, Uruguayan Foreign Minister until July 1978
Rowlands, Edward, Minister of State, British Foreign Office, until May 1979
Roybal, Edward R., Member, House of Representatives (D–CA)
Royo, Aristides, President of Panama from October 1978
Ruser, Claus, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Brasilia until April 1978; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires from July 1980

Sadat, Anwar, President of Egypt
Sáenz Barsallo, Alcibiades, Peruvian Finance Minister
Salvador Lara, Jorge, Ecuadoran Foreign Minister until 1978
Samore, Antonio, Roman Catholic cardinal, Vatican mediator for Beagle Channel conflict, 1979
Samudio, David, Leader of Panamanian Liberal Party
Sangurgo, Francisco, Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Navy
Santini, James D., Member, House of Representatives (D–Nevada)
Saunders, Harold H., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State until April 1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from April 1978
Sayre, Robert M., U.S. Ambassador to Brazil from 1978
Scherrer, Robert W., FBI special agent; legal attaché, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, from 1970 until 1978
Schlesinger, James R., Special Assistant to the President, Energy Office, from January until August 1977; Secretary of Energy from August 1977 until July 1979
Schneider, Mark L., Deputy Coordinator for Human Rights, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State until 1977; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1977 until 1979
Schuller, Gordon J., Rear Admiral, USN, Director of the Inter-American Region, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Schweitzer, Miguel, Chilean attorney
Sendic, Raul, Uruguayan leader of the MLN-Tupamaros; captured by the Uruguayan Government in 1972
Service, Robert Edward, Country Director for Argentina, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1980
Shlaudeman, Harry Walter, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and U.S. Coordinator, Alliance for Progress, until March 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Peru from June 1977 until October 1980; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from November 1980
Siles Salinas, Luis Adolfo, Bolivian UDP candidate for Senator, 1978; head of the Human Rights Assembly until 1978; President of Bolivia, 1969; half-brother of Hernan Siles Zuazo
Siles Zuazo, Hernan, UDP candidate in the 1978 Bolivian presidential election; half-brother of Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
Silveira, Alarico, Brazilian Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1978
Simonsen, Mario Henrique, Brazilian Minister of Finance until 1979; Brazilian Minister of Planning, from 1979
Siracusa, Ernest, U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay until April 1977
Sithole, Ndabaningi, Founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union
Sloss, Leon, Assistant Director, International Relations Bureau and later International Security Programs Bureau, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agency, until 1978
Smith, Gerard C., Special Representative of the President on Nonproliferation Matters
Smith, Ian, Prime Minister of Rhodesia until June 1979
Solomon, Anthony, Under Secretary of the Treasury until 1980
Somoza Debayle, Anastasio, President of Nicaragua until July 1979; resident of Paraguay from August 1979 until his death in September 1980
Sosa Rodriguez, Carlos, Venezuelan Representative to the United Nations from 1958 until 1965
Sparkman, John J., Senator (D–Alabama) until January 1979
Spiegel, John W., Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Christopher from 1978
Stedman, William Perry, U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from until June 1977; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from June 1977
Steven, Robert S., Chile Desk Officer, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, from August 1977 until April 1979; Operations Center, Office of the Secretary of State, from April 1979
Strauss, Robert S., U.S. Trade Representative from March 1977 until August 1979
Stroessner, Alfredo, General, President of Paraguay
Suarez Gonzalez, Adolfo, Prime Minister of Spain
Suarez Mason, Carlos Guillermo, Major General, Argentine army officer, Commander of Corps I, Buenos Aires; Chief of Staff of the Argentine army
Surut, Lee E., Major General, USA, member of military delegation on Under Secretary of State Newsom’s trip to Argentina, 1978

Tapia, Edwin, Bolivian Minister of Industry and Commerce, 1978
Tarnoff, Peter, Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Western Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until April 1977; Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State, from April 1977
Tavares Fleitas, Flavio, Brazilian-born journalist working for Mexican newspaper Excelsior; imprisoned in Uruguay, July 1977
Terra, Juan Pablo, leader of the Uruguayan Christian Democratic Party
Thornton, Thomas P., member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until 1977; member, South Asia/UN Matters, North/South Cluster, National Security Council staff from 1977
Timerman, Jacobo, Argentine publisher of the Buenos Aires daily newspaper La Opinion; arrested April 1977
Todman, Terence A., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from April 1977 until June 1978
Torres, Juan Jose, President of Bolivia from October 1970 until August 1971; assassinated in Buenos Aires, June 2, 1976
Torrijos, Omar, Chief of Government of Panama
Townley, Michael Vernon, U.S. citizen convicted in Letelier murder; DINA agent; used pseudonym Juan Williams Rose
Trudeau, Pierre, Prime Minister of Canada until June 1979
Tuchman, Jessica, See Mathews, Jessica Tuchman
Tunnerman Bernheim, Carlos, Leader of the FAO, Member of the Group of 12; Nicaraguan Minister of Education from 1979
Turbay Ayala, Julio Cesar, President of Colombia, from June 1978
Turner, Stansfield, Director of Central Intelligence from March 1977
Twaddell, William H., Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of State, from January 1977
Tyson, Brady, staff member, U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Uribe Vargas, Diego, Colombian Foreign Minister from 1978

Vadora, Julio, General, Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan army from 1977 until 1978
Vaky, Viron P. “Pete”, U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela until June 1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from July 1978 until November 1979
van Reigersberg, Stephanie, Department of State interpreter
Vance, Cyrus, Secretary of State until April 1980
Vaquero, Jose Antonio, Major General, Chief of Staff of the Argentine army, 1980
Vesco, Robert, fugitive American financier
Vidal Basauri, Rene, General, Chilean Secretary of Government
Videla, Jorge Rafael, Lieutenant General, President of Argentina; Commander of the Army; member of the ruling junta
Villagran Kramer, Francisco, Vice President of Guatemala from 1978 until 1980
Villanueva de Campos, Armando, Secretary-General of the APRA Party and candidate in the 1980 Peruvian presidential election
Villot, Jean-Marie, Roman Catholic Cardinal, Vatican Secretary of State until 1979
Viola, Roberto, General, Chief of Staff of the Argentine army; member of the ruling junta
Vorster, B.J., Prime Minister of South Africa until September 1978

Wagner, Robert F., U.S. Presidential Envoy to the Vatican
Waldheim, Kurt, United Nations Secretary General
Walker, Jenonne R., member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
Walker Martinez, Liliana, pseudonym, see Lagos, Monica Luisa
Walters, Vernon, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1972 until 1976
Warnke, Paul C., Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, from March 1977 until October 1978
Watson Alexander F., Special Assistant for Congressional and Public Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State, until 1977; Director, Office of Development Finance, International Financial Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, from 1977 until 1979; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in La Paz, from 1979
Weissman, Marvin, U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, from March until July 1980
White, Robert E., Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States until 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay from November 1977 until January 1980; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador from March 1980 until February 1981
Whitman, Gerald J., staff member, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1980
Williams, Eric, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Williams Rose, Juan, pseudonym, see Townley, Michael V
Willis, Franklin K., Assistant Legal Advisor for Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, until 1978
Wilson, Charles “Charlie”, Member, House of Representatives (D–Texas)
Wisner, Frank G., II, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State from 1977 until 1979; U.S. Ambassador to Zambia from 1979
Wolff, Lester Lionel, Member of the House of Representatives (D–New York) until 1980

Yatron, Gus, Member, House of Representatives (D–Pennsylvania)
Ycaza, Gustavo, Ecuadoran Ambassador to the United States
Youle, John J., political officer, U.S. Embassy in Montevideo from 1977 until 1980
Young, Andrew, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from January 1977 until September 1979

Zambrano Velasco, Jose Alberto, Venezuela. Foreign Minister from March 1979
Zimmerman, Robert W., director, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, 1977

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980 Volume XXIV, South America; Latin America Region

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