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Abramowitz, Morton “Mort,” Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State from February 1, 1985 until 1986; Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from 1986 until 1989
Adelman, Kenneth, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from April 1983 until December 1987
Akhromeyev, Sergei F., Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from September 1984
Allen, Lew, Jr., General, USAF; Chief of Staff until June 1982
Allen, Richard V., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 21, 1981, until January 4, 1982
Andropov, Yuri, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from June 1983 until February 9, 1984
Arbatov, Georgii, Director of the Institute for U.S.A. and Canada Studies
Armacost, Michael H., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from May 1984
Armstrong, Anne, Chair of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) from October 1981
Aspin, Leslie “Les,” Congressman (D–Wisconsin)

Baker, James A., III, White House Chief of Staff from January 1981 until January 1985; Secretary of the Treasury from February 1985 until August 1988
Baldrige, Malcolm H., Secretary of Commerce from January 1981 until July 1987
Barrow, Robert, General, USMC; Commandant of the Marine Corps until June 1983
Bessmertnykh, Alexander, Minister at the Soviet Embassy in Washington until 1983; Chief of the USA Department, from 1983 until 1986; Deputy Foreign Minister from 1986 until 1988
Biden, Joseph, Senator (D–Delaware)
Block, John R., Secretary of Agriculture from January 1981
Boverie, Richard, Member of the Defense Policy Directorate of the National Security Council from 1982 until 1983
Brandt, Willy, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bremer, L. Paul, III, Executive Secretary, Department of State, from February 1981 until March 1983
Brezhnev, Leonid, General Secretary of the Soviet Union until November 1982
Brock, William E., III, United States Trade Representative from January 1981
Buckley, James L., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology from February 28, 1981, until August 20, 1982; Counselor of the Department of State from September 9, 1982, until September 26, 1982
Burns, William F., General, USA; Joint Chiefs of Staff Representative to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Negotiations from November 1981 until June 1984; Joint Chiefs of Staff Representative to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Negotiations from February 1985 until December 1986; Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs from December 1986 until January 1988; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from January 1988
Burt, Richard R., Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State from January 23, 1981, until March 1982; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs from February 18, 1983, until July 18, 1985; thereafter U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Busey, James B., Admiral, USN, Vice Chief, Naval Operations, from 1985 until 1987
Bush, George H.W., Vice President of the United States from January 1981

Carlucci, Frank C., III, Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 4, 1981, until December 31, 1982; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 2, 1986, until November 5, 1987; thereafter, Secretary of Defense
Casey, William J., Director of Central Intelligence from January 28, 1981, until January 29, 1987
Chain, John T., Jr., General, USAF; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State from July 1, 1984, until June 14, 1985; Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command from June 22, 1986
Cherne, Leo, Vice Chair of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) from October 1981
Chernenko, Konstantin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until March 1985
Clark, William P., Jr. “Judge,” Deputy Secretary of State from February 25, 1981, until February 9, 1982; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 4, 1982 until October 17, 1983
Cohen, William, Senator (R–Maine)
Cooper, Henry F., Deputy Negotiator for Defense and Space, Office of Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms with the Soviet Union, Department of State
Crowe, William J., Jr., Admiral, USN; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 1985

Dam, Kenneth W., Deputy Secretary of State from September 1982 until June 1985
Deaver, Michael K., Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the President until May 1985
deGraffenreid, Kenneth E., Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Intelligence Directorate, National Security Council until December 1986
Dicks, Norman, member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Washington)
Dobriansky, Paula J., Deputy Director, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, National Security Council until 1984; thereafter Director, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate
Dobrynin, Anatoly, Soviet Ambassador to the United States until May 1986
Dodd, Christopher, Senator (D–Conneticut)
Dubinin, Yuri, Soviet Ambassador to the United States from May 1986

Eagleburger, Lawrence S., Assistant Secretary of State (Designate) for European Affairs until May 14, 1981; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from May 14, 1981, until January 26, 1982; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 12, 1982
Edwards, James B., Secretary of Energy from January 1981 until November 1982

Fortier, Donald R., Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Policy Development Directorate, National Security Council until 1985; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1985 until August 1986

Gates, Robert M., Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, from January 1982 until April 1986; Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, from September 1983 until April 1986; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from April 1986, Acting Director of Central Intelligence from December 18, 1986, until May 26, 1987
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany
Glenn, John, Senator (D–Ohio)
Glitman, Maynard “Mike,” Deputy Chief U.S. Arms Negotiator, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Negotiations, from 1981 until 1983; Chief U.S. Negotiator, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Talks, from 1983 until 1985; Chief U.S. Arms Negotiator, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Negotiations, from 1985 until 1987
Goldberg, Sherwood “Woody,” Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State until June 1982
Gompert, David, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs from 1981 until 1982; Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1982
Gorbachev, Mikhail S., General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from March 1985
Gore, Albert S. “Al,” Jr., member, U.S. House of Representatives (D–Tennessee) until 1985; Senator (D–Tennessee) from 1985
Gorman, Paul, Gen., Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gray, Alfred M., Jr., General, USMC; Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1987
Gregg, Donald, member, National Security Council Staff until July 1982; thereafter, Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Gromyko, Andrei, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soviet Union, until July 1985

Haig, Alexander M., Jr., Secretary of State from January 22, 1981, until July 5, 1982
Harper, Edwin, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Hartman, Arthur A., U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, from October 1981
Hayakawa, S.I., Senator (R–California)
Hayward, Thomas B., Admiral, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy until June 30, 1982
Helms, Jesse, Senator (R–North Carolina)
Herrington, John, Secretary of Energy from February 1985 until January 1989
Hill, M. Charles, Executive Secretary of the Department of State until January 1, 1985; thereafter Executive Assistant to the Secretary
Holmes, H. Allen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until September 1982; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal from September 1982 until June 26, 1985; Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from April 14, 1986
Howe, Jonathan T., Rear Admiral, USN; Senior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense until May 1982; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from May 10, 1982, until July 1, 1984

Ifft, Edward, Senior Department of State Representative to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Iklé, Fred C., Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from April 1981 until February 1988
Inman, Bobby R., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from February 1981 until June 1982

Jones, David C., General, USAF; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 1982

Kampelman, Max M., Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe until 1983; head of U.S. human rights mission to Europe in 1984; Head of the Delegation and Head Negotiator for Defense and Space, Office of Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms with the Soviet Union, Department of State
Karpov, Viktor P., Head of the Delegation and Head Negotiator for START, Nuclear and Space Talks with the United States in Geneva; Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
Kassebaum, Nancy, Senator (R–Kansas)
Keel, Alton G., Jr., Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from July 15 to November 24, 1986; Acting President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from November 25 to December 18, 1986; Ambassador to NATO from December 18, 1986
Kelley, P.X., General, USMC; Commandant of the Marine Corps, from July 1983 until June 1987
Kent, Glenn, General, USAF, Designer of the Single Integrated Operational Plan
Kirkpatrick, Jeane J., U.S. Representative to the United Nations from February 1981 until April 1985
Kissinger, Henry, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford administrations
Korniyenko, Georgii, First Deputy Foreign Minister, Soviet Union
Kraemer, Sven, member, National Security Council Staff from 1981 until 1987
Kvitsinskiy, Yuliy A., Head Negotiator for Defense and Space, Nuclear and Space Talks with the United States in Geneva, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union

Lehman, Ronald, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy from 1981 until 1983; Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Defense Programs and Arms Control June 1983 until January 1986; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1986 until March 1986; United States Negotiator on Strategic Nuclear Arms from March 1986 until February 1988; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from February 1988 to May 1989
Lenz, Allen, Staff Director of the National Security Council from January 1981 to 1982
Linhard, Robert, Colonel, USA; Member of the Defense Policy Directorate of the National Security Council Staff until 1983; member of the Defense Program and Arms Control Directorate of the National Security Council Staff from 1983 until January 1986; thereafter Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Defense Programs and Arms Control Directorate from January 1986
Lugar, Richard, Senator (R–Indiana)

Mathias, Charles, Senator (R–Maryland)
Matlock, Jack F., Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, National Security Council from 1983 until April 1987; thereafter, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
McDaniel, Rodney, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 1986 until 1987
McFarlane, Robert C. “Bud,” Counselor of the Department of State from February 28, 1981 until April 4, 1982; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1982 until November 1983; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 1983 until December 1985
McMahon, John N., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from June 1982 until March 1986
Meese, Edwin “Ed,” III, Counselor to the President from January 1981 until January 1984; Attorney General of the United States from January 1984 until July 1988
Mitterand, Francois, President of France from May 1981
Mobbs, Michael, Assistant Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from October 1985
Montgomery, Hugh, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October 1981 until January 1985
Moreau, Arthur, Adm, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from May 1983 until October 1985
Murphy, Daniel, Adm., Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President, from 1981 until 1984

Nance, James “Bud” W., Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from January 1981 until January 1982
Negroponte, John, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from November 1987
Nitze, Paul, Chief U.S. Arms Negotiator, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Negotiations, from November 1981 until 1984; Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Arms Control from December 1984
Nunn, Samuel “Sam,” Senator (D–Georgia)

Obukhov, Aleksey, Deputy START Negotiator (USSR) from 1981 until 1983; Head of the INF Group rounds I though V, head of the START group VI and VII, head of the NST delegation for rounds VII and VIII

Palmer, Robie Marcus Hooker “Mark,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Soviet Affairs from 1982 unitl 1986
Pearson, W. Robert, Member, National Security Council Staff, from 1985 until 1987
Pell, Claiborne, Senator (D–Rhode Island); Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Percy, Charles H., Senator (R–Illinois) from 1967 until 1985; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1981 until 1985
Perle, Richard N., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from August 1981 until May 1987
Pipes, Richard, Director of East European and Soviet Affairs, National Security Council from January 1981 until December 1982
Platt, Nicholas, Executive Secretary of the Department of State and Special Assistant to the Secretary from January 7, 1985
Poindexter, John M., Rear Admiral, USN, Military Assistant to the President from April 1981 until November 1983; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 1983 until December 1985; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 1985 until November 1986
Powell, Colin, Colonel, USA, Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, from July 1983 until June 1986; thereafter Lieutenant General; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 1986 until November 1987; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 5, 1986, until January 20, 1989

Reagan, Ronald W., President of the United States
Reed, Thomas C., Consultant to the National Security Council Staff from January 1982 until June 1982; Special Assistant to the President from June 1982 until December 1982
Regan, Donald, Secretary of Treasury from January 1981 until February 1985
Ridgway, Rozanne L., Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs from 1985
Rixse, Jay, Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense
Rogers, Bernard, General, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, until June 1987
Rostow, Eugene V., Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from July 1981 until January 1983
Rowen, Henry S., Chairman, National Intelligence Council from July 1981 to September 1983
Rowny, Edward L., General, USA; Chief U.S. Arms Negotiator to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks until 1984; Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Arms Control Matters from 1985

Sarbanes, Paul, Senator (D–Maryland)
Schneider, William, Associate Director, Office of Management and the Budget
Scowcroft, Brent, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs during the Ford administration; Chairman of the President’s Commission on Strategic Forces from December 1982
Shevardnadze, Eduard, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from July 1985
Shoemaker, Christopher, Member of the Defense Policy Directorate, National Security Council Staff until 1982
Shultz, George P., Secretary of State from July 16, 1982, until January 20, 1989
Simons, Thomas W., Jr., Director, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State from 1982 until 1985; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Yugoslavia from 1986
Specter, Arlen, Senator (R–Pennsylvania)
Spiers, Ronald I., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until October 1981
Stearman, William, member, National Security Council Staff from February 1981
Stevens, Paul Schott, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from November 1987
Stockman, David, Director, Office of Budget and Management from January 1981 until 1985
Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 1981 until January 1982; Deputy Secretary of State from February 11, 1982, until September 22, 1982

Taft, William Howard IV, General Counsel, Department of Defense from April 1981 until February 1984; Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 1984
Thatcher, Margaret, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Thayer, Paul, Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 1983 until January 1984
Timbie, James, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control from 1983
Tower, John. G. Senator (R–Texas) until January 3, 1985; Head START Negotiator, Office of Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms with the Soviet Union, Department of State
Tsongas, Paul, Senator (D–Massachusetts)

Ustinov, Dmitri F., Soviet Minister of Defense until December 1984

Velikhov, Yevgeny P., Vice President, Soviet Academy of Sciences and Scientific Advisor to Gorbachev
Vessey, John W., Jr., General, USA, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 1982 until September 1985
Vuono, Carl, General, USA; Chief of Staff of the Army, from June 1987

Walters, Vernon A., U.S. Ambassador at Large from July 22, 1981
Warner, John, Senator (R–Virginia)
Weinberger, Caspar W. “Cap”, Secretary of Defense from January 21, 1981, until November 1987
Webster, William H., Director of Central Intelligence from May 26, 1987
Welch, Larry, General, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force from July 1986
West, Francis J., Jr. “Bing”, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense until April 1981, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from April 1981 until April 1983
Wheeler, Michael O., Colonel, Staff Secretary, National Security Council Staff, from 1982 until 1983
Whitehead, John. C., Deputy Secretary of State from June 1985
Wick, Charles Z., Director, United States Information Agency, from June 9, 1981
Wickham, John A., General, USA; Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, from 1983 until 1987
Wolfowitz, Paul, Director, Policy Planning, Department of State, from January 1981 until December 1982; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs from December 1982 until March 1986; United States Ambassador to Indonesia from April 1986

Zimmerman, Warren, Deputy Head of the Delegation, Office of Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms with the Soviet Union, Department of State, from May 1985

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