Persons
- Abbas, Abu (Muhammad Zaidan), founder of the Palestine Liberation Front, 1977; mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking, 1985
- Abdelghani, Mohamed, Algerian Prime Minister from March 8, 1979, until January 22, 1984
- Abramowitz, Morton, 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, from 1986 until 1989
- Al-Sabah, Jaber Al-Ahmad, Emir of Kuwait from 1977
- Allen, Richard V. “Dick”, President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 21, 1981, until January 4, 1982
- Anderson, G. Norman, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Tunis, from 1982 until 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan from August 12, 1986, until October 24, 1989
- Arafat, Yassir, Chairman, Palestine Liberation Organization
- Armacost, Michael H., UnderSecretary of State for Political Affairs from May 18, 1984 until March 2, 1989
- Armitage, Richard “Rich” or “Dick,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, from June 5, 1983, until June 5, 1989
- Assad (Asad), Hafez al-, President of Syria from March 14, 1971
- Babamine, Cheikh Sid Ahmed Ould, Mauritanian Foreign Minister from December 12, 1984
- Baccouche, Hédi, Tunisian Minister of Social Affairs, 1987; Tunisian Prime Minister from November 7, 1987, until September 27, 1989
- Baker, Howard, Senator (R-Tennessee) until 1985; Senator Majority Leader from January 3, 1981, until January 3, 1985; White House Chief of Staff from February 27, 1987, until July 3, 1988
- Baker, James A., III, White House Chief of Staff from January 20, 1981, until February 3, 1985; Secretary of the Treasury from February 4, 1985, until August 17, 1988
- Baldrige, Malcolm H. “Mac,” Secretary of Commerce from January 1981 until July 25, 1987
- Baly, Slaheddine, Tunisian Minister Defense from 1980 until 1988
- Bargach, M’hamed, Moroccan Ambassador to the United States from 1986 until 1989
- Basri, Driss, Moroccan Minister of the Interior from 1979
- Begin, Menachem, Israeli Prime Minister from June 21, 1977, until October 10, 1983
- Belkheir, Larbi, General and Head of the Algerian High Council for Security and Senior Adviser to President Bendjedid
- Beloucif, Mostafa, Algerian Defense Secretary General
- Ben Ali, Zine El Abdine, Tunisian Prime Minister from October 2, 1987, until November 7, 1987; President of Tunisia from November 7, 1987
- Ben Yahia, Habib, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States from 1981 until August 1988; Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister from August 1988
- Bendjedid, Chadli, President of Algeria from February 9, 1979
- Bengelloun, Ali, Moroccan Ambassador to the United States from 1977 until 1984
- Benouniche, Saadeddine, Director of Algeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Bensouda, Ahmed, Counselor-Advisor to King Hassan II of Morocco
- Berrada, Mohamed, Moroccan Minister of Finance from 1986
- Bessaih, Boualem, Algerian Minster of Foreign Affairs from 1988 until 1989
- Bishop, James K., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1981 until 1987
- Biwott, Nicholas, Kenyan Minister of State from 1979 until 1982
- Block, John R., Secretary of Agriculture from January 23, 1981, until February 14, 1986
- Bneijara, Sid Ahmed Ould, Mauritanian Prime Minister from December 12, 1980, until April 25, 1981
- Bongo Ondimba, El Hadj Omar, President of Gabon from 1967
- Borg, Parker, Director of the Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from 1979 until 1981; U.S. Ambassador to Mali from September 18, 1981, until July 8, 1984; Deputy Director of the Office of Combating Terrorism, Department of State, from 1984 until 1986
- Bosworth, Stephen, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia from March 27, 1979, until June 22, 1981
- Bouabid, Matti, Moroccan Prime Minister from March 22, 1979, until November 30, 1983
- Boucetta, Mohamed, Moroccan Foreign Minister from 1977 until 1983
- Boumédiène, Houari, President of Algeria from 1965 until 1978
- Bourguiba, Habib, President of Tunisia from 1957 until November 7, 1987
- Boverie, Richard, Major General, USA; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from June 1981 until June 1982
- Bremer, L. Paul “Jerry” III, Executive Secretary, Department of State, from February 2, 1981, until March 27, 1983; Ambassador to the Netherlands from August 31, 1983, until August 25, 1986; Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism from October 16, 1986, until May 25, 1989
- Bruce, Robert, Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- Burkhalter, E.A., Jr., Rear Admiral, USN; Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Burleigh, A. Peter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1987 until 1989
- Burns, William J., Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, from 1986 until 1988
- Bush, George H.W., Vice President of the United States from January 20, 1981, until January 20, 1989
- Carlucci, Frank Charles, III, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1978 until February 4, 1981; 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 23, 1987; Secretary of Defense from November 23, 1987, until January 20, 1989
- Carter, James Earl “Jimmy,” President of the United States from January 20, 1977, until January 20, 1981
- Casey, Mary Ann, Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in Tunis, from 1981 until 1984; Deputy Director, Office for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, Department of State, from 1984 until 1986; Director of North African Affairs, Department of State, from 1986 until 1989
- Casey, William J. “Bill,” Director of Central Intelligence from January 28, 1981, until May 6, 1987
- Chain, John T. “Jack,” General, USAF; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States Air Force, from 1981 until 1982; Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States Air Force, from 1982 until 1984; Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from 1984 until 1985; Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command, from 1986
- Cherkaoui, Mohamed, Moroccan Foreign Ministry State Secretary
- Cheysson, Claude, French Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 until 1984
- Chirac, Jacques, French Prime Minister from March 20, 1986, until May 10, 1988
- Christopher, Warren, Deputy Secretary of State from February 1977 until January 20, 1981
- Clark, William P. “Bill,” Jr. or “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
- Clarke, Walter, Director, Office of Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- Cohen, Herman J., Principal Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State from 1980 until 1984; Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa, National Security Council, from 1987 until 1989
- Coon, Carleton, Director, Office of North Africa, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until May 1981
- Courtemanche, Jack, Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady from February 1986 until January 20, 1989
- Covey, James P. “Jock,” Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1982 until 1984
- Crocker, Chester, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, from 1981 until 1989
- Curran, Robert “Tad,” Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Rabat, from 1981 until 1984
- Cutler, Walter, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia from March 2, 1982, until January 2, 1984
- Daddah, Abdallah Ould, Mauritanian Ambassador to the United States from 1980 until 1983
- Dam, Kenneth W., Deputy Secretary of State from September 23, 1982, until June 15, 1985
- Darman, Richard “Dick,” Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff from January 1981 until August 1981; Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff from September 1981 until February 1, 1985; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 until 1987
- De Marenches, Alexandre, Head of French Intelligence from 1970 until 1981
- Deaver, Michael K. “Mike,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff from January 20 1981, until May 1985
- Diallo, Issa, Senior Deputy to United Nations Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuellar
- Diouf, Abdou, President of Senegal from 1981; Chairman of the Organization of African Unity from July 18, 1985, until July 28, 1986
- Djerejian, Edward, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1986 until 1988
- Dlimi, Ahmed, Chief of Moroccan Security Services until 1983
- Dobriansky, Paula, Member, Office of Political Affairs, National Security Council, from 1981 until 1982; Deputy Director in the European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, from 1983 until 1987
- Dos Santos, José Eduardo, President of Angola from 1979
- Draper, Morris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, until 1983
- Duberstein, Kenneth “Ken,” Deputy White House Chief of Staff from February 27, 1987, until July 1, 1988; White House Chief of Staff from July 1, 1988, until January 20, 1989
- Duke, Angier, U.S. Ambassador to Morocco from December 20, 1979, until February 28, 1981
- Dur, Philip A., member, National Security Council Staff from 1982 until 1984; Deputy Director of NSC Political-Military Affairs Directorate from 1983 until 1984; Director of NSC Political-Military Affairs Directorate, 1984
- Eagleburger, Lawrence S. “Larry,” 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, until May 1, 1984
- Eanes, António Ramalho, President of Portugal until 1986
- Eastham, Alan, Special Assistant for Near East and South Asia, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, from 1987 until 1988
- Eckert, William “Bill,” Military Assistant to the Vice President from 1981 until 1984
- Edwards, James B., Secretary of Energy from January 23, 1981, until November 5, 1982
- Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States from January 20, 1953, until January 20, 1961
- Essebsi, Beji Caid, Tunisian Foreign Minister from April 15, 1981, until September 15, 1986
- Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1975 until 1982; King of Saudi Arabia from 1982
- Feldman, Harvey, Alternative U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1981 until 1986
- Filali, Abdellatif, Moroccan Foreign Minister from 1985
- Flaten, Robert, Director of the Office of North African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1981 until 1982
- Fortier, Donald, Deputy Director for Policy, Department of State, from 1981 until 1982; Director for Western Europe and NATO, National Security Council, from September 1982 until June 1983; Senior Director for Political-Military Affairs and Special Assistant to the President from June 1983 until December 1983; Deputy Assistant to the President from December 1983 until December 1985; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 10, 1985, until spring 1986
- Fraga Iribarne, Manuel, President of the People’s Alliance/People’s Party (Spain)
- Fuller, Craig, Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs from September 14, 1981, until December 31, 1984; Chief of Staff to the Vice President from 1985 until 1988
- Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Gnehm, Edward, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Near East and South Asia
- Goldberg, Sherwood “Woody,” Special Advisor to the Secretary of State from 1981 until 1982
- González Márquez, Felipe, Spanish Prime Minister from 1982
- Gorbachev, Mikhail S., General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, from 1985
- Green, Grant, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 1986 until 1987
- Gregg, Donald “Don,” member, National Security Council Staff until from 1979 until July 1982; Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from August 1982 to January 1989
- Gromyko, Andrei, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, until 1985
- Guédira, Ahmed Reda, Royal Counselor-Advisor to King Hassan II of Morocco
- Habib, Philip, President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East from 1981 until 1983
- Habré, Hissène, President of Chad from June 7, 1982
- Haidalla(h), Mohamed Khouna Ould, President of Mauritania from January 4, 1980, until December 12, 1984
- Haig, Alexander M., Jr., Secretary of State from January 22, 1981, until July 5, 1982
- Hassan II, King of Morocco from 1961
- Hawes, John, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from 1985 until 1987; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Rabat, from 1987 until 1989
- Hedda, Ali, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States
- Helm, Robert, Director of Defense Programs, National Security Council, from 1982 until 1984
- Hill, M. Charles, Executive Secretary of the Department of State from March 28, 1983, until January 1, 1985; Executive Aide to Secretary of State Shultz from 1985 until 1989
- Hodel, Donald P., Secretary of Energy, November 5, 1982, until February 7, 1985
- Holmes, H. Allen, Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs from July 19, 1985, to April 13, 1986; Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from April 14, 1985, to August 8, 1989
- Hussein bin Tal, King of Jordan from 1953
- Ibrahimi, Ahmed, Algerian Foreign Minister from 1982 until 1988
- Iklé, Fred C., Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from April 2, 1981, until January 17, 1988
- Jallud, Abdelassalam, Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
- Jobert, Michel, Minister of Foreign Trade of France from 1981 until 1983
- John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla), Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City
- Johnson, Susan, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Johnstone, L. Craig, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria from September 9, 1985, until July 10, 1988
- Jones, David C., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until June 1982
- Jorio, Maati, Moroccan Ambassador to the United States from 1984 until 1985
- Kampelman, Max, Counselor, Department of State, from 1987 until 1989
- Kaunda, Kenneth, President of Zambia; Chairman of the Organization of African Unity from July 27, 1987, until May 25, 1988
- Keel, Alton G., member, National Security Council Staff; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- Kemp, Geoffrey, Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council
- Kerroum, Nuruddin, Algerian Foreign Secretary
- Khashoggi, Adnan, Saudi businessman involved with Iran-Contra affair
- Khediri, El-Hadi, Algerian Minister of Interior
- Khellef, Abdelaziz, Commerce Minister and Special Emissary of Algeria
- Kimmitt, Robert M. “Bob,” member, National Security Council Staff, until 1983; Executive Secretary, National Security Council, from 1983 until 1985
- Kirby, Harmon E., Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Morocco, from 1984 until 1987
- Kirkpatrick, Jeane J., U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from February 4, 1981, until April 1, 1985
- Klibi, Chedli, Secretary General of the Arab League from 1979
- Kohl, Helmut, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 until 1988; Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1982
- Korn, David, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, from July 1982 until July 1985
- Lakehal-Ayat, Medjedoub (Madjdoub), Algerian Central Director of Military Security
- Lamrani, Mohammed Karim, Moroccan Prime Minister from November 30, 1983, until September 30, 1986
- Lantos, Tom, Congressman (D-California) and member of the House Foreign Relations Committee
- Larijani, Mohammad-Javad, Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ledsky, Nelson, Principal Deputy Director of Policy Planning, Department of State, from 1985 until 1986
- Levitsky, Melvyn, Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1987 until 1989
- Lilac, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1982 until 1983
- Mabrouk, Hedi, Tunisian Foreign Minister from 1986 until 1987
- Mack, David, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Tunis, from 1979 until 1982; Director, Office of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State from 1982 until 1985
- Malek, Redha, Algerian Ambassador to the United States; one of the main negotiators during the U.S. hostage crisis in 1980
- Mauroy, Pierre, French Prime Minister from 1981 until 1984
- McDaniel, Rodney, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from March 1985 until January 1986; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from January 29, 1986, until 1987
- McElhany, Samuel, Director, Executive Secretariat, Information Management Section, Department of State
- McFarlane, Robert C. “Bud,” Counselor to the Department of State from February 28, 1981, until April 4, 1982; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1982 until 1983; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from October 17, 1983, until December 4, 1985
- McKinley, Brunson, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1983 to 1986
- McMahon, John N., Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1982 until 1986
- McManaway, Clayton E., Jr., Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State, 1981 until September 1983
- McNeil, Francis J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from 1983 until February 1987
- Meese, Edwin “Ed,” III, Counselor to the President from January 1981 until January 1985; Attorney General of the United States from February 1985 until August 1988
- Menarchik, Douglas, Military Advisor to Vice President Bush
- Mengistu, Haile Miriam, Chairman of the Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia until 1987
- Mestiri, Mahmoud, Tunisian Foreign Minister from 1987 until 1988
- Minnih, Ahmed Ould, Mauritanian Foreign Minister from 1981 until December 1986; Chief of Staff, Army of Mauritania, from December 1986
- Mitterrand, Francois, President of France from 1981
- Moi, Daniel arap, President of Kenya from 1978
- Montgomery, Hugh, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October 19, 1981, to January 6, 1985
- Morton, Elaine, Member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from 1978 until July 1985; member of Crisis Management Center, National Security Council, from August 1985 until October 1986
- Mubarak, Hosni, President of Egypt from 1981
- Murphy, Richard W. “Dick,” Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from August 19, 1981, until August 21, 1983; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from October 27, 1983, until May 15, 1989
- Mzali, Mohamed, Tunisian Prime Minister from April 23, 1980, until July 8, 1986
- Nance, James W. “Bud,” Admiral, USN; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1981 until January 1982
- Nassif, Thomas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; U.S. Ambassador to Morocco from 1985 until 1988
- Newlin, Michael, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria from October 28, 1981, until July 21, 1985
- Nidal, Abu (Sabri Khalil al-Banna), Founder of The Fatah Revolutionary Council (Abu Nidal Organization), a splinter group of the Palestine Liberation Organization
- North, Oliver “Ollie,” Deputy Director of Political-Military Affairs, National Security Council from 1981 until 1986
- Oakley, Robert, Director of the Office for Combatting Terrorism, Department of State, from September 10, 1984, until October 12, 1986; Assistant to the President for Middle East and South Asia from January 1, 1987, until August 1988
- Onu, Peter, Acting Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity from 1983 until 1985
- Ouko, Robert, Kenyan Foreign Minister from 1979 until 1983 and from 1988
- Pearson, W. Robert, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1985 until 1987
- Peck, Edward, U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania from February 19, 1983, until July 7, 1985
- Pelletreau, Robert “Bob,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asia from 1980 until 1981 and from 1985 until 1987; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1983 until 1985; Ambassador to Tunisia from July 1, 1987
- Peres, Shimon, Prime Minister of Israel from 1984 until 1986
- Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier, Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982
- Perito, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff
- Platt, Nicholas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1981 until 1982; Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1985 until 1987
- Poindexter, John M., Rear Admiral, USN; Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1981 until 1983; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from October 17, 1983, until December 3, 1985; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 4, 1985, until November 25, 1986
- Powell, Colin, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from 1983 until 1986; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from December 1, 1986, until November 23, 1987; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from November 23, 1987, until January 20, 1989
- Qadhafi, Muammar, Leader of the Libyan Arab Republic
- Quinn, Kenneth, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State
- Raphel, Arnold “Arnie,” Deputy Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from June 1982 until 1984; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1984 until 1987; Director of the Libya Task Force, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan from May 4, 1987, until August 18, 1988
- Reagan, Ronald W., President of the United States from January 21, 1981, until January 20, 1989
- Reed, Joseph Verner, U.S. Ambassador to Morocco from November 7, 1981, until May 21, 1985
- Rentschler, James M., member, National Security Council Staff
- Ringdahl, Philip “Phil,” member, African Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, from 1984 until 1986
- Rixse, J. H. “Jay,” Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
- Roberts, Owen, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa from July 1980 until May 1982
- Robinson, Davis R., Legal Adviser of the Department of State, from 1981 until 1985
- Rodman, Peter W., Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State from 1984 until 1986; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1986 until 1987; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Counselor of the National Security Council from 1987
- Ross, Christopher W.S., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Algiers, from 1979 until 1981; Executive Assistant Secretary to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1985 until 1988; Ambassador to Algeria from September 20, 1988
- Saadi, Moussa, Moroccan Minister of Energy and Mines
- Sadat, Anwar, President of Egypt until October 6, 1981
- Sahbani, Taieb, Tunisian Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1986 until 1988
- Sahnoun, Mohamed, Algerian Ambassador to the United States from 1984 until 1989
- Salek, Ould, Polisario Representative to Algeria
- Savimbi, Jonas, founder of União Nacional para e Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence for Angola) or UNITA
- Schmidt, Helmut, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany until October 1, 1982
- Schneider, David, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1981 until 1985
- Schneider, William, Jr., Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget, from January 1981 to August 1982; Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology from September 1982
- Schrager, Stanley, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott from September 1980 until July 1982
- Schweitzer, Robert L., Brigadier General, USA; member, National Security Council Staff, from January until October 1981
- Sebastian, Peter, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Rabat, from 1980 until 1982; Director of the Office of North Africa Affairs, Department of State, from 1982 until 1984; U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia from July 3, 1984, until February 19, 1987
- Seitz, Raymond, G.H., Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State, from 1982 until 1984
- Sékou Touré, Ahmed, President of Guinea until March 26, 1984
- Sfar, Rachid, Tunisian Prime Minister from July, 1986, until October 2, 1987
- Shamir, Yitzhak, Israeli Prime Minister from October 10, 1983, until September 13, 1984, and from October 20, 1986
- Shoemaker, Christopher “Chris,” member, Defense Policy Directorate, National Security Council Staff, from 1981 until 1982
- Shultz, George P., Secretary of State from July 16, 1982, until January 20, 1989
- Solomon, Richard, Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from 1986 until 1989
- Speakes, Larry, White House Press Secretary from March 30, 1981, until February 1, 1987
- Stark, James, member, Political-Military Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, from 1985 until 1986
- Stevens, Paul Schott, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council from January 1987 until November 1987; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from November 1987 until January 20, 1989
- 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, Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 3, 1984, until April 22, 1989
- Tanter, Raymond, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1981 until 1982
- Taya, Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed, President of Mauritania from 1984
- Tazi, Abdelhaq, Moroccan Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Teicher, Howard, member, National Security Council Staff, from 1982 until 1983; Director of the Near East and South Asia Directorate, National Security Council, from 1983 until 1985; Senior Director, Political and Military Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, from 1985 until 1986
- Thatcher, Margaret, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979
- Tower, John, Senator (R-Texas) and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1981 until 1986
- Turayki (Treki), Ali Abdelssalem, Libyan Foreign Secretary from 1976 until 1982
- Tyson, Charles, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- Ussery, Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, from 1985 until 1988; Director, Libya Task Force, 1986; U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Morocco from December 22, 1988
- Veliotes, Nicholas A., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1981 until 1983; U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from October 7, 1983, until April 1, 1986
- Wallis, W. Allen, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1982 until 1985; Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs from 1985 until 1989
- Walters, Vernon A. “Dick,” U.S. Ambassador-at-Large from 1981 until 1989; U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations from 1985 until 1989
- Wayne, Earl Anthony, Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Haig and Shultz
- Weinberger, Caspar W. “Cap”, Secretary of Defense from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987
- 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 May 1983
- Wettering, Frederick “Fred,” member, Political Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, from 1981 until 1982; Director of African Affairs, National Security Council, from 1983 until 1984
- Wheeler, Michael O., Staff Secretary, National Security Council from 1982 until 1983
- Whitehead, John, Deputy Secretary of State from July 9, 1985, until January 20, 1989
- Wick, Charles Z., Director, United States Information Agency from 1981 until 1989
- Williams, James A., Lieutenant General, USA; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency from September 1981 until September 1985
- Wisner, Frank G., U.S. Ambassador to Zambia from August 28, 1979, until April 19, 1982; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1982 until 1986; Ambassador to Egypt from August 28, 1986
- Wolfowitz, Paul, Director of Policy Planning Staff from January 1981 until December 1982
- Woods, James “Jim,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs from 1986 until 1994
- Yaker, Layachi, Algerian Ambassador to the Soviet Union until 1982; Ambassador to the United States from 1982 until 1984
- Zweifel, David, Director, Office of North Africa, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1984 until 1987; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Yemen from October 24, 1981, until June 20, 1984