List of Persons

Note: This list generally covers only the years 1958–1960. All titles and positions are American unless otherwise indicated. Where no dates are given, the person usually held the position throughout the period.

  • Abramov, Aleksandr N., Soviet Ambassador to Cambodia
  • Alphand, Hervé, French Ambassador to the United States
  • Amory, Robert, Jr., Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Anderson, Daniel V., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, from July 1959
  • Askew, Laurin B., Officer in Charge of Cambodia Affairs, Department of State
  • Bacon, Leonard L., Counselor of the Embassy in Laos until May 1959; thereafter Deputy Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Ballantyne, Robert J., Second Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in the United Kingdom from February 1958
  • Barre, Jean, adviser to Prince Norodom Sihanouk
  • Barrett, Robert S., Second Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Cambodia, February-November 1959
  • Bell, John O., Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security, Office of the Under Secretary of State, from December 1958
  • Berding, Andrew H., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • Boggs, Marion W., Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 1959
  • Bong Souvannavong, Lao Minister of Education, Public Health, and Cults, August 1958–January 1959; thereafter Minister of Telecommunications and Fine Arts
  • Boun Oum, Prince, Lao Secretary of State for National Defense, August 31–December 12, 1960; thereafter head of the Revolutionary Committee and Prime Minister of Laos (as recognized by the United States)
  • Brown, Brigadier General Rothwell, USA (ret.), Chief of the Programs Evaluation Office, Laos, 1958
  • Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador to India and Nepal
  • Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., USN, Chief of Naval Operations
  • Byrne, Patricia M., Officer in Charge of Laos Affairs, Department of State, until March 1958
  • Cabell, General Charles P., USAF, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Caccia, Sir Harold A., British Ambassador to the United States
  • Calhoun, John A., Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until February 19, 1958; thereafter Executive Secretary until September 4, 1960
  • Chase, Brigadier General Charles H., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Cambodia, 1959–1961
  • Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissmo, President of the Republic of China
  • Chou En-lai, Premier of the State Council and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China
  • Cleveland, Robert G., Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Colegrove, Albert M, journalist for Scripps-Howard Newspapers
  • Corcoran, Thomas J., Officer in Charge of Laos Affairs, Department of State, from March 1958; Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief, Pacific, from January 1960
  • Cordier, Andrew W., Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Couve de Murville, Maurice C., French Minister of Foreign Affairs after June 2, 1958
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to June 1958
  • Dap Chhuon (Chhuon Mochupich), General, FARK, Commander of Royal Cambodian Forces in Siem Riep and Kompong Thorn provinces until February 1959
  • Dardian, Jean H., Director General of Political and Economic Affairs, French Foreign Ministry, until April 1959
  • de Gaulle, General Charles, Prime Minister of France, June 1–December 21, 1958; thereafter President
  • de la Mare, Arthur J., Counselor of the British Embassy in Washington
  • Desai, Manilal Jagdish, Indian Commonwealth Secretary
  • Diefenbaker, John G., Prime Minister of Canada
  • Diem, see Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until June 30, 1958; Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, July 1, 1958–June 11, 1959; therafter Under Secretary of State
  • Draper, William H., Jr., Chairman of the President’s Committee To Study the U.S. Military Assistance Program
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State until April 22, 1959
  • Durbrow, Elbridge, Ambassador to Vietnam
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  • Eisenhower, Major (then Lieutenant Colonel) John S. D., USA, Assistant Staff Secretary to the President after October 1958
  • Erickson, Eldon B., Consul and Second Secretary of the Embassy in Laos until May 1958; thereafter Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Felt, Admiral Harry D., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, from July 31, 1958
  • FitzGerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Agency
  • Fitzgerald, Desmond, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Fromer, Julian P., First Secretary of the Embassy in Laos after March 22, 1959
  • Garcia, Carlos P., President of the Philippines
  • Gassouin, Oliver, French Ambassador to Laos until 1959
  • Gates, Thomas S., Jr., Secretary of the Navy until June 1959; Deputy Secretary of Defense, June 8–December 1, 1959; therafter Secretary of Defense
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council until July 1959
  • Goodpaster, Brigadier General Andrew J., Jr., USA, Staff Secretary to the President
  • Gorce, Pierre, French Ambassador to Cambodia
  • Guillaumat, Pierre, French Minister of Armed Forces, June 2, 1958–February 5, 1960
  • Gray, Gordon, Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization until July 1958; thereafter President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
  • Green, Marshall, Special Assistant for Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until July 1959; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, July–October 1959
  • Hagerty, James C., Press Spokesman to the President
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Hartshorn, Brigadier General Edwin S., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Cambodia
  • Hecksher, Henry D., First Secretary and Political Officer of the Embassy in Laos until January 1960
  • Heintges, Brigadier General John A., USA (ret.), Chief, Programs Evaluation Office, Laos, November 1958–1960
  • Herter, Christian A., Under Secretary of State until April 22, 1959; thereafter Secretary of State
  • Holt, John B., Counselor of the Embassy in Laos, January 1959–October 1960
  • Houghton, Amory, Ambassador to France
  • Irwin, John N., II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until September 26, 1958; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Jantzen, Robert J., First Secretary and Political Officer of the Embassy in Thailand
  • Jenkins, Alfred LeS., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, June 1958-August 1959; thereafter Regional Planning Advisor, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs
  • Johnson, Robert H., member of the National Security Council Staff
  • Johnson, U. Alexis, Ambassador to Thailand from January 30, 1958
  • Jorgenson, Gordon L., Attaché and Political Officer of the Embassy in Laos after February 3, 1960
  • Jones, Howard P., Ambassador to Indonesia from February 20, 1958
  • Joxe, Louis, Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry until January 15, 1960
  • Katay Don Sasorith, Lao Minister of Interior, Economy, and Social Welfare until August 1958; Vice Premier and Minister of Interior and National Defense, August 1958–January 1959; Vice Premier, Minister of Interior and Cults, January 1959–December 1959
  • Kaysone, Phomvihan, Pathet Lao leader
  • Kellogg, Edmund H., Counselor and Consul General of the Embassy in Cambodia until September 1959
  • Khamphan Panya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos, August 1958–January 1959; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education and Information, January 1959–January 1960; thereafter Foreign Minister
  • Khoman, see Thanat Khoman
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S., First Secretrary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958
  • Knight, Robert H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Kocher, Eric, Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, to January 1958; Director, January 1958–June 1959
  • Kong Le, Captain, ANL, Commander of the Second Paratroop Battalion, Lao National Army; Chief of the Revolutionary Command after August 9, 1960
  • Kou Abhay, Prime Minister of Laos, January–June 1960
  • Krebs, Max V., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State until June 1959; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • Lacey, Lieutenant Colonel Peter J., Jr., USA, Military Attaché in Laos until March 1959
  • Lansdale, Colonel Edward G., USAF, Secretary of Defense’s Deputy Assistant for Special Operations
  • Landy, Pierre, Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States until May 1959
  • Leaum Insisiengmay, see Thao Leaum Insisiengmay
  • Ledward, Richard T., Political Adviser to the Governor of Hong Kong
  • Lemnitzer, General Lyman L., USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army until July 1959; Chief of Staff, July 1959–September 1960
  • Lincoln, Anthony H., British Ambassador to Laos from March 1958
  • Lloyd, Selwyn, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until July 27, 1960
  • Lockhart, Frank P., Jr., Acting Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, from September 1959
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Lon Nol, Major General, FARK, Minister of Defense of Cambodia, January–April 1958 and after February 1959; concurrently Chief of Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
  • Lucet, Charles E., Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States until April 1959; therafter Director of Political Affairs and Central Administration, French Foreign Ministry
  • Magistretti, William L., Chief of the Division of Research and Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until August 1958
  • Malik, Yakov A., Soviet Ambassador to the United Kingdom until January 1960; thereafter Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Manac’h, Etienne M., Director of Cabinet of the Ministry of the French Foreign Ministry, August 1958–March 1960; thereafter Chief of Asian-Oceanic Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry
  • Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the People’s Republic of China through April 1958; Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Matlock, Clifford C., Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, from March 1958
  • McBride, Robert H., Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, from September 1958
  • McCone, John A., Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
  • McElroy, Neil H., Secretary of Defense until December 1959
  • Mendenhall, Joseph A., Officer in Charge of Vietnamese Affairs, Department of State, March 1958–July 1959; thereafter Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy in Vietnam
  • Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon, Prime Minister of Australia
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, November 18, 1958–August 20, 1959; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August 21–December 3, 1959; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Minnich, L. Arthur, Jr., Assistant Staff Secretary to the President to August 1960
  • Mladek, Jan, Special Consultant to the Department of State for Lao monetary matters
  • Moore, Charles R., Counselor of the Embassy in Cambodia from September 1959
  • Moyer, Raymond T., Regional Director for Far East, International Cooperation Administration, until August 1959
  • Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until August 10, 1959; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, August 13–December 3, 1959
  • Nash, Walter, Prime Minister of New Zealand to December 1960
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India and Minister of External Affairs
  • Nhiek Tioulong, General, FARK, Cambodian Minister of National Defense until February 1959; Prime Minister of Cambodia, April 1960
  • Nhouy Abhay, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Education and Fine Arts, January–June 1960
  • Nhu, see Ngo Dinh Nhu
  • Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of and Counselor to President Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Ngo Trong Hieu, Republic of Vietnam’s representative in Cambodia
  • Ngon Sananikone, Lao Minister of Defense, January–July 1958; Permanent Representative to the United Nations, August 1959–June 1960; Minister of Justice, Cults, Youth, and Sport, January–June 1960; Minister of Justice, June–August 1960
  • Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Secretary of State at the Presidency, Republic of Vietnam, 1958–September 1960; thereafter Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vice President of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • Nong Kimny, Cambodian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Norodom Sihanouk, Prince, leader of Sangkum (Popular Socialist Community); Prime Minister of Cambodia, July 1958–April 1960; thereafter Chief of State
  • Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia until April 1960
  • Nouphat Chounramany, Lao Secretary of State for National Economy until July 1958; Minister for Information and Social Affairs, January–June 1960
  • Ouan Ratrikoun, Brigadier General, ANL, Commander of the Royal Armed Forces of Laos, August 1959–November 1960; Secretary of State for Defense and Veterans Affairs, August–October 1960; thereafter member of the Savannakhet Revolutionary Committee
  • Oudone Sananikone, Lieutenant Colonel, ANL, Lao Secretary of State for Social Affairs, January–December 1959; Minister of Public Works, Plan, Transport and Telecommunications, January–June 1960
  • Palmer, Gardner E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs until November 1959
  • Parsons, J. Graham, Ambassador to Laos until February 8, 1958; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, February 1958–July 1, 1959; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia until July 1958; thereafter Ambassador to France
  • Peters, Richard B., Deputy Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief, Pacific, after September 1959; Regional Coordinator for the Far East, Office of Coordinator for Mutual Security, Department of State, from September 1960
  • Pho Proeung, Prime Minister of Cambodia from April 1960; also Minister of Interior and Culture
  • Phoui Sananikone, Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs until July 1958; Prime Minister and Minister of Planning, National Economy, Public Works, Posts, and Telecommunications, August 1958–December 1959
  • Phoumi Nosavan, Brigadier General, ANL, Lao Secretary of State for National Defense and Veterans Affairs, January–December 1959; Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs, January–August 1960; Vice Premier and Minister of the Interior, August–September 10, 1960; thereafter member of the Revolutionary Committee
  • Phoumi Vongvichit, Pathet Lao leader; Minister of Cults and Fine Arts until July 1958
  • Pignon, Leon, Director Political Affairs, Ministry of French Overseas Territories, through 1959
  • Pillai, Sir Narayana Raghaven, Secretary-General, Indian Ministry of External Affairs
  • Price, C. Hoyt, Officer in Charge of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Affairs, Department of State, until September 1958
  • Ratanov, Anatoly, Soviet Chargé d’Affaires in Laos, November 1960
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Counselor of the Department of State until February 1960
  • Richards, Arthur L., Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State, until July 1958
  • Riddleberger, James W., Director of the International Cooperation Administration from March 1959
  • Riley, Vice Admiral H. D., USN, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Pacific, from February 1958
  • Robbins, Captain B. A., Jr. USN, Regional Director, Far East, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Robertson, Walter S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until June 30, 1959
  • Saccio, Leonard J., General Counselor, International Cooperation Administration, until August 1958; Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Administration, August 1958–September 1960
  • Sam Sary, Cambodian Ambassador to the United Kingdom until June 1958; deputy leader of the Khmer Serei after February 1959
  • Savang Vatthana, Crown Prince of Laos until October 1959; thereafter King of Laos
  • Sarasin, see Pote Sarasin
  • Sarit Thanarat, Field Marshal, Royal Thai Army, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Thailand until February 1959; thereafter Prime Minister of Thailand and concurrently Acting Director General of Police
  • Scranton, William W., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • Seaton, Fred A., Secretary of the Interior
  • Selkirk, Earl of (George Nigel Douglas Hamilton), British Commissioner for Singapore after 1959 and Commissioner General for Southeast Asia from 1960
  • Selwyn Lloyd, see Lloyd
  • Sim Var, Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia until June 1958; thereafter Cambodian Ambassador to Japan
  • Sisco, Joseph J., Officer in Charge, United Nations Political Affairs, Department of State, until August 1958; thereafter Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs
  • Smith, Horace H., Ambassador to Laos, March 26, 1958–June 21, 1960
  • Smith, James H., Jr., Director of the International Cooperation Administration until January 31, 1959
  • Snow, William P., Ambassador to Burma from November 9, 1959
  • Somsanith, Lao Minister of Interior, January–June 1960; Prime Minister of Laos, June–August 1960
  • Son Ngoc Thanh, leader of the Khmer Serei (Free Khmers)
  • Son Sann, Cambodian Minister of Finance, January–April 1958; adviser, Ministry of Finance, April–July 1958; thereafter First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Southone, General, FAL, Chief of the Lao General Staff; Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, January–December 1959
  • Souphonouvong, Prince, leader of the Pathet Lao and Neo Lao Hat Xat; Minister of Planning, Reconstruction, and Urbanism until August 1958; under arrest after May 1959; escaped May 1960
  • Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Prime Minister of Laos until July 1958; Lao Ambassador to France until May 1960; President of the Lao National Assembly until August 1960; thereafter Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Defense
  • Souvannavong, Ourot R., Lao Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the United Nations until August 1959
  • Sprague, Mansfield D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until September 1958
  • Steeves, John M., Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief, Pacific, until March 1959; Consul General at Hong Kong and Macau, March–October 1959; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • Strom, Carl W., Ambassador to Cambodia until March 8, 1959
  • Stump, Admiral Felix B., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, to July 31, 1958
  • Thanat Khoman, Thai Ambassador to the United States, 1958–February 1959; thereafter Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Thao Leaum Insisiengmay, Lao Minister of Finance and Justice until July 1958; Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, August 1958–January 1959; thereafter Minister of Finance and Economy
  • Thuan, see Nguyen Dinh Thuan
  • Tobler, John H., Director of the U.S. Operations Mission in Laos after August 28, 1959
  • Trimble, William C., Ambassador to Cambodia from February 16, 1959
  • Twining, General Nathan F., USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to September 1960
  • Unger, Leonard, Counselor of the Embassy in Thailand
  • Usher, Richard E., Special Assistant for SEATO Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; thereafter Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
  • Wan Waithayakon, Prince, Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1958; Deputy Prime Minister from 1959
  • Warner, Frederick A., Head of the Southeast Asia Department, British Foreign Office
  • Weiss, Seymour W., Director for Military Assistance Coordination, Office of the Under Secretary of State, February 1958–September 1959; Senior Planning Officer, Military Assistance Coordination
  • Whittington, Floyd L., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, January–August 1958; thereafter Counselor for Economic Affairs of the Embassy in Thailand
  • Wilcox, Francis O., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Williams, General Samuel T., USA, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Republic of Vietnam, to September 1960
  • Wood, Chalmers B., Second Secretary of the Embassy in Vietnam until September 1959; thereafter Officer in Charge of Vietnam Affairs, Department if State