Office of the Historian

Persons

  • Abrams, Creighton W., General, USA, Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam until June 28, 1972; Chief of Staff, USA, from October 12
  • Askew, Laurin B., Office of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • Batitsky, Pavel, Marshal, chief of Soviet air defense forces
  • Bennett, Donald V., Lieutenant General, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Berger, Samuel D., Deputy U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam until March 1972
  • Binh, Nguyen Thi, see Nguyen Thi Binh
  • Bo, Mai Van, see Mai Van Bo
  • Brennan, Peter J., labor leader (President of New York City Building and Construction Trades Council and New York Building and Construction Trades Council) and Nixon supporter
  • Brezhnev, Leonid, General Secretary, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Bunker, Ellsworth, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam
  • Butterfield, Alexander P., Deputy Assistant to the President
  • Buzhardt, J. Fred, General Counsel, Department of Defense
  • Carver, George A., Jr., Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs to the Director for Central Intelligence
  • Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai), Premier, People’s Republic of China
  • Clarey, Bernard A. “Chick,” Admiral, USN, Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Command
  • Clay, Lucius D., General, USAF, Commander, Air Force, Pacific Command
  • Colby, William E., Executive Director–Comptroller, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Colson, Charles, Special Assistant to the President
  • Connally, John B., Jr., Secretary of the Treasury until June 12, 1972
  • Cooper, Damon W., Admiral, USN, Commander, (Carrier) Task Force 77
  • Christison, William, analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Dang Van Quang, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Military Assistant to President Thieu
  • DePuy, William E., Lieutenant General, USA, Assistant Vice Chief of the Army; from 1966 until 1967 commanded the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam
  • Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
  • Don, Tran Van, see Tran Van Don
  • Dong, Pham Van, see Pham Van Dong
  • Doolin, Dennis J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • Duong Van Minh (Big Minh), South Vietnamese General and political activist
  • Dzu, Ngo, see Ngo Dzu
  • Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., Executive Secretary of the Department of State
  • Emerson, David F., Rear Admiral, USN, Deputy Director of Planning, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
  • Ford, Gerald R., Republican Representative from Michigan
  • Freeman, Mason B., Rear Admiral, Acting Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from April 8 until June 11, 1972
  • Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas; Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
  • Garment, Leonard, Special Assistant to the President
  • Giap, Vo Nguyen, see Vo Nguyen Giap
  • Godley, G. McMurtrie, U.S. Ambassador to Laos
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Foreign Minister
  • Guay, Georges R., Colonel, USAF, Air Attaché in the U.S. Embassy in Paris, conduit for U.S. messages to North Vietnamese in Paris, also handled logistical arrangements for Kissinger and his party during negotiating trips to Paris
  • Haig, Alexander M., Jr., Brigadier General, USA, promoted to Major General, March 1, 1972, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Haldeman, H.R., Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff
  • Helms, Richard M., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party and President of the DRV until his death in 1969
  • Hoang Duc Nha, President Thieu’s press assistant, nephew, and confidant
  • Hoang Xuan Lam, General, ARVN, Commander (MR–1) until May 3, 1972
  • Holdridge, John H., member, National Security Council staff
  • Hollingsworth, James F., Major General, USA, Commander, Third Regional Assistance Command in MR–3
  • Horgan, John P., Deputy Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency, and Chairman, Psychological Pressure Operations Group
  • Howe, Jonathan, Lieutenant Commander, USN, member, National Security Council staff
  • Hubbard, Henry, White House correspondent, Newsweek
  • Johnson, Gerald W., Lieutenant General, USAF, Commander, 8th Air Force
  • Johnson, U. Alexis, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Karhos, Frederick E., Major General, USA, Director, Vietnam Task Force, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • Kennedy, Richard T., Colonel, USA, member, National Security Council planning staff
  • Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Knowles, Harold F., Brigadier General, USAF, Deputy Director for Operations (J–3), Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Knowles, Richard T., Lieutenant General, USA, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Kosygin, Alexei N., Chairman, Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
  • Kraft, Joseph, columnist, Field Newspapers Syndicate
  • Kraslow, David, Washington Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
  • Ky, Nguyen Cao, see Nguyen Cao Ky
  • Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of Defense
  • Lam, Hoang Xuan, see Hoang Xuan Lam
  • Lam, Pham Dang, see Pham Dang Lam
  • Lam, Tran Van, see Tran Van Lam
  • Latimer, Thomas, member, National Security Council staff
  • Le Duc Tho, Member of the Politburo of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Special Advisor to, and de facto head of, the DRV Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam
  • Lon Nol, Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic (Cambodia) and Minister of National Defense
  • Lord, Winston, member, National Security Council staff
  • Mack, William P., Vice Admiral, USN, Commander, 7th Fleet
  • Manor, LeRoy J., Brigadier General, USAF, Deputy Director for Operations/Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mansfield, Michael, Democratic Senator from Montana; Senate Majority Leader
  • McCain, John S., Jr., Admiral, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, until September 1, 1972
  • McCloskey, Robert J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Press Relations
  • McGovern, George S., Democratic Senator from South Dakota
  • McKee, Kinnaird R., Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Executive Panel, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
  • McNickle, Marvin L., Lieutenant General, USAF, Acting Commander, 7th Air Force, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from April 4, 1972
  • Meyer, John C., General, USAF, Commander, Strategic Air Command from May 1, 1972
  • Miller, Robert H., Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State
  • Minh, Duong Van, see Duong Van Minh
  • Minh, Nguyen Van, see Nguyen Van Minh
  • Mitchell, John N., Attorney General until March 1, 1972, afterwards head of the committee to re-elect President Nixon
  • Moorer, Thomas H., Admiral, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Murphy, Daniel J., Rear Admiral, USN, Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
  • Negroponte, John D., member, National Security Council staff
  • Nelson, William E., Chief, Far East Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Ngo Dzu, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Commander (MR–2) until May 10, 1972
  • Ngo Quang Truong, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Commander (MR–4) until May 3, 1972; Commander (MR–1) thereafter
  • Nguyen Cao Ky, Major General, VNAF, Vice President, Republic of Vietnam
  • Nguyen Co Thach, North Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Nguyen Duy Trinh, North Vietnamese Foreign Minister
  • Nguyen Thi Binh, (also known as Madame Binh) Foreign Minister, PRG, and the PRG’s representative to the Avenue Kléber talks
  • Nguyen Van Minh, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Commander (MR–3)
  • Nguyen Van Thieu, President of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
  • Nguyen Van Toan, Lieutenant General, ARVN, Commander (MR–2) from May 10, 1972
  • Nha, Hoang Duc, see Hoang Duc Nha
  • Nixon, Richard M., President of the United States
  • Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Pham Dang Lam, Ambassador, Head of Republic of Vietnam Delegation to Paris Peace Talks
  • Pham Van Dong, North Vietnamese Prime Minister
  • Polgar, Thomas, Special Assistant to the Ambassador in Saigon; Central Intelligence Agency Chief of Station in Saigon
  • Porter, William J., Chief, U.S. Delegation to Paris Peace Talks
  • Pringle, Donald B., Captain, USN, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations
  • Pursley, Robert E., Brigadier General, USAF, Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; promoted to Major General on February 1 and Lieutenant General on November 19
  • Quang, Dang Van, see Dang Van Quang
  • Rectanus, Earl F. “Rex,” Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Naval Intelligence Division
  • Robertson, Horace B., Rear Admiral, USN, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Navy Department
  • Rogers, William P., Secretary of State
  • Rosson, William B., General, USA, Commander, Pacific Command
  • Rush, Kenneth, Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 23, 1972
  • Scali, John, Special Consultant to the President (for public affairs)
  • Scott, Hugh, Republican Senator from Pennsylvania; Senate Minority Leader
  • Searles, DeWitt R., Major General, USAF, Deputy Commander 7/13th Air Force
  • Seignious, George M., Lieutenant General, USA, Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from June 12, 1972
  • Shakespeare, Frank, Director, U.S. Information Agency
  • Souvanna Phouma, Prince, Premier of Laos
  • Stearman, William L., member, Operations Staff, East Asia, National Security Council
  • Stennis, John C., Democratic Senator from Mississippi; Chairman, Committee on Armed Services
  • Stuart, Richard K., Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Sullivan, William H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Chairman, Interdepartmental Group on Vietnam
  • Swank, Emory C., U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia
  • Symington, W. Stuart, Democratic Senator from Missouri
  • Thach, Nguyen Co, see Nguyen Co Thach
  • Thieu, Nguyen Van, see Nguyen Van Thieu
  • Tho, Le Duc, see Le Duc Tho
  • Thuy, Xuan, see Xuan Thuy
  • Toan, Nguyen Van, see Nguyen Van Toan
  • Tran Van Don, prominent South Vietnamese political and military figure
  • Tran Van Lam, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister
  • Trinh, Nguyen Duy, see Nguyen Duy Trinh
  • Truong, Ngo Quang, see Ngo Quang Truong
  • Vang Pao, General, Royal Lao Armed Forces, Commander of Military Region Two, head of the Meo (Hmong) guerrilla forces
  • Vasey, Lloyd “Joe,” Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command, until July 20, 1972
  • Vogt, John W., Lieutenant General, USAF, until April 7, 1972, General from April 8; Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff until April 7; Commander, 7th Air Force, and Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from April 10
  • Vo Nguyen Giap, General, People’s Army of Vietnam, North Vietnamese Defense Minister
  • Walters, Vernon A., Lieutenant General, USA, Defense Attaché in the U.S. Embassy in Paris until March 1972; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May 2
  • Weiss, Cora, anti-war activist, wife of Peter Weiss
  • Weiss, Peter, anti-war activist, radical lawyer, husband of Cora Weiss
  • Weyand, Frederick C., General, USA, Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, until June 28, 1972; Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from June 29
  • Whitehouse, Charles W., Deputy U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam from March 1972
  • Xuan Thuy, Chief of the Delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Paris Peace Talks, usually referred to as Minister
  • Zais, Melvin, Lieutenant General, USA, Director for Operations (J–3), Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr., “Bud,” Admiral, USN, Chief of Naval Operations