Office of the Historian

List of Persons

Editor’s Note: The identification of persons in this list is limited to circumstances and positions relevant to the events documented in this volume. All titles and positions are American unless otherwise indicated.

In this and in other editorial material throughout the volume, everyeffort has been made to provide recognizable and consistent transliterations of names of individuals from countries using non-Roman alphabets. Thetransliterations adopted for proper names were those commonly used by the Department of State at the time, or in documents or official publications of the countries concerned.

  • Abdul Ilah, Crown Prince of Iraq
  • Abdullah, King, late King of Jordan, assassinated July 20, 1951
  • Abu al-Huda, Tawfiq, Jordanian Prime Minister until May 30, 1955
  • Ala, Hosein (Hussein), Iranian Minister of the Court until April 8, 1955; Prime Minister, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957
  • Alam, Asadullah, Iranian Minister of the Interior, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957
  • Aldrich, Winthrop W., Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February 1, 1957
  • Ali, Mohammed, Pakistani Prime Minister and Foreign Minister until August 12, 1955; thereafter Head of the Pakistani Delegation at the United Nations, Ambassador to the United Statesand Mexico; also Minister to Cuba from November 8, 1955
  • Allen, Francis O., Officer in Charge of Syria–Lebanon Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until September 11, 1955
  • Allen, George V., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs,January 24, 1955–July 26, 1956; Ambassador to Greece, October 12, 1956–November 13, 1957; Director of the United States Information Agencyfrom November 15, 1957
  • Alphand, Hervé, Representativeof France at the United Nations until August 24, 1956; Ambassador to the United States from September 10, 1956
  • Amini, Ali, Iranian Ambassadorto the United States from January 24, 1956
  • Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 2, 1955–September 1, 1956; White House Consultant from June 29, 1957
  • Anderson, Robert B., Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 4, 1955; Special Emissary for the President to the Middle East, January–March 1956, and again in August 1956;Secretary of the Treasury from July 29, 1957
  • Ardalan, Ail Qoli, Iranian Foreign Minister from December 27, 1955
  • Arif, General Rafiq, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces
  • Armour, Norman, Sr., Consultant to the Senate Special Committee Studying the Mutual Security Program (part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) from October 1956
  • Armstrong, William P., Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until June 16, 1957
  • Armstrong, Willis C., Deputy Director, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State,January 15, 1955–June 1, 1957; Director, Office of International Resources,June 1–August 6, 1957; thereafter Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Statefor Economic Affairs
  • al-Asali, Sabri, Syrian Prime Minister, February 13–September 13, 1955, and again from June 14, 1956;Minister of the Interior, February 13–September 13, 1955, and again from January 2, 1957
  • al-Atasi, Fayid, Syrian Foreign Minister until February 13, 1955
  • Austin, Vice Admiral BernardL., USN, Director of the Joint Staff Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from March 15, 1956
  • Ayub Khan, General Mohammed,Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Army, Minister of Defense until August 12, 1955
  • al-Azm, Khalid Pasha, Syrian Foreign Minister, February 13–September 13, 1955
  • Azzam Pasha, Abdel (Abdul)Rahman, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the League of Arab States, also Secretary General, until 1953
  • al-Badr ben Ahmad, Crown Prince Muhammed, Crown Prince of Yemen and Foreign Minister from August 31, 1955
  • Bailey, Ronald W., First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States until October 25, 1957
  • Bakhtiar, General Taymur, Iranian Military Governor of Tehran until April 1957
  • Barbour, Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until November 20, 1955; Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom, November 20, 1955–February 23, 1956; thereafter Minister-Counselor
  • Barnes, Robert G., Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, June 12–August 1, 1955; Director, August 1, 1955–March 11, 1956; thereafter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
  • Bashayan, Burhan al-Din, Iraqi Foreign Minister, May 8, 1955–June 20, 1957, and again from December 15, 1957
  • Baxter, William O., Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until August 26, 1956; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Israel
  • Bayar, Celal, President of Turkey
  • Beale, W.T.M., Jr., Officerin Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, until July 3, 1955; Deputy Director, July 3, 1955–September 30, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • Becker, Loftus E., Legal Adviser of the Department of State from June 13, 1957
  • Beckner, Earl R., Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Staff, Department of State, until January 29, 1956; Associate Chief of the Fuels Division, January 29–May 20, 1956; thereafter Chief
  • Beeley, Harold, Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States until May 19, 1955; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, May 19, 1955–June 1956; thereafter Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office
  • Ben Gurion, David, Israeli Minister of Defense from February 17, 1955; also Prime Minister from November 3, 1955
  • Ben Halim,see Halim Sayyid Mustafa Ben
  • Bennett, W. Tapley, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State, August 9, 1955–September 8, 1957
  • Bennsky, George M., Jr., Department of the Treasury Representative in the Middle East until August 12, 1956; thereafter Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Bergus, Donald C., Officer in Charge of Israel–Jordan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Bernau, Phyllis D., Personal Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles
  • Berry, J. Lampton, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, October 21, 1955–August 30, 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
  • Birgi, Nuri (Nuri-Birgi, M.), Secretary General of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs until June 1957; Ambassador to the United Kingdom from June 1957
  • Bishop, Frederick A., Principal Private Secretary to British Prime Minister Eden from 1956
  • Bitar, Salah al-Din, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 14, 1956
  • Black, Eugene R., President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Bliss, Don C., Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, February 13, 1955–June 22, 1957; thereafter Ambassador to Ethiopia
  • Boggs, Marion W., Coordinator, National Security Council Board of Assistants until 1957; Director of the National Security Council Secretariat from 1957
  • Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassadorto the Soviet Union until April 18, 1957; Ambassador to the Philippines from June 4, 1957
  • Boone, Admiral Walter F.,USN, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, after May 1, 1956
  • Bourguiba, Habib, Tunisian Prime Minister from April 14, 1956; President from July 1957
  • Bowie, Robert R., Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until October 18, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 10, 1955–October 18, 1957; Department of State member of the National Security Council Planning Board, August 28, 1955–October 18, 1957
  • Brand, Vincent, Member of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank
  • Brook, Sir Norman, Secretary to the British Cabinet; Joint Secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service from 1956
  • Brosio, Manlio, Italian Ambassador to the United States from February 3, 1955
  • Bulganin, Nikolai A., Soviet Minister of Defense until February 1955; Chairman, Council of Ministers, Presidium Member of the Soviet Communist Party, and Head of Government
  • Burdett, William C., Officerin Charge of Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until October 9, 1955; Deputy Director, Officeof Near Eastern Affairs, October 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; Special Assistantto the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 7, 1956–August 11, 1957; Acting Deputy Director, Office of Near “Eastern Affairs”, August 11–November 3, 1957
  • Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., USN, Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after August 1955
  • Burns, Robert L., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, from April 11, 1955
  • Byroade, Henry A., Ambassadorto Egypt, March 10, 1955–September 10, 1956; Ambassador to the Union of South Africa from October 9, 1956
  • Cabell, Lieutenant General CharlesP., USAF, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Caccia, Sir Harold, British Ambassador to the United States from November 9, 1956
  • Carney, Admiral Robert B., USN, Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 17, 1955
  • Cassady, Admiral John H., USN, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, until May 1, 1956
  • Cassilly, Thomas A., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran, August 11, 1956–April 21, 1957;thereafter Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon
  • Chapin, Selden, Ambassador to Panama until May 29, 1955; Ambassador to Iran from July 19, 1955
  • Clock, Philip, First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran, July 25, 1955–August 25, 1957
  • Cook, General Orval R.,USAF, Deputy Commander in Chief of the United States European Command
  • Corbett, Jack C., Director, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • Cottman, James S., Jr., Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until autumn 1956; Special Assistant to the Counselor of the Department of State, autumn 1956–October 1957
  • Coulson, Sir John E., Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from October 27, 1955
  • Crowl, R. Bernard, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until December 30, 1955; thereafter First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran
  • Cumming, Hugh S., Jr., Ambassador to Indonesia until March 3, 1957; Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, May 5–October 10, 1957; thereafterDirector, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • Cutler, Robert, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Chairman of the National Security Council Planning Board, and member of the Operations Coordinating Board and the Council on Foreign Economic Policy until 1955 andagain from 1957
  • Dabney, Major General John A., USA, Director, Military Assistance Division, Headquarters of the U.S. European Command, until June 1957
  • al-Daftari, Ali Mumtaz, Iraqi Director General of Communications and Works until June 20, 1957; Minister of Finance and Acting Foreign Minister, June 20–December 15, 1957
  • Daghestani, Major General Ghazi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army for Operations and Intelligence
  • Davis, Vice Admiral Arthur C., USN, Director, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, April 1–October 1, 1955
  • Dean, Sir Patrick Henry, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until August 29, 1956; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • Dickson, Air Marshal Sir William, Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chairman of the British Chiefs of Staff Committee from October 25, 1955
  • Dillon, C. Douglas, Ambassadorto France until January 28, 1957; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from March 15, 1957
  • Dixon, Ben F., Acting Politico-Military Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, until August 26, 1956
  • Dorman, John, Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after August 28, 1957
  • Duke, Sir Charles Beresford, British Ambassador to Jordan
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State
  • Eakens, Robert H.S., Chief of the Fuels Division, Department of State, January 15, 1955–April 8, 1956
  • Eban, Abba, Israeli Ambassadorto the United States and Permanent Representative at the United Nations
  • Ebtehaj, Abol Hasan(Abolhassan), Managing Director of the Iranian Plan Organization
  • Eddleman, Lieutenant General Clyde D., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, October 10, 1955–January 3, 1956; thereafter Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, Army Staff
  • Eden, Sir Anthony, British Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister until April 6, 1955; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, April 6, 1955–January 10, 1957
  • Eilts, Hermann F., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iraq until January 27, 1957; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, January 27–November 3, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of Baghdad Pact and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Affairs
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D.,President of the United States
  • Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 14, 1957;thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Entezam, Abdullah, Iranian Foreign Minister until December 27, 1955; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio, December 27, 1955–April 4, 1957
  • Eqbal, Dr. Manoutchehr, Iranian Minister of Court, April 8, 1955–April 4, 1957; thereafter Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior
  • Esenbel, Melih, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1956; First Assistant Secretary General, 1956; Secretary General from 1956
  • Faisal ibn al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahmanal-Faisal al Saud, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister
  • Faisal II, King of Iraq
  • Fawzi, Mahmoud, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman of the Egyptian Delegation at the United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly
  • Felt, Admiral Harry D., Vice Chief of Naval Operations after August 1956
  • Finn, Richard B., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs after February 26, 1956
  • Fitz Gerald, Dennis A., Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until February 1957
  • Frechtling, Louis E., Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • Fritzlan, A. David, Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula and Iraqi Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until August 14, 1955; Counselor of the Embassy in Iraq after July 1, 1956
  • Fulbright, J. William, Democratic Senator from Arkansas, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Gallman, Waldemar J., Ambassador to Iraq
  • Gardener, Sir Alfred John,British Ambassador to Syria until March 31, 1957
  • Garran, Isham Peter, Commercial Minister of the British Embassy in the United States from January 7, 1955
  • George, Walter F., Democratic Senator from Georgia until January 3, 1957; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, until January 3, 1957; Special Ambassador to NATO, January 3 until his death on August 4, 1957
  • Geren, Paul F., Counselor of the Embassy in Jordan until November 14, 1955; Officer in Charge of Egyptand Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, November 15, 1955–summer 1956
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Glubb, Lieutenant General Sir John Bagot, British Chief of the General Staff of the Arab Legion in Jordan until March 2, 1956
  • Goodpaster, Brigadier General Andrew J., USA, Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to the President
  • Gordon, Robert L., Assistant Attaché of the Embassy in Iraq, March 10, 1955–December 1, 1956; thereafter Vice Consul at Kuwait
  • Gordon, Thomas S., Democratic Representative from Illinois, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committeeuntil 1957, Chairman from 1957
  • Gork, Haydar, Turkish Ambassador to the United States, June 21, 1955–September 7, 1957
  • Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 14, 1955–February 27, 1957; Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, from March 14, 1957
  • Green, Theodore F., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from January 3, 1957
  • Greene, Joseph N., Jr., Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, September 9, 1956–October 21, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • Gregory, Clark S., Director, Foreign Operations Administration Mission in Jordan until March 27, 1955;thereafter Director, United States Operations Mission in Iran
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until February 14, 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister
  • Gruenther, General Alfred M., USA, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO until November 1956
  • Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President
  • Halim, Sayyid Mustafa Ben, Libyan Prime Minister until May 26, 1957
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Hannah, Norman B., Second Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iran until May 15, 1955; Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, May 15, 1955–March 10, 1957; thereafter Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • Hannah, Colonel Thomas R., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iraq until August 1957
  • Harding, Field Marshal Sir John, Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Army until 1955
  • Hardy, Porter, Jr., Democratic Representative from Virginia, Head of the House Subcommittee on International Operations
  • Hare, Raymond A., Ambassadorto Egypt from September 25, 1956
  • Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President
  • Hart, Parker T., Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until June 30, 1955; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt
  • Hawrani, Akram, President of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies from October 1957
  • Heath, Donald B., Ambassadorto Lebanon from March 9, 1955
  • Henderson, Loy W., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration from January 26, 1955
  • Hensel, H. Struve, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until June 30, 1955
  • Herter, Christian A., Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 14–February 21, 1957;thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Hildreth, Horace A., Ambassador to Pakistan until May 1, 1957
  • Hollister, John B., Consultantto the Secretary of State, May 2–July 1, 1955; Director of the International Cooperation Administration, July 1, 1955–September 15, 1957
  • Holman, Eugene, Director, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
  • Home, Lord, British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations after April 1955
  • Hood, Viscount Samuel, Minister of the British Embassy in the United States after September 1957
  • Hooper, Robin William John, Counselor of the British Embassy in Iraq until January 1957
  • Hoover, Herbert, Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 21, 1957
  • Howe, Fisher, Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until March 12, 1956;thereafter Director of the Executive Secretariat
  • Hoyer Millar, Sir Frederick R., British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after February 4, 1957
  • Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury
  • Hussein, Ahmad, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
  • Hussein, King of Jordan
  • Jamali, Muhammed Fadil, former Iraqi Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
  • Jawdat, al-Ayyubi, Iraqi Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, June 20–December 15, 1957
  • Jennings, Brewster, Chairman of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
  • Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until October 9, 1955
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., Democratic Senator from Texas, Senate Majority Leader from January 3, 1955
  • Johnston, Eric, Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board, Foreign Operations Administration(International Cooperation Administration from 1956)
  • Jones, G. Lewis, Jr., Counselor of the Embassy in Egypt until June 27, 1955; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, June 27–November 9, 1955; Minister-Counselor, November 9, 1955–July 27, 1956; Ambassador to Tunisia from October 4, 1956
  • Jones, John Wesley, Director, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Jones, Owen T., Counselor of the Embassy in Turkey until August 31, 1956; thereafter Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
  • Kalijarvi, Thorsten V., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until March 14, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March 15–September 26, 1957; Ambassador to El Salvador from December 16, 1957
  • Karamanlis, Constantine, Greek Prime Minister from October 1955; also Minister of Defense, October 1955–February 1956
  • Kelley, Thomas R., Washington Representative of the Socony-Vacuum OilCompany, February 9–October 20, 1955; thereafter Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
  • Kennedy, Donald D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, after November 12, 1957
  • Kerr, Peyton, Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, September 11, 1955–August 11, 1957
  • al-Khalidi, Awni, Representative of Iraq at the United Nations until December 1955; thereafter Secretary General of the Baghdad Pact Organization
  • Khalil, Hashim, Counselor of the Iraqi Embassy in the United States
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S.,Secretary General of the Central Commitee of the Soviet Communist Party
  • al-Khuri (Khouri), Faris,Syrian Prime Minister until February 13, 1955; member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations
  • Kirk, Roger, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until May 5, 1957
  • Kitchen, Jeffrey C., Deputy Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1956
  • Knowland, William F.,Republican Senator from California, Senate Minority Leader, and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Kohler, Foy D., Counselor of the Embassy in Turkey until November 9, 1955–October 7, 1956; thereafterdetailed to the International Cooperation Administration
  • Koprulu, Mehmet Fuat, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs until April 15, 1955; Minister of State, April 15–December 9, 1955; Minster of Foreign Affairs, December 9, 1955–June 20, 1956
  • Langley, James, Ambassador to Pakistan from July 27, 1957
  • Laskey, Denis S., Head of the Economic Relaations Department, British Foreign Office, from May 9, 1955;Counselor of the Foreign Office; Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Lloyd from 1956
  • Lathram, L. Wade, Politico-Economic Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, July 31, 1955–October 6, 1957; thereafter Director, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian and Regional Affairs
  • Lavrentyev, Anatoliy I., Soviet Ambassador to Iran until 1956
  • Lawson, Edward B., Ambassadorto Israel
  • Lay, James S., Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Leary, Colonel Byron V., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization until November 1956; thereafter Acting Chief of Staff
  • Leonhart, William, member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from January 17, 1955;Department of State Assistant, National Security Council Planning Board, from October 1, 1956; Department of State Representative from February 20, 1957
  • Lloyd, Selwyn, British Minister of Supply until April 1955; Minister of Defense, April–December 1955;Foreign Secretary from December 12, 1955
  • Luce, Clare Boothe, Ambassadorto Italy until December 27, 1956
  • Lucet, Charles E., Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States from June 1955
  • MacArthur, Douglas, II, Counselor of the Department of State until November 24, 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 25, 1957
  • Macmillan, Harold S., British Minister of Defense until April 6, 1955; Foreign Secretary, April 6–December 20, 1955; Chancellor of the Exchequer, December 20, 1955–January 10, 1957;thereafter Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
  • Macomber, William B., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January 10–November 16, 1955;Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 16, 1955–August 15, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for CongressionalRelations
  • Mahdi, Saleh, Counselor of the Iraqi Embassy in the United States from November 1956
  • al-Majali, Haza, Jordanian Prime Minister, December 15–20, 1955
  • Makins, Sir Roger M., British Ambassador to the United States until November 15, 1956
  • Malik, Dr. Charles, Lebanese Ambassador to the United States until October 1955; Representative at the United Nations, 1956–1957; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education from November 19, 1956
  • Mallory, Lester D., Ambassadorto Jordan
  • Mann, Thomas C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from September 30, 1957
  • Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana, Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Majority Whip from January 3, 1957
  • Martin, Joseph W., Jr., Republican Representative from Massachusetts; House Minority Leader
  • Mathews, Elbert G., member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, March 13, 1955–November 13, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • Matlock, Clifford C., Special Assistant to the Ambassador in Iran until May 5, 1957; First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Iran, March 28, 1955–May 5, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Mc Cardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until March 1, 1957
  • McCaul, Lieutenant General Verne J., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1957
  • Mc Clanahan, Grant V., Consulat Dhahran until June 15, 1957; thereafter First Secretary of the Embassy inthe United Kingdom
  • Mc Cormack, John W., Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, House Majority Leader
  • Meir, Golda, Israeli Minister of Labor until June 1956; Foreign Minister from June 18, 1956
  • Memminger, Robert B., Special Assistant for Baghdad Pact Affairs, July 1, 1956–April 21, 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Iraq
  • Menderes, Adnan, Turkish Prime Minister
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 7, 1956;Ambassador to Canada from May 23, 1956
  • Metzger, Stanley D., Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • Minnich, L. Arthur, Assistant Staff Secretary to the President
  • Mirza, Major General Iskander, Governor General of Pakistan, August 7, 1955–March 23, 1956; thereafter President of Pakistan
  • Mollet, Guy, French Prime Minister, January 31, 1956–June 11, 1957
  • Molotov, Vyacheslav M., Soviet Foreign Minister until June 1, 1956; Chairman of the Soviet Delegation atthe United Nations and Representative at the General Assembly, 1955
  • Monckton of Benchley, Viscount (Walter T. Monckton), British Minister of Defense, December 1955–October 1956
  • Moose, James S., Jr., Ambassador to Syria until June 30, 1957
  • Morgan, Thomas E., Democratic Representative from Pennsylvania, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Morris, Brewster H., Political Counselor of the Embassy in the United Kingdom after January 27, 1957
  • Morris, Willie, First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States from August 1, 1955
  • Mossadeq, Mohammad, former Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Iran
  • Mouser, Grant E., III, Second Secretary of the Embassy in Iran, February 9–August 12, 1956; Reportsand Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, August 12, 1956–March 1, 1957; thereafter Acting Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs
  • Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Nasser (Nasr, Nassir), Gamal Abd’al, Egyptian Head of Government; President and Head of State from June 24, 1956
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Indian Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs
  • Newsom, David D., Second Secretary and Consul of the Embassy in Iraq and Public Affairs Officer of the United States Information Agency Mission until June 27, 1955; thereafter Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula-Iraq Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairsuntil September 25, 1955; United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations (USRO) at Paris, from September 25, 1955; also Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council and Deputy Chief of USRO from October 6, 1957
  • Noon, Malik Firoz Khan, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs, September 12, 1956–October 24, 1957;Minister of Defense from December 16, 1957
  • Ogburn, Charlton, Jr., Chief, Research Division for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Bureauof Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until spring 1957
  • Page, Howard, Director, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
  • Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shahof Iran
  • Pate, General Randolph M., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps until January 1, 1956; thereafter Commandant
  • Pella, Giuseppe, Italian Foreign Minister from May 20, 1957
  • Perkins, George W., Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, March 15, 1955–October 12, 1957
  • Persons, Major General Wilton B., USA, Deputy Assistant to the President
  • Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State until April 1, 1957
  • Pineau, Christian, French Foreign Minister from February 1, 1956; President of the French Delegationsat the United Nations, 1956 and 1957
  • Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 7, 1955–November 11, 1956
  • Quarles, Donald, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Development until August 14, 1955; Secretary of the Air Force, August 15, 1955–April 30, 1957; DeputySecretary of Defense from May 1, 1957
  • al-Quwatli (Quwaitli, Quwatly, Kuwatly), Shukri, President of Syria from August 18, 1955
  • Radford, Admiral Arthur W., USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 14, 1957
  • Randall, Colonel (Brigadier General in 1957) Carey A., USMC, Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Armed Forces Policy Council
  • Raymond, John M., Acting Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, spring 1956–April 1, 1957;thereafter Deputy Legal Adviser; also Acting Legal Adviser, April 3–June 12, 1957
  • Reinhardt, G. Frederick, Counselor of the Department of State from March 17, 1957
  • Riad, General Mahmoud, Egyptian Ambassador to Syria
  • Richards, Arthur L, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State, after January 15, 1956
  • Richards, James P., Democratic Representative from South Carolina; Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee until January 3, 1957; Special Envoy of the President to the Middle East, March–May 1957
  • Robertson, Reuben B., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense, August 5, 1955–April 25, 1957
  • Robertson, Walter S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • Rockwell, Stuart W., Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 1, 1956–August 11, 1957; thereafter Director
  • Rose, Michael, Head of the Levant Department, British Foreign Office, from January 17, 1955
  • Rountree, William M., Counselor of the Embassy in Iran with personal rank of Minister until October 9, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, October 9, 1955–July 26, 1956; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
  • Rowan, Sir (Thomas) Leslie, Alternate Governor, Board of Governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation
  • Russell, Francis H., Counselorof the Embassy in Israel until May 17, 1955; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, May 17–September 25, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, September 25, 1955–October 7, 1956; Ambassador to New Zealand from June 7, 1957
  • al-Said, General Nuri Pasha, Iraqi Prime Minister and Minister of Defense until June 20, 1957
  • Samuel, Ian, Head of the Security Department, British Foreign Office, from July 30, 1956
  • Saud, ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
  • Scott, Walter K., Director of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, until August 1, 1955;thereafter detailed to the International Cooperation Administration
  • Seager, Cedric, Deputy Regional Director for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Operations, Foreign Operations Administration, until May 1, 1955; Regional Director, May 1, 1955–October 8, 1956 (International Cooperation Administration after July 1, 1955); Regional Director for Near Eastern and South Asian Operations, October 8, 1956–August 15, 1957
  • al-Shabandar, Moussa, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States; also Foreign Minister until May 8, 1955
  • Sharett, Moshe, Israeli Prime Minister until November 2, 1955; also Foreign Minister until June 16, 1956
  • Shaw, John F., Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–new September 23, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs
  • Shuckburgh, Evelyn, Assistant Under Secretary of State, British Foreign Office, until June 25, 1956
  • Shuqayr, General Shawkat, Syrian Chief of Staff until July 8, 1956
  • Sisco, Joseph J., Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, May 22, 1955–July 1, 1956; Officer in Charge of General Assembly and Security Council Affairs, July 1, 1956–January 27, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of United Nations Political and Security Affairs
  • Smith, Gerard C., Consultantto the Secretary of State until January 1, 1956; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Matters, January 1, 1956–October 18, 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • Smith, H. Alexander, Republican Senator from New Jersey, member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Smith, Harry L., Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, after February 12, 1956
  • Smith, James H., Jr., Director of the International Cooperation Administration from September 15, 1957
  • Sprague, Mansfield D., General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1956–1957
  • Staats, Elmer B., Executive Officer of the Operations Coordinating Board
  • Stabler, Wells, Officer in Charge of Egyptian-Sudan Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after April 21, 1957
  • Stassen, Harold E., Special Assistant to the President from March 22, 1955; Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and Chairman of the Foreign Operations Council, Foreign Operations Administration, until June 30, 1955; also member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1955
  • Stelle, Charles C., member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until August 26, 1956; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 26, 1956–August 25, 1957; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Iran
  • Stevens, Eli, Politico-Military Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, from August 8, 1955
  • Stevens, Francis B., Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, September 23, 1956–July 28, 1957
  • Stevens, Sir Roger Bentham, British Ambassador to Iran
  • Sturgill, Robert G., Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • Stutesman, John H., Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until August 1, 1955
  • Suhrawardy, Hussain, Pakistani Minister of Law until 1955; Prime Minister from September 1956
  • Suwaydi, Tawfiq, former Prime Minister of Iraq
  • Swihart, James W., First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army, from June 30, 1955
  • Templer, General Sir Gerald, Chief of the British Imperial Staff
  • Thacher, Nicholas G., First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Iraq after September 23, 1956
  • Timmons, Benson E. L., Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State, after September 13, 1955
  • Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, British Ambassador to Egypt from August 1955
  • Twining, General Nathan F., USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 30, 1957; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 15, 1957
  • Urgupulu, Ali Suat Fuat Hayri, Turkish Ambassador to the United States from September 7, 1957
  • Van Dusen, William, Fuels Division, Department of State
  • Voroshilov, Kimet Yefremovich, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  • Wadsworth, George E., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
  • Waggoner, Edward L., Consul at Izmir until July 8, 1955; First Secretary-Consul of the Embassy in Syria, July 18, 1955–August 12, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Lebanon-Syria Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Wallner, Woodruff, Counselor of the Embassy in France and Political Adviser to the European Command at Paris until April 7, 1957
  • Walmsley, Walter N., Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union until October 8, 1956; thereafer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Warren, Avra M., Ambassador to Turkey until February 17, 1956
  • White, General Thomas D., USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force until June 1957; Chief of Staff from July 1, 1957
  • Whitney, John Hay, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from February 28, 1957
  • Wilcox, Francis O., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs after September 6, 1955
  • Wiley, Alexander, Republican Senator from Wisconsin, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Commitee
  • Wilkins, Fraser, Director, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, July 3, 1955–July 28, 1957; Counselor of the Embassy in Iran, July 28–September 16, 1957; thereafter Minister-Counselor
  • Williams, Murat W., Deputy Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, after July 29, 1956
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense until October 8, 1957
  • Wilson, Evan M., First Secretary-Consul General of the Embassy in the United Kingdom until September 1957
  • Withers, Charles D., Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State, March 13, 1955–November 1956; Deputy Director, November 1956–August 25, 1957
  • Wright, Sir Michael Robert, British Ambassador to Iraq from January 21, 1955
  • Yasin, Yusuf Shaikh, Saudi Arabian Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of State, and Delegate at the League of Arab States
  • Zahedi, Major General Fazollah, Iranian Prime Minister until April 7, 1955
  • Zorlu, Fatin Rustu, Turkish Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative to NATO