Office of the Historian

Persons

  • Abrasimov, Pyotr A., Soviet Ambassador to East Germany
  • Acheson, Dean, former Secretary of State
  • Adenauer, Konrad, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; CDU Chairman until March 1966
  • Alphand, Herve, French Ambassador to the United States until October 1965; thereafter Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry
  • Ausland, John C., member of the Berlin Task Force in the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until June 1965; Director of Combined Policy in the Office of Politico-Military Affairs from December 1967
  • Bahr, Egon (SPD), chief of the Berlin Press and Information Office until December 1966; then personal adviser to Foreign Minister Brandt; Special Ambassador in the Foreign Office from July 1967; chief of the Planning Staff in the Foreign Office from November 1967
  • Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State until September 30, 1966; Permanent Representative to the United Nations, June 26–September 25, 1968
  • Barber, Arthur W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Arms and Trade Control)
  • Barzel, Rainer (CDU), Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag Fraction until November 1964; then Chairman
  • Bator, Francis M., Senior Economic Adviser at the Agency for International Development until April 1964; Senior Member of the National Security Council Staff, April 1964–September 1967; Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from October 1965 until September 1967
  • Beaumarchais, Jacques de, Director for the Cabinet of French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville to 1964; Director of Political Affairs in the French central administration from 1965
  • Behrendt, Heinz, head of the Inner-German Trade Division (Hauptabteilung) of the East German Ministry of Foreign (and Inner-German) Trade; then Deputy Minister of Foreign (and Inner-German Trade) and Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Beitz, Berthold, General Director of the Krupp concern in Essen
  • Berger, Hans, West German Ambassador to the Netherlands; then head of the Office of the Federal Presidency
  • Birrenbach, Kurt, CDU foreign policy expert
  • Blessing, Karl, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Boeker, Alexander, head of Subdivision B in the Second Political Division I of the West German Foreign Office
  • Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France until February 9, 1968; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs after February 11, 1968
  • Bowie, Robert J., Counselor of the Department of State from September 21, 1966 to April 1, 1968
  • Brandt, Willy (Herbert Frahm), SPD Chairman from February 1964; Governing Mayor of Berlin until December 1, 1966; thereafter West German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister; SPD candidate for Chancellor in the 1965 Bundestag election
  • Braun, Baron Sigismund von, West German Observer at the United Nations; also Minister in the West German Embassy to the United States until June/July 1968
  • Brown, George, British Foreign Secretary, August 10, 1966–March 15, 1968
  • Bruce, David K. E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  • Brunner, Guido, First Secretary of West German Observer Mission to the United Nations
  • Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until February 28, 1966
  • Butler, Richard A., British Foreign Minister until October 16, 1964
  • Calhoun, John A., Assistant Chief of the US Mission in Berlin until January 1967
  • Carstens, Karl, First State Secretary (Political and Administrative Affairs) in the West German Foreign Office until December 1966; then First State Secretary in the Defense Ministry until January 1968; thereafter head of the Federal Chancellery
  • Castro Ruz, Fidel, Premier of Cuba
  • Cleveland, Harlan, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until September 8, 1965; then Chief of the US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris from September 1, 1965 (after July 1, 1967 Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels)
  • Clifford, Clark M., Secretary of Defense after March 1, 1968
  • Cohen, Wilbur J., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from March 1968
  • Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister until June 1, 1968; then Minister of Finance and National Economy until July 10; thereafter French Prime Minister
  • Creel, Robert C., Director of the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, until July 1964; then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until September 1965; thereafter Consul General in Munich
  • Dahlgruen, Rolf (FDP), West German Finance Minister to October 27, 1966
  • De Courcel, Geoffroy Chodron, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  • De Gaulle, Charles, President of France
  • De Jong, Piet, Dutch Minister of Defense until April 3, 1967; then Prime Minister
  • Debre, Michel, French Finance and Economic Affairs Minister from January 9, 1966 to June 1, 1968; thereafter Foreign Minister
  • Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
  • Douglas-Home, Sir Alex, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until October 16, 1964
  • Duckwitz, Georg Ferdinand, West German Ambassador to India until August 1965; then leader of the West German Delegation to the Offset Negotiations with Great Britain and the United States; First State Secretary (Political and Administrative Affairs) in the Foreign Office from October 1967
  • Erhard, Ludwig (CDU), Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany until December 1, 1966; CDU candidate for Chancellor in the 1965 Bundestag election; CDU Party Chairman, March 1966–May 1967
  • Erler, Fritz, SPD Deputy Chairman, February 1964–February 1967; also Chairman of the SPD Bundestag Fraction, March 1964– February 1967
  • Eshkol, Levi, Israeli Prime Minister; also Minister of Defense until June 2, 1967
  • Finn, Richard B., Deputy Director of the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until July 1966
  • Foster, William C., Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Fowler, Henry H., Secretary of the Treasury, April 1, 1965–December 23, 1968
  • Fried, Edward R., member of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State, until October 24, 1965; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, October 24, 1965–August 15, 1967; thereafter member of the National Security Council staff
  • Fulbright, J. William, Senator (D-Arkansas); Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Garran, Peter, British Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1964
  • Gerstenmaier, Eugen (CDU), President of the Bundestag; CDU Deputy Chairman
  • Goldberg, Arthur J., Permanent Representative to the United Nations, July 28, 1965–June 24, 1968
  • Gore-Booth, Paul H., Permanent Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Office from 1965; also Head of the Diplomatic Service from March 1968
  • Greenhill, Denis A., Minister in the British Embassy to the United States until 1964; then Assistant Under Secretary of State in the British Foreign Office until 1966; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • Grewe, Wilhelm, West German Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Groepper, Horst, West German Ambassador to the Soviet Union to March 1966; then Ambassador to Turkey
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Foreign Minister
  • Guttenberg, Karl Theodor Baron von und zu (CSU), Parliamentary State Secretary in the West German Federal Chancellery from April 1967
  • Hand, J. M. Colton, Assistant Chief of the Special Trade Activities and Commercial Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State, from June 1964
  • Harlech, Lord (William David Omsby-Gore), British Ambassador to the United States until April 1965; then Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords to 1967
  • Hase, Karl-Guenther von, head of the West German Press and Information Office (government spokesman) until November 1967
  • Hassell, Kai-Uwe von (CDU), West German Defense Minister until December 1, 1966; then Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Wounded; CDU Deputy Chairman
  • Herter, Christian A., Special Representative for Trade Negotiations until December 30, 1966
  • Hohmann, Karl, head of the Office of the Chancellor in the West German Federal Chancellery until December 1966
  • Holthoff, Horst H., Second Secretary in the West German Embassy to the United States until June/July 1965; then First Secretary
  • Hornig, Donald C., Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
  • Humphrey, Hubert H., Senator (D-Minnesota) and Senate Majority Whip to December 29, 1964; Vice President of the United States from January 20, 1965; Democratic candidate for President, November 1968
  • Johnpoll, Alexander C., Deputy Director of the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, from April 1967
  • Johnson, Lyndon Baines, President of the United States
  • Kastl, Hans Jorg, Press Secretary of the West German Foreign Office; then head of the Department on Eastern Europe (Subdivision A5) in the Second Political Division to 1966
  • Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., Deputy Attorney General until September 4, 1964; then Attorney General until September 30, 1966; thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney General to September 3, 1964; Senator (D-New York) from January 1965 to June 6, 1968
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S., Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers (Premier) and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union until October 15, 1964
  • Kiesinger, Kurt Georg (CDU), Minister President of Baden-Wurttemberg until December 1, 1966; then Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; CDU Chairman from May 1967
  • Kissinger, Henry A., Professor, Department of Government, and Director, Defense Studies Program, Harvard University; also consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to 1967 and consultant to the Department of State from 1965
  • Klein, David, senior member of the National Security Council staff until August 1965
  • Knappstein, Heinrich, West German Ambassador to the United States
  • Kohler, Foy D., Ambassador to the Soviet Union until November 14, 1966; Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs, November 29, 1966–December 31, 1967
  • Kosygin, Alexei N., Vice Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers until October 15, 1964; thereafter Chairman (Premier)
  • Krag, Jens Otto, Danish Prime Minister until January 24, 1968; also Danish Foreign Minister, November 28,1966–October 1, 1967
  • Krapf, Franz, head of the Second Political Division in the West German Foreign Office; then West German Ambassador to Japan
  • Kratzer, Myron B., Director, International Affairs Division, Atomic Energy Commission, 1964–1967; Assistant General Manager for International Activities, Atomic Energy Commission after 1967
  • Krone, Heinrich (CDU), West German Minister for Special Tasks until October 26, 1965; then Chairman of the Federal Defense Council until December 1, 1966; thereafter special adviser to Chancellor Kiesinger
  • Kutscher, Ernst, head of the Department for Soviet Affairs (Subdivision A4) in the Second Political Division of the West German Foreign Office; then advisor to the West German Permanent Representative at the European Economic Community in Brussels until June 1967
  • Kuznetsov, Vassily V., First Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister
  • Lahr, Rolf, Second State Secretary (Trade, Development, and Cultural Affairs) in the West German Foreign Office
  • Leddy, John M., Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development until June 15, 1965; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Lemnitzer, General Lyman L., Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Europe; also Commander of the U.S. European Command
  • Leusse, Pierre de, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Paris, 1965–1967
  • Leusse de Syon, Bruno de, Minister Counselor of the French Embassy in Washington until January 1966; then Director for the Cabinet of the French Foreign Minister (Couve de Murville/Debre) to July 1968; then Director for the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister (Couve de Murville)
  • Lilienfeld, Georg von, West German Minister to the United States until 1967
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador to Vietnam until June 28, 1964, and August 25, 1965–April 25, 1967; Ambassador to West Germany from May 27, 1968
  • Lucet, Charles, Director for Political Affairs in the French central administration until December 1965; then French Ambassador to the United States
  • Luebke, Heinrich (CDU), President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Malik, Yakov A., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to 1967; Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations from March 1968
  • Manning, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until July 31, 1964
  • Mansfield, Michael J., Senator (D-Montana); Senate Majority Leader
  • Marks, Leonard H., Director of the U.S. Information Agency, September 1, 1965–December 6, 1968
  • McCarthy, Eugene J., Senator (D-Minnesota)
  • McCloy, John J., former U.S. High Commissioner for Germany; special presidential consultant on NATO affairs from April 1966; also U.S. representative to the trilateral offset negotiations with West Germany and Great Britain, October 1966–April 1967
  • McGhee, George C., Ambassador to West Germany until May 21, 1968
  • McIntyre, Stuart H., member of the Berlin Task Force in the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until September 1965, thereafter political officer at the United States Mission to the European Community in Brussels
  • McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense until February 29, 1968
  • McNaughton, John T., General Counsel of the Department of Defense until June 25, 1964; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1, 1964–July 19, 1967
  • Mende, Erich, FDP Chairman; West German Vice Chancellor and Minister of All-German Affairs until October 28, 1966
  • Messmer, Pierre, French Minister of Defense
  • Monnet, Jean, French political economist; founder and president of the Action Committee for a United States of Europe (a non-governmental organization)
  • Nguyen Cao Ky, Air Vice Marshal, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, July 1965–October 1967
  • Osterheld, Horst, head of Division II (Foreign and Inner-German Relations, and External Security) in the West German Federal Chancellery
  • Penberthy, Grover W., international relations officer in the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, from July 1968
  • Pompidou, Georges, Prime Minister of France until July 10, 1968
  • Puhan, Alfred, Director of the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, August 1964–June 1968; thereafter Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
  • Rapacki, Adam, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs until December 20, 1968
  • Reedy, George, Special Assistant and Press Secretary (from March 1964) to the President to July 1965
  • Rostow, Eugene V., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs after October 14, 1966
  • Rostow, Walt W., Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State, to March 31, 1966; Special Assistant to the President from April 1, 1966
  • Ruete, Hans Helmuth, head of Subdivision A (East-West Relations) in the Second Political Division of the West German Foreign Office, July 1964–October 1966; then head of the Second Political Division
  • Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
  • Russell, Richard B., Senator (D-Georgia); Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
  • Sahm, Ulrich, West German Deputy Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until October 1966; then Director of Subdivision A (East-West Relations) in the Second Political Division of the West German Foreign Office
  • Schaetzel, J. Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until September 16, 1966; thereafter U.S. Representative to the European Communities in Brussels
  • Scheske, Ulrich, head of the Department on NATO and Defense Affairs (Subdivision A7) in the Second Political Division of the West German Foreign Office; from July 1967 West German Ambassador to Thailand
  • Schiller, Karl (SPD), West German Minister for Economic Affairs from December 1, 1966
  • Schmueker, Kurt (CDU), West German Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance Minister, October 28, 1966–December 1, 1966
  • Schnippenkoetter, Swidbert, Deputy Chief of the Planning Staff of the West German Foreign Office, November 1964–August 1965; then Director of Subdivision B (General Disarmament and European Security) in the Second Political Division and Representative of the West German Government for Questions of Disarmament and Arms Control
  • Schroeder, Gerhard (CDU), West German Foreign Minister until December 1, 1966; thereafter Minister of Defense
  • Schuetz, Klaus (SPD), Berlin Senator for Federal Affairs and Berlin Plenipotentiary in Bonn until December 1966; then First State Secretary (Political and Administrative Affairs) in the West German Foreign Office until October 1967; thereafter Governing Mayor of Berlin
  • Semenov, Vladimir Semyonovich, Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Seydoux Fornier de Claussone, Francois, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until 1965; then French Ambassador to West Germany
  • Spiers, Ronald I., Deputy Director of the Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until September 1965; then Director until June 1966; thereafter Political Counselor (Chief of the Political Section) at the Embassy in the United Kingdom
  • Spivy, Lieutenant General Berton E., Jr., USA, Director of the Joint Staff, April 1967–July 1968
  • Staden, Berndt von, Counselor of the West German Embassy in the United States until March/April 1968
  • Stewart, Michael, British Foreign Secretary, January 22, 1965–August 10, 1966, and after March 15, 1968; Deputy Prime Minister, August 10, 1966–March 18, 1968
  • Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, September 1965–July 1968
  • Stoltenberg, Gerhard (CDU), West German Minister for Scientific Affairs from October 26, 1965
  • Stoph, Willi (SED), Chairman of the East German Council of Ministers (head of government) from September 24, 1964
  • Strauss, Franz Josef, CSU Party Chairman; Chairman of the CSU Bundestag Group until December 1, 1966; then West German Finance Minister
  • Symington, Stuart W., Senator (D-Missouri)
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E., Ambassador at Large until December 26, 1966; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, July 1964–October 1965; Ambassador to the Soviet Union after January 23, 1967
  • Tito, Marshal Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia
  • Tsarapkin, Semen K., Soviet Representative to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva until 1966; then Soviet Ambassador to West Germany
  • Tyler, William R., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 18, 1965; Ambassador to the Netherlands after June 23, 1965
  • Udall, Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior
  • Ulbricht, Walter, SED First Secretary and Chairman of the East German Council of State (head of state); also Chairman of the National Defense Council
  • Weber, Heinz, interpreter and deputy chief of Language Services in the West German Foreign Office
  • Wehner, Herbert, SPD Deputy Chairman from February 1964; SPD Deputy Chairman of the Bundestag Fraction until December 1966; West German Minister of All-German Affairs from December 1, 1966
  • Westrick, Ludger (CDU), head of the West German Federal Chancellery and Minister for Special Tasks, June 1964–November 1966
  • Wilson, James Harold, British Prime Minister after October 16, 1964
  • Winzer, Otto (SED), East German Foreign Minister from June 24, 1965