Office of the Historian

Persons

  • Abrams, Major General Creighton W., USA, Commander of the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
  • Agnew, Spiro T., Vice President of the United States
  • Aleksandrov-Agentov, Andrei M., Member of the Secretariat of the General Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Brezhnev’s foreign policy adviser)
  • Alkhimov, Vladimir S., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade
  • Allen, Richard V., Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy
  • Atherton, Alfred L. “Roy,” Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Bahr, Egon, State Secretary (Foreign, Defense, and German Policy) in the West German Federal Chancellery and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin
  • Baibakov, Nikolai K., Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers and Chairman of the State Planning Commission; also Full Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Barzel, Rainer C., Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Party Group and CDU Party Chairman; also, from November 29, 1971, CDU/CSU Chancellor Candidate for the 1972 Bundestag election
  • Beam, Jacob D., Ambassador to the Soviet Union
  • Blee, David H., Chief of the Soviet/Eastern Europe Division, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Brandt, Willy, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Brezhnev, Leonid I., General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Bui Diem, South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
  • Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador to South Vietnam
  • Burger, Warren E., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Butz, Earl L., Secretary of Agriculture from November 11, 1971
  • Carver, George C., Special Assistant for Vietnam Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Castro Ruz, Fidel, Premier of Cuba
  • Chancellor, John, anchor on the NBC Nightly News
  • Chapin, Dwight L., Deputy Assistant to the President (President’s Appointments Secretary)
  • Churchill, Winston L. S., former British Prime Minister (1940–1945, 1951–1955)
  • Colson, Charles W., Special Counsel to the President
  • Connally, John B., Jr., Secretary of the Treasury until May 16, 1972
  • Cromer, Earl of (George Rowland Stanley Baring), British Ambassador to the United States
  • David, Edward E., Jr., Science Adviser to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology
  • Davies, Richard T., Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
  • De Gaulle, Charles, former President of France (1944–1947, 1959–1969)
  • Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States; also Full Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Douglas-Home, Alexander F., British Foreign Minister
  • Dulles, John Foster, former Secretary of State (1953–1959)
  • Ehrlichman, John D., Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., former President of the United States (1953–1961)
  • Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary
  • Falin, Valentin M., Soviet Ambassador to West Germany
  • Farley, Philip J., Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Flanigan, Peter M., Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy
  • Ford, Gerald R., Congressman (Republican, Michigan); House Minority Leader
  • Gandhi, Indira, Prime Minister of India
  • Garment, Leonard, Special Consultant to the President
  • Garthoff, Raymond L., Deputy Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs; also Executive Officer and Senior Adviser, U.S. Department of State Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
  • Gierek, Edward, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ (Communist) Party
  • Grechko, Marshal Andrei A., Soviet Minister of Defense and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Green, Marshall, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • Grinevsky, Oleg A., Deputy Chief of the International Organizations Department in the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs; Full Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Guay, Colonel George R., USAF, Air Attaché at the Embassy in Paris
  • Haig, Brigadier General (from March 1972, Major General) Alexander M., Jr., USA, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” Assistant to the President (White House Chief of Staff)
  • Hannah, John A., Director of the Agency for International Development
  • Harriman, W. Averell, former Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1943–1946) and Governor of New York (1954–1958)
  • Helms, Richard M., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Heath, Edward R. G., British Prime Minister
  • Hicks, Coleman S., Member of the Office of the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Kissinger’s personal assistant)
  • Hillenbrand, Martin J., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until April 30, 1972; then Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Hinton, Deane R., Assistant Director of the Council on International Economic Policy
  • Holdridge, John H., Member of the National Security Council Operations Staff (East Asia and the Pacific)
  • Honecker, Erich, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of (East) Germany
  • Howe, Commander Jonathan T., USN, Staff Member (Military Assistant) of the Office of the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Huang Hua, Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations from November 23, 1971
  • Humphrey, Hubert H., Senator (Democrat, Minnesota); from January 10, 1972, also candidate for the 1972 Democratic nomination for President
  • Hussein II, King of Jordan
  • Hussein, Saddam, Vice President of Iraq and Vice-Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council
  • Hyland, William G., Member of the National Security Council Operations Staff (Europe)
  • Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,” Senator (Democrat, Washington); from November 19, 1971, also candidate for the 1972 Democratic nomination for President
  • Jarring, Gunnar, United Nations Special Representative for the Middle East
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., former President of the United States (1963–1969)
  • Johnson, U. Alexis, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Katushev, Konstantin F., Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (responsible for liaison with other Communist Parties)
  • Kendall, Donald M., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi Co.
  • Kennedy, Edward M., Senator (Democrat, Massachusetts)
  • Kennedy, John F., former President of the United States (1961–1963)
  • Kennedy, Colonel Richard T., USA (Ret.), Director of the Planning Group, National Security Council Staff
  • Kishilov, Nikolai S., First Secretary, International Organizations Department, Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs; also General Secretary and Senior Adviser, Soviet Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
  • Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S., former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers (1953–1964)
  • Kornienko, Georgi M., Chief of the United States of America Department and Member of the Collegium in the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Kosygin, Alexei N., Chairman (Premier) of the Soviet Council of Ministers; also Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Kovalev, Anatoly G., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Kraft, Joseph, syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times
  • Krimer, William D., Interpreter and Language Officer, Office of Language Services, Department of State
  • Kuznetsov, Vasily V., First Deputy Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of Defense
  • Le Duan, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the (North) Vietnamese Communist Party
  • Le Duc Tho, Special Advisor to the North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Personal Representative of the President to the Holy See (Vatican)
  • Lord, Winston, Staff Member of the Office of the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Kissinger’s Special Assistant)
  • Luns, Joseph M.A.H., Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • MacGregor, Clark, Counsel to the President for Congressional Relations
  • Mansfield, Mike, Senator (Democrat, Montana); Senate Majority Leader
  • Manzhulo, Alexei N., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade
  • Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Matlock, Jack F., Jr., Country Director for Soviet Union Affairs (Director, Office of Soviet Union Affairs), Bureau for European Affairs
  • Matskevich, Vladimir V., Soviet Minister of Agriculture; and Full Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • McCloskey, Robert J., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Press Relations and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Department of State spokesman)
  • McCloy, John J., Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament
  • McGovern, George, Senator (Democrat, South Dakota); from January 18, 1971, also candidate for the 1972 Democratic nomination for President
  • Meir, Golda, Prime Minister of Israel
  • Mikoyan, Anastas I., former First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1955–1964) and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1935–1966)
  • Mitchell, John N., Attorney General until February 15, 1972; then Chairman of the Committee to Re-Elect the President
  • Moorer, Admiral Thomas H., USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mosbacher, Emil, Jr., Chief of Protocol
  • Muskie, Edmund S., Senator (Democrat, Maine); from January 4, 1972, also candidate for the 1972 Democratic nomination for President
  • Negroponte, John D., Member of the National Security Council Operations Staff (Vietnam)
  • Nguyen Thi Binh (Madame Binh), Chief Delegate of the Provisional Revolutionary Government in South Vietnam
  • Nguyen Van Thieu, President of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
  • Nitze, Paul H., Member of the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Department of Defense Representative)
  • Nixon, Richard M., President of the United States
  • Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Odeen, Philip A., Director of the Program Analysis Staff (Defense and Arms Control), National Security Council Staff
  • Okun, Herbert S., International Relations Officer, Office of the Country Director for Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
  • Parsons, J. Graham “Jeff,” Deputy U.S. Representative to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
  • Patolichev, Nikolai S., Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade; and Full Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Pauls, Rolf, West German Ambassador to the United States
  • Peterson, Peter G., Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy
  • Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
  • Podgorny, Nikolai V., Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet; also Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Pompidou, Georges, President of France
  • Ponomarev, Boris N., Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Chief, International Department); also Candidate Member of the Politburo
  • Porter, William J., Head (Ambassador) of the U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam
  • Price, Raymond K., Jr., Special Assistant to the President (Speechwriter’s Office)
  • Rabin, Yitzhak, Israeli Ambassador to the United States
  • Reagan, Ronald W., Governor of California (Republican)
  • Richardson, Elliot L., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
  • Rockefeller, Nelson A., Governor of New York (Republican)
  • Rodman, Peter W., Staff Member of the Office of the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • Rogers, William P., Secretary of State
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D., former President of the United States (1933–1945)
  • Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany until February 20, 1972; Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 23, 1972
  • Sadat, Anwar (Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat), President of Egypt
  • Safire, William L., Special Assistant to the President (Speechwriter’s Office)
  • Samuels, Nathaniel, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until May 31, 1972
  • Saunders, Harold H. “Hal,” Member of the National Security Council Operations Staff (Near East and South Asia)
  • Scali, John A., Special Consultant to the President
  • Scott, Hugh D., Senator (Republican-Pennsylvania); Senate Minority Leader
  • Scowcroft, Brigadier General Brent, USAF, Military Assistant to the President from February 12, 1972
  • Semenov, Vladimir S., Deputy Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs; also Representative (Ambassador) and Chairman of the Soviet Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
  • Shakespeare, Frank J., Jr., Director of the United States Information Agency
  • Shelest, Petro Y., First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine until May 21, 1972; then Soviet Deputy Prime Minister; also Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Shultz, George P., Director of the Office of Management and Budget; from May 16, 1972, Secretary of the Treasury
  • Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Smirnov, Leonid V., Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers
  • Smith, Gerard C., Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; also Representative (Ambassador) and Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
  • Smith, Wayne S., International Relations Officer, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
  • Sokolov, Oleg M., First Secretary, Soviet Embassy in the United States
  • Sonnenfeldt, Helmut “Hal,” Member of the National Security Council Operations Staff (Europe)
  • Spiers, Ronald I., Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
  • Stalin, Josef I., former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1953)
  • Stans, Maurice H., Secretary of Commerce until January 27, 1972; then Chairman, Finance Committee to Re-Elect the President
  • Stennis, John C., Senator (Democrat, Mississippi); Chairman of the Armed Services Committee
  • Sukhodrev, Viktor M., interpreter, Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Sullivan, William H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E. “Tommy,” former Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1957–1962; 1966–1969); also former Member of the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (1969–1971)
  • Timerbaev, Roland M., Deputy Chief of the International Organizations Department in the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Train, Russell E., Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
  • U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations until December 31, 1971
  • Volpe John A., Secretary of Transportation
  • Vorontsov, Yuli M., Soviet Minister Counselor to the United States
  • Walters, Major General (from March 1972, Lieutenant General) Vernon A., USA, Military Attaché at the Embassy in Paris; from May 2, 1972, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Warner, John W., Under Secretary of the Navy; from May 4, 1972, Secretary of the Navy
  • Woods, Rose Mary, President Nixon’s Personal Secretary
  • Xuan Thuy, Chief of the North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
  • Yahya Khan, General Agha Mohammad, President, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan (Chief Martial Law Administrator) until December 20, 1971
  • Zamyatin, Leonid M., Director General of the Telegram Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)
  • Zhou Enlai (Chou En-lai), Premier of the People’s Republic of China
  • Ziegler, Ronald L., White House Press Secretary