List of Persons

• Abdullah, Sayed Waheed, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan, from 1973 to 1977
• Ahmed, Aziz, Pakistani Minister of State for Defense and Foreign Affairs until 1976; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1977
• Ahmed, Khondakar Mushtaque, General, Minister of Commerce, Trade, and Foreign Trade, until 1975; President of Bangladesh from August to November 1975
• Ali, Hossain, Bangladeshi Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1975
• Appelbaum, Henry, member of the National Security Council staff
• Arietti, Michael R., Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Atherton, Alfred, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1970 to 1973; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1974 to 1978
• Bandaranaike, Sirimavo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs, from 1970 to 1977
• Bergold, Harry E, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Affairs from 1973 to 1976
• Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali, President of Pakistan and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense from December 1971 to 1973; Prime Minister, and Ministers of Atomic Energy, Foreign Affairs, and Defense, from 1973 to 1977
• Birendra, Bir Bikram Sha Dev, King of Nepal from 1972
• Bizenjo, Mir Ghaus Bakhsh, Governor of Baluchistan, regional leader of the Pakistani Awami Party
• Blee, David H., Associate Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• Boster, Davis E., U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh from 1974 to 1976
• Brown, Bazil W. Jr., Country Officer for India, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Buffum, William, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1973 to 1975
• Bush, George H. W., Director of Central Intelligence from January 1976 to January 1977
• Byrne, Patricia M., Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975
• Byroade, Henry A., U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan from December 1973 to April 1977
• Cargo, William, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal from 1973 to 1976
• Chavan, Y.B., Finance Minister of India from 1973 to 1974, Minister of External Affairs from 1974 to 1976
• Cheney, Richard, White House Chief of Staff from 1974 to 1976
• Cheslaw, Irving G., Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh from 1974 to 1976
• Choudhury, Abu Sayeed, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, 1975
• Choudhury, D. M., Additional (Deputy) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
• Clements, William P., Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1976
• Colby, William, Director of Central Intelligence from September 1973 to January 1976
• Constable, Peter, Country Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 to 1976
• Curran, Robert, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan from 1974 to 1977
• Daoud, Mohammad, President of the Republic of Afghanistan and Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense from 1973 to 1978
• Davies, Rodger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until 1973
• Denney, George C., Jr., Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Dhar, Durga Prassad, Minister of Planning for India from 1973 to 1975
• Dubs, Adolph, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1975 to 1976
• Eliot, Theodore L., Executive Secretary, Department of State, until September 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1973 to 1976
• Elliott, David, Member of the National Security Council Staff
• Flaten, Robert A., Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Ford, Gerald R., President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977
• Gandhi, Indira, Prime Minister of India
• Ghaus, Samad, Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
• Gonsalves, Eric, Indian Minister for Political Affairs
• Griffin, Ann E., Country Officer for Bangladesh, Office for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1974 to 1977
• Habib, Philip, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1974 to 1977; thereafter Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
• Hawes, John H., Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Hossain, Kamal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, from 1974 to 1975
• Howells, W. Dean, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Ikle, Fred C., Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Ilangaratne, Tikiri Bandara, Minister of Foreign and Internal Trade, Sri Lanka
• Jaipal, Rikhi, Indian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Jayakody, Lakshman, Deputy Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka
• Jha, Lakshmi Kant, Indian Ambassador to the United States, 1973
• Jones, Curtis F., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Kanakaratne, Neville, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States from 1970 to 1977
• Kao, R. N., Chief of Indian Foreign Intelligence Service
• Karki, Gyanendra Bahadur, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nepal from 1972 to 1975
• Kaul, Triloki Nath, Indian Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1976
• Kay, Andrew Jr., Political Officer, Sri Lanka Embassy, from 1973 to 1976
• Kennedy, Richard T., member of the National Security Council staff
• Khan, Mossharaf Hossain, Rear Admiral, Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator, Bangladesh, 1975
• Khan, Sultan M., Pakistani Ambassador to the United States from 1972 to 1974
• Khanal, Yadu Nath, Nepali Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1975
• Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until 1975; Secretary of State from September 1973 to 1977
• Kreisberg, Paul, Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in India, from 1973 to 1975
• Kurze, Kenneth A., Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Kux, Dennis, Country Director for Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1972 to 1977
• Laingen, L. Bruce, Country Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1971to 1973; Country Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Maldives, 1973; (Acting) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1973 to 1975
• Leader, James, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Lodal, Jan, Director for Program Analysis, National Security Council
• Lorton, Ronald, Country Officer for Nepal and Bhutan, Office for Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1974 to 1976
• Malkiyar, Abdullah, Afghan Ambassador to the United States until 1978
• Maniku, Ali, Vice President, Republic of Maldives
• Mark, David E., Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• McCormack, Robert A., Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in India
• Meyer, Armin H., Special Consultant for South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Morley, Robert, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Moynihan, Daniel P., U.S. Ambassador to India from February 1973 to January 1975
• Naim, Mohammad Aziz, Deputy Director, Legal and Treaties Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan, from 1974 to 1978
• Nasir, Ibrihim, President of the Republic of Maldives until 1978
• Neumann, Robert, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan until 1973
• Newberry, Daniel O., Interim Chargé d’Affaires, Bangladesh Embassy, from 1972 to 1974
• Nixon, Richard M., President of the United States from January 1969 to August 1974
• Nooter, Robert, Assistant Administrator for Supporting Assistance from 1972 to 1974; thereafter Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Near East and South Asia, United States Agency for International Development
• Nosenzo, Louis V. N., Director, Office of Nuclear Policy and Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• Ober, Robert F., Jr., Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in India
• Peck, Robert, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Peet, Ray, Vice Admiral, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Assistance, from 1972 to 1974
• Perkins, Raymond, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Colombo, from 1976
• Porter, Dwight J., Deputy U.S. Representative, IAEA Vienna
• Porter, William J., Undersecretary for Political Affairs from 1973 to 1974
• Quainton, Anthony, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Nepal, from 1973 to 1976
• Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur (Mujib), President of the Awami League; Prime Minister of Bangladesh, from 1972 to 75; President of Bangladesh, 1975
• Raphel, Arnold, Political Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy in Pakistan
• Rodman, Peter W., member of the National Security Council staff
• Rush, Kenneth, Deputy Secretary of State from 1973 to 1974
• Saulnier, Raymond L., Board of Governors, American Stock Exchange, 1965–1975; Consultant, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1969–1977
• Saunders, Harold H., member of the National Security Council staff to 1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1974 to 1975; thereafter Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Saxbe, William B., U.S. Ambassador to India from March 1975 to November 1976
• Sayem, Abu Sadat Mohammad, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh from 1975 to 1977
• Schifferdecker, Arnold, Country Officer for Afghanistan, Office for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from 1973 to 1975
• Schlesinger, James, Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975
• Schneider, David T., Deputy Chief of Mission in India from 1974
• Scowcroft, Brent, General, Deputy to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until 1975; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from 1975 to 1976
• Shafiq, Musa Mohammad, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Afghanistan, from 1972 to 1973
• Siddiqi, Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi Ambassador to the United States from 1975to 1976
• Sievering, Nelson F., Jr., Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
• Singh, Kewal, Foreign Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of India from November 1972 to October 1976; Ambassador to the United States from October 1976
• Singh, Swaran, Indian Minister of External Affairs until 1974; Minister of Defence until 1975
• Sisco, Joseph, Assistant Secretary of State of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until 1974; Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 1974 to 75
• Smith, Rufus G., Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in India
• Sober, Sidney, Deputy Chief of Mission, American U.S. Embassy in Pakistan until 1973; Chargé d’Affaires ad interim from May 1972 to December 1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, from 1974 to 1976
• Stennis, John C., U.S. Senator (D-Mississippi); Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services
• Stone, Galen, Deputy Chief of Mission in India until April 1973
• Thibault, Albert, Country Officer for Sri Lanka, Office for Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, 1975
• Thompson, David, Bureau of International Affairs, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Van Hollen, Christopher, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1976
• Vest, George, Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from 1974 to 1977
• Wilberforce, John, Counselor, Embassy of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Yaqub-Khan, Sahabzada, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, from January 1974 to 1976
• Zahir, King of Afghanistan until he was deposed on July 16, 1973
• Ziaur Rahman, Major General, Chief Martial Law Administrator, Bangladesh, from 1976 to 1979