List of persons

Editor’s Note:—The identification of the persons in this list is generally limited to circumstances and positions under reference in this volume. Historical personages alluded to in the volume, officials noted in documents but not actively participating in substantive discussions, and individuals only mentioned in passing are not identified here. All titles and positions are American unless there is an indication to the contrary. An asterisk *) indicates participation in the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris, May 23–June 20. A dagger (†) indicates participation in the meetings of the Deputies for Austria of the Council of Foreign Ministers. A double dagger (‡) indicates participation in the Washington talks on Germany, April 6–8.

  • *‡ Acheson, Dean, Secretary of State, from January 1949.
  • Adams, Ware, member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State.
  • Adenauer, Dr. Konrad, Chairman of the Bonn Parliamentary Council; Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, from September.
  • Allen, George V., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
  • * Alphand, Hervé, Director General of Economic and Financial Affairs, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Alsop, Joseph and Stewart, syndicated American news columnists.
  • Altaffer, Maurice W., United States Consul General at Bremen.
  • Alvarez, Alberto I., Cuban Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
  • Arnold, Dr. Karl, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia; from September 7, President of the Bundesrat.
  • Attlee, Clement, British Prime Minister.
  • Balmer, Brigadier General Jesmond D., United States Deputy High Commissioner for Austria.
  • Barbour, Walworth, Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet Union, from May.
  • Barclay, Roderick E., Private Secretary to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Battle, Lucius D., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.
  • Beam, Jacob, Chief, Division of Central European Affairs; from March 17,. Acting Special Assistant, Office of German and Austrian Affairs.
  • Bebler, Ales’, Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister.
  • Bech, Joseph, Luxembourg Minister of Foreign Affairs and Viticulture.
  • Bérard, Armand, Minister Counselor, French Embassy in the United States, until July; French Deputy High Commissioner for Germany, from August 1.
  • Berry, Sir Vaughan, British Representative at the International Authority for the Ruhr.
  • *† Berthelot, Marcel, French Representative at the Austrian treaty negotiations; Deputy for Austria at the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
  • Béthouart, Lieutenant General E. M., French High Commissioner in Austria.
  • *‡ Bevin, Ernest, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Bideau, Lieutenant Colonel J. L. le, French Deputy Commandant in Berlin.
  • Bissell, Richard M. Jr., Assistant Deputy Administrator for Program, Economic Cooperation Administration.
  • Blankenhorn, Herbert, Assistant to Chancellor Adenauer.
  • Blücher, Franz, Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, from September.
  • * Bohlen, Charles E., Counselor, Department of State; Minister at Paris, from June 17.
  • Bonesteel, Colonel Charles H. 3rd, Special Assistant to the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948.
  • Bonnet, Henri, French Ambassador in the United States.
  • Bourne, Major General Geoffrey K., British Commander, Berlin.
  • Bradley, General Omar N., Chief of Staff, United States Army; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from August.
  • Bruce, David K. E., United States Ambassador in France, from May.
  • Butler, George, member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State.
  • Byrnes, James F., Secretary of State, 1945–1947.
  • Byroade, Colonel Henry A., Acting Deputy Director, Office of German and Austrian Affairs, from March 7; Director from October 8; Director of the Bureau of German Affairs, from November 1.
  • Cachin, Marcel, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of France.
  • Cadogan, Sir Alexander, British Representative to the United Nations Security Council.
  • Caffery, Jefferson, United States Ambassador in France, until May.
  • Cannon, Cavendish W., United States Ambassador in Yugoslavia.
  • Carolet, Major General Pierre Louis, French High Commissioner in Austria.
  • Chauvel, Jean, Secretary General of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative at the United Nations Security Council.
  • * Chuikov, General of the Army Vasiliy Ivanovich, Commander-in-Chief, Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany; Chief of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, from April; Head of the Soviet Control Commission, from November 11.
  • Clay, General Lucius Dubois, United States Military Governor for Germany and Commander in Chief, European Command, until May.
  • *‡ Couve de Murville, Maurice, Director General for Political Affairs, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Cullis, Michael F., Head of the Austrian Section, British Foreign Office.
  • Daridan, Jean, Minister Counselor at the French Embassy in the United States.
  • Daspit, Alexander B., United States Delegate to the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency.
  • *‡ Dean, Patrick H., Head of the German Political Department, British Foreign Office.
  • Dejean, Maurice E. N., French Representative at the International Authority for the Ruhr, from June.
  • de Leusse. See Leusse.
  • de Margerie. See Jaquin de Margerie.
  • Dertinger, Georg, Secretary-General of the CDU in the Soviet Zone.
  • Deutsch, General Julius, Military Representative of the Austrian Socialist Party on the Bipartite Committee for future Austrian Army.
  • * Dorr, Goldthwaite, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  • Douglas, Lewis W., United States Ambassador in the United Kingdom; Representative at the tripartite talks on prohibited and restricted industries in Germany, London, February–March.
  • Dowling, Walter C., Counselor of the United States Legation in Austria, from May 1.
  • Draper, William H., Under Secretary of the Army, until February 1949.
  • Dratvin, Lieutenant General Mikhail Ivanovich, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Soviet Military Administration for Germany.
  • Dulles, Eleanor L., Adviser on German-Austrian Affairs, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State.
  • Dulles, John Foster, Consultant to the Secretary of State.
  • Dunn, James C., United States Ambassador in Italy.
  • Ebert, Friedrich, Lord Mayor of East Berlin.
  • Erhard, Dr. Ludwig, West German Minister of Economic Affairs.
  • Erhardt, John G., United States Minister in Austria.
  • Figl, Dr. Leopold, Austrian Chancellor.
  • Forrestal, James V., Secretary of Defense, until March 1949.
  • Foster, William C., Deputy U.S. Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, until June.
  • * François-Poncet, André, French Diplomatic Counselor for German Affairs and Chargé de Mission with the Commander-in-Chief in Germany; High Commissioner for Germany, from September.
  • Franks, Sir Oliver S., British Ambassador in the United States.
  • Gallman, Waldemar J., United States Ambassador in Poland.
  • Galloway, Lieutenant General Sir Alexander, British High Commissioner in Austria.
  • Ganeval, Brigadier General Jean, French Commandant for Berlin.
  • Gerhardt, Lieutenant Colonel Harrison, Special Assistant to the United States High Commissioner for Germany.
  • Gifford, C. H. P., British Expert at the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Gromyko, Andrey Andreyevich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, from March 6.
  • Grotewohi, Otto, Co-Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party (SED); Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic, from October 12.
  • Gruber, Dr. Karl, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • Gruenther, Major General Alfred M., Director of the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Harriman, W. Averell, United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, with the rank of Ambassador.
  • Hays, Major General George P., United States Deputy Military Governor for Germany until May; Acting Military Governor, until September; United States Deputy High Commissioner for Germany, from September.
  • Helmer, Oskar, Austrian Minister of the Interior.
  • Henderson, Lord, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, British Foreign Office.
  • Heuss, Theodor, President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Hickerson, John D., Director, Office of European Affairs, until July.
  • Hoepker-Aschoff, Dr. Hermann, Representative of the Free Democratic Party at the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Hoffman, Paul, Administrator for Economic Cooperation.
  • Holmes, Julius C., Counselor of United States Embassy in the United Kingdom; Representative at tripartite talks on the occupation statute for Germany, London, January-April.
  • Howley, Brigadier General Frank L., United States Commandant for Berlin and Director of the Office of Military Government for Berlin Sector, until September.
  • Hoyer Millar, Sir Frederick Robert, British Minister in the United States.
  • Huebner, Lieutenant General C. R., Commander-in-Chief, European Command, from May.
  • Humphrey, George M., President, M. A. Hanna Company; Chairman, Industrial Advisory Committee to the ECA.
  • Jaquin de Margerie, Christian, Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States.
  • *‡ Jessup, Dr. Philip C., United States Ambassador at Large, from March.
  • Johnson, Louis, Secretary of Defense, from March.
  • Joyce, Robert P., Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State.
  • Kaiser, Jakob, Berlin CDU Representative at the Bonn Parliamentary Council; West German Minister for Matters Concerning Germany as a Whole.
  • Kaldor, N., Member of the U.N. Secretariat on the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Kastner, Dr. Hermann, Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Zone Economic Commission (DWK).
  • Katz, Rudolf, SPD member at the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Kennan, George F., Director of the Policy Planning Staff; Counselor of the Department of State, from August; Chairman of the Steering Group of the National Security Council Sub-Committee on the German question.
  • Keyes, Lieutenant General Geoffrey, United States High Commissioner in Austria.
  • Kimmel, Roy I., United States Attaché at Berlin.
  • King, Nat B., United States Delegate at the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency (IARA).
  • Kirk, Alan G., United States Ambassador in Belgium; Ambassador in the Soviet Union, from May 21.
  • * Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone A., British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the German Section; Representative at tripartite talks on the occupation statute for Germany, London, January–April.
  • Kleinwaechter, Dr. Ludwig, Austrian Minister in the United States.
  • Knapp, Joseph B., United States Expert at the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Köhler, Dr. Erich, President of the Bundestag, from September.
  • Koenig, General of the Army Pierre, French Military Governor, until September, and Commander-in-Chief for Germany.
  • Kohler, Foy D., Counselor of United States Embassy in the Soviet Union, until April.
  • Kolb, Dr. Ernest, Austrian Minister of Commerce and Reconstruction.
  • Koptelov, Mikhail Efremovich, Deputy Political Adviser to the Soviet High Commissioner for Austria.
  • Kotikov, Major General Aleksandr G., Soviet Commandant for Berlin.
  • Kurasov, Army General Vladimir Vasilyevich, Soviet High Commissioner in Austria, May 1946–April 1949.
  • Kvashnin, Major General P.A., Chief of the Transportation Division, Soviet Military Administration.
  • Laloy, Jean, French Commissariat for German and Austrian Affairs.
  • Laukhuff, Perry, Acting Chief of the Division of German Political Affairs; from November, Chief.
  • Lefort, G., French Expert at the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Lehr, Dr. Robert, Oberpraesident of Dusseldorf and member of the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Lemberger, Dr. Ernst, First Secretary of the Austrian Legation in the United States.
  • Leopold, Rudolf, Head of the Austrian Aid Office.
  • Leroy-Beaulieu, Paul, Economic and Financial Adviser, French High Command in Germany.
  • Leusse, Pierre de, Chief, German-Austrian Section, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Lovett, Robert A., Acting Secretary of State, until January 20, 1949.
  • Luc, Robert, First Secretary, French Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  • MacArthur, Douglas 2nd, Deputy Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs, from October.
  • * Magruder, Major General Carter B., Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  • Makins, Sir Roger M., British Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Malietin, P., Soviet Expert at the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Malik, Yakov Aleksandrovich, Soviet Representative to the United Nations.
  • Mallet, William I., British Assistant Under-Secretary of State; Representative at the Austrian Treaty Negotiations, from July 1.
  • * Marjoribanks, James A. M., British Representative at the Austrian treaty negotiations, February 9–May 10; Deputy for Austria at the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
  • Marshall, George C., Secretary of State, January 1947–January 1949.
  • Massigli, René, French Ambassador in the United Kingdom; Representative at tripartite talks on the occupation statute for Germany, London, January-April.
  • Maximov, L. M., Assistant Political Adviser to the Soviet Commander-in-Chief for Germany.
  • McCloy, John J., United States High Commissioner for Germany.
  • McLean, Lieutenant General Kenneth G., British Deputy Military Governor for Germany.
  • McNeil, Hector, British Minister of State.
  • Menzel, Dr. Walter, Minister of the Interior in North Rhine-Westphalia, leader in the German Social Democratic Party; Representative at the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Millar. See Hoyer Millar.
  • Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Soviet Foreign Minister, until March 1949.
  • *‡ Murphy, Robert D., United States Political Adviser for Germany with rank of Ambassador, until March; Acting Director, Office of German and Austrian Affairs, until October.
  • Myrdal, Gunnar, Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Nadolny, Rudolf, member, Society for Reunification of Germany.
  • * Nitze, Paul H., Deputy to Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; from August 8, Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State.
  • Noack, Dr. Ulrich, Leader of Nauheimer Kreis.
  • Nuschke, Otto, Chairman of the CDU in the Soviet Zone of Germany; Co-President of third Volkskongress.
  • Parkman, Henry, United States Representative to the International Authority for the Ruhr, from August 1.
  • Parodi, Alexandre, French Representative at the United Nations Security Council, until February; Secretary-General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, from February 23.
  • Penson, J. Hubert, Adviser on German Affairs, British Embassy in the United States.
  • Perkins, George W., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.
  • Petsche, Maurice, French Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
  • Pieck, Wilhelm, Co-Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party (SED); Co-President of third Volkskongress; President of the German Democratic Republic, from October 11.
  • Poncet. See François-Poncet.
  • Queuille, Henri, French Prime Minister, until October 5.
  • Raab, Julius, People’s Party Whip in the Austrian Parliament.
  • *† Reber, Samuel, United States Representative at the Austrian treaty negotiations; Deputy for Austria at the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
  • Reimann, Max, Chairman of the German Communist Party (KPD) in the Western Zones of Germany; Representative at the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Reinstein, Jacques J., Acting Chief of the Division of German Economic Affairs, from March; Chief, from November.
  • Renner, Dr. Karl, President of the Republic of Austria.
  • Reston, James B., Washington correspondent and columnist for the New York Times.
  • Reuter, Dr. Ernst, leader of the German Social Democratic Party and Lord Mayor of West Berlin.
  • Riddleberger, James W., United States Counselor of Mission at Berlin, until March; Acting Political Adviser, from March; Political Adviser to United States High Commissioner, from September 27; Director of Political Affairs, Office of Political Affairs at Frankfort, from October 16.
  • * Robertson, General Sir Brian, British Military Governor for Germany, until September; appointed High Commissioner for Germany; Commander-in-Chief for Germany.
  • Robertson, Norman A., Canadian member and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Berlin Currency and Trade.
  • Ross, John C., Alternate United States Representative at the United Nations.
  • Royall, Kenneth C., Secretary of the Army.
  • Rueff, Jacques L., President of the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency (IARA).
  • Rusk, Dean, Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs, from February; Deputy Under Secretary of State, from May.
  • Sagmeister, Otto, Austrian Minister of Food.
  • Saint-Hardouin. See Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin.
  • Saltzman, Charles E., Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas.
  • Satterthwaite, Livingston L., Chief of the Division of British Commonwealth Affairs; Deputy Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State, from October.
  • Sauvagnargues, Jean, Acting Chief Central European Division, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Sohaerf, Dr. Adolph, Austrian Vice Chancellor.
  • Schmid, Carlo, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern; Representative at the Bonn Parliamentary Council and Chairman of its Main Committee.
  • Schumacher, Dr. Kurt, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD).
  • *‡ Schuman, Robert, French Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Seal, Eric A., Deputy Under-Secretary of State (German Section), British Foreign Office.
  • * Semyenov, Vladimir Semyenovich, Political Adviser to the Chief of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany.
  • Shone, Sir Terence, member of the British Delegation to the United Nations.
  • Shuckburgh, Charles A. E., Head of the Western Department of the British Foreign Office.
  • Slater, Joseph E., United States Secretary on the Secretariat of the Allied High Commission for Germany.
  • * Smirnov, Andrey Andreyevich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union.
  • Smith, Kingsbury, European General Manager of the International News Service.
  • Smith, Walter Bedell, United States Ambassador in the Soviet Union, 1948.
  • Snyder, John W., Secretary of the Treasury.
  • Sokolovskiy, Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasiliy Danilovich, Chief of the Soviet Military Administration for Germany, until April.
  • Souers, Sidney W., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.
  • Stalin, Generalissimo Iosif Vissarionovich, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union; Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • *‡ Steel, Christopher E., former Head of the British Political Division of the Allied Control Commission for Germany.
  • Strang, Sir William, British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from February 1.
  • Suhr, Dr. Otto, Berlin Representative at the Bonn Parliamentary Council.
  • Sviridov, Lieutenant General Vladimir Petrovich, Soviet High Commissioner for Austria, from May 1949.
  • * Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin, Jacques, Political Adviser to the French Commander-in-Chief for Germany.
  • Taylor, Fred G., United States radio specialist, Office of Public Affairs, at Berlin.
  • Taylor, Major General Maxwell D., United States Commander, Berlin and United States Commandant for Berlin, from October.
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E., Jr., Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, from July 6.
  • Thorp, Willard L., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
  • Togliatti, Palmiro, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Italy.
  • Tsinyev, Major General G. K., Acting Soviet Deputy High Commissioner for Austria.
  • Tulpanov, Major General Sergey I., Chief, Information Division, Soviet Military Administration for Germany.
  • Ulbricht, Walter, Deputy Chairman and member of the Politburo and Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
  • van Zeeland, Paul, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, from August.
  • Voorhees, Tracy S., Assistant Secretary of the Army, until February 1949; Under Secretary of the Army, from February 1949.
  • * Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, until March; Minister of Foreign Affairs, from March.
  • Wapler, Arnauld, Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States.
  • Warner, Adolphe J., member of Finance Division of OMGUS.
  • Webb, James E., Under Secretary of State, from January 28.
  • Weir, Sir Cecil, President of the Economic Subcommission of the British Military Government for Germany.
  • Wilds, Walter, Deputy to Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas.
  • Wilkinson, Lawrence, Economic Adviser, Office of United States Military Government for Germany.
  • Williamson, Francis T., Assistant Chief, Division of Central European Affairs; Acting Chief, Division of Austrian Affairs, from March 17; Chief, from October 12; Officer in Charge of Italian-Austrian Affairs, from November 1.
  • Winterton, Major General T. J. W., British Deputy High Commissioner for Austria.
  • Yelesarov, Colonel Aleksey I., Soviet Deputy Commandant for Berlin.
  • * Yost, Charles W., Counselor of United States Legation in Austria to March 30; Special Assistant to the Ambassador at Large (Jessup), from May 10.
  • *† Zarubin, Georgiy Nikolayevich, Soviet Representative at the Austrian treaty negotiations; Deputy for Austria at the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers; Soviet Ambassador in the United Kingdom.
  • Zhukov, Yuri, Pravda correspondent in France.