Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Eastern
Europe, Volume XXV
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. All titles and positions are American unless
indicated otherwise. Where no dates are given, the official held the
position throughout the period covered by this volume.
- Adams, Sherman,
Assistant to President Eisenhower
- Adenauer,
Konrad, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
and, until May 1955, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Aldrich, Winthrop
W., Ambassador to the United Kingdom until February
1957
- Amory, Robert,
Jr., Deputy Director (Intelligence), Central
Intelligence Agency
- Anderson,
Dillon, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs,
April 1955-September 1956; thereafter Consultant to the President
- Anderson, Robert
B., Deputy Secretary of Defense until August 1955;
Special Emissary of the President, January-March 1956; Secretary of the
Treasury from July 1957
- Armstrong, W. Park,
Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for
Intelligence until May 1957
- Barber, Willard
F., Counselor of the Mission in Poland, April 1956-July
1957
- Barbour,
Walworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs until November 1955; Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in
the United Kingdom, November 1955-February 1956; thereafter Deputy Chief of
Mission
- Barnes, N.
Spencer, Counselor of the Mission in Hungary from
January 1955; member, Policy Planning Staff, from September 1957
- Baxter, William
O., Director, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until August
1956
- Beam, Jacob
D., Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State, March 1955-October 1955; Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, October 1955-June 1957;
Ambassador to Poland from August 1957
- Bennett, W. Tapley,
Jr., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary
of State for Political Affairs, August 1955-September 1957; thereafter
Political Counselor in the Embassy in Austria
- Berding, Andrew
H., Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Programs,
U.S. Information Agency, until March 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs
- Bernau, Phyllis
D., Secretary of State Dulles’ Personal Secretary
- Blake, Robert
O., International Relations Officer, Office of Eastern
European Affairs, Department of State, until August 1957
- Bohlen, Charles
E., Ambassador in the Soviet Union until April 1957;
Ambassador in the Philippines from June 1957
- Bowie, Robert
R., Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of
State, until August 1955; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
and Department of State representative on the National Security Council
Planning Board, August 1955-October 1957
- Brownell, Herbert,
Jr., Attorney General of the United States
- Bruce, David
K.E., Consultant to the Secretary of State, January
1955-March 1957; thereafter Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
and Chief of Mission in Berlin
- Bulganin, Nikolai
Aleksandrovich, Soviet Minister of Armed Forces
until February 1955; thereafter Chairman of the Council of Ministers and
member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Burris, Philip
H., Policy Coordinator, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of State for Public Affairs, from October 1955
- Cabell, General Charles
P., Deputy Director, Central Intelligence
Agency
- Campbell,
Laughlin, Chief, Plans and Policy Division, Embassy in
the Federal Republic of Germany
- Colbert, James
L., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of
State
- Conant, James
B., High Commissioner in Germany until May 1955;
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and Chief of Mission in
Berlin, May 1955-February 1957
- Corbett, Jack
C., Director of the Office of International Financial
and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of
State
- Crittenberger, General Willis
D., Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for NSC 143 (Volunteer Freedom Corps),
1953–1954
- Cutler, Robert,
Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs from April 1955 and
from January 1957
- Delaney, Robert
Finley, Office of Policy and Program, Soviet Orbit
Divison, U.S. Information Agency, until February 1955; thereafter Attaché
and Information Officer, Legation in Hungary
- Dillon, C.
Douglas, Ambassador to France until January 1957;
thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- Dirksen, Everett
McKinley, Republican Senator from Illinois
- Dowling, Walter
C., Deputy High Commissioner for Germany until May 1955;
Counselor of Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany, May 1955-May
1956
- Dulles, Allen
W., Director of Central Intelligence
- Dulles, John
Foster, Secretary of State
- Eden, Sir
Anthony, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
until April 1955; Prime Minister, April 1955-January 1957
- Eisenhower, Dwight
David, President of the United States
- Elbrick, C.
Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European
Affairs, March 1956-February 1957; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State
for European Affairs
- Erskine, General Graves
B., Director, Office of Special Operations, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
- FitzGerald, Dennis
A., Deputy Director for Operations, Foreign
Operations Administration (International Cooperation Administration after
July 1955)
- Flemming, Arthur
S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, until
February 1957
- Freers, Edward
L., Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State, from July 15, 1956
- George, Walter
F., Democratic Senator from Georgia; Chairman, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, January 1955-January 1957; Special Assistant to
President Eisenhower, January-August
1957
- Gleason, S.
Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National
Security Council
- Gomulka,
Wladyslaw, First Secretary of the Central Committee,
Polish United Workers’ Party
- Goodpaster, Colonel Andrew
J. (Brigadier General from January 1957), Staff
Secretary to President Eisenhower
- Gromyko, Andrei
Andreevich, Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs until February 1957; thereafter Foreign Minister
- Hagerty, James
C., Press Secretary to President Eisenhower
- Hammarskjöld,
Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Hanes, John W.,
Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State;
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
from April 1957
- Henderson, Loy
W., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
from January 1955; Officer in Charge, Hungarian Refugee Operations, from
December 1956
- Herter, Christian
A., Consultant to the Secretary of State, January
1957-February 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State and Chairman,
Operations Coordinating Board
- Higgs, L.
Randolph, Deputy Operations Coordinator until December
1956
- Hill, Robert
B., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Relations, March 1956-June 1957
- Hollister, John
B., Consultant to the Secretary of State, May-July 1955;
Director, International Cooperation Administration, July 1955-July
1957
- Hoover, Herbert C.,
Jr., Under Secretary of State and Chairman,
Operations Coordinating Board, until February 1957
- Horváth, Imre,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of the Politburo of Hungary from July
1956
- Howe, Fisher,
Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, until March
1956; therafter Director of the Executive Secretariat
- Hughes, Rowland
R., Director, Bureau of the Budget, until April
1956
- Humphrey, George
M., Secretary of the Treasury until July 1957
- Ismay, Baron Hastings
Lionel, Secretary General of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization until April 1957
- Jackson, C.D.,
Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, February 1953-March 1954
- Jackson, William
H., Special Assistant to Secretary of State Dulles, September 1955-January 1956;
Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, January-September 1956; Acting Special Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs, September 1956-January
1957
- Jacobs, Joseph
E., Ambassador to Poland, April 1, 1955-July 23,
1957
- Jernegan, John
D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, until October 1955; thereafter
Minister-Counselor of Embassy in Italy
- Johnson, U.
Alexis, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia until December
1957
- Kádár, János,
General Secretary of the Hungarian Workers’ Party; Prime Minister of Hungary
from November 1956
- Kalijarvi, Thorsten
V., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs until March 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,
March 1957-September 1957; thereafter Ambassador to El Salvador
- Khrushchev, Nikita
Sergeyevich, First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone
A., British Permanent Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs until February 1957
- Klosson, Boris,
Deputy Chief, Division of Research for U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe,
Department of State; Acting Chief from August 1955; Chief from December
1955; National War College from August 1957
- Lacy, William
S.B., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for
East-West Exchanges until 1957
- Lay, James S.,
Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security
Council
- Leverich, Henry
P., Deputy Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- Lister, George
T., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of
State, until September 1957
- Lloyd, Selwyn,
British Minister of Supply until April 1955; Minister of Defense, April
1955-December 1955; thereafter Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Lodge, Henry Cabot,
Jr., Permanent Representative at the United
Nations
- Luce, Clare
Boothe, Ambassador to Italy until December 1956
- MacArthur, Douglas,
II, Counselor of the Department of State until
December 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 1957
- McCardle, Carl
W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
until March 1957
- McCarthy, Joseph
M., Republican Senator from Wisconsin
- McKisson, Robert
M., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department
of State, until July 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of Balkan
Affairs
- Malenkov, Georgiy
Maksimilianovich, Chairman of the Soviet Council of
Ministers until February 1955
- Mark, David
E., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of
State, until June 1957; thereafter First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy
in the Soviet Union
- Meeker, Leonard
C., Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs,
Department of State
- Merchant, Livingston
T., Assistant Secretary of State for European
Affairs until May 1956; thereafter Ambassador to Canada
- Merrill, Frederick
T., Director, East-West Exchanges Staff, Office of
Public Affairs, Department of State, from July 1956
- Mićunović,
Veljko, Yugoslav Ambassador to the Soviet Union from
March 1956
- Mikoyan, Anastas
Ivanovich, First Deputy Chairman of the Soviet
Council of Ministers, 1955
- Moghioros,
Alexzandru, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of
Ministers of Romania
- Molotov, Vyacheslav
Mikhailovich, Soviet Foreign Minister until May
1956
- Murphy, Robert
D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs
- Nixon, Richard
M., Vice President of the United States
- Nunley, William
T., Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State,
from January 1955; Acting United Nations Adviser, Bureau of European
Affairs, from September 1955
- Palmer, Joseph,
II, Deputy Director of the Office of European Regional
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until September
1955; Acting Director until September 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs
- Perkins, George
W., Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic
Council, March 1955-October 1957
- Phleger,
Herman, Legal Adviser, Department of State, until April
1957
- Prochnow, Herbert
V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs, November 1955-November 1956
- Radford, Admiral Arthur
M., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August
1957
- Randall, Clarence
B., Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for Foreign Economic Policy and,
from July 1956, Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
- Revey, E.
Louis, Chief, Soviet Orbit Policy Staff, Office of
Policy and Programs, U.S. Information Agency, and Officer, Office of the
Special Assistant to the President’s Representative on the Special Committee
on Soviet and Related Problems
- Richards, Arthur
L., Consul General at Istanbul until 1956; Operations
Coordinator, Department of State, from January 1956
- Richards, James
P., Democratic Representative from South Carolina;
Member, House Foreign Relations Committee until January 1957; thereafter
Special Assistant to President Eisenhower
- Robertson, Walter
S., Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs
- Rockefeller, Nelson
A., Special Assistant to President Eisenhower until December 1955; Chairman,
President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization, until 1957
- Rountree, William
M., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs from August 1956
- Salt, Barbara,
First Secretary of the British Embassy in the United States
- Shepilov, Dmitrii
Trofimovich, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs,
June 1956-February 1957
- Široký, Viliam,
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- Sobolev, Arkady
N., Soviet Representative at the United Nations
- Staats, Elmer
B., Executive Secretary, Operations Coordinating
Board
- Stassen, Harold
E., Director, Foreign Operations Administration, until
June 1955; Special Assistant to President Eisenhower from March 1955 and U.S. Deputy Representative to
the United Nations Disarmament Commission and Subcommittee from August
1955
- Stelle, Charles
C., Member, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State,
until 1956; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Plans, August
1956-August 1957
- Stevens, Francis
B., Director, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State, until July 1956
- Stevenson,
Adlai, Democratic candidate for President, 1956
- Stoessel,
Walter, International Relations Officer, Department of
State, until 1956; detailed to White House, March-June 1956; First Secretary
and Consul of the Embassy in France from June 1956
- Streibert, Theodore
C., Director, U.S. Information Agency, until
December 1956
- Sutterlin, James
S., Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State, from September 1956
- Thompson, Llewellyn
E., High Commissioner to Austria until May 1955 and
Ambassador to Austria until July 1957; thereafter Ambassador to the Soviet
Union
- Timmons, Benson E.L.,
III, First Secretary of the Embassy in France and
Director, Foreign Operations Mission, until July 1955; Minister for Economic
Affairs, July-September 1955; thereafter Director of the Office of European
Regional Affairs, Department of State
- Tresize, Philip
H., Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for
Policy Planning
- Trivers,
Howard, Officer in Charge of Polish, Baltic, and
Czechoslovak Affairs, Department of State, June 1955-July 1957; thereafter
Political Officer in the Mission in Berlin
- Twining, General Nathan
F., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, until July 1957;
thereafter Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Wadsworth, James
J., Alternate Permanent Representative to the United
Nations and Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Mission at the
United Nations; Representative for International Atomic Energy Agency
Negotiations from January 1956
- Wailes, Edward
T., Minister to Hungary after July 26, 1956
- Wainhouse, David
W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs until September 1955; First Secretary of
the Embassy in France, September 1955-July 1956; Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, July-October
1956; thereafter Counselor of the Embassy in Austria
- Walmsley, Walter N.,
Jr., Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in the Soviet
Union until October 1956; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs
- Washburn, Abbott
M., Deputy Director, U.S. Information Agency
- Waugh, Samuel
C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
until August 1955; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,
August 1955-October 1955; thereafter President and Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Export-Import Bank
- White, Lincoln,
Assistant Chief, News Division, Department of State, until 1955; Deputy
Chief from March 1955; Acting Chief from December 1955; Chief from July
1957
- Wilcox, Francis
O., Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
until September 1955; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs
- Wilson, Charles
E., Secretary of Defense until October 1957
- Young, Kenneth T.,
Jr., Director of the Office of Philippine and
Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, January 1955-April 1956;
thereafter Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
- Zhukov, Marshal Georgiy
Konstantinovich, Soviet Minister of Defense,
February 1955-October 1957