Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XX,
Congo Crisis
List of Persons
- Adoula,
Cyrille, Congolese Minister of the Interior until July
1961; Prime Minister from August 1961
- Alphand, Herve,
French Ambassador to the United States
- Balewa, Sir Abubakar
Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria
- Ball, George
W., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,
February–December 1961; thereafter Under Secretary of State
- Bell, David
E., Director of the Bureau of the Budget, January
1961–December 1962; thereafter Administrator of the Agency for International
Development
- Blue, William
L., Deputy Director of the Office of Western European
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until July 1961;
Director, July 1961–February 1962
- Bomboko,
Justin, President of the Congolese College of
Commissioners and Commissioner for Foreign Affairs until February 1961;
Foreign Minister, February 1961–April 1963; thereafter Minister of
Justice
- Bowles, Chester
A., Under Secretary of State until December 1961;
President’s Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin
American Affairs, and Ambassador at Large, December 1961–June 1963;
Ambassador to India from July 1963
- Brubeck, William
H., Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State,
August 1961–May 1962; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and
Executive Secretary, May 1962–July 1963; thereafter member of National
Security Council Staff
- Bruce, David
K.E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom from March
1961
- Buffum, William
B., Deputy Director, Office of United Nations Political
and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs,
Department of State, until November 1963; thereafter Director of that
Office
- Bunche, Ralph
J., United Nations Under Secretary for Special Political
Affairs
- Bundy,
McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs from January 1961
- Burden, William
A.M., Ambassador to Belgium until February
1961
- Burdett, William C.,
Jr., Director, Office of British Commonwealth and
Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State,
until September 1962; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs
- Burke, Admiral Arleigh
A., Chief of Naval Operations until August
1961
- Caccia, Sir
Harold, British Ambassador to the United States until
October 1961
- Canup, William
C., Consul at Elisabethville until September 1961
- Carlucci, Frank
C., III, Second Secretary at the Embassy in the Congo
until December 1961; Officer in Charge of Congo (Leopoldville) Affairs,
Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State, from February 1962; Officer in Charge of Congo (Leopoldville)
Political Affairs from May 1963
- Cardoso, Mario,
Congolese Permanent Representative to the United Nations until June 1962;
thereafter Charge of the Embassy in the United States
- Cleveland,
Harlan, Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs from February 1961
- Couve de Murville,
Maurice, French Foreign Minister
- Dayal,
Rajeshwar, Special Representative of the U.N.
Secretary-General in the Congo until May 1961
- Dean, Jonathan,
Consul at Elisabethville from August 1962
- Dean, Sir
Patrick, British Permanent Representative to the United
Nations
- Dillon, C.
Douglas, Secretary of the Treasury from January
1961
- Dulles, Allen
W., Director of Central Intelligence until November
1961
- Eisenberg,
Robert, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State, until June 1961; Deputy Director,
Office of Central African Affairs, from June 1961 until March 1963
- Eisenhower, Dwight
D., President of the United States until January 20,
1961
- Fredericks, J.
Wayne, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs from May 1961
- Gardiner, Robert
K.A., United Nations Representative in the Congo,
April 1961–February 1962; Officer in Charge of the U.N. Operation in the
Congo, February 1962–April 1963
- Gbenye,
Christophe, Minister of the Interior in the opposition
regime in Stanleyville until July 1961; Congolese Minister of the Interior,
August 1961–February 1962; Deputy Prime Minister, February–July 1962
- Gilpatric, Roswell
L., Deputy Secretary of Defense from January
1961
- Gizenga,
Antoine, Prime Minister of the opposition regime in
Stanleyville until July 1961; Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of the
Congo, August 1961–January 1962; thereafter imprisoned
- Godley, G. McMurtrie,
II, Counselor of Embassy in the Congo, June
1961–August 1962; thereafter Director of the Office of Central African
Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- Greene, Colonel
M.J.L., Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for International Security Affairs; headed Special Military Advisory Team to
the Congo, June–July 1962
- Gullion, Edmund
A., Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo from
September 1961
- Hamilton,
Fowler, Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, September 1961–December 1962
- Hammarskjöld,
Dag, Secretary-General of the United Nations until his
death on September 18, 1961
- Harriman, W.
Averell, Ambassador at Large, February–December
1961; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, December
1961–April 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs
- Herter, Christian
A., Secretary of State until January 20, 1961
- Hilsman, Roger,
Jr., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, February 1961–April 1963; thereafter
Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
- Hoffacker,
Lewis, Consul at Elisabethville, October 1961–August
1962; thereafter First Secretary at the Embassy in the Congo
- Home, Lord (Alexander
Frederick Douglas-Home), British Foreign Secretary
until October 1963
- Ileo, Joseph,
President of the Republic of the Congo Senate; Prime Minister,
February–August 1961; Minister of Information and Culture, August 1961–July
1962; Minister Resident in Katanga from January 1963
- Johnson, U.
Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs from April 1961
- Kasavubu,
Joseph, President of the Republic of the Congo
- Kaysen, Carl,
member of the National Security Council Staff, June–December 1961;
thereafter Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
- Kennedy, John
F., President of the United States from January 20,
1961, until his death November 22, 1963
- Khiari,
Mahmoud, Chief of the United Nations Civilian Operation
in the Congo, September 1961–September 1962
- Khrushchev, Nikita
Sergeyevich, Chairman of the Soviet Council of
Ministers
- Kohler, Foy
D., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
until August 1962; Ambassador to the Soviet Union from September 1962
- LeMay, General Curtis
E., Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, from
June 1961
- Lemnitzer, General Lyman
L., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until
September 1962
- Linner, Sture
C., Chief of the United Nations Civilian Operation in
the Congo until September 1961; Officer in Charge of the United Nations
Operation in the Congo, May 1961–February 1962
- Loridan,
Walter, Belgian Representative to the United
Nations
- Lumumba,
Patrice, former Prime Minister of the Republic of the
Congo; died January 1961
- MacArthur, Douglas,
II, Ambassador to Belgium from May 1961
- Macmillan,
Harold, British Prime Minister until October 1963
- Mathu, Eliud
W., United Nations representative in Katanga
- McGhee, George
C., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of
the Policy Planning Council, February–December 1961; Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs, December 1961–March 1963
- McKeown (MacEoin), Major
General Sean (later Lieutenant General), Commander,
United Nations Force in the Congo until March 1962
- McNamara, Robert
C., Secretary of Defense from January 1961
- Mobutu, Colonel
Joseph, Chief of Staff of the Congolese National
Army; after January 23, Major General and Commander in Chief of Congolese
Forces
- Munongo,
Godefroid, Katangan Minister of the Interior until April
1963; thereafter Minister of Health
- Nehru,
Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India
- Nkrumah, Kwame,
President of Ghana
- O’Brien, Conor
Cruise, United Nations Representative in
Elisabethville, June–December 1961
- Ormsby Gore,
David, British Ambassador to the United States
- Plimpton, Francis
T.P., Deputy Representative to the United Nations
and Deputy Representative to the Security Council from March 1961
- Prem Chand, Major General
Dewan, United Nations military commander in
Katanga
- Rikhye, Brigadier General
Indar Jit, Military Adviser to the U.N.
Secretary-General
- Robiliart,
Herman, President of Union Miniere and a Director of the
Societe Generale
- Rothschild,
Robert, Special Assistant to the Belgian Foreign
Minister for Congo Affairs, January–April 1961; thereafter Chef de Cabinet,
Belgian Foreign Ministry
- Rusk, Dean,
Secretary of State from January 1961
- Satterthwaite, Joseph
C., Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
until February 1961; thereafter Ambassador to the Republic of South
Africa
- Scheyven,
Louis, Belgian Ambassador to the United States
- Sisco, Joseph
J., Director, Office of United Nations Political and
Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department
of State, July 1961–November 1963; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for International Organization Affairs
- Spaak,
Paul-Henri, Belgian Vice Premier and Foreign Minister
from April 1961
- Stevenson, Adlai
E., Representative to the United Nations
- Taylor, General Maxwell
D., President’s Military Representative until
October 1962; thereafter Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Thant, U,
Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, November 1961–November 1962;
thereafter Secretary-General
- Timberlake, Clare
H., Ambassador to the Congo until June 1961
- Truman, Lieutenant General
Louis W., headed mission to the Congo, December
1962
- Tshombe, Moise,
President of Katanga Province in the Republic of the Congo
- Tubby, Roger,
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, March 1961–April
1962
- Tyler, William
R., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European
Affairs, May 1961–September 1962; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State
for European Affairs
- Vance, Sheldon
B., Director, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau
of African Affairs, Department of State, June 1961–August 1962
- Wachuku, Jaja,
Nigerian Representative to the United Nations and Chairman of the United
Nations Conciliation Commission for the Congo, January–March 1961; Nigerian
Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from July 1961
- Wallner,
Woodruff, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs
- Welensky, Sir
Roy, Rhodesian Prime Minister
- Wigny, Pierre,
Belgian Foreign Minister until April 1961
- Williams, G.
Mennen, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
from January 1961
- Yost, Charles
W., Ambassador to Morocco until March 1961; thereafter
Deputy Representative to the U.N. Security Council and Representative to the
U.N. General Assembly