Office of the Historian

Persons

  • Adams, General Paul D., Commander in Chief, Strike Command (CINCSTRIKE), until November 1966; also Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara (CINCMEAFSA), until November 1966
  • Ahmed, Aziz, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan until June 1966
  • Ahmed, Ghulam, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States until September 1966
  • Ayub Khan, Field Marshal Mohammad, President of Pakistan and Minister of Defense
  • Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State until September 1966; Representative to the United Nations, June–September 1968
  • Battle, Lucius D., Ambassador to the United Arab Republic, September 1964–March 1967; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, April 1967–September 1968
  • Bell, David E., Administrator of the Agency for International Development until June 1966
  • Bhabha, Dr. Homi J., Secretary of the Indian Department of Atomic Energy until January 1966
  • Bhagat, Bali Ram, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs from November 1967
  • Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, Foreign Minister of Pakistan until June 1966
  • Bohlen, Charles E., Ambassador to France until February 1968; thereafter Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Bowles, Chester A., Ambassador to India
  • Buffum, William B., Director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until August 1965; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, September 1965–December 1966; thereafter Deputy Representative to the United Nations
  • Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until February 1966
  • Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador at Large, October 1966–March 1967; thereafter Ambassador to Vietnam
  • Butterfield, Alexander, Deputy Assistant to the President
  • Califano, Joseph, Special Assistant to the President from July 1965
  • Cameron, Turner C., Director, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1965
  • Cargo, William I., Deputy Chief of Mission in Pakistan until August 1967
  • Chadhury, General J.N., Chief of Staff of the Indian Army
  • Chagla, Mohammad Ali Currim, Indian Minister of Education, Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, July 1964–November 1966; Minister of External Affairs, November 1966–September 1967
  • Chaudhuri, Sachindra Nath, Indian Minister of Finance, December 1965–March 1967
  • Chavan, Y.B. (Yashwantrao Balwantrao), Indian Minister of Defense, June 1964–November 1966; thereafter Minister of Home Affairs
  • Clifford, Clark M., lawyer and one of the “Wise Men” who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson; Secretary of Defense from March 1968
  • Coon, Carleton S., Jr., Officer in Charge of India, Nepal, and Ceylon Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, September 1965–July 1968
  • Davies, Rodger P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from October 1965
  • Dayal, Rajeshwar, Foreign Secretary of the Indian Minister of External Affairs from 1967
  • Dean, Arthur H., lawyer and one of the “Wise Men” who served as unofficial advisers to President Johnson; served in this capacity after October 1965
  • Desai, Morarji Ranchhodji, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of India from March 1967
  • Dole, Robert J., Republican Congressman from Kansas
  • Ellender, Allen J., Democratic Senator from Louisiana
  • Eskildsen, Clarence, Deputy Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture
  • Etemadi, Nur Ahmad, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, November 1965–October 1967; thereafter Prime Minister
  • Farhadi, Abdul Ghafur Rawan, Secretary, Afghan Council of Ministers, and Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from August 1964
  • Fowler, Henry H., Secretary of the Treasury, April 1965–December 1968
  • Freeman, Orville L., Secretary of Agriculture
  • Gandhi, Indira, Indian Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 1964 until January 1966; Prime Minister and Minister of Atomic Energy from January 1966; also Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Planning Commission from November 1967
  • Gaud, William S., Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development, February 1964–August 1966; thereafter Administrator
  • Goldberg, Arthur J., Representative to the United Nations, July 1965–June 1968
  • Grant, James P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until September 1964
  • Hamilton, Edward K., Member of the National Security Council Staff, October 1965–December 1968
  • Handley, William J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from September 1964
  • Hare, Raymond A., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, September 1965–November 1966
  • Harriman, W. Averell, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until March 1965; thereafter Ambassador at Large
  • Hart, Parker T., Ambassador to Saudi Arabia until May 1965; Ambassador to Turkey, October 1965–October 1968; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Heck, L. Douglas, Country Director for India, Ceylon, and Nepal-Maldive Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, October 1966–July 1968
  • Helms, Richard M., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, April 1965–June 1966; thereafter Director
  • Hilaly, Agha, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States from October 1966
  • Hoopes, Townsend W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965–1968
  • Hughes, Thomas L., Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Humphrey, Hubert H., Vice President of the United States
  • Husain, M. Arshad, Pakistani High Commissioner in India until May 1968; thereafter Foreign Minister
  • Husain, Zakir, Vice President of India until May 1967; thereafter President
  • Jacobsen, Jake, Special Counsel to the President, 1965–1967
  • Jernegan, John D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until July 1965
  • Jha, Chandra Shekhar, Foreign Secretary of Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from February 1965
  • Jha, Lakshmi Kant, Secretary to the Indian Prime Minister, July 1964–July 1967; thereafter Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
  • Johnson, Major General Charles E., III, Chief, United States Military Supply Mission to India, from January 1965
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., President of the United States
  • Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until July 1964; Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, July 1964–September 1965; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, November 1965–October 1966; thereafter Ambassador to Japan
  • Johnson, W. Thomas, White House Deputy Press Secretary
  • Jones, Jim R., Assistant to the President, February 1965–January 1968; Deputy Special Assistant to the President, January–May 1968; Special Assistant to the President from May 1968; also from January 1968 served as President’s Appointments Secretary
  • Jung, Nawab Ali Javar, Indian Ambassador to the United States from January 1968
  • Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., Deputy Attorney General until February 1965; Attorney General, February 1965–October 1966; thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Khan, Admiral A.R., Pakistani Minister of Defense from October 1966
  • Khan, Air Marshal Asghar, Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Air Force until July 1965
  • Khan, Air Marshal Malik Nur, Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Air Force from July 1965
  • Kohler, Foy D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, November 1966–December 1967
  • Komer, Robert W., Member of the National Security Council Staff until September 1965; Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, October 1965–March 1966; Special Assistant to the President, March 1966–May 1967; appointed Ambassador to Turkey December 3, 1968
  • Krishnamachari, T.T. (Tiruvallur Thattai), Indian Minister of Finance, August 1963–December 1965
  • Krishna Menon, V.K. (Vengalil Krishnan), Indian political leader; former Minister of Defense; member of the Lok Sabha (Parliament) until 1967
  • Kuznetsov, Vasiliy V., First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Laingen, L. Bruce, Officer in Charge of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, September 1964–August 1967
  • Laise, Carol C., Director, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, August 1965–July 1966; Country Director for India, Ceylon, Nepal, and Maldive Islands, July–September 1966; thereafter Ambassador to Nepal
  • Lewis, John P., AID Director in New Delhi, India, from September 1964
  • Locke, Eugene M., Ambassador to Pakistan, June 1966–April 1967; Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, May 1967–January 1968
  • Macomber, William B., Assistant Administrator for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development, February 1964–March 1967; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • Maiwandwal, Mohammad Hashim, Prime Minister of Afghanistan, October 1965–October 1967
  • Majid, Abdul, Afghan Ambassador to the United States until January 1967
  • Malikyar, Abdullah, First Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan until February 1964; Minister of Finance until June 1964; Acting Prime Minister, February–June 1964; Afghan Ambassador to the United Kingdom, October 1964–March 1967; thereafter Ambassador to the United States
  • Mann, Thomas C., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, March 1965–May 1966
  • McConaughy, Walter P., Jr., Ambassador to Pakistan until May 1966; thereafter Ambassador to China
  • McCone, John A., Director of Central Intelligence until April 1965
  • McGee, Gale, Democratic Senator from Wyoming
  • McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense until February 1968; thereafter President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • McNaughton, John T., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 1964–July 1967
  • Mehta, Asoka, Indian Minister of Planning and Social Welfare until November 1967; thereafter Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals and Social Welfare
  • Miller, Jack R., Republican Senator from Iowa
  • Moyers, Bill D., Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff at the White House, October 1964–January 1967; also White House Press Secretary, July 1965–January 1967
  • Naas, Charles W., Pakistan Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1964
  • Nanda, Gulzarilal, Indian Minister of Home Affairs until November 1966; also Interim Prime Minister, May 27–June 9, 1964
  • Nehru, B.K. (Braj Kumar), Indian Ambassador to the United States until December 1967
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India until his death on May 27, 1964
  • Neumann, Robert G., Ambassador to Afghanistan from February 1967
  • Nimmo, Lieutenant General Robert H., Chief Military Observer, United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan until his death in January 1966
  • Nitze, Paul H., Deputy Secretary of Defense from July 1967
  • Oehlert, Benjamin H., Jr., Ambassador to Pakistan from August 1967
  • Parthasarathi, Gopalaswami, Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Pickard, Cyril, Superintending Under-Secretary, Asia and Atlantic Division, British Commonwealth Relations Office, until May 1966; thereafter British High Commissioner in Pakistan
  • Pirzada, Sharifuddin, Attorney General of Pakistan until July 1966; Foreign Minister, July 1966–May 1968; thereafter Attorney General
  • Poage, William R., Democratic Congressman from Texas
  • Raborn, Vice Admiral William F., Jr., Director of Central Intelligence, April 1965–June 1966
  • Radhakrishnan, Dr. Sarvepalli, President of India until May 1967
  • Ram, Jagjivan, Indian Minister of Labor, Employment, and Rehabilitation until March 1967; Minister of Food and Agriculture from March 1967
  • Rao, P.V.R., Indian Defense Secretary
  • Read, Benjamin H., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department of State
  • Rishtiya, Sayyid Mohammed Kasim, Afghan Minister of Press and Information until July 1964; First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, July 1964–November 1965
  • Rockwell, Stuart W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from September 1966
  • Rostow, Eugene V., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from October 1966
  • Rostow, Walt W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council until March 1966; thereafter Special Assistant to the President
  • Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
  • Sarabhai, Dr. V.A. (Vikram Ambalal), Chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary to the Department of Atomic Energy from May 1966
  • Saunders, Harold H., Member of the National Security Council Staff
  • Scali, John A., Special Consultant to the President
  • Schneider, David T., Officer in Charge of India, Ceylon, and Nepal Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, until July 1965; Deputy Director, Office of South Asian Affairs, August 1965–August 1966; thereafter Deputy Chief of Mission in Pakistan
  • Schnittker, John A., Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1965–1968
  • Schultze, Charles L., Director, Bureau of the Budget, until January 1968
  • Shastri, Lal Bahadur, Indian Minister Without Portfolio until June 1964; Prime Minister, Minister of External Affairs, and Minister of Atomic Energy from June 1964 until his death on January 11, 1966
  • Shoaib, Mohammed, Pakistani Minister of Finance until September 1966; thereafter Vice President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr., Director of the Peace Corps until 1966
  • Singh, Air Marshal Arjan, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force
  • Singh, Swaran, Indian Minister of External Affairs, July 1964–November 1966; thereafter Minister of Defense
  • Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from September 1965
  • Smith, Bromley K., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Solbert, Peter O.A., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs until December 1965
  • Spain, James W., Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, March 1964–June 1966; thereafter Country Director for Pakistan-Afghanistan
  • Steeves, John M., Ambassador to Afghanistan until July 1966
  • Stevenson, Adlai E., Representative to the United Nations until his death in July 1965
  • Stoddart, Jonathan D., Deputy Director, Near East and South Asia Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Subramaniam, Chidambara, Indian Minister of Food and Agriculture, June 1964–March 1967
  • Talbot, Phillips, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until September 1965
  • Taylor, General Maxwell D., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until July 1964; Ambassador to Vietnam, July 1964–July 1965
  • Thant, U, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E., Ambassador at Large until December 1966; also Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Uquaili, N.M. (Nabi Babash Mohammad Sidique), Pakistani Minister of Finance from July 1966
  • Wrnke, Paul C., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from August 1967
  • Watson, Marvin, Special Assistant to the President, January 1965–April 1968
  • Wilson, Harold, British Prime Minister from October 1964
  • Woods, George D., President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) until 1968
  • Wriggins, W. Howard, Member of the National Security Council Staff, 1966–1967
  • Yaftali, Abdullah, Afghan Minister of Finance, November 1965–November 1967; Minister of Planning until November 1967; thereafter Second Deputy Prime Minister
  • Yahya Khan, General A.M., Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army from March 1966
  • Yung, Nawab Ali Yavar, Indian Ambassador to the United States from March 1968
  • Yusuf, Mohammed, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan until October 1965
  • Yusuf, S.M., Pakistani Foreign Secretary from June 1966
  • Zahir Shah, Mohammed, King of Afghanistan
  • Zahir, Dr. Abdul, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan from April 1964
  • Zwick, Charles J., Director, Bureau of the Budget, from January 1968