Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969–1972
Persons
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Abdirascid, Ali Shermarke,
President of Somalia from June 1967 until his assassination on October 15,
1969
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Achebe, Chinua, novelist,
worked for Biafran Information Services and Political Orientation
Committee
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Adair, Edwin Ross, Ambassador
to Ethiopia from July 8, 1971 to February 12, 1974
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Adoula, Cyrille, formerPrime
Minister of the Congo until July 1964; Ambassador to the United States from
January 1967
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Agnew, Spiro T., Vice
President of the United States, January 1969 to October 1973
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Aklilu, Abte-Wold Tsahafi,
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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Akpan, N. U., Chief Secretary
of the Biafran government
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Amachree, Godfrey, personal
representative of Major General Gowon
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Amin, Major General Idi,
President of Uganda from January 25, 1971
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Annenberg, Walter H.,
Ambassador to the United Kingdom from April 1969 to October 1974
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Arikpo, Okoi, Nigerian Federal
Commissioner for External Affairs under Gowon
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Atherton, Alfred L., Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
from March 1970
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Azikiwe, Chukwuma, son of the
former President of Nigeria, mentioned as possible peace negotiator
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Azikiwe, Nnamdi, President of
Nigeria, 1963-1967
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Berard, Armand, French
Representative to the United Nations until February 1970
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Bergsten, C. Fred, member of
the National Security Council Staff from 1969 to 1971
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Blatchford, Joseph H.,
Director of the Peace Corps, May 1969 to June 1971; Director of ACTION, July
1971 to February 1973
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Burns, Arthur F., Counselor to
the President, January 1969 to January 1970; thereafter, Chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board
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Bush, George H. W.,
Republican Congressman from Texas until January 1971; Representative to the
United Nations, February 1971 to January 1973
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Butterfield, Alexander P.,
Deputy Assistant to the President from January 1969 to January 1973
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Butz, Earl l., Secretary of
Agriculture from December 1971
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Cadieux, Marcel, Canadian
Ambassador to the United States from April 1970
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Caradon, Lord (Hugh Mackintosh
Foot), British Representative to the United Nations
until June 1970
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Carter, W. Beverly, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, November 1969 to
June 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Tanzania
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Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, Prime
Minister of France from June 1969 to July 1972
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Chafee, John H., Secretary of
the Navy from January 1969 to May 1972
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Chiang Kai-shek, President of
the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai),
Premier of the Peopleʼs Republic of China
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Cline, Ray S., Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October
1969
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Cohen, Edwin S., Under
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972–1973
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Connally, John B., Jr.,
Secretary of the Treasury from February 1971 to May 1972
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Cousins, Norman, Editor,
Saturday Review
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Cromer, Earl of (George Rowland Stanley
Baring), British Ambassador to the United States
from February 1971
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Crowe, Sir Colin, British
Representative to the United Nations from June 1970
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Cushman, Lieutenant General Robert R.,
Jr., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from
May 1969 to December 1971
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Davis, Jeanne W., Director,
National Security Council Staff Secretariat, 1970–1971
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Debre, Michel, French Foreign
Minister until June 1969
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DeGaulle, Charles, President
of France until April 1969
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De Guiringaud, Louis, French
Representative to the United Nationals from 1972
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Denney, George C., Jr.,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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Dent, Frederick B., Secretary
of Commerce from December 1972
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DePalma, Samuel, Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 1969
to June 1973
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Dike, Kenneth, roving Biafran
emissary
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Dohney, Father Kevin, Holy
Ghost priest, Ireland, active in Biafran relief effort
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Dohney, Father Michael, Holy
Ghost priest, Ireland, active in Biafran relief effort
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Douglas-Home, Sir Alec,
British Foreign Secretary from June 1970 to March 1974
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Eagleburger, Lawrence S.,
member of the National Security Council Staff, 1969–1970
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Effiong, Major-General
Philip, Biafran Chief of Staff who conducted Biafraʼs
surrender after Ojukwu left
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Egal, Mohammed Ibrahim, Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia from June 1967
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Ehrlichman, John D., Counsel
to the President, January–November 1969; Assistant to the President for
Domestic Affairs, November 1969–May 1973
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Ekwensi, Cyprian, Director of
Biafran Information Services
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Eliot, Theodore L., Jr.,
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department
of State from August 1969 to September 1973; thereafter, Ambassador to
Afghanistan
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Enahoro, Chief Anthony,
Federal Minister of Information in Gowonʼs government
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Ferguson, Clarence Clyde,
Jr., Special Coordinator on Relief to Victims of the
Nigerian Civil War from February 1969 to June 1970; Ambassador to Uganda
from June 1970 until July 1972; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs from August 1972 to October 1973
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Foccart, Jacques, French
Secretary General for African and Malagasy Affairs
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Ford, Gerald R., Republican
Congressman from Michigan; House Minority Leader
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Freeman, John, British
Ambassador to the United States from March 1969 to January 1971
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Freeman, Rear Admiral Mason,
USN, Vice Director, Joint Chiefs of State
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Freymond, Jacques, Vice
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from April
1969
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Froehlke, Robert F., Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Administration from January 1969 to June 1971;
Secretary of the Army from July 1971 to May 1973
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Fulbright, J. William,
Democratic Senator from Arkansas; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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Gowon, Major General Yakubu,
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria from July 1966
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Hadsel, Fred Latimer,
Ambassador to Somalia from June 28, 1969 to July 18, 1971; Ambassador to
Ghana from September 25, 1971 to July 29, 1974
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Haig, Alexander M., Jr.,
Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs from January 1969 to June 1970; Deputy Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs from June 1970 to January 1973;
thereafter, Army Vice Chief of Staff
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Haile, Selassie I, Emperor of
Ethiopia
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Haldeman, H. R., Assistant to
the President from January 1969 to April 1973
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Hall, William O., Ambassador
to Ethiopia from October 27, 1967 to May 15, 1971
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Hannah, John A.,
Administrator, Agency for International Development from April 1969 to
October 1973
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Hardin, Clifford M., Secretary
of Agriculture from January 1969 to December 1971
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Harlow, Bryce N., Assistant to
the President from January 1969 to January 1970; Counselor to the President
from January 1970 to 1974
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Heath, Edward, Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom from June 1970 to March 1974
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Helms, Richard M., Director of
Central Intelligence until February 1973
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Hughes, Thomas L., Director of
the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until August
1969
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Hurd, John G., Ambassador to
South Africa from September 10, 1970 to April 7, 1975
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Hyland, William, member of the
National Security Council Staff, 1970–1972
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Irwin, John N., II, Under
Secretary of State from September 1970 to July 1972; Deputy Secretary of
State from July 1972 to February 1973
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Iyalla, Joseph T. F.,
Nigerian Ambassador to the United States from March 1968 to April, 1972;
Permanent Secretary, Nigerian Ministry of External Affairs from May
1972
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Johnson, U. Alexis, Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 1969 to February
1973
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Katzenbach, Nicholas
deBelleville, Under Secretary of State from October 3,
1966 to January 20, 1969
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Kaunda, Kenneth D., President
of Zambia
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Kayibanda, Gregoire, President
and Prime Minister of Rwanda
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Keita, Modibo, President of
Mali
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Kennedy, David M., Secretary
of the Treasury from January 1969 to January 1971; Ambassador at Large for
Foreign Economic Development from February 1971 to March 1973; jointly,
Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from March 1972 to
February 1973
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Kenyatta, Jomo, President of
Kenya
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Kinney, Edward M.,
Secretary/Treasurer, Joint Church Aid-USA until April 1970
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Kissinger, Henry A.,
Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1969
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Kosciusko-Morizet, Jacques,
French Representative of France to the United Nations from February 1970 to
May 1972; thereafter, French Ambassador to the United States
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Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of
Defense from January 1969 to January 1973
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Lake, W. Anthony, member of
the National Security Council Staff, 1970–1971
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Lang, William E., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa and the Western Hemisphere until
1970
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Lindt, August, Swiss
Ambassador, served as the Commissioner General of the International
Committee of the Red Cross for West Africa concentrating on relief
operations in Nigeria from July 1968 to June 1969; resigned June 19, 1969
after being declared persona non grata by the Federal Military Government of
Nigeria on June 14, 1969
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Loomis, Henry, Deputy
Director, United States Information Agency until January 1973
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Lord, Winston, member of the
National Security Council Staff, 1969–1971
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Lucet, Charles, French
Ambassador to the United States until April 1972
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Lythcott, Dr. George,
Associate Dean for International Medical Affairs, College of Physicians
& Surgeons, Columbia University; former Regional Director in Lagos for
the 19 country project of the Public Health Service/Communicable Disease
Center from July 1966 to June 1969
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Mathews, Elbert G., Ambassador
to Nigeria from April 11, 1964 to July 26, 1969
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Melady, Thomas Patrick,
Ambassador to Burundi from January 31, 1970 to May 25, 1972; Ambassador to
Uganda from July 30, 1972 to February 9, 1973
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Melbourne, Roy M., Country
Director for West Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State,
from June 1966
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Mendenhall, Joseph A., Acting
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Vietnam, Agency for International
Development until January 1970; Ambassador to the Malagasy Republic from
September 1972
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Messmer, Pierre, Prime Minister
of France from July 1972 to February 1974
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Mitchell, John, Attorney
General from January 1969 to February 1972
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Mobutu, Lieutenant General Joseph
D., President of the Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
and Minister of Defense from November 1965
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Mohammed, Lieutenant-Colonel
Murtala, Nigerian Commander of 2nd Division, adviser
and rival to Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian Head of State
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Mojekwu, C. C., Biafran
Commissioner for Home Affairs
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Moore, C. Robert, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until June 1972;
thereafter, Ambassador to Cameroon
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Moorer, Admiral Thomas H.,
USN, Chief of Naval Operations until July 1970; thereafter, Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Moose, Richard, member of the
National Security Council Staff, 1969–1970
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Morris, Roger, member of the
National Security Council Staff, 1967–1971
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Naville, Marcel A., President
of the International Committee of the Red Cross from April 1969
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Newsom, David D., Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 1969 to January 1974
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Nixon, Richard M., President
of the United States from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974
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Njoku, Eni, Biafran delegate at
peace talks and a senior emissary
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Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from March 1969 to
January 1973
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Nwakoby, Ralph, Biafran Deputy
Representative in the United States
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Nwokedi, Francis, special
adviser to Biafraʼs Head of State Ojukwu
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Nyerere, Julius, President of
Tanganyika until country renamed in October 1964; thereafter President of
Tanzania
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Obote, A. Milton, President of
Uganda until overthrown on January 25, 1971
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Ojukwu, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of
Nigeria from January 1966 until January 10, 1970
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Okigbo, Pius, economic adviser
to the Biafran government
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Okpara, Michael I., political
adviser to Biafraʼs Head of State Ojukwu
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Packard, David, Deputy
Secretary of Defense from January 1969 to December 1971
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Palmer, Joseph, II,
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until July 1969
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Poher, Alain, Interim President
of France from April to June 1969
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Pompidou, Georges, President of
France from June 1969
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Resor, Stanley R., Secretary
of the Army until June 1971
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Richardson, Elliot L., Under
Secretary of State from January 1969 to June 1970; Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare from June 1970 to January 1973; Secretary of Defense
from January to May 1973; Attorney General from May to October 1973
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Ritchie, A. Edgar, Canadian
Ambassador to the United States until January 1970
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Roberto, Holden, Angolan
nationalist leader, President of GRAE, and leader of FNLA and UPA
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Rodman, Peter W., member of
the National Security Council Staff, 1970–1972
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Rogers, William P., Secretary
of State from January 1969 to September 1973
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Ross, Claude G., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from August 1972
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Rountree, William Manning,
Ambassador to South Africa from January 1966 to June 1970
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Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Germany from July 1969 to February 1972; Deputy
Secretary of Defense from February 1972 to January 1973
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Ryan, General John D., USAF,
Air Force Chief of Staff from August 1969 to July 1973
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Saunders, Harold H., member,
National Security Council Staff
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Savimbi, Jonas, leader of the
Angolan national liberation movement UNITA
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Schaufele, William E., Jr.,
Ambassador to Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) from October 16, 1969 to July 10,
1971
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Schlesinger, James R.,
Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget from January 1969 to August 1971;
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from August 1971 to February 1973;
Director of Central Intelligence from February to July 1973; thereafter,
Secretary of Defense
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Schumann, Maurice, French
Foreign Minister from June 1969 to April 1973
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Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,
Secretary of the Air Force from February 1969 to May 1973
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Senghor, Leopold Sedar,
President of Senegal
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Shakespeare, Frank, Director,
United States Information Agency from February 1969 to February 1973
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Sharp, Mitchell, Canadian
Secretary of State for External Affairs until August 1974
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Shillito, Barry J., Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics
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Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr.,
Ambassador to France until March 1970
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Smith, Ian Douglas, Prime
Minister of Rhodesia
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Smith, Robert Powell, Officer
in Charge of Nigerian Affairs, from July 1966
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Smith, Robert S., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, December 1969 to February
1973
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Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, member of
the National Security Council Staff from January 1969 to January 1974
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Spiers, Ronald I., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from August to
September 1969; Director, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs from September
1969 to August 1973
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Springsteen, George S., Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until June 1972;
Acting Assistant Secretary from June 1972 to August 1973; thereafter, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
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Stans, Maurice, Secretary of
Commerce from January 1969 to January 1972
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Stewart, Michael, British
Foreign Secretary until June 1970
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Swanstrom, Bishop Edward E.,
President, Joint Church Aid– USA until April 1970
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Thant, U, Secretary-General of
the United Nations until December 1971
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Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, Prime
Minister of Canada from June 1967
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Trueheart, William Clyde,
Ambassador to Nigeria from November 6, 1969 to September 1, 1971
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Tubby, Roger Wellington,
Ambassador, Representative of the United States to the European office of
the United Nations from October 18, 1967 to September 24, 1969
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Vaky, Viron P., Acting
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from January to May
1969; member of the National Security Council Staff from May 1969 to
September 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Costa Rica
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Vaughn, Jack, Director of the
Peace Corps
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Waldheim, Kurt,
Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1972
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Walters, Lieutenant General Vernon
A., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from May
1972
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Warner, John W., Under
Secretary of the Navy until April 1972; Secretary of the Navy From May 1972
to April 1974
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Wheeler, General Earle G.,
USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until July 1970
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Wilson, Harold, Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom until June 1970
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Wright, W. Marshall, member of
the National Security Council Staff from June 1970 to April 1972; Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from April to
December 1972; thereafter, Acting Assistant Secretary
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Yost, Charles W.,
Representative to the United Nations from January 1969 to February
1971
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Yost, Robert Lloyd, Ambassador
to Burundi from August 19, 1972 to May 26, 1974