Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XI,
Part 1, Iran: Hostage Crisis, November 1979–September 1980
Persons
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- Aaron, David
L., President’s Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
- Agah,
Manucher, Chargé d’Affaires of the Iranian
Embassy in the United States
- Aguilar,
Andres, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United
States and Permanent Representative to the United Nations; former
Justice Minister of Venezuela; Co-Chairman of the Commission of
Inquiry established February 1980
- Ahmad, Rafiuddin
(Rafi, Rafiq), Chef de Cabinet (Executive
Secretary) to United Nations Secretary General
- Albright,
Madeleine,Congressional Relations Officer,
National Security Council Staff, from March 1978
- Ames, Robert
C.,National Intelligence Officer for Near
East and South Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
- Amini,
Ali, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Arafat,
Yasir, head, Palestine Liberation
Organization
- Armao,
Robert,U.S. public relations consultant;
aide to former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller; adviser to the
former Shah of Iran
- Ashraf,
Princess, twin sister of the Shah of
Iran
- al-Assad,
Hafez,President of Syria
- Atherton, Alfred L.
Jr. (Roy), U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from
July 2, 1979
- Atwood, J.
Brian, Assistant Secretary of State for
Legislative Affairs from August 3, 1979, until January 14,
1981
- Aubert,
Pierre, Swiss Foreign Minister
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- Baker, Howard H.,
Jr., Senator (R-Tennessee)
- Bakhtiar,
Shahpur, Iranian Prime Minister from January
4, 1979, until February 11, 1979; head of the National Resistance
Movement of Iran in Paris
- Ball,
George, Under Secretary of State from
December 1961 until September 30, 1966
- Bani-Sadr, Abol
Hassan, Acting Iranian Foreign Minister from
November 1979; member, Revolutionary Council; President of Iran from
January 25, 1980, until June 22, 1981
- Bartholomew,
Reginald, Deputy Director, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from January until
November 1977; member, National Security Council Staff for USSR/East
Europe, from November 1977 until April 1979; Director, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from July
1979
- Bayh,
Birch, Senator (D-Indiana); Chairman, Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence
- Bazargan,
Mehdi, Iranian Prime Minister until November
6, 1979; member, Revolutionary Council
- Beckwith,
Charlie, Colonel, USA; Commander, Delta
Force, Fort Bragg; Commander, Special Forces Operational Division,
Masirah
- Bedjaoui,
Mohammed, Algerian Permanent Representative
to the United Nations and former Algerian Minister of Justice;
Co-Chairman of the February 1980 Commission of Inquiry
- Beheshti (Behesti),
Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad, Vice Chairman,
Council of Experts; member, Revolutionary Council; leader of the
Iranian Republic Party; President of Iran, September 1980
- Benyahia, Mohammed
Seddik, Algerian Foreign Minister
- Bergland, Robert
S., Secretary of Agriculture from January
23, 1977
- Blackwill, Robert
D., member, National Security Council Staff
for Western Europe from September 1979 until January 1981
- Blumenthal, W.
Michael, Secretary of the Treasury from
January 23, 1977, until July 19, 1979
- Bourguet,
Christian, French lawyer; referred to as one
of the “two Frenchmen,” “French lawyers,” “French connections,”
“French friends,” or B in “V&B” or “B&V”
- Bowdler, William
G., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, from April 1978 until December
1979
- Bowen, David
R., member, U.S. House of Representatives
(D-Mississippi)
- Brement,
Marshall, member, National Security Council
Staff for USSR/East Europe from May 1979 until January 1981
- Bremer, L.
Paul, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department
of State
- Brewster, Kingman,
Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the United
Kingdom
- Brezhnev, Leonid
I., General Secretary of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union
- Briggs, Everett
E., Director, Office of Mexican Affairs,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- Broomfield, William
S., member, U.S. House of Representatives
(R-Michigan)
- Brown,
Harold, Secretary of Defense
- Brunner,
Edouard, senior Swiss Foreign Ministry
official responsible for the Middle East
- Brzezinski,
Zbigniew, Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
- Byrd,
Robert, Senator (D-West Virginia); Senate
Majority Leader
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- Caddell,
Patrick, public opinion pollster
- Caldwell,
Lee, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Capucci,
Hilarion, Syrian Archbishop of the Basilian
Aleppian Order
- Carlucci,
Frank, Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence
- Carrington, Right
Honorable Lord (Peter), Secretary of State
for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom
- Carswell,
Robert, Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury
- Carter,
Billy, brother of Jimmy Carter
- Carter, Hodding,
III, Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs and Spokesman of the Department of State
- Carter,
Jimmy, President from 1977 until 1981
- Carter,
Rosalynn, wife of President Carter
- Castenada,
Jorge, Mexican Foreign Minister
- Chamran, Mustafa
Ali, Iranian Deputy Prime Minister for
Revolutionary Affairs from April 1979 until September 1979; National
Defense Minister from September 1979 until September 1980
- Chatti,
Habib, Secretary General of the Islamic
Conference from 1979
- Christopher,
Warren, Deputy Secretary of State; Interim
Acting Secretary of State from April until May 1980
- Church,
Frank, Senator (D-Idaho); Chairman, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, from January 1979 until January
1981
- Civiletti, Benjamin
R., Attorney General from August 16, 1979,
until January 20, 1981
- Clark,
Joe, Canadian Prime Minister
- Clark,
Ramsey, former U.S. Attorney General;
emissary to Iran November 1979
- Clarke, Bruce
M., Deputy Director, National Foreign
Assessment Center, Central Intelligence Agency
- Claytor, W.
Graham, Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Clement,
Carl, Deputy Director of the Office of
Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and
member, Iran Working Group, Department of State
- Clift, A.
Denis, Assistant to the Vice President for
National Security Affairs
- Cogan, Charles
G., Chief, Near East and South Asia
Division, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence
Agency
- Constable,
Peter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and member, Iran
Working Group
- Cordovez,
Diego, Secretary of the UN Commission of
Inquiry
- Cooper, Richard
N., Under Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs
- Cossiga,
Francesco, Italian Prime Minister from 1979
until 1980
- Cottam,
Richard, Professor of Political Science,
University of Pittsburg; unofficial/private liaison with Foreign
Minister Ghotbzadeh
- Cutler,
Lloyd, White House Counsel from October 1,
1979, until November 30, 1980; unpaid consultant on hostage
negotiations and Presidential papers, December 1980 until January
1981
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- Daoudi,
Adib, Foreign Affairs Adviser to President
Hafez al-Assad of Syria; Member of the UN Commission of
Inquiry
- Davis,
Richard, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Operations
- Deal,
Tim, National Security Council Staff member for
International Economics
- Dean, John
G., U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon
- DeBakey,
Michael, heart surgeon
- Dembri, Mohammed
Salah, Director General of the Algerian
Foreign Ministry
- Denend, Leslie
G., Special Assistant to the President’s
Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 1980 until
January 1981
- Diba,
Farah, wife of the Shah of Iran
- Djam (Jam),
Fereidyun, General, head of the Iranian
Imperial Army Corps under the Shah; opposition leader in
exile
- Dobrynin,
Anatoly, Soviet Ambassador to the United
States
- Donovan,
Hedley, Senior Advisor to President Carter
from 1979 until 1980
- Draper,
Morris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State
- Dubs, Adolph
H., U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from July
1978 until his murder on February 14, 1979
- Duncan,
Charles, Secretary of Energy from August 24,
1979, until January 20, 1981
- Dustin, Eben
H., Director of Medical Services, Department
of State
- Dworkin, Douglas
A., Special Assistant to the Deputy
Secretary of State
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- Eizenstat, Stuart
E., Executive Director, White House Domestic
Policy Staff and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and
Policy
- Entezam, Abas
Amir, Iranian Deputy Prime Minister 1979
from February 1979 until August 1979; Iranian Ambassador to Sweden
from August 1979 until December 1979; arrested and imprisoned in
December 1979
- Ermarth,
Fritz, member, National Security Council
Staff for Defense Coordination, September 1978
- Escobar Bethancourt,
Romulo, Chief Adviser to Panamanian Military
Leader Omar Torrijos
- Escudero, Stanley
T., Office of United Nations Political
Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of
State
- Eshraghi, Ayatollah
Shahab, son-in-law of the Ayatollah
Khomeini
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- Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz
al Saud, Crown Prince; Saudi Minister of the
Interior and Second Deputy Prime Minister
- Falk,
Richard, Professor of International Law,
Princeton University; unofficial/private liaison with the Iranian
Revolutionary Government
- Fara Diba,
Shahbanou, wife of the Shah of Iran
- Farhang,
Mansour, Cultural Attaché of the Iranian
Embassy in the United States; Iranian Ambassador to the United
Nations from December 1979
- Fascell, Dante
B., member, U.S. House of Representatives
(D-Florida)
- Findley,
Paul, member, U.S. House of Representatives
(R-Illinois)
- Fish,
Hamilton, member, U.S. House of
Representatives (R-New York)
- Fisher,
Roger, Professor and Director of the Harvard
Negotiation Project
- François-Poncet,
Jean, French Foreign Minister
- Friendly, Alfred,
Jr., Press Officer and Associate Press
Secretary, National Security Council Staff, from March 1980 until
January 1981
- Funk,
Gerald, member, National Security Council
Staff for Sub-Saharan Africa from December 1978 until January
1981
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- Gast, Philip
C., Major General, USAF; former chief of
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iran; member, Joint Task
Force
- Gates,
Robert, Special Assistant to the President’s
Assistant for National Security Affairs from April 1979 until
December 1979; National Intelligence Officer for the Soviet Union,
Central Intelligence Agency, from January 1980
- Genscher,
Hans-Dietrich, German Foreign
Minister
- Ghorbal,
Ashraf, Egyptian Ambassador to the United
States
- Ghotbzadeh
(Qotbzadeh), Sadegh, member, Iranian
Revolutionary Council; Iranian Foreign Minister from November 28,
1979, until August 1980
- Gilman, Benjamin
A., member, U.S. House of Representatives
(R-New York)
- Giscard d’Estaing,
Valéry, President of France
- Goldwater,
Barry, Senator (R-Arizona); Vice Chairman,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Gonzales,
Felipe, Secretary General of the Spanish
Socialists’ Party from 1979
- Gonzales, Rory
(Rori), Panamanian businessman
- Gorman,
Paul, General, USA; Director for Plans and
Policy, Joint Staff
- Graham, Sir
John, U.K. Ambassador to Iran
- Green,
M., Office of Research and Analysis for Near
East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department
of State
- Gregg,
Donald, member, National Security Council
Staff for Intelligence Coordination from June 1979
- Griffith, William
E., Special Adviser to Zbigniew Brzezinski
on Soviet affairs
- Gromyko, Andrei
A., Soviet Foreign Minister
- Grummon, Stephen
R., Office of Research and Analysis for Near
East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department
of State
- Guyer,
Tennyson, member, U.S. House of
Representatives (R-Ohio)
-
- Habibi,
Hassan, Spokesman for the Revolutionary
Council, Iranian presidential candidate, and Member of
Parliament
- Haig, Alexander
M., General, USA; Senior Military Adviser to
the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, June 1969
until June 1970; President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security
Affairs, June 1970 until January 1973; Assistant to the President
and Chief of Staff, August 1973 until August 1974
- Hanni
al-Hasan, Political Adviser to Yassir
Arafat; envoy to Tehran from the Palestine Liberation
Organization
- Hansen,
George, member, U.S. House of
Representatives (R-Idaho)
- Hanson,
Thor, Vice Admiral, Director of the Joint
Staff from June 1979 until June 1981
- Harriman, W.
Averell, U.S. statesman
- Harris, George
S., Director, Office of Research and
Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- Hartman, Arthur
A., U.S. Ambassador to France
- Hashemi,
Cyrus, liaison with Qom and Admiral Madani;
intermediary for Reza Pasimdideh (nephew of Khomeini)
- al-Hassan,
Khalid, senior Fatah adviser, Palestine
Liberation Organization representative in Tehran
- Hayward, Thomas
D., Admiral, USN; Chief of Naval
Operations
- Heikal (Heykal),
Mohammed, Egyptian journalist, editor of al-Ahram from 1957 until 1974
- Helman,
Gerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Political and Multilateral Affairs, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs
- Helms,
Richard, Director of Central Intelligence
from 1966 until February 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Iran from 1973
until 1977; international consultant
- Henderson, Sir
Nicholas, U.K. Ambassador to the United
States
- Henze, Paul
B., member, National Security Council Staff
for Intelligence Coordination, for Cyprus/Turkey/Greece, for Horn of
Africa, and for international broadcasting, from January 1977
- Hinton, Deane
R., Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs
- Hoffman,
John, partner, Shearman & Sterling, New
York
- Holloway, James
L., III, Admiral, USN; Chairman, Special
Operations Review Group
- Hunter,
Robert, member, National Security Council
Staff for Western Europe from January 1977 until August 1979
- Hussein (Husayn) ibn
Talal, King of Jordan
- Hussein,
Saddam, President of Iraq
- Huyser,
Robert, General, USAF; head, military
mission to Iran, January-February 1979
-
- Illueca,
Jorge, Panamanian Ambassador to the United
Nations
- Inman, Bobby
Ray, Admiral, USN; Director of the National
Security Agency from July 1977 until February 12, 1981
-
- Jackson, Henry
(Scoop), Senator (D-Washington)
- Jackson,
William, lawyer to the Shah of Iran in
exile
- Javits, Jacob
K., Senator (R-New York); ranking Republican
member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Jayewardene,
Harry, member of the United Nations
Subcommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection
of Minorities and close adviser to his brother, Sri Lankan President
J.R. Jayewardene; Sri Lankan Representative to the United Nations;
member of the Commission of Inquiry established February 1980
- John Paul II, (Karol
Józef Wojtyla) Pope from October 16,
1978
- Johnson,
Mark, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs and Member, Iran Working Group, Department of State
- Jones, David
C., General, USAF; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff from June 1978
- Jordan, Hamilton
(Ham), White House Chief of Staff from July
1979 until June 1980
-
- Kaiser,
Marcus, Charge d’Affaires of the Swiss
Embassy in Iran
- Kalaris, George
T., Special Assistant for Counter
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- Katz, Julius
L., Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs from September 26, 1976, until
November 29, 1979
- Kean, Benjamin,
Jr., specialist in tropical diseases, New
York Hospital; doctor for the Shah in exile
- Kennedy, Edward
M., Senator (D-Massachusetts); 1980
Presidential candidate
- Keough,
Katherine, wife of hostage William
Keough
- Khalid bin Abdul
Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 until
1982
- Khalil,
Mustafa, Egyptian Prime Minister
- Khalkhali, Ayatollah
Sadegh, Chief Justice of the Iranian
Revolutionary Courts; presumed organizer of the Embassy
takeover
- Khodapanahi
(Ghodapanahi), Mohammed Karim, Iranian
Foreign Minister from August 1980 until March 11, 1981
- Khoeini (Khoeni),
Ayatollah Mohammed Moussavi, spiritual
adviser to the students holding the Embassy; liaison between the
students and the Ayatollah Khomeini; Deputy Speaker of the Majles,
1980
- Khomeini,
Ahmad, son of the Ayatollah Khomeini
- Khomeini, Ayatollah
Ruhollah, Imam, Supreme Leader of Iran from
February 11, 1979
- Khomeini,
Houssein, grandson of the Ayatollah
Khomeini
- Kirbo,
Charles, friend of President Carter
- Kissinger, Henry
A., former President’s Assistant for
National Security Affairs from January 1969 until November 1975;
Secretary of State from September 1973 until January 1977
- Klutznick,
Phillip, Secretary of Commerce from January
9, 1980, until January 20, 1981
- Komer,
Robert, Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy
- Kreisberg, Paul
H., staff member, Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State
- Kreisky,
Bruno, Chancellor of Austria
- Krys, Sheldon
J., Executive Director, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- Kyle,
James, Colonel, USAF; Deputy Commander of the
Joint Task Force Fixed Wing Air Operations at Masirah
-
- Laingen, L.
Bruce, Charge d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in
Tehran; hostage
- Lake, Anthony
(Tony), Director, Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State
- Lake, William
T., Office of the Legal Adviser, Department
of State
- Lambsdorff,
Otto, German Minister of Economics
- Lang,
Erik, Swiss Ambassador to Iran
- Larrabee,
Stephen, member, National Security Council
Staff for USSR/East Europe from September 1978
- Lewis,
Gabriel, Panamanian Ambassador to the United
States from 1977 until 1978; Panamanian businessman
- Lewis, Samuel
W., U.S. Ambassador to Israel
- Long, Robert
L.J., Admiral, USN; Commander in Chief
Pacific from 1979 until 1983
- López Portillo,
José, President of Mexico
-
- Madani,
Ahmad, Admiral, former Governor-General of
Khuzestan Province and Commander of the Iranian Navy
- Magee, Robert
W., Acting Chief, Near East and South Asia
Division, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence
Agency
- al-Mahdi,
Sadiq, Sudanese religious and political
figure; former Prime Minister from 1966 until 1967; head of the
national Umma Party; and head of the Ansar Sufi sect
- Maraghei,
Moghadam, Azeri leader and head of the
Radical Movement
- Mark,
David, Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Department of State
- Marwan,
Ashraf, son-in-law of Gamal Abdel
Nasser
- Mathias,
Charles, Senator (R-Maryland)
- Matin-Daftari,
Hedayatollah, leader, National Democratic
Front
- Maynes, Charles
W., Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs
- McBride,
Sean, former Irish Foreign Minister; former
head of Amnesty International
- McCloy, John
J., banker, lawyer, Presidential
adviser
- McGiffert,
David, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs from 1977
- McIntyre, James T.,
Jr., Director, Office of Management and
Budget
- McHenry,
Donald, U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations
- McMahon, John
D., Deputy Director for Operations, Central
Intelligence Agency, from January 11, 1978
- Miller, G.
William, Secretary of the Treasury from
August 6, 1979
- Milam, William
B., Deputy Director, Office of Monetary
Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of
State
- Miller, William
G., Staff Director, Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence; emissary to Iran, November 1979
- Mondale, Walter F.
(Fritz), Vice President
- Montazeri, Ayatollah
Houssein, head of the Iranian Revolutionary
Council, November 1979
- Moore,
Frank, President’s Assistant for
Congressional Liaison
- Moss,
Ambler, U.S. Ambassador to Panama
- Moussavi-Khoeini,
Hajjatol Islam, key participant in Embassy
takeover
- Mubarak,
Hosni, Vice President of Egypt
- Murray,
Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Near Eastern, African, and South Asian Affairs
- Muskie, Edmund
S., Secretary of State from May 9, 1980,
until January 20, 1981
-
- Nahavandi,
Hushang, former Chancellor of Tehran
University
- Nazih,
Hassan, Azeri leader; former head of
National Iranian Oil Company
- Newsom, David
D., Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs
- Nobari, Ali
Reza, Governor, Bank Markazi
- Noriega, Manuel,
Colonel, Head of Panamanian Intelligence
Services
-
- Odom, William
E., Colonel, USA; Military Assistant to the
President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, and Crisis
Coordinator, National Security Council Staff
- Ohira,
Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan
- O’Neill, Thomas P.,
Jr. (Tip), member, U.S. House of
Representatives (D-Massachusetts); Speaker of the House
- Oveissi (Oveisi),
Gholam Ali, General, former commander of the
Iranian Army; former Ground Forces Commander; opposition leader in
exile
- Owen, Henry
D., National Security Council Staff Special
Representative for Economic Summits and member for International
Economics from October 1977
- Owen, Roberts
B., Legal Adviser of the Department of State
from October 4, 1979
- Oxman,
Steve, Executive Assistant to the Deputy
Secretary of State; Partner, Shearman and Sterling Law Firm and
point of contact with the former Shah of Iran
-
- Pahlavi, Mohammed
Reza, Shah of Iran, exiled in 1979
- Palme,
Olof, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic
Party
- Pasandideh,
Reza, nephew of the Ayatollah
Khomeini
- Perot, H.
Ross, founder, Electronic Data
Systems
- Pertini,
Sandro, President of the Italy
- Pettiti,
Louis-Edmond, former President, Paris Bar
Association; member, UN Commission of Inquiry
- Pittman, Charles
(Chuck), Colonel, USAF; Special Assistant to
the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Deputy Commander, Helicopter
Operations, USS Nimitz
- Platt,
Nicholas, Director of the Office of Japanese
Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State, from 1977 until 1978; member, National Security Council Staff
for East Asia/China from July 1978 until November 1979
- Poats,
Rutherford, member, National Security
Council Staff for International Economics from September 1978 until
January 1981
- Powell, Joseph
(Jody), White House Press Secretary
- Precht,
Henry, Director of the Office of Iranian
Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and
manager, Iran Working Group, Department of State; U.S. Ambassador to
Mauritania from July 1980
- Press,
Frank, Director of the White Office of
Science and Technology Policy
- Probst,
Raymond, Swiss Ambassador to the United
States
- Pustay, John
S., General, USAF; Assistant to the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
-
- Qashqai, Nasser
Khan, leader of the Qashqai tribe
- Quainton, Anthony
C.E., Director, Office for Combating
Terrorism, Department of State
-
- Rafsanjani,
Hajatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi, member,
Iranian Revolutionary Council; President of Iranian Consultative
Assembly, July 1980
- Rafshoon,
Gerald, President’s Assistant for
Communications
- Rajai, Mohammed
Ali, Iranian Prime Minister from August 12,
1980, until August 4, 1981
- Raphel,
Arnold, Special Assistant to Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance; Special Assistant to Secretary of State Edmund
Muskie
- Read, Benjamin
M., Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Management from August 1977 (title changed to Under Secretary of
State for Management in October 1978)
- Reagan,
Ronald, Governor of California; Republican
Presidential nominee, 1980
- Reed,
Joseph, member, David Rockefeller’s
staff
- Ritzel,
Gerhard, German Ambassador to Iran
- Rockefeller,
David, Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
- Ross, Christopher
E., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in
Algiers
- Rouhani, Moussa
Fakr, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon
- Royo,
Aristides, President of Panama
-
- al-Sadat,
Anwar, President of Egypt
- Sadr, Imam
Musa, leader of radical Lebanese Shia
movement
- Sahabi,
Yadollah, Acting Speaker of the Iranian
Parliament
- Salamatian,
Ahmad, Special Envoy of Iran to the United
Nations, Acting Foreign Minister, and Bani-Sadr’s campaign
manager
- Salamin,
Marcel, Panamanian Ambassador to the United
Nations
- Sanjabi,
Karim, leader of the National Front
Party
- Salim, Salim
Ahmed, President of the United Nations
General Assembly, 1979
- Saud bin Faisal
al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Foreign
Affairs
- Saunders, Harold
H., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, until April 1978; thereafter,
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs and head of the Iran Working Group
- Sawhill,
John, Department of Energy
- Schlesinger,
James, Secretary of Energy from August 4,
1977, until July 20, 1979
- Schmidt,
Helmut, German Chancellor
- Schwebel,
Steven, Deputy Legal Adviser for Special
Problems and Member, International Law Commission, Bureau of Legal
Affairs, Department of State
- Seignious, George
M., Director, U.S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
- Shariat-Madari
(Shariatmadari), Ayatollah Mohammed Kazem,
religious authority of the Azeris
- Shulman,
Marshall, Special Adviser to Secretary of
State Vance on Soviet Affairs
- Shemirani,
(Shamirani) Jamal, Chargé d’Affaires of the
Iranian Mission to the United Nations
- Shutler, Philip
D., Lieutenant General, Director for
Operations, Joint Staff
- Sick,
Gary, member, National Security Council Staff
for the Middle East/North Africa
- Solomon, Anthony
M., Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Monetary Affairs from March 1977 until March 1980
- Spiers, Ronald
I., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, from January 1980
- Stevens,
Theodore, Senator (R-Alaska)
- Stoessel, Walter
J., U.S. Ambassador to Germany
- Streator,
Edward, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S.
Embassy in London
- Suddarth, Roscoe
S., Executive Assistant, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Sullivan, William
H., U.S. Ambassador to Iran from June 17,
1977, to April 6, 1979
- Sultan bin abd al-aziz
al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Defense and
Aviation
- Swift, Elizabeth
Ann, Political Officer, U.S. Embassy in
Tehran; hostage
-
- Tabatabai, Ali
Akbar, press attaché for the Shah; founder
of Iran Freedom Foundation; assassinated in Bethesda, Maryland, on
July 22, 1980
- Tabatabai,
Sadegh, Iranian emissary; Khomeini’s
relative by marriage
- Tarnoff,
Peter, Executive Secretary of the Department
of State
- Taylor,
Kenneth, Canadian Ambassador to Iran
- Terzi,
Zehdi, Permanent PLO Representative to the
United Nations
- Thatcher,
Margaret, British Prime Minister from May
1979
- Thornton,
Thomas, National Security Council Staff
member for South Asia/UN Matters
- Tomseth,
Victor, Political Counselor, U.S. Embassy in
Iran; hostage
- Torrijos, General
Omar, Commander of the Panamanian National
Guard, Military Leader of Panama
- Turner,
Stansfield, Admiral, USN; Director of
Central Intelligence
-
- Utgoff,
Victor, member, National Security Council
Staff for Defense Coordination
-
- Vance,
Cyrus, Secretary of State from January 23,
1977, until April 20, 1980
- Van Well,
Gunter, Deputy to German Foreign Minister
Genscher
- Vanden Heuvel,
William J., U.S. Representative to the
United Nations European Office, Geneva
- Vaught, James
B., Major General, USA; Commander, Joint
Task Force
- Videla, Jorge
Rafael, Lieutenant General, President of
Argentina and Commander of the Army
- Villalon,
Hector, Argentine businessman; referred to
as one of the “two Frenchmen,” “French lawyers,” “French
connection,” “French friends,” or V in “V&B” or “B&V”
- Volcker,
Paul, Chairman, Federal Reserve
-
- Waldheim,
Kurt, United Nations
Secretary-General
- al-Walid,
Abu, Representative of the Palestine
Liberation Organization
- Wallau,
Theodore, Special Assistant to German
Foreign Minister Genscher
- Waller, John
H., Inspector General, Central Intelligence
Agency
- al-Wazir,
Khalil, Fatah Military Chief
- Webster, William
H., Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, from 1978 until 1987
- Welch,
Jasper, Major General, USAF; member,
National Security Council Staff for Defense Coordination from
November 1979 until January 1981
- West,
Togo, Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense
Brown
- West, John
C., U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from
June 1977 until March 21, 1981
- Wise, Phillip J.,
Jr., President’s Appointments
Secretary
-
- Yazdi,
Ibrahim, Iranian Foreign Minister from April
22, 1979, until November 6, 1979
- Young,
Andrew, U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations from January 30, 1977, to September 23, 1979
-
- Zablocki, Clement
J., member, U.S. House of Representatives
(D-Wisconsin)
- Zahedi,
Ardeshir, Iranian Ambassador to the United
States under the Shah
- Zia-ul-Haq,
Mohammad, General, President of Pakistan
from September 1978
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U.S. Hostages Held for 444 Days
- Ahern, Thomas L.,
Jr.
- Barnes, Clair
Cortland
- Belk, William
E.
- Blucker, Robert
O.
- Cooke, Donald
J.
- Daugherty, William
J.
- Englemann,
Robert
- Gallegos,
William
- German, Bruce
W.
- Gillette, Duane
(Sam)
- Golancinski, Alan
B.
- Graves, John
E.
- Hall, Joseph
M.
- Hermening, Kevin
J.
- Hohman, Donald
R.
- Holland, Leland
J.
- Howland,
Michael
- Jones, Charles A.,
Jr.
- Kalp,
Malcolm
- Kennedy, Moorhead (Mike) C.,
Jr.
- Keogh, William F.,
Jr.
- Kirtley,
Steven
- Koob, Kathryn
L.
- Kupke, Frederick
Lee
- Laingen, L.
Bruce
- Lauterbach,
Steven
- Lee, Gary
E.
- Lewis, Paul
Edward
- Limbert, John W.,
Jr.
- Lopez, James
M.
- McKeel, John D.,
Jr.
- Metrinko, Michael
J.
- Miele, Jerry
J.
- Moeller, Michael
E.
- Moore, Bert
C.
- Morefield, Richard
H.
- Needham, Paul M.,
Jr.
- Ode, Robert
C.
- Persinger, Gregory
A.
- Plotkin,
Jerry
- Ragan,
Regis
- Roeder, David
M.
- Rosen, Barry
M.
- Royer, William B.,
Jr.
- Schaefer, Thomas
E.
- Scott, Charles
W.
- Sharer,
Donald
- Sickman, Rodney (Rocky)
V.
- Subic, Joseph,
Jr.
- Swift, Elizabeth
Ann
- Tomseth, Victor
L.
- Ward, Phillip
R.
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U.S. Hostage Released on July 11, 1980, Because of
Illness
U.S. Hostages Released, November 1979
- Gross,
Kathy
- Hughes,
James
- Johnson,
Lillian
- Maples,
Ladell
- Montagne,
Elizabeth
- Quarles,
William
- Rollins,
Lloyd
- Robinson, Neal
(Terry)
- Tedford,
Terri
- Vincent,
Joseph
- Walker,
David
- Walsh,
Joan
- Williams,
Wesley
U.S. Hostages Smuggled Out (the Canadian Six), November
1979
- Anders,
Robert
- Lijek, Mark
J.
- Lijek,
Cora
- Schatz, Henry
L.
- Stafford, Joseph
D.
- Stafford,
Kathleen
Members of the Special Operations Review Group (Holloway
Group)
- Holloway, James L.,
III
- Gray, Alfred M.,
Jr.
- Manor, Leroy
J.
- Piotrowski, John
L.
- Smith, James
C.
- Wilson, Samuel
V.