Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVII, Part 2, Sub-Saharan Africa

Aaron, David, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Acheampong, Ignatius Kutu, President of Ghana until July 5, 1978
Amin, Idi Dada, President of Uganda until April 13, 1979

Bagaza, Jean-Baptiste, President of Burundi
Bartholomew, Reginald, Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs from July 1, 1979
Binaisa, Godfrey, President of Uganda from June 20, 1979, until May 12, 1980
Bokassa, Jean-Bedel, President of Central African Republic until September 20, 1979
Bongo, Omar, President of Gabon
Brezhnev, Leonid I., General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 23, 1977
Butcher, Goler T., Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, Agency for International Development
Byrne, Patricia M., U.S. Ambassador to Mali until October 30, 1979

Carlucci, Frank Charles, III, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence until February 4, 1981
Carter, James Earl (Jimmy), President of the United States from January 20, 1977
Castro, Fidel, President of the Council of State and Prime Minister of Cuba
Christopher, Warren Minor, Deputy Secretary of State from February 25, 1977
Clift, A. Denis, Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Cutler, Walter L., U.S. Ambassador to Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) until May 9, 1979

Deng, Francis M., Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Dennis, Charles Cecil, Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dennis, Francis, Liberian Ambassador to the United States until 1979
Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
Dodson, Christine, Deputy Staff Secretary of the National Security Council from January 1977 until May 1977; thereafter Staff Secretary
Duncan, Charles W., Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 31, 1977 until July 29, 1979; Secretary of Energy from August 24, 1979

Easum, Donald B., U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria until October 15, 1979
Eilts, Hermann F., U.S. Ambassador to Egypt until May 20, 1979
Eteki Mboumoua, William, Secretary General of the Organization for African Unity until July 21, 1978
Eyadema, Gnassingbe, Colonel President of Togo

Funk, Gerald, member, National Security Council Staff for Sub-Saharan Africa Affairs from December 1978

Garba, Joseph Nanven, Nigerian Federal Commissioner for External Affairs until 1978
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, President of France

Habyarimana, Juvenal, President of Rwanda
Halsted, David C., Chargé d’Affairs ad interim in Kampala in 1979
Harrop, William C., U.S. Ambassador to Guinea until July 15, 1977; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 1977 until May 1980; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya from July 10, 1980
Heck, L. Douglas, Director, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Department of State, until June 6, 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal from May 26, 1977
Henze, Paul, member, Intelligence Cluster; National Security Council Staff from January 1977 until December 1980
Hill, Jr., John G., Major General, USA; Director of the Joint State-Defense Survey Team dispatched to Kenya in 1977
Hormats, Robert, member, National Security Council Staff (International Economics Affairs) from January 1977 until November 1977; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from 1977
Houphouet-Boigny, Félix, President of Côte d’Ivoire
Huyser, Robert E., General, USAF; Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command until 1979

Jones, David C., General, USAF; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 21, 1978

Keeley, Robert V., U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius until September 17, 1978; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1978
Kountché, Seyni, President of Niger and President of the Supreme Military Council

Lake, W. Anthony, Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, from January 21, 1977
Le Melle, Wilbert John, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya from August 10, 1977, until June 28, 1980
Lule, Yusuf, President of Uganda from April 14, 1979, until June 20, 1979

Magid Hamid Khalil, Abdul, Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff of the Sudan People’s Armed Forces
Mark, David Everett, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi until August 26, 1977
Martin, Louis, Special Assistant to the President
Matthews, Gabriel Bacchus, Liberian Foreign Minister from 1980
Mbumba, Nathaniel, Leader of the Front for the Liberation of Congo (FNLC)
McGiffert, David E., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs from April 4, 1977
McHenry, Donald F., U.S. Representative to the United Nations from September 23, 1979
McNamara, Robert S., President of the World Bank
Mengistu, Haile Mariam, President of Ethiopia
Mobutu, Sese Seko, President of Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mondale, Walter F., Vice President of the United States
Moose, Richard M., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management from March 18, 1977, until August 15, 1977; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from July 6, 1977
Murray, Robert J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1978; Under Secretary of the Navy from February 7, 1980
Muwanga, Paulo, Chairman of the Military Commission of Uganda from May 12, 1980, until December 10, 1980

Neto, Antonio Agostinho, leader of the Popular Movement for the Liberation on Angola (MPLA); President of Angola until September 10, 1979
Newsom, David D., U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia until October 6, 1977; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from April 19, 1978
Nguza, Karl-i-Bond, Foreign Minister of Zaire from 1976 until 1977 and again from 1979 until 1980
Nimeiry, Gaafar, President of Sudan
Nujoma, Samuel D., leader of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO)
Nyerere, Julius, President of Tanzania
Nzambimana, Édouard, Prime Minister of Burundi until October 13, 1978

Obasanjo, Olusegun, General of the Military Government of Nigeria until October 1, 1979
Obenga, Théophile, Congolese Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1979
Obote, Milton, President of Uganda from December 17, 1980
Odom, William E., Lieutenant General, USA; Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs from 1977

Pereira, Aristides, President of Cape Verde
Post, Richard, Director of East African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, until 1978
Press, Frank, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, until June 1, 1977; thereafter, Special Advisor to the President for Science and Technology and Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Qaddafi, Muammar, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya until March 1, 1979
Quainton, Anthony C.E., U.S. Ambassador to Central African Empire until June 9, 1978

Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur, Prime Minister of Mauritius; Chairman of the Organization of African Unity until July 2, 1977
Richardson, Henry, member, National Security Council Staff for Sub-Saharan Africa Affairs, from February 1977 until November 1978

Saunders, Harold H., Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research until April 10, 1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from April 11, 1978
Savimbi, Joseph, leader of the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
Schaufele, William E., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs until July 17, 1977
Schmidt, Helmut, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Seelye, Talcott W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1976 until 1978
Shulman, Marshall D., Soviet specialist; Special Advisor to the Secretary of State
Siad Barre, Mohammed, President of Somalia
Smith, Robert Powell, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia from 1979
Spain, James W., U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania until August 21, 1979

Tarnoff, Peter, Executive Secretariat, Department of State, from April 4, 1977
Thornton, Thomas, member, National Security Council Staff for South Asia and United Nations Matters from 1977
Tito, Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia until May 4, 1980
Tolbert, William R., Jr., President of Liberia until April 12, 1980
Toure, Ahmed Sekou, President of Guinea
Tuchman, Jessica, member, National Security Council Staff for Global Issues from January 1977 until June 1977
Turner, Stansfield, Director of Central Intelligence from March 9, 1977

Umba di Lutete, Jean, Foreign Minister of Zaire from 1977 until 1979

Vance, Cyrus, Secretary of State from January 23, 1977, until April 20, 1980
Vorster, B.J., Prime Minister of South Africa until September 28, 1978

Waldheim, Kurt, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Walker, Lannon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1977
Warner, Bennie D., Vice President of Liberia from 1977

Young, Andrew, U.S. Representative to the United Nations from January 30, 1977, until August 15, 1979

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