Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume VI, Vietnam, January-August 1968

Released by the Office of the Historian

Persons
Abrams, General Creighton, Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam to July 1968; thereafter
Commander
Acheson, Dean, former Secretary of State, 19491953, and informal adviser to the President
Agnew, Spiro, Governor of Maryland and Vice Presidential nominee of the Republican Party
Aiken, George, Senator (Republican-Vermont)
Albert, Carl, Representative (Democrat-Oklahoma)
Algard, Ole, Norwegian Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China
Allen, George, Deputy Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
Ashmore, Harry, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Ayub Khan, Mohammad, President of Pakistan
Ball, George, Representative to the United Nations after May 14, 1968
Baggs, William, Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Battle, Lucius D., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Berger, Samuel R., Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam after March 1968
Bogdan, Cornelieu, Romanian Ambassador to the United States
Boggs, Hale, Representative (Democrat-Louisiana)
Bogomolov, Sergei, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Paris
Bohlen, Charles, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Bowles, Chester, Ambassador to India
Bradley, Omar, General (ret.), informal adviser to the President
Brezhnev, Leonid, Chairman, Soviet Communist Party
Brooke, Edward, Senator (Republican-Massachusetts)
Brown, Harold, Secretary of the Air Force
Bruce, David K.E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Bui Diem, Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to the United States

Bundy, McGeorge, President, Ford Foundation, and informal adviser to the President
Bundy, William P., Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Bunker, Ellsworth, Ambassador to Vietnam
Busby, Horace, former Special Assistant to the President
Byrd, Robert, Senator (Democrat-West Virginia)
Calhoun, John A., Political Officer at the Embassy in Saigon
Califano, Joseph, Special Assistant to the President
Cao Van Vien, Chairman, Joint General Staff, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
Carver, George A., Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs to the Director of Central Intelligence
Ceausescu, Nicolae, President of the State Council of Romania
Celac, Sergiu, Third Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in Washington
Chan, see Nguyen Chan
Chernyakov, Yuri, Charg dAffaires of the Soviet Embassy in Washington
Christian, George A., Special Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary
Clifford, Clark M., Secretary of Defense after March 1, 1968
Colby, William, Deputy Director, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
Collingwood, Charles, correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting System
Cushman, General Leonard F., Commandant of the Marine Corps
Daley, Richard, Mayor of Chicago
Daniel, Price, Director, Office of Emergency Planning
Dang Duc Khoi, Special Assistant to the Vice President, Republic of Vietnam
Davidson, Daniel I., Special Assistant to the Ambassador at Large and member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Davis, Nathaniel, Member, National Security Council Staff
Dean, Arthur, retired diplomat and informal adviser to the President
De Gaulle, Charles, President of France
Denney, George, Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
DePuy, Major General William, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dillon, C. Douglas, former Secretary of the Treasury and member of the unofficial "Wise Men" Group

Dirksen, Everett, Senator (Republican-Illinois)

Dobrynin, Anatoliy, Soviet Ambassador to the United States
Dodd, Thomas, Senator (Democrat-Connecticut)
DOrlandi, Giovanni, Italian Ambassador to the United States
Douglas, Paul, Senator (Democrat-Illinois)
Eisenhower, Dwight D., President, 19531961
Elsey, George M., Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Enthoven, Alain, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis
Fanfani, Amintore, Italian Foreign Minister
Finch, Robert, Lieutenant-Governor of California and adviser to Presidential candidate Richard Nixon
Floweree, Charles C., Staff Member, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State
Ford, Gerald R., Representative (Republican-Michigan)
Fortas, Abe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Fowler, Henry (Hugh), Secretary of the Treasury
Freeman, Orville, Secretary of Agriculture
Fulbright, J. William, Senator (Democrat-Arkansas)
Gandhi, Indira, Indian Prime Minister
Gelb, Leslie, Analyst, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
Ginsburgh, Robert N., member, National Security Council Staff
Goldberg, Arthur J., Representative to the United Nations to June 24, 1968
Goodpaster, General Andrew, Director, Joint Staff, to April 1968; Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, April
July 1968; thereafter Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Gore, Albert, Senator (Democrat-Tennessee)
Gorton, John, Australian Prime Minister
Goulding, Phil G., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Gromyko, Andrei, Soviet Foreign Minister
Gronouski, John, Ambassador to Poland to May 26, 1968
Ha Van Lau, Deputy Chief, North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks

Habib, Philip C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Member, U.S.
Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Halperin, Morton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Hardesty, Robert, Assistant to the President
Harkins, General Paul, Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 19621964
Harlow, Bryce, adviser to the Nixon Presidential campaign
Harriman, W. Averell, Ambassador at large; Head, U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Helms, Richard R., Director of Central Intelligence
Herz, Martin F., Country Director, Cambodia and Laos, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
Hickenlooper, Bourke, Senator (RepublicanIowa)
Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Holbrooke, Richard C., Staff Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Holdridge, John, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
Hollings, Ernest, Senator (Democrat-South Carolina)
Hoopes, Townsend, Under Secretary of the Air Force
Hughes, Thomas, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Humphrey, Hubert H., Vice President
Hurwitch, Robert, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in Vientiane
Ignatius, Paul, Secretary of the Navy
Iliescu, Marin, First Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in Washington
Jackson, Henry, Senator (Democrat-Washington)
Johnson, General Harold K., Army Chief of Staff to June 1968
Johnson, Lyndon B., President of the United States
Johnson, U. Alexis, Ambassador to Japan
Johnson, W. Thomas (Tom), Assistant Press Secretary to the President
Jones, James R. (Jim), Special Assistant to the President
Jorden, William J., Staff Member, National Security Council; after May 1968, Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace
Talks

Kaplan, Harold, Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks

Karamessines, Thomas, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., Under Secretary of State
Kennedy, Edward (Ted), Senator (Democrat-Massachusetts)
Kennedy, Robert F., Senator (Democrat-New York)
Kissinger, Henry A., consultant to the Department of State; informal adviser to the Rockefeller and Nixon Presidential
campaigns
Komer, Robert W., Deputy for Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development to the Commander, Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam, and Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Vietnam
Koplowitz, Wilfred D., Chief, Political Operations Division, Central Intelligence Agency Station in Saigon
Kosygin, Alexei, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Krulak, Lieutenant General Victor, Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Lansdale, Edward, Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Vietnam
Lapham, Lewis, Chief of Station in Saigon
Laird, Melvin, Representative (Republican-Wisconsin)
Le Duc Tho, Special Adviser, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
LeMay, Curtis, Vice Presidential candidate, American Independent Party
Leonhart, William, Special Assistant to the President
Levison, Lawrence, Deputy Special Counsel to the President
Locke, Eugene, Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam to January 1968
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Ambassador at large to May 7, 1968; Ambassador to Germany after May 27, 1968
Long, Russell, Senator (Democrat-Louisiana)
Macovescu, George, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Romania
Mai Van Bo, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Representative to France
Manach, Etienne, Director for Asia, French Foreign Ministry
Manatos, Mike, Administrative Assistant to the President
Mansfield, Mike, Senate Majority Leader (Democrat-Montana)
Marks, Leonard, Director, United States Information Agency
Maurer, Ion Gheorghe, President of the Council of Ministers of Romania

McCain, Admiral John S., Commander in Chief, Pacific, after July 31, 1968
McCarthy, Eugene, Senator (Democrat-Minnesota)
McCloskey, Robert J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman
McCloy, John J., former Assistant Secretary of War and High Commissioner for Germany; informal adviser to the
President
McConnell, General John P., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
McCormack, John, Speaker of the House of Representatives (Democrat-Massachusetts)
McGee, Gale, Senator (Democrat-Wyoming)
McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense to February 29, 1968; thereafter President of the World Bank
McPherson, Harry, Special Counsel to the President
Middleton, Harry, Staff Assistant to the President
Mills, Wilbur, Representative (Democrat-Arkansas)
Momyer, General William, Commander, 7th Air Force, Pacific, and Deputy Commander for Air, Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam
Moorer, Admiral Thomas, Chief of Naval Operations
Moyers, William (Bill), Special Assistant to the President, 19641967
Murphy, Charles, Special Consultant to the President
Murphy, Robert, adviser to Presidential candidate Nixon
Negroponte, John, Staff Member and interpreter, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Nelson, Gaylord, Senator (Democrat-Wisconsin)
Ngo Minh Loan, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China
Nguyen Cao Ky, Vice President of the Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Chan, Charg dAffaires of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Embassy in Vientiane
Nguyen Dinh Phuong, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Nguyen Dinh Trinh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Duc Thang, Commanding General, IV Combat Tactical Zone, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Vy, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Director General of the National Police and Chief of the Military Security Service, Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh Le, Member and Spokesman, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks

Nguyen Van Loc, Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister to May 18, 1968
Nguyen Van Thieu, President of the Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Van Vy, Minister of Defense and Minister of Veterans Affairs, Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Xuan Phong, Member, Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Nitze, Paul, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Nixon, Richard M., Republican candidate for President
Norodum Sihanouk, Chief of State of Cambodia
Nugroho, Indonesian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Oberemko, Valentin, Political Officer of the Soviet Embassy in Paris
OBrien, Lawrence (Larry), Postmaster-General to April 10, 1968
Oelhart, Benjamin, Ambassador to Pakistan
Orotona, Egidio, Italian Ambassador to the United States
Osberg, J.C.S., First Secretary, Swedish Foreign Ministry
Palmer, General Bruce, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Park (Pak) Chung-hee, President of the Republic of Korea
Paul IV, Pope
Pearson, Drew, syndicated news columnist
Pell, Claiborne, Senator (Democrat-Rhode Island)
Perry, Jack, Political Officer and Second Secretary of the Embassy in Paris
Petri, Lennart, Swedish Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China
Pham Dang Lam, Republic of Vietnam observer at the Official Conversations on Vietnam
Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Phan Hien, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Phan Van Su, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
Pierson, W. DeVier, Special Counsel to the President
Pursley, Robert., Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Raimondi, Archbishop Luigi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States
Read, Benjamin, Executive Secretary of the Department of State

Reischauer, Edwin O., Professor of History, Harvard University, and Ambassador to Japan, 19611966
Resor, Stanley, Secretary of the Army
Reuss, Henry, Representative (Democrat-Wisconsin)
Ribicoff, Abraham, Senator (Democrat-Connecticut)
Ridgway, General Matthew B. (ret.), informal adviser to President Johnson
Ridgway, Rozanne, Political Officer of the Embassy in Oslo
Rivers, L. Mendel, Representative (Democrat-South Carolina)
Robb, Charles (Chuck), Marine Corps officer in Vietnam and son-in-law of the President
Roche, John, Special Assistant to the President
Rockefeller, Nelson, Governor of New York
Rostow, Walt W., Special Assistant to the President
Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State
Russell, Richard, Senator (Democrat-Georgia)
Sainteny, Jean, unofficial French envoy to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Sanders, Harold Barefoot, Legislative Counsel to the President
Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S., Commander in Chief, Pacific, to July 31, 1968
Sidle, Major General Winant, Chief, Office of Information, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Sisco, Joseph, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizational Affairs
Smathers, George, Senator (DFL)
Smith, Admiral Abbott, Chairman, National Board of Estimates
Smith, Bromley, Executive Secretary, National Security Council
Smith, Margaret Chase, Senator (Republican-Maine)
Sorensen, Theodore, informal adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma, Laotian Prime Minister
Sparkman, John, Senator (Democrat-Alabama)
Steadman, Richard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
Stewart, Michael, British Foreign Secretary
Sullivan, William H., Ambassador to Laos

Swank, Emory, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in Moscow

Taylor, General Maxwell, Special Consultant to the President
Thanh Le, Member and Spokesman, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Thant, U, United Nations Secretary-General
Thompson, Llewelyn, Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Thompson, Sir Robert, counter-insurgency expert
Tibbetts, Margaret Joy, Ambassador to Norway
Ton That Tien, Minister of Information, Republic of Vietnam
Tower, John, Senator (Republican-Texas)
Tran Buu Kiem, Member, National Liberation Front delegation to the Paris peace talks
Tran Chanh Thanh, Republic of Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tran Quang Co, Member, Democratic Republic of Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Tran Van Don, Republic of Vietnam Senator
Tran Van Huong, Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister from May 18, 1968
Tran Van Lam, Republic of Vietnam Senator and Chief of unofficial delegation in Paris
Trueheart, William, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Unger, Leonard, Ambassador to Thailand
Vance, Cyrus R., Member, U.S. Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Vann, John Paul, Military and Pacification Adviser to the Commander, III Corps
Vo Nguyen Giap, General, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense
Vuong Van Bac, Member, Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Wallace, George, Independent Presidential candidate
Wallner, Woodruff, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy in Paris
Walsh, John P., Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State
Walt, Lieutenant General Lewis, Commander, III Marine Amphibious Force
Warnke, Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International and Security Affairs
Westmoreland, General William C., Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, to June 11, 1968; Army Chief of
Staff after July 3, 1968

Weyand, Lieutenant General Frederick C., Commander, 25th Division (Saigon/Gia Dinh area); after June 1968 Deputy
Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Wheeler, General Earle, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilson, Harold, British Prime Minister
Xuan Thuy, Chief, Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks
Young, Stephen, Senator (Democrat-Ohio)
Zorin, Valerian, Soviet Ambassador to France
Zwick, Charles, Director, Office of Management and Budget