List of Persons Anthis, Brigadier General Roland H., USAF, Commander U.S. Second Air Division; Chief, U.S. Air Force Advisory Group, Vietnam Bagley, Lieutenant Commander Worth H., USN, Naval Aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State Barnett, Robert W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs from February 3, 1963 Bell, David E., Administrator of the Agency for International Development and member of the Counterinsurgency Group Bowles, Chester A., President s Special Representative; Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs; and Ambassador at Large until July 19, 1963; thereafter Ambassador to India Brent, Joseph L., Director, Operations Mission in Vietnam Browne, Malcolm, Associated Press correspondent Bui Van Luong, Vietnamese Minister of the Interior Bundy, McGeorge, President s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Bundy, William P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Buu Hoi, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Carroll, Lieutenant General Joseph E, USAF, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Carter, Lieutenant General Marshall S., USA, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Clifton, Major General Chester V., USA, President s Military Aide Colby, William, Director of the Far East Division, Operations Directorate, Central Intelligence Agency Conlon, Thomas F., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, after September 1, 1963, and member of the Vietnam Working Group Cooper, Chester L., Assistant for Policy Support to the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, until November 1963; thereafter Assistant Deputy Director for Policy Support Couve de Murville, Maurice, French Foreign Minister De Gaulle, Charles, President of France Denney, George C., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from April 28, 1963 Diem, see Ngo Dinh Diem Dingeman, Major James W., USA, Executive Secretary of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency Dinh, see Ton That Dinh Don, see Tran Van Don Dungan, Ralph A., President s Special Assistant XXI
XXII List of Persons Duong Van ( Big ) Minh, Major General (after November 4, 1963, Lieutenant General), ARVN, Military Adviser to President Diem until November 1, 1963; thereafter Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Council; President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam after November 4, 1963 Dutton, Frederick G., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs Felt, Admiral Harry D., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Forrestal, Michael V., member, National Security Council Staff Gilpatric, Roswell L., Deputy Secretary of Defense and member of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency Halberstam, David, New York Times correspondent in Vietnam Harkins, General Paul D., USA, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Harriman, W. Averell, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until April 3, 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Chairman of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency Heavner, Theodore J. C., Deputy Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Department of State, until August 4, 1963 Heinz, Rear Admiral Luther C., USN, Regional Director for the Far East, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Helble, John J., Consul in Hue Hieu, see Ngo Trong Hieu Higgins, Marguerite, New York Herald Tribune correspondent Hilsman, Roger, Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research until April 25, 1963; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; also Chairman and General Secretary of Dang Lao Dong, Workers Party of Vietnam Hoang Van Lac, Colonel, ARVN, Permanent Commissioner, Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets; Special Commissioner for Strategic Hamlet Program Hughes, Thomas L., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research until April 28, 1963; thereafter Director Huynh Van Cao, Brigadier General, ARVN, IV Corps Commander Janow, Seymour J., Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for International Development Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Jorden, William, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Kalischer, Peter, CBS News correspondent Kattenburg, Paul M., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and Chairman of the Vietnam Interdepartmental Working Group from August 4, 1963 Kaysen, Carl, President s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Kennedy, John F., President of the United States until November 22, 1963 Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney General Kent, Colonel J. R., USA, Assistant Director, Far East Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Khanh, see Nguyen Khanh Khiem, see Tran Thien Khiem Khiet, see Tien Khiet Kim, see Le Van Kim Koren, Henry L. T., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
List of Persons XXIII Krulak, Major General Victor H., USMC, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ky, see Nguyen Cao Ky La, see Nguyen Van La Lac, see Hoang Van Lac Lansdale, Major General Edward G., USAF, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Le Quang Tung, Colonel, ARVN, Special Forces Commander until November 1,1963 Le Van Kim, Brigadier General (after November 1, 1963, Major General), ARVN, Secretary General and Foreign Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after November 1, 1963 Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam from August 26,1963 Luong, see Bui Van Luong Mai Huu Xuan, Brigadier General (after November 1, 1963, Major General), ARVN, Commander, Quang training camp; member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after November 1, 1963; Chief of National Police Manfull, Melvin L., Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam Manning, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Mansfield, Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; Majority Leader and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mau, see Vu Van Mau McCone, John A., Director of Central Intelligence McGarr, Lieutenant General Lionel C., USA, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense Mecklin, John, Counselor for Public Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam Minh, see Duong Van Minh Montgomery, James M., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and member of the Vietnam Working Group Murrow, Edward R., Director, United States Information Agency Ngo Dinh Can, brother of President Diem Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Republic of Vietnam until November 1,1963 Ngo Dinh Luyen, brother of President Diem; Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom until November 2,1963 Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Diem; Presidential Counselor and Head of the Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets until November 1, 1963 Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame (Tran Le Xuan), wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu and member of the Vietnamese National Assembly; official hostess for President Diem Ngo Dinh Thuc, brother of President Diem; Archbishop of Hue Ngo Trong Hieu, Vietnamese Minister of Civic Action until November 1,1963 Nguyen Cao Ky, Lieutenant Colonel, Vietnamese Air Force, Transport Squadron Commander; Air Force Commander from December 17, 1963 Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Vietnamese Secretary of State at the Presidency and Assistant Secretary of State for National Defense Nguyen Khanh, Major General, ARVN, Commander of II Corps until November 29, 1963; thereafter Commander of IV Corps Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vietnamese Vice President until November 4, 1963; thereafter Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and National Economy of the Provisional Government Nguyen Van La, Major General, ARVN, Civil Guard Commander Nguyen Van Thien, Colonel (Brigadier General after November 1, 1963), ARVN, Commanding Officer of the 5th Infantry Division
XXIV List of Persons Nhu, see Ngo Dinh Nhu Nhu, Madame, see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame Nitze, Paul H., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam until August 15, 1963 Pell, Claiborne H., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Phan Huy Quat, former Vietnamese Defense Minister under Bao Dai and leader of Dai Viet Party Phillips, Rufus C., Assistant Director for Rural Affairs, Operations Mission in Vietnam Quang Due, bonze who committed suicide on June 11,1963 Rice, Edward E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Rostow, Walt W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State Salinger, Pierre, President s Press Secretary Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., President s Special Assistant Sheehan, Neil, United Press International correspondent in Vietnam Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, Cambodian Chief of State Smith, Benjamin A., former Senator from Massachusetts Smith, Bromley, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Souvanna Phouma, Laotian Prime Minister Stoneman, Walter G., Director of the Office of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau for the Far East/ Vietnam, Agency for International Development Sullivan, William H., U.N. Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until April 28, 1963; thereafter Assistant to the Under Secretary of State Sully, Fraqois, Newsweek correspondent Sylvester, Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Tam Chau, bonze, member of Buddhist delegation from Hue; became Chairman of the Intersect Committee for the Defense of Buddhism Taylor, General Maxwell D., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Thien Minh, bonze, leader of the Buddhist delegation from Hue Tho, see Nguyen Ngoc Tho Thompson, Brigadier Robert G. K., head of the British Advisory Mission in Vietnam Thuan, see Nguyen Dinh Thuan Thuc, see Ngo Dinh Thuc Tien Khiet, chief bonze in Hue Ton That Dinh, Major General, ARVN, Military Governor of Saigon, August 21-November 1, 1963; thereafter Commander of III Corps, Second Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, and Minister of Public Security of the Provisional Government Tran Kim Tuyen, head of the Service des Etudes Politiques et Sociales Tran Le Quang, Vietnamese Minister of Rural Affairs until November 4, 1963; thereafter Minister of Rural Affairs of the Provisional Government Tran Le Xuan, see Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame Tran Thien Khiem, General, ARVN, Chief of Staff after November 1, 1963; Military Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council Tran Tu Oai, Brigadier General, ARVN, Director of Psychological Warfare, Vietamese Ministry of Defense; Chief of Public Information; Minister of Information in the Provisional Government after November 4, 1963 Tran Van Chuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States until August 22, 1963
List of Persons XXV Tran Van Don, Major General, ARVN, Commander of III Corps until July 1963; thereafter Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam; Acting Chief of the Joint General Staff after August 1963; First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council after November 1, 1963; Minister of National Defense after November 4, 1963 Tri Quang bonze, Buddhist opposition leader Trueheart, William C., Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Vietnam Tung, see Le Quang Tung Tuyen, see Tran Kim Tuyen Unna, Warren, Washington Post correspondent Vo Van Hai, Director of President Diem s Personal Cabinet until Novemberl, 1963 Vu Van Mau, Vietnamese Foreign Minister until August 22, 1963; Ambassador to the United Kingdom after December 24, 1963 Weede, Major General Richard G., USMC, Chief of Staff, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Wheeler, General Earle G., USA, Chief of Staff Wood, Chalmers B., Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until August 4, 1963