U.S. Department of State

Acheson, Dean, former Secretary of State; adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson

Anderson, Admiral George W., Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, August 1, 1961-August 1, 1963

Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, February 1-December 3, 1961; thereafter Under Secretary of State

Bell, David E., Director of the Bureau of the Budget, January 1961-December 1962; Administrator of the Agency for International Development from December 21, 1962

Bissell, Richard M., Jr., Deputy Director (Plans), Central Intelligence Agency, and Chairman of the NSC Counter-Guerilla Warfare Task Force until February 17, 1962

Bohlen, Charles E., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until September 4, 1962; Ambassador to France from October 27, 1962

Bowles, Chester B., Under Secretary of State, January 25-December 3, 1961; President's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs, December 4, 1961-June 9, 1963; Ambassador to India from July 19, 1963

Brown, Harold, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense, from May 8, 1961

Bruce, David K.E., Ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 17, 1961

Bundy, McGeorge, President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs from January 20, 1961

Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., Chief of Naval Operations until August 1, 1961

Cleveland, Harlan, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from February 23, 1961

Clifton, Major General Chester V., President's Military Aide from January 1961

Coffin, Frank M., Manager Director, Development Loan Fund, February-September 1961; thereafter Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development

De Gaulle, Charles, President of France

Decker, General George H., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, until September 30, 1962

Dillon, C. Douglas, Under Secretary of State until January 4, 1961; Secretary of the Treasury from January 21, 1961

Dirksen, Everett M., Republican Senator from Illinois

Dungan, Ralph A., President's Special Assistant from January 1961

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States until January 20, 1961

Enthoven, Alain C., Deputy Comptroller of the Department of Defense

Evans, Allan, Deputy Director for Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from June 25, 1961

Feldman, Myer, President's Deputy Special Counsel from January 1961

Ford, John, Executive Secretary of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State

Forrestal, Michael V., member, National Security Council Staff, from January 1962

Fowler, Henry H., Under Secretary of the Treasury from January 1961

Gilpatric, Roswell L., Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 24, 1961

Good, Robert C., Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from September 18, 1961

Goodpaster, General Andrew J., Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Hamilton, Fowler, Administrator of the Agency for International Development, October 3, 1961-December 7, 1962

Harriman, W. Averell, Ambassador at Large, February 13-December 3, 1961; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, December 4, 1961-April 3, 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Harkins, General Paul D., Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

Haworth, Leland J., Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission

Hilsman, Roger, Jr., Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until April 25, 1963; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs

Hitch, Charles J., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) from February 17, 1961

Hughes, Thomas L., Deputy Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until April 28, 1963; thereafter Director

Jackson, Henry M., Democratic Senator from Washington

Johnson, Robert H., member, National Security Council Staff, until February 1962; member, Policy Planning Council, Department of State, after August 1963

Johnson, U. Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from May 2, 1961

Kaysen, Carl, President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs from November 1961

Kennedy, John F., President of the United States, January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963

Kennedy, Robert F., Attorney General from January 1961

Kent, Sherman, Assistant Director and Chairman, Board of National Estimates, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeivich, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Komer, Robert W., member, National Security Council Staff, from January 1961

Lansdale, Major General Edward G., Secretary of Defense's Deputy Assistant for Special Operations until May 1961; thereafter Special Assistant for Special Operations

LeMay, General Curtis E., Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, from June 30, 1961

Lemnitzer, General Lyman L., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until September 30, 1962; Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, from November 1, 1962

Macmillan, Harold, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until October 20, 1963

Maechling, Charles W., Jr., Director for Internal Defense, Office of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, from February 6, 1962

McCloy, John J., President's Adviser on Disarmament

McCone, John A., Director of Central Intelligence from November 29, 1961

McGhee, George C., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman, Policy Planning Council, February 16-December 3, 1961; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, December 4, 1961-March 27, 1963; Ambassador to Germany from May 18, 1963

McNamara, Robert S., Secretary of Defense from January 21, 1961

Murrow, Edward R., Director of the U.S. Information Agency from March 15, 1961

Nitze, Paul H., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, January 29, 1961-November 29, 1963; thereafter Secretary of the Navy

Norstad, General Lauris C., Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, until November 1, 1962

Owen, Henry, member, Policy Planning Council, Department of State, until November 25, 1962; thereafter Vice Chairman

Parsons, J. Graham, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until March 30, 1961

Ramsey, Henry C., member, Policy Planning Council, Department of State

Riley, Vice Admiral Herbert D., Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from February 25, 1962

Rosson, William B., Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Special Warfare, Department of Defense

Rostow, Walt Whitman, President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, January-November 1961; Counselor of the Department of State until December 14, 1961; thereafter Chairman, Policy Planning Council, Department of State

Rowen, Henry S., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State from January 21, 1961

Salinger, Pierre E.G., President's Press Secretary from January 1961

Schaetzel, J. Robert, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, February 3-August 20, 1961; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, March 27-September 15, 1962; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., President's Special Assistant from January 1961

Shoup, General David M., Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps

Smith, Bromley, Executive Officer, Operations Coordinating Board, until February 1961; Acting Executive Secretary, National Security Council, June-August 1961; thereafter Executive Secretary

Smith, Major (later Colonel) William Y., Assistant to General Maxwell D. Taylor

Sorensen, Theodore C., President's Special Counsel from January 1961

Staats, Elmer B., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget

Stahr, Elvis J., Jr., Secretary of the Army, January 24, 1961-June 30, 1962

Stevenson, Adlai E., II, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from January 23, 1961

Taylor, General Maxwell D., President's Military Representative, July 1, 1961-October 1, 1962; thereafter Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Thompson, Llewellyn E., Ambassador to the Soviet Union until July 27, 1962; Ambassador at Large from October 3, 1962

Wheeler, General Earle G., Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until February 24, 1962; Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, from October 1, 1962

White, Lee C., President's Assistant Special Counsel from January 1961

Wiesner, Jerome B., President's Special Assistant for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology from January 1961