Persons Mentioned72

Abdullah ibn Hussein King of Jordan from 1921, assassinated 20 July 1951.

Acheson, Dean Under Secretary of State, August 1945June 1947; Secretary of State

from 21 January 1949.

Arbenz, Jacobo President of Guatemala, from November 1950.

Attlee, Clement Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, July 1945October 1951.

Babbitt, Theodore Assistant Director for Reports and Estimates, CIG and CIA, July 1947

November 1950.

Blum, Robert Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Office of the Secretary of

Defense, 1947-49.

Bradley, Omar N. General of the Army, US Army; Chief of Staff, US Army, February

1948August 1949; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from August 1949.

Bridges, Henry Styles Senator (R-NH), from 1937.

Buffington, Milton W. Office of Policy Coordination, CIA, from 1948 to 1952.

Byrnes, James F. Secretary of State, 3 July 194521 January 1947.

Cassady, Thomas Office of Strategic Services, World War II; SSU, CIG, and CIA; Office

of Special Operations, CIG and CIA, to 1948.

Clifford, Clark M. Naval Aide to the President, to July 1946; Special Counsel to the Presi

dent, 1946-50.

Chiang Kai-Shek President of the Nationalist government of China to January 1949, and

again from March 1950 (Taiwan).

Churchill, Winston Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to July 1945, then again from

October 1951.

Correa, Matthias Member, National Security Council Survey Committee, 1948.

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Darling, Arthur B. Central Intelligence Agency Historian, 1952-54; Author, The Central

Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950 (University

Park; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990).

Dennison, Robert L. Naval Aide to the President, 1948-53.

Dewey, Thomas E. Governor of New York; Republican nominee for President, 1944 and

1948.

Donovan, William J. Director, Office of Strategic Services, to 1 October 1945.

Douglass, Kingman Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, CIG, 2 March 194611 July

1946; Director, Office of Current Intelligence, CIA, January 1951July

1952.

Dulles, Allen W. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Chainnan, National Security

Council Survey Committee, 1948; Deputy Director for Plans, CIA, 4 Jan

uary 195123 August 1951; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, from

23 August 1951.

Earman, John S. Secretary to the National Intelligence Authority, 1947; Office of the

Director of Central Intelligence, from 1947; Executive Assistant to the

DCI, from January 1952.

Eberstadt, Ferdinand Investment banker, New York; prepared the Eberstadt Report on service

unification for Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, 1945.

Eddy, William A. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Special Assistant to the Secre

tary of State for Intelligence and Research, 1946-47.

Edgar, Donald Chief, Interdepartmental Coordinating and Planning Staff, CIG and CIA,

July 1946October 1947.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. General of the Army, US Army; Supreme Commander, Allied Expedi

tionary Forces, Europe, World War II; Chief of Staff, US Army, Novem

ber 1945February 1948; President, Columbia University, 1948-50;

Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1950-

52; President-elect, 4 November 195220 January 1953.

Elsey, George M. Assistant Naval Aide to the President, 1945-46; Assistant to the Special

Counsel to the President, 1947-49.

Forrestal, James V. Secretary of the Navy, to 17 September 1947; Secretary of Defense,

17 September 1947-28 March 1949.

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Foskett, James H. Rear Admiral, US Navy; Naval Aide to the President, July 1946Febru

ary 1948.

Galloway, Donald H. Colonel, US Army; Assistant Director for Special Operations, CIG and

CIA, 11 July 194627 December 1948.

Harriman, W. Averell Ambassador to the USSR, to January 1946; US Representative to Europe

under the Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948-50; Special Assis

tant to the President, 1950-5 1; Director for Mutual Security, from Octo

ber 1951.

Harvey, George Staff member, House Appropriations Committee, from 1946.

Helms, Richard M. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; SSU, CIG, and CIA; Deputy

Assistant Director for Special Operations, CIA, December 1951August

1952; Acting Chief of Operations, DDP, from August 1952.

Huger, Gustav German diplomat and Soviet expert, World War II; Consultant to the US

Government on Soviet affairs.

Hillenkoetter, Roscoe Rear Admiral, US Navy; Director of Central Intelligence, CIG and CIA,

1 May 19477 October 1950.

Hoover, J. Edgar Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Houston, Lawrence Assistant General Counsel, OSS, 1944-45; CIG and CIA General Coun

sel, from 1946.

Huddle, J. Klahr Assistant Director for Research and Evaluation (changed to Assistant

Director for Reports and Estimates in late 1946), CIG, September 1946

May 1947.

Hulick, Charles V. Executive Assistant to the Assistant Director for Policy Coordination

(later for the Deputy Director for Plans), CIA, from 1949.

Irwin, S. Leroy Major General, US Army; Interim Activities Director, Office of the

Assistant Secretary of War, 1945-46.

Jackson, William H. Member, National Security Council Survey Committee, 1948; Deputy

Director of Central Intelligence, 7 October 195023 August 1951; Special

Assistant and Senior Consultant to the Director of Central Intelligence,

from August 1951.

Johnson, Louis Secretary of Defense, 28 March 194919 September 1950.

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Johnston, Kilbourne Colonel, US Army; Deputy Assistant Director for Policy Coordination,

CIA, December 1950August 1951; Assistant Director for Policy Coordi

nation, 23 August 195 11 August 1952.

Joyce, Robert P. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Office of Special Operations

(CIG) liaison to the Department of State, 1946June 1947; Political

Adviser, Trieste, 1947-48; Senior Consultant (representing the Secretary

of State), OPC, from September 1948; Policy Planning Staff, Department

of State, from December 1948.

Kennan, George F. ChargØ dAffaires, US Embassy Moscow, January 1945April 1946;

Deputy for Foreign Affairs, National War College, August 1946July

1947; Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, May 1947

December 1949; Counselor for the Department of State, August 1949

July 1951; Ambassador to the USSR, May 1952September 1952.

Kent, Sherman Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Professor of History, Yale

University; Vice Chairman, Board of National Estimates, CIA, Novem

ber 1950January 1952; Chairman, Board of National Estimates, from

January 1952.

Kim Il-Song Leader of the Korean Communist Party and (from May 1948) Premier of

North Korea.

King, J. Caidwell Special Assistant to the DDP for Latin America, CIA, December 1951

March 1952; Chief, Western Hemisphere Division, OPC, and Directorate

of Plans, CIA, from March 1952.

Kirkpatrick, Lyman B. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; SSU, CIG, and CIA; Execu

tive Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence, November 1950

June 1951; Deputy Assistant Director for Special Operations, July 195 1

December 1951; Assistant Director for Special Operations from

17 December 1951.

Langer, William L. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Professor of History, Harvard

University; Chairman, Board of National Estimates, CIA, November

1950January 1952.

Lay, James S. Central Intelligence Group, from January 1946; Secretary, Intelligence

Advisory Board, January 1946September 1947; Office of Reports and

Estimates, CIG, 1947; Assistant to the Executive Secretary, National

Security Council, September 1947January 1950; Executive Secretary,

National Security Council, from January 1950.

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Leahy, William D. Fleet Admiral, US Navy; Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief (Pres

idents Roosevelt and Truman); presided over the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

July 1942March 1949.

Lovett, Robert A. Assistant Secretary of War for Air, to December 1945; Under Secretary

of State, July 1947January 1949; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Septem

ber 1 950September 1951; Secretary of Defense, from 17 September

1951.

MacArthur, Douglas General of the Army, US Army; Commander, US Armed Forces in the

Far East, to April 1951.

Magruder, John Brigadier General, US Army; Deputy Director for Intelligence, OSS, to

September 1945; Director, Strategic Services Unit, War Department,

1 October 19454 April 1946; Senior Consultant (representing the Secre

tary of Defense), OPC, from September 1948.

Mao Tse-tung Leader of the Chinese Communist Party and (from October 1949) Chair

man of Chinas central government council.

Marshall, George C. General of the Army, US Army; Chief of Staff, US Army, to November

1945; Secretary of State, 21 January 194720 January 1949; Secretary of

Defense, 21 September 195012 September 1951.

Matthews, H. Freeman Department of State, Washington, to July 1947; Deputy Under Secretary

of State, from July 1950.

McCloy, John J. Assistant Secretary of War, to November 1945; US High Commissioner

for Germany, June 1949July 1952.

Montague, Ludwell L. Chief, Central Reports Staff, CIG, MarchJuly 1946; Acting Assistant

Director, CIG, 1946; Office of Reports and Estimates, September 1946

November 1950; ~ CIA representative to the NSC, September 1947

October 1950; Office of National Estimates, from November 1950;

Author, General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence

(University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992).

Mossadeq, Mohammed Premier of Iran, from April 1951.

Murphy, Charles S. Administrative Assistant to the President, 1947-50; Special Counsel to

the President, from 1950.

Nehru, Jawaharlal Premier of India, from August 1947.

~ The Office of Reports and Estimates was originally named the Office of Research and Eval

uation; the title was changed in November 1946.

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Offie, Carmel Special Assistant to the Assistant Director for Policy Coordination, CIA,

194850.

Patterson, Robert P. Secretary of War, 27 September 194518 July 1947.

Petersen, Howard C. Assistant Secretary of War, 1945-47.

Pforzheimer, Walter CIG and CIA Legislative Counsel, from 1946.

Rhee, Syngman President of South Korea, from August 1948.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. President of the United States to 12 April 1945.

Ruddock, Merritt K. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Central Reports Staff, CIG,

1946; Office of Reports and Estimates, CIG and CIA, 1946-48; Deputy

Assistant Director for Policy Coordination, CIA, September, 1948

November 1949.

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Professor of History, Harvard

University; American Committee for Cultural Freedom, from 1951.

Schwartz, Arthur H. New York attorney and state Republican Party chief, 1948.

Smith, Russell Jack Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Office of Reports and Esti

mates, CIA, June 1947November 1950; Office of National Estimates,

from November 1950.

Smith, Walter B. Lieutenant General, US Army; Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters,

Allied Expeditionary Forces, Europe, World War II; Ambassador to the

USSR, April 1946December 1948; Director of Central Intelligence

from 7 October 1950.

Souers, Sidney W. Rear Admiral, US Naval Reserve; Director of Central Intelligence, CIG,

22 January 194610 June 1946; Executive Secretary, National Security

Council, August 1947January 1950; Special Consultant to the Presi

dent, from January 1950.

Stalin, Joseph Premier of the Soviet Union and leader of the Soviet Communist Party

from the 1920s until his death on 5 March 1953.

Stevens, Leslie C. Rear Admiral, US Navy; Senior Consultant (representing the Joint

Chiefs), OPC, from September 1949.

Thompson, Lewis S. Chief, Special Projects Division, OPC, 1950-51; Office of the Deputy

Director for Administration, CIA, from 1952.

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Tito, Josip Broz Yugoslav Premier, Defense Minister, and leader of the Yugoslav Commu

nist Party from 1945.

Truman, Harry S. President of the United States, 12 April 194520 January 1953.

Vandenberg, Arthur H. Senator (R-MI), 1928-5 1; President pro tern of the Senate and Chairman,

Committee on Foreign Relations, 1947-49.

Vandenberg, Hoyt S. Lieutenant General, US Army Air Forces; member, Intelligence Advi

sory Board, January 1946May 1947; Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelli

gence, US Army, 1946; Director of Central Intelligence, CIG, 10 June

19461 May 1947.

Wisner, Frank G. Office of Strategic Services, World War II; Deputy to the Assistant Secre

tary of State for the Occupied Areas, 1947-48; Assistant Director for Pol

icy Coordination, CIA, 1 September 194823 August 1951; Deputy

Director for Plans from 23 August 1951.

Wright, Edwin K. Colonel, US Army; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, CIG and

CIA, 20 January 19479 March 1949

Wyman, Willard G. Major General, US Army; Assistant Director for Special Operations,

CIA, 15 February 195 117 December 1951.

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