Netherlands
- Aruba - Jan van der Biest, Commander of Aruba (1756–1768)
- Berbice - Hendrik Jan van Rijswijck, Governor of Berbice (1755–1759)
- Ceylon - Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon (1757–1762)
- Demerara - Jonathan Samuel Storm van 's Gravesende, Commander of Demerara (1752–1761)
- Dutch East Indies - Jacob Mossel, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1750–1761)
- Malacca - David Boelen, Governor of Malacca (1758–1764)
- Essequibo - Aert Adriaenszoon Groenewegel, Governor of Essequibo (1657–1664)
- Netherlands Antilles - Jan da Windt, Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (1754–1775)
- Surinam - Wigbold Crommelin, Governor-General of Surinam (1757–1768)
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“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kow-tow before any United States pro-consul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”
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