British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
The British Diplomatic Oral History Programme records the recollections of former diplomats. Through these oral histories, which are conserved at the Churchill Archives Centre, the Programme aims to go behind the official documents to explore how diplomats experienced significant events as well as providing valuable insights into the daily workings of diplomacy. Highlighted here are the transcripts of oral history recordings with former diplomats.
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Transcript of interview: John Hickman
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Reference Code : - DOHP 1
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Date : - 1995 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell
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Reference Code : - DOHP 2
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Lord Greenhill of Harrow
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Reference Code : - DOHP 3
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir John Fretwell
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Reference Code : - DOHP 4
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: John Hutson
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Reference Code : - DOHP 5
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Leonard Allinson
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Reference Code : - DOHP 6
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Best
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Reference Code : - DOHP 7
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Lord Gillmore of Thamesfield
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Reference Code : - DOHP 8
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Rex Browning
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Reference Code : - DOHP 9
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Parsons
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Reference Code : - DOHP 10
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Herbert Tucker
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Reference Code : - DOHP 11
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Ronald Bailey
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Reference Code : - DOHP 12
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Munro
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Reference Code : - DOHP 13
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Frank Roberts
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Reference Code : - DOHP 14
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Robin McLaren
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Reference Code : - DOHP 15
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Walker
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Reference Code : - DOHP 16
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Oliver Wright
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Reference Code : - DOHP 17
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Mervyn Brown
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Reference Code : - DOHP 18
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: James Cross
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Reference Code : - DOHP 19
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Horace Phillips
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Reference Code : - DOHP 20
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Date : - 1997 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Leslie Shiers
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Reference Code : - DOHP 21
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Date : - 1997 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Barder
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Reference Code : - DOHP 22
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Date : - 1997-2009 (creation)
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Description : - Also includes recordings of the 45-minute BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Reunion', broadcast on 30 August 2009, and also of the longer discussion from which the programme was taken, where five people who were closely involved in the international Ethiopia famine relief programme in the mid-1980s were reunited to discuss their memories of those events. The participants were: Sir Brian Barder; International Red Cross nurse Claire Bertschinger; the BBC reporter Michael Buerk; Dawit Wolde Giorgis, former head of the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission; Hugh Goyder, former head of Oxfam's Ethiopia programme.
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Smedley
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Reference Code : - DOHP 23
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Date : - 1997 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Reginald Hibbert
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Reference Code : - DOHP 24
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Date : - 1997 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Butler
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Reference Code : - DOHP 25
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Date : - 1997 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme