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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Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (ascending) Year (descending) Reference Code (A-Z) Reference Code (Z-A)
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Miniature of Transcript of interview: John Hickman
Transcript of interview: John Hickman
Reference Code:
DOHP 1
Date:
1995 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell
Reference Code:
DOHP 2
Date:
1996 (creation)
1982 (creation)
Description:
Also includes a later paper by Sir Alan Campbell, "Embassy to France - an account of Anglo-French relations, 1968-72" (1982). See also GBR/0014/SOAM 10/6.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Greenhill of Harrow
Transcript of interview: Lord Greenhill of Harrow
Reference Code:
DOHP 3
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Fretwell
Transcript of interview: Sir John Fretwell
Reference Code:
DOHP 4
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: John Hutson
Transcript of interview: John Hutson
Reference Code:
DOHP 5
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Leonard Allinson
Transcript of interview: Sir Leonard Allinson
Reference Code:
DOHP 6
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Best
Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Best
Reference Code:
DOHP 7
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Gillmore of Thamesfield
Transcript of interview: Lord Gillmore of Thamesfield
Reference Code:
DOHP 8
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Rex Browning
Transcript of interview: Rex Browning
Reference Code:
DOHP 9
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Parsons
Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Parsons
Reference Code:
DOHP 10
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Herbert Tucker
Transcript of interview: Herbert Tucker
Reference Code:
DOHP 11
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Ronald Bailey
Transcript of interview: Ronald Bailey
Reference Code:
DOHP 12
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Munro
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Munro
Reference Code:
DOHP 13
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Frank Roberts
Transcript of interview: Sir Frank Roberts
Reference Code:
DOHP 14
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Robin McLaren
Transcript of interview: Sir Robin McLaren
Reference Code:
DOHP 15
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Walker
Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Walker
Reference Code:
DOHP 16
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Oliver Wright
Transcript of interview: Sir Oliver Wright
Reference Code:
DOHP 17
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Mervyn Brown
Transcript of interview: Sir Mervyn Brown
Reference Code:
DOHP 18
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: James Cross
Transcript of interview: James Cross
Reference Code:
DOHP 19
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Horace Phillips
Transcript of interview: Sir Horace Phillips
Reference Code:
DOHP 20
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Leslie Shiers
Transcript of interview: Leslie Shiers
Reference Code:
DOHP 21
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Barder
Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Barder
Reference Code:
DOHP 22
Date:
1997-2009 (creation)
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.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Smedley
Transcript of interview: Sir Harold Smedley
Reference Code:
DOHP 23
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Reginald Hibbert
Transcript of interview: Sir Reginald Hibbert
Reference Code:
DOHP 24
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Butler
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Butler
Reference Code:
DOHP 25
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Percy Cradock
Transcript of interview: Sir Percy Cradock
Reference Code:
DOHP 26
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Donald Maitland
Transcript of interview: Sir Donald Maitland
Reference Code:
DOHP 27
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Mallaby
Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Mallaby
Reference Code:
DOHP 28
Date:
1997 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Day
Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Day
Reference Code:
DOHP 29
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Rodric Braithwaite
Transcript of interview: Sir Rodric Braithwaite
Reference Code:
DOHP 30
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Laurence O'Keeffe
Transcript of interview: Laurence O'Keeffe
Reference Code:
DOHP 31
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Nicholas Henderson
Transcript of interview: Sir Nicholas Henderson
Reference Code:
DOHP 32
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Renwick of Clifton
Transcript of interview: Lord Renwick of Clifton
Reference Code:
DOHP 33
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Alexander
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Alexander
Reference Code:
DOHP 34
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Ewen Fergusson
Transcript of interview: Sir Ewen Fergusson
Reference Code:
DOHP 35
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Crispin Tickell
Transcript of interview: Sir Crispin Tickell
Reference Code:
DOHP 36
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Palliser
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Palliser
Reference Code:
DOHP 37
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Transcript of interview: Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Reference Code:
DOHP 38
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Richard Tallboys
Transcript of interview: Richard Tallboys
Reference Code:
DOHP 39
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Andrew Bache
Transcript of interview: Andrew Bache
Reference Code:
DOHP 41
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Donald Cape
Transcript of interview: Donald Cape
Reference Code:
DOHP 42
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Rosamund Huebener
Transcript of interview: Rosamund Huebener
Reference Code:
DOHP 43
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Transcript of interview: Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Reference Code:
DOHP 44
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Dennis Amy
Transcript of interview: Dennis Amy
Reference Code:
DOHP 45
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir (Arthur) John Coles
Transcript of interview: Sir (Arthur) John Coles
Reference Code:
DOHP 46
Date:
2000 (creation)
Description:
Also includes a copy of a pamphlet written by Coles for the New Europe group, on British influence and the euro.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Robert Wade-Gery
Transcript of interview: Sir Robert Wade-Gery
Reference Code:
DOHP 47
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Wright of Richmond
Transcript of interview: Lord Wright of Richmond
Reference Code:
DOHP 48
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir David Gore-Booth
Transcript of interview: Sir David Gore-Booth
Reference Code:
DOHP 49
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Malcolm McBain
Transcript of interview: Malcolm McBain
Reference Code:
DOHP 50
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Edited memoir: Sir Herbert Keeble
Edited memoir: Sir Herbert Keeble
Reference Code:
DOHP 51
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Leahy
Transcript of interview: Sir John Leahy
Reference Code:
DOHP 52
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Powell of Bayswater
Transcript of interview: Lord Powell of Bayswater
Reference Code:
DOHP 53
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray
Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray
Reference Code:
DOHP 54
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Hugh Carless
Transcript of interview: Hugh Carless
Reference Code:
DOHP 55
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Antony Acland
Transcript of interview: Sir Antony Acland
Reference Code:
DOHP 57
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Stephen Miles
Transcript of interview: Stephen Miles
Reference Code:
DOHP 58
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Archie Lamb
Transcript of interview: Sir Archie Lamb
Reference Code:
DOHP 59
Date:
2000-2003 (creation)
Description:
Also includes a copy of Lamb's memoirs, "A Long Way from Swansea" (2003).
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Boyd
Transcript of interview: Sir John Boyd
Reference Code:
DOHP 60
Date:
1999-2005 (creation)
Description:
Includes an edited version of the Anniversary lecture by Sir John Boyd on China and Japan delivered at the Annual General Meeting of The Royal Society for Asian Affairs, June 2005.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Roy Denman
Transcript of interview: Sir Roy Denman
Reference Code:
DOHP 61
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan
Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan
Reference Code:
DOHP 62
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Roger Beetham
Transcript of interview: Roger Beetham
Reference Code:
DOHP 63
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Terence Clark
Transcript of interview: Sir Terence Clark
Reference Code:
DOHP 64
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Leslie McLoughlin
Transcript of interview: Leslie McLoughlin
Reference Code:
DOHP 65
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Published and unpublished articles on Roy Dean's diplomatic career.
Published and unpublished articles on Roy Dean's diplomatic career.
Reference Code:
DOHP 66
Date:
2002-2003 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include: reaction in Nigeria to the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia]; relations with India and meeting Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India; winning the propaganda war on arms control; meeting Jerry Rawlings, Head of State, Ghana; the difficulties in building a new British High Commission office in Ghana, 1984.

Also includes: accompanying correspondence.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Denis Wright
Transcript of interview: Sir Denis Wright
Reference Code:
DOHP 67
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Juliet Campbell
Transcript of interview: Juliet Campbell
Reference Code:
DOHP 68
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Killick
Transcript of interview: Sir John Killick
Reference Code:
DOHP 69
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Andrew Stuart
Transcript of interview: Andrew Stuart
Reference Code:
DOHP 70
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Thomas
Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Thomas
Reference Code:
DOHP 71
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Derek Tonkin
Transcript of interview: Derek Tonkin
Reference Code:
DOHP 72
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir James Mellon
Transcript of interview: Sir James Mellon
Reference Code:
DOHP 73
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Clive Rose
Transcript of interview: Sir Clive Rose
Reference Code:
DOHP 74
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Robin Fearn
Transcript of interview: Sir Robin Fearn
Reference Code:
DOHP 75
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Gray
Transcript of interview: Sir John Gray
Reference Code:
DOHP 76
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Andrew Wood
Transcript of interview: Sir Andrew Wood
Reference Code:
DOHP 77
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: David Summerhayes
Transcript of interview: David Summerhayes
Reference Code:
DOHP 78
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Peregrine Rhodes
Transcript of interview: Sir Peregrine Rhodes
Reference Code:
DOHP 79
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Peter Penfold
Transcript of interview: Peter Penfold
Reference Code:
DOHP 80
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Crowe
Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Crowe
Reference Code:
DOHP 81
Date:
2003 (creation)
Description:
Also includes two articles by Crowe: "A common European foreign policy after Iraq?" (International Affairs, 2003) and "EU-US Relations and the Implications of Iraq" (American Diplomacy, 2003).
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Weston
Transcript of interview: Sir John Weston
Reference Code:
DOHP 82
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
Transcript of interview: Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
Reference Code:
DOHP 83
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Denis Doble
Transcript of interview: Denis Doble
Reference Code:
DOHP 84
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Mark Pellew
Transcript of interview: Mark Pellew
Reference Code:
DOHP 85
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Roger Carrick
Transcript of interview: Sir Roger Carrick
Reference Code:
DOHP 86
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Birch
Transcript of interview: Sir John Birch
Reference Code:
DOHP 87
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir David Dain
Transcript of interview: Sir David Dain
Reference Code:
DOHP 88
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Peter Hall
Transcript of interview: Sir Peter Hall
Reference Code:
DOHP 89
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Hurd of Westwell
Transcript of interview: Lord Hurd of Westwell
Reference Code:
DOHP 90
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Meyer
Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Meyer
Reference Code:
DOHP 91
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Oliver Miles
Transcript of interview: Oliver Miles
Reference Code:
DOHP 92
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Ivor Lucas
Transcript of interview: Ivor Lucas
Reference Code:
DOHP 93
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Dame Veronica Sutherland
Transcript of interview: Dame Veronica Sutherland
Reference Code:
DOHP 94
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Peter Unwin
Transcript of interview: Peter Unwin
Reference Code:
DOHP 95
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir John Moberly
Transcript of interview: Sir John Moberly
Reference Code:
DOHP 96
Date:
2002 (creation)
Description:
This file also contains an edited version of an interview given by Moberly as Consultant to the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, on his time in Qatar.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Nicholas Cocking
Transcript of interview: Nicholas Cocking
Reference Code:
DOHP 97
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Transcript of interview: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Reference Code:
DOHP 98
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Transcript of interview: Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Reference Code:
DOHP 99
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Martin Morland
Transcript of interview: Martin Morland
Reference Code:
DOHP 100
Date:
2006 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Parsons
Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Parsons
Reference Code:
DOHP 101
Date:
2005 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Peter Jay
Transcript of interview: Peter Jay
Reference Code:
DOHP 102
Date:
2006 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme