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)
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