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: 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 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: Sir Anthony Brenton
Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Brenton
Reference Code:
DOHP 127
Date:
2010 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Goodenough
Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Goodenough
Reference Code:
DOHP 180
Date:
2016-2019 (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: 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: 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 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 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 Brian Donnelly
Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Donnelly
Reference Code:
DOHP 170
Date:
2017 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Fall
Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Fall
Reference Code:
DOHP 157
Date:
2017 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Bryan Cartledge
Transcript of interview: Sir Bryan Cartledge
Reference Code:
DOHP 115
Date:
2007 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Audland
Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Audland
Reference Code:
DOHP 138
Date:
2012 (creation)
Description:
The majority of this interview deals with Britain's relations with Europe.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Hum
Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Hum
Reference Code:
DOHP 238
Date:
2023-2024 (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:
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Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Meyer
Transcript of interview: Sir Christopher Meyer
Reference Code:
DOHP 91
Date:
2004 (creation)
Collection:
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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 Colin Budd
Transcript of interview: Sir Colin Budd
Reference Code:
DOHP 155
Date:
2016 (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 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 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: Sir David Logan
Transcript of interview: Sir David Logan
Reference Code:
DOHP 169
Date:
2017 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir David Miers
Transcript of interview: Sir David Miers
Reference Code:
DOHP 144
Date:
2014 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir David Reddaway
Transcript of interview: Sir David Reddaway
Reference Code:
DOHP 213
Date:
2022 (creation)
Description:
David Reddaway was born 26 April 1953, the son of George Frank Norman Reddaway, CBE and Jean Reddaway, OBE (née Brett). He was educated at Oundle School (Scholar.) and Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge (Exhibitioner; MA History). In 1981 he married (1st), Roshan Taliyeh Firouz (marriage dissolved 2019), having two sons and one daughter; and (2nd), 2020, Gabrielle O’Driscoll. Reddaway joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975 and his diplomatic career included: language student, SOAS, 1976 and Iran, 1977; Tehran: Third Secretary, later Second Secretary (Commercial), 1977–78; Second Secretary. later First Secretary (Chancery), 1978–80; First Secretary: (Chancery), Madrid [Spain], 1980–84; FCO, 1985–86; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1986–88; (Chancery), New Delhi [India], 1988–90; Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, 1990–93 (Counsellor, 1991); Minister, Buenos Aires [Argentina], 1993–97; Head, Southern European Department, FCO, 1997–99; Director, Public Services, FCO, 1999–2001; UK Special Representative for Afghanistan, 2002; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, 2002–03; High Commissioner, Canada, 2003–06; Ambassador: to Ireland, 2006–09; to Turkey, 2009–14.
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Miniature of Transcript of interview: Sir David Warren
Transcript of interview: Sir David Warren
Reference Code:
DOHP 200
Date:
2020 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme