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.
Transcript of interview: Juliet Campbell
Reference Code:
DOHP 68
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Denis Wright
Reference Code:
DOHP 67
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Published and unpublished articles on Roy Dean's diplomatic career.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


Transcript of interview: Leslie McLoughlin
Reference Code:
DOHP 65
Date:
2003 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Terence Clark
Reference Code:
DOHP 64
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Roger Beetham
Reference Code:
DOHP 63
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan
Reference Code:
DOHP 62
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Roy Denman
Reference Code:
DOHP 61
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


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


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


Transcript of interview: Stephen Miles
Reference Code:
DOHP 58
Date:
1996 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Antony Acland
Reference Code:
DOHP 57
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Hugh Carless
Reference Code:
DOHP 55
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray
Reference Code:
DOHP 54
Date:
2002 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme



Transcript of interview: Sir John Leahy
Reference Code:
DOHP 52
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Edited memoir: Sir Herbert Keeble
Reference Code:
DOHP 51
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Malcolm McBain
Reference Code:
DOHP 50
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir David Gore-Booth
Reference Code:
DOHP 49
Date:
1999 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Lord Wright of Richmond
Reference Code:
DOHP 48
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Robert Wade-Gery
Reference Code:
DOHP 47
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


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


Transcript of interview: Dennis Amy
Reference Code:
DOHP 45
Date:
1998 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Reference Code:
DOHP 44
Date:
2001 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme


Transcript of interview: Rosamund Huebener
Reference Code:
DOHP 43
Date:
2000 (creation)
Collection:
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme