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  • BEST, Sir Richard Radford, KCVO CBE (1933-2014)

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    Diplomat. Second Secretary, Lusaka, 1969-72; First Secretary (Economics), Stockholm, 1972-76; First Secretary (Commercial), New Delhi, 1979-82; Deputy High Commissioner, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1984-89; Ambassador, Reykjavik, 1989-92.Interviewed 1996.

  • BARDER, Sir Brian Leon, KCMG (1934-2017)

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    Diplomat. West African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968; First Secretary, Moscow, 1971; Counsellor, Canberra, 1973; Head of Southern African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978; Ambassador, Addis Ababa, 1982; Ambassador, Warsaw, 1986; High Commissioner, Lagos and Ambassador to Benin, 1988; High Commissioner, Canberra, 1991.Interviewed 1997. DOHP 22 also includes recordings of the BBC Radio…

  • AMY, Dennis Oldrieve, CMG OBE (1932-2016)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Foreign, later HM Diplomatic Service, 1949; FO, 1949-51 and 1953-58; Athens, 1958-61; Second Secretary and Vice Consul, Moscow, 1961-63; FO, 1963-65; DSAO, 1965; Second Secretary and Passport Officer, Canberra, 1966-70; First Secretary, Ibadan, 1971-74; seconded to Department of Trade, 1974-75; FCO, 1976-78; First Secretary (Commercial), Santiago, 1978-83 (Chargé d’Affaires, 1979); FCO, 1983-86…

  • BACHE, Andrew Philip Foley, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Commonwealth Relations Office, 1963; 3rd Secretary, Nicosia, 1964-66; Treasury Centre for Administrative Studies, 1966; 2nd Secretary, Sofia, 1966-68; FCO, 1968-71; 1st Secretary, Lagos, 1971-74; FCO, 1974-78; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Vienna, 1978-81; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Tokyo, 1981-85; Counsellor, Ankara, 1985-87; Head of Personnel Services Department, FCO, 1988-90; on secondment as Diplomatic Service…