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  • FRETWELL, Sir John Emsley, GCMG (1930-2017)

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    Diplomat. Diplomatic Service, 1953; 3rd Secretary, Hong Kong, 1954-55; 2nd Secretary, Peking, 1955-57; Foreign Office, 1957-59; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1959-62; FO, 1962-67; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Washington, 1967-70; Commercial Counsellor, Warsaw, 1971-73; Head of European Integration Department (Internal), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1976-79; Minister, Washington, 1980-81; Ambassador to France, 1982-87.…

  • FALL, Sir Brian, GCVO KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Joined Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service, 1962; served in Foreign Office United Nations Department, 1963; Moscow, 1965; Geneva, 1968; Civil Service College, 1970; FO Eastern European and Soviet Department and Western Organisations Department, 1971; New York, 1975; Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1976; Counsellor, Moscow, 1977-79; Head of Energy, Science and Space Department, Foreign and…

  • CROWE, Sir Brian, KCMG (1938-2020)

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    Diplomat. Joined Foreign Office, 1961; served: Moscow, 1962-64; London, 1965-67; Aden, 1967; Washington, 1968-73; Bonn, 1973-76; Counsellor and Head of Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1976-78; Head of Chancery, UK Permanent Representative to EEC, Brussels, 1979-81; Counsellor and Head of EEC Department (External), FCO, 1982-84; Minister, Commercial, Washington, 1985-89; Ambassador to Austria, 1989-92; Economic Director (Deputy…

  • CLOAKE, John Cecil, CMG (1924-2014)

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    Served in Army, 1943-46 (Lieutenant Royal Engineers). Foreign Office, 1948; 3rd Secretary, Baghdad, 1949, and Saigon, 1951; 2nd Secretary, 1952; FO, 1954; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1956, and to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1957; 1st Secretary, 1957; Consul (Commercial), New York, 1958; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1962; FO, 1963; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1965; Counsellor, 1966; Head…

  • CARTLEDGE, Sir Bryan, KCMG (b. 1931)

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    Diplomat. Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1950-51. Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Stanford University, 1956-57; Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 1958-59 (Hon. Fellow, 1987). Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Foreign Office, 1960-61; Stockholm, 1961-63; Moscow, 1963-66; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1966-68; Tehran, 1968-70; Harvard University, 1971-72; Counsellor, Moscow, 1972-75; Head of East European and Soviet Department, FCO,…

  • BRAITHWAITE, Sir Rodric Quentin, GCMG (b. 1932)

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    Diplomat. Third Secretary, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1957; Second Secretary, Warsaw, Poland, 1959; First Secretary (Commercial), Moscow, 1963, Rome, 1966; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Brussels, 1975; Head of Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Minister (Commercial) Washington, 1982; Ambassador, Moscow, 1988-92; Foreign Policy Adviser and Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee, 1992-3.Interviewed 1998.

  • BONE, Sir Roger Bridgland, KCMG (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; UK Mission to UN, 1966; FCO, 1967; 3rd Secretary, Stockholm, 1968–70; 2nd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–73; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1973–75; FCO, 1975–78; 1st Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels, 1978–82; Assistant Private Secretary for Foreign Secretary, 1982–84; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1984–85;…

  • BIRCH, Sir John Allan, KCVO CMG (1935-2020)

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    Diplomat. Served with Middlesex Regiment, 1954-56. Joined Foreign Service, 1959; served: Paris, 1960-63; Singapore, 1963-64; Bucharest, 1965-68; Geneva, 1968-70; Kabul, 1973-76; Royal College of Defence Studies, 1977; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Negotiations, Geneva, 1977-80; Counsellor, Budapest, 1980-83; Head of East European Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983-86; Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations,…

  • 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…