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  • TONKIN, Derek, CMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. HM Forces, 1948-49; FO, 1952; Warsaw, 1955; Bangkok, 1957; Phnom Penh, 1961; FO, 1963; Warsaw, 1966; Wellington, 1968; FCO, 1972; East Berlin, 1976; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1980-82; Minister, Pretoria, 1983-86; Ambassador to Thailand, and concurrently to Laos, 1986-89.Interviewed 2000.

  • O’KEEFFE, (Peter) Laurence, CMG CVO (1931-2003)

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    Diplomat. HM Customs and Excise, 1953-62; 2nd, later 1st Secretary (Economic), Bangkok, 1962-5; FO, 1965-8; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Athens, 1968-72; Commercial Counsellor, Jakarta, 1972-5; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-6; Director-General, British Information Services, and Deputy Consul General (Information), New York, 1976-8; Counsellor, Nicosia, 1978-81;…

  • McBAIN, (David) Malcolm, LVO (1928-2022)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Civil Aviation appointments in Tripoli, Libya, 1949-51, New Delhi, 1953-54; Diplomatic Service: New Delhi, 1958-61; Kenya, 1963-67; Thailand, 1968-75; Brunei, 1978-81; Texas, 1981-84; Ambassador to Madagascar, 1984-87.Interviewed 2000. Also includes a chapter from Malcolm McBain’s memoirs relating to his time as Ambassador to Madagascar.

  • MARSHALL, Sir Peter Harold Reginald, KCMG CVO (1924-2023)

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    After serving in the RAFVR, 1943-46, Marshall joined the Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service in 1949, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: Foreign Office, 1949-52; 2nd Secretary and Private Secretary to Ambassador, Washington, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-60; on staff of Civil Service Selection Board, 1960; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Baghdad,…

  • CAMPBELL, Juliet Jeanne d’Auvergne, CMG (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Joined Foreign Office 1957; Common Market Delegation, Brussels, 1961-63; FO, 1963-64; Second, later First Secretary, Bangkok, 1964-66; News Department, FO, 1967-70; Head of Chancery, The Hague, 1970-74; European Integration Department, FCO, 1974-77; Counsellor (Information), Paris, 1977-80; Royal College of Defence Studies, 1981; Counsellor, Jakarta, 1982-83; Head of Training Department, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Luxembourg,…

  • BURNS, David Allan (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Served HM Forces, 1956-58. Language student and Third Secretary, British Embassy, Belgrade, 1962-65; Second Secretary, Bangkok, 1966-68; First Secretary, Washington, 1969-72; Head of Chancery, Belgrade, 1973-76; Assistant Head of Arms Control Department, FCO, 1976-79; Counsellor, Bangkok, 1979-83; Consul General, Boston, 1983-87; Head of North America Department, FCO, 1988-91; Ambassador to Cambodia, 1991-94; Ambassador to…