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  • COCKING, Brigadier Nicholas (b. 1936)

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    Soldier. Joined the Army in 1954 and saw service in the Persian Gulf, Aden, Malaysia, Germany, and Northern Ireland, ending his career with seven years as Commander of the British Mission attached to the Saudi National Guard.Interviewed 2004.

  • 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…

  • CARLESS, Hugh Michael, CMG (1925-2011)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1950; 3rd Secretary, Kabul, 1951; 2nd Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1953; Tehran, 1956; 1st Secretary, 1957; Foreign Office, 1958; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1961; Budapest, 1963; Civil Service Fellow, Department of Politics, Glasgow University, 1966; Counsellor and Consul-General, Luanda, 1967-70; Counsellor, Bonn, 1970-73; Head of Latin American…

  • BENNETT, Gillian, OBE MA FRHistS (b. 1951)

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    Joined the Foreign Office Historical Section in 1972: Research Assistant working on the official documentary history of British foreign policy, ‘Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939’; Assistant Editor (1983-85); Editor (1985-90). Foreign Office’s Strategic Planning Unit (1991-92); North America and Canada Desk’s Research and Analysis Department (1992-93); Performance Assessment Unit (1993-95); Chief Historian, Records and…

  • BAYNE, Sir Nicholas Peter, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service, 1961; served at British Embassies in Manila, 1963-66, and Bonn, 1969-72; seconded to Treasury, 1974-75; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1975-79; Head of Financial, later Economic Relations, Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-82; attached to Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1982-83; Ambassador to Zaire, 1983-84, also accredited to the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, 1984;…