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  • LIFE, Vivien, CMG (b. 1957)

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    Civil Service Fast Stream, 1979–81; HM Treasury, 1981–88; entered FCO, 1988; EU External Department, FCO, 1988–91; First Secretary, Washington, 1992–96; Deputy Head: EU Department External, FCO, 1996–97; Latin America and Caribbean Department, FCO, 1997–99; Head: Consultancy Group, FCO Services, 1999–2003; Strategy Group, FCO, 2003–06; External Relations Group, Europe Directorate, FCO, 2006–08; Enlargement SE and Wider…

  • TALLBOYS, Richard Gilbert, CMG OBE (1931-2013)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1968-88: First Secretary i/c Brasilia, 1969; Head of Chancery, Phnom Penh, 1972 (Chargé d’Affaires 1972, 1973); FO, 1973; Counsellor Commercial, Seoul, 1976-80 (Chargé d’Affaires 1977, 1978, 1979); Consul-General, Houston, 1980-85; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1985-87.Memoir.

  • MILES, (Richard) Oliver, CMG (1936-2019)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Aden, Mukalla, Nicosia, Jedda; Counsellor, Athens, 1977-80; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1980-83; Ambassador to: Libya, 1984; Luxembourg, 1985-88; Under-Secretary on loan to Home Civil Service, Belfast, 1988-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economic), FCO, 1990-91; Director General of…

  • MELLON, Sir James, KCMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. Department of Agriculture for Scotland, 1953-60; Agricultural Attaché, Copenhagen and The Hague, 1960-63; Foreign Office, 1963-64; Head of Chancery, Dakar, 1964-66; UK Delegation to European Communities, 1967-72; Counsellor, 1970; Head of Science and Technology Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-75; Commercial Counsellor, East Berlin, 1975-76; Head of Trade Relations and Export Department, FCO, 1976-78;…

  • FRASER, Sir Simon James, GCMG (b. 1958)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Second Secretary, Baghdad, 1982–84; Second Secretary, Damascus, 1984–86; First Secretary, FCO, 1986–88; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1989–90; Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1991–92; Assistant Head, Non-Proliferation and Defence Department, FCO, 1992-93; First Secretary, Financial and Economic Affairs, Paris, 1994-96; Deputy Chef de Cabinet of Vice-President of EC,…

  • 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…

  • CROSS, “Jasper” James Richard, CMG (1921-2021)

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    Diplomat. Transcript of taped memoir of his experiences as Senior Trade Commissioner and head of the British Government Office in Montreal, Canada, 1968-70, his kidnapping in 1970 by a terrorist group, the FLQ, and also on the work of the Trade Commission Service in general.Taped memoir. The transcript also contains a copy of a debriefing interview between…