Contents Preface
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Introduction
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Interviews THE RT. HON. LORD OWEN OF PLYMOUTH (13 May 2005) Foreign Secretary (1977-1979)
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SIR JOHN LEAHY, KCMG (12 January 2006) British Ambassador to South Africa (1979-1982)
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SIR MERVYN BROWN, KCMG, OBE (13 January 2006) British High Commissioner to Nigeria (1979-1983)
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THE RT. HON SIR MICHAEL PALLISER, GCMG, PC (13 January 2006) Permanent Under Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, & Head of the Diplomatic Service (1975-1982)
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THE RT. HON. LORD LUCE, GCVO, Kt, PC, DL (26 January 2006) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1979-1981)
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LORD RENWICK OF CLIFTON, KCMG (1 February 2006) Head, Rhodesia Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (1978-1979) Lord Soames’s staff, Government House, Salisbury (1980)
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LORD POWELL OF BAYSWATER, KCMG, LVMH (1 February 2006) Special Counsellor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
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ROGER MARTIN (2 March 2006) Deputy High Commissioner, Zimbabwe (1983-1986)
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SIR STEPHEN WALL, GCMG, LVO 15 March 2006) Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1977-79)
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SIR SHRIDATH (‘SONNY’) RAMPHAL and PATSY ROBERTSON (16 March 2006) Commonwealth Secretary General (1975-1990); Director of Information, Commonwealth Secretariat (1983-94)
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SIR SHRIDATH (‘SONNY’) RAMPHAL (10 May 2006) Commonwealth Secretary General (1975-1990)
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