...country? Map of the railways of South America and the International Trunk Lines. Source: The National Archives, Catalogue reference: FO 925/1600 Valparaiso in Chile was the major port for South...
...The family who, arguably, implemented the foundations of the Foreign Office administration were the Hertslets - they were a family of librarians. General Map of Africa (1894) used by Sir...
...in 1912 on the tragic Terra Nova expedition – a voyage whose tragic end was compounded by the fact Scott was beaten to the South Pole by the technically superior...
...sword to smite its enemies. Spreading the Revolution Initially focussed on internal opposition, the Cheka began very soon to send agents abroad to gather intelligence and promote revolution by covert...
...United States, promoting free trade and convertible currencies, certainly preferred a European bloc, including Britain, to a collection of awkward independent countries. During negotiations for the implementation of the Marshall...
...South Africa; while a large increase in the number of Kenyan Asians entering Britain caused problem for Harold Wilson on both the foreign policy and domestic front. These are only...
...the refusal of the Dominions of Canada and South Africa to countenance a naval arms race with the US - hesitated to commit the resources. A decade later the building...
...key FCO diplomats: Robin Renwick (later Ambassador to South Africa at the time of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison) Charles Powell (later an influential foreign policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher)...
...our publications, social media, seminars, conferences and visits to university departments The job is nothing if not varied. We are currently working on DBPO volumes covering relations with South Africa...
...Egyptian leader would not work with the West or promote an Arab-Israeli settlement, and Britain should realign its policy accordingly. Britain’s oil supplies and trade routes to the southern hemisphere...