GB 0099 KCLMA Graham - GRAHAM, Sir John (Alexander Noble), 4th Bt (b 1926)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Graham Created 1967-1994 Collection (fonds) 2 files

Born 1926; educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; served in the Army, UK and Palestine, 1944-1947; commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, 1945; Lt, 1946; HM Foreign Service, 1950; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1951; Third Secretary, Bahrain, 1951; Kuwait, 1952; Amman, Jordan, 1953; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1954-1957; First Secretary, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1957-1960; Benghazi, Libya, 1960-1961; Foreign Office, 1961-1966; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Kuwait, 1966-1969; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, 1969-1972; awarded CMG, 1972; Counsellor (later Minister) and Head of Chancery, Washington DC, USA, 1972-1974; Ambassador to Iraq, 1974-1977;Deputy Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977-1979; created KCMG, 1979; Ambassador to Iran, 1979-1980; Deputy Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1980-1982; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), Brussels, Belgium, 1982-1986; appointed GCMG, 1986; Registrar, Order of St Michael and St George, since 1987; Director, Ditchley Foundation, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, 1987-1992.

Placed in the Centre by Graham in 1998.

Thirty seven typescript speeches and texts of lectures, given by Graham, 1972-1991, mostly relating to the Middle East, Anglo-American relations, Rhodesia, 1977, the Iranian revolution, 1979, the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), and the Gulf War, 1990-1991, notably 'The Middle East', 1972, with copy of UN Security Council Resolution 242 relating to the Arab-Israeli Six Day War, 1967, and copy of speech on the Middle East by Rt Hon Sir Alec (AlexanderFrederick) Douglas-Home, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, given to Harrogate Conservative Party, Oct 1970; address to NATO Defence College, 'Developments outside the NATO area in the next 15 years of concern to the Alliance', Feb 1985; article 'The Iran-Iraq war - eight years on', written for NATO's sixteen nations, Nov 1987; article, 'Reflections on the Gulf Crisis', Nov 1990, with briefing notes on the Gulf Crisis from Martin Fuller, Research Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and related press cuttings, 1990.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Jan 1999 Alliances Arab-Israeli War (1967) Central government East West relations Foreign relations Government Gulf War (1990-1991) Home , Alexander Frederick , Douglas- , 1903-1995 , Baron Home of the Hirsel , statesman x Douglas-Home , Alexander Frederick x Home of the Hirsel , Baron Internal politics International conflicts International organizations International politics International relations Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) NATO , North Atlantic Treaty Organization x North Atlantic Treaty Organization Organizations Political parties Public administration UN , United Nations x United Nations War Wars (events)

Placed in the Centre by Graham in 1998.

Thirty seven typescript speeches and texts of lectures, given by Graham, 1972-1991, mostly relating to the Middle East, Anglo-American relations, Rhodesia, 1977, the Iranian revolution, 1979, the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), and the Gulf War, 1990-1991, notably 'The Middle East', 1972, with copy of UN Security Council Resolution 242 relating to the Arab-Israeli Six Day War, 1967, and copy of speech on the Middle East by Rt Hon Sir Alec (AlexanderFrederick) Douglas-Home, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, given to Harrogate Conservative Party, Oct 1970; address to NATO Defence College, 'Developments outside the NATO area in the next 15 years of concern to the Alliance', Feb 1985; article 'The Iran-Iraq war - eight years on', written for NATO's sixteen nations, Nov 1987; article, 'Reflections on the Gulf Crisis', Nov 1990, with briefing notes on the Gulf Crisis from Martin Fuller, Research Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and related press cuttings, 1990.

2 files

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

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English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

• English