Graham Feakes interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 568963
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Feakes, Graham B., 1930-1994, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1993 Oct. 18 - 1993 Nov. 24
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.)
- Series:
- Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Feakes talks of his early childhood travelling with his family; joining the foreign service; his appointment to Karachi; his impressions of Afghanistan; aid to Pakistan; communication with Canberra; Arthur Tange; posting to London; Suez; re-establishing the Cairo embassy; Egyptian diplomats; Tange's professional standards; reclassification of salaries; tasks performed in Paris; interests of the Embassy in Paris; De Gaulle; accommodation; OECD; French policy in Asia and the pacific; Indochina; American and Cambodian relations; Lon Nol's coup; Sihanouk's parties; staffing; travelling through Cambodia; Khmer language; the Vietnam war; the Khmer Rouge; disadvantages of having a family in Cambodia; Indonesia and East Timor; Australian relations with Malaysia; Islam in Malaysia; the Department's relationship with Ministers and Prime Ministers; Mrs Gandhi; changes occurring in India; diplomatic life as a career; changes to the diplomatic service.
- Biography/History:
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Mr Feakes joined the Dept. of External Affairs in 1951 and served in Karachi, London, Cairo, Paris, Cambodia, Malaysia. His last posting was as High Commissioner, India.
- Notes:
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- Recorded as part of a joint project with the Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217165271
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and transcript available: (66 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wilson, Michael, 1928-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
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- Publication date:
- 1993
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