Garry Woodard interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1920298
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Woodard, Garry, 1929-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1993 Oct. 14
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 142 min.)
- Series:
- Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Woodard, former Australian diplomat and Head of Mission with the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, reflects on his career as an Australian diplomat. He describes his early life; being part of the 1952 intake to Dept. of External Affairs; training; first posting to South Korea, 1954-55; Korean political conditions; Singapore posting, 1955-57; Australian-Singaporean relations; rise of Lee Kuan Yew; leaving political decisions to the British; overseas mission-Canberra relations; work for Joint Intelligence Bureau on return; Defence-External Affairs interdepartmental relations; 1959 posting at UN General Assembly; London appointment, 1960-63; Australia House, early 1960s; Policy Planning Group; Australian-British working relationship; Washington appointment, 1967-70 at time of Vietnam War; support of Foreign Affairs officers for Vietnam policy; Washington Embassy-Canberra relations; Gorton, McMahon; Head of Mission, Burma, 1973-75; Whitlam visit; General Ne Win; golf diplomacy; crisis task forces; First Assistant Secretary, North & South Asia Division, 1975-76; treaty negotiation with Japan; Ambassador to China, 1976-1980; High Commissioner to Malaysia, 1980-83; summation of his career with the Dept.
- Notes:
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- Recorded as part of a joint project with the Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Recorded in Melbourne, Vic. on 14 October 1993.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 52 leaves).
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