Neil Truscott interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2091274
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Truscott, Neil, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1994 Mar. 23
- 4 tape reels (ca. 189 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track mono. ; 7 in. and 10 in.
- Series:
- Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Truscott talks of his early life in Victoria and Perth; enlistment in the Navy; selection as a diplomatic cadet; Pacific Branch; travelling to Washington; staffing in Washington; International Civil Aviation conference; impressions of Washington; Owen Dixon; Keith Aitkin; Frederick Eggleston; visitors to Washington; Evatt; US attitude to Australia; growth of the Department; South Pacific Commission, 1949; staffing at the Australian Commission, Singapore; terrorism in Singapore; independence of Singapore and Malaysia; Malcolm McDonald; changes to the residence, Singapore; riots, 1950; consular work; communications with Canberra; migrants to Australia; administration in Canberra; overseas travel committee; personnel, property sections; conditions of service, postings; living conditions, Jakarta, 1955; Walter Crocker; Treasury and Public Service Board attitudes to staffing and conditions; Tange's interest in management.
Truscott discusses the German Embassy staffing; political situation and social life in Germany; relationship with the Foreign Ministry; Information and Cultural Relations Branch; Vietnam war pamphlets; Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament; integration of aborigines; responsibilities in San Francisco; migration from the US; Humpty Doo; Vietnam War; Reagan; Australian interests in the Lebanon; living conditions in Beirut; Protocol, Canberra; political situation in Iraq; Kurdestan; Lebanese and Syrian embassies; civil war in Beirut; Damascus; Jordan; activities before retirement; retirement; changes to the Department; professionalism; conditions of service; wives ; children's education.
- Biography/History:
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Mr Truscott joined the Department of External Affairs during World War II and served in Washington, Singapore, Jakarta, Bonn, San Francisco, the Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Jordon.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 23 March 1994 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: (87 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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