DM figures in Peace Makers as a young diplomat in Paris. Personnel Dept sent him in 1938 with this toe-curling comment.’He is a very nice individual indeed and has plenty of brains and keenness. He is nice looking and ought, we think, to be a success from a social as well as work point of view.’ 1/2
Peter Ricketts
Reading some books on the doings of Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess at the moment.
Philip Taylor
Discussing my book Peace Makers with Iain Dale at the du Maurier Festival at Fowey recently was great fun. Plenty of stories about the surprising exploits of the men and women of the Foreign Office in WWII, and the lessons we can draw for today’s disordered world. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
