Text interview with Timothy Deal, former Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in London between 1992 and 1995, by Raymond Ewing for Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training on 8 November 2004. Deal discusses the difficulties of implementing American policy on Northern Ireland within the embassy in London. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training is an independent, non-profit organisation which promotes knowledge of American international diplomacy. The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection consists of over 1,700 transcript interviews from those who shape American foreign policy.
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Name of First Interviewee: Timothy Deal
Role at time of Interview: Former Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in London
Interviewer: Raymond Ewing
Purpose: Research
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic St
Time Period covered: 1992-1995
Key Individuals: Timothy Deal, Ray Seitz, Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, John Major
Key Words: American government, Sinn Fein, IRA, British government