Text interview with Lawrence Hydle, former American diplomat in Northern Ireland, by Charles Kennedy for Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training on 21 July 1994. Hydle served as an American diplomat in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1974. In this interview he discusses American policy on Northern Ireland during that period. 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.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2000
Name of First Interviewee: Lawrence Hydle
Role at time of Interview: Former American diplomat in Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Charles Kennedy
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: 1972-1974
Key Individuals: Lawrence Hydle, Richard Nixon, Ian Paisley, Gerry Adams, Bernadette Devlin, Mary Drum
Key Words: American government, religion, IRA, civil rights, British army, Bloody Sunday, Alliance Party, SDLP, Sinn Fein, British government, Irish government, partition, Sunningdale Agreement