Text interview with William Crowe, former American ambassador to Britain, by Charles Kennedy for Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training on 8 June 1998. Crowe served as United States’ ambassador to Britain between 1994 and 1997. 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: William Crowe
Role at time of Interview: Former American Ambassador to Britain
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: 1994-1998
Key Individuals: Bill Clinton, Tony Lake, Nancy Soderburg, Jean Kennedy Smith, Gerry Adams, George Mitchell, John Major, Tony Blair, Mo Mowlam, Edward Kennedy
Key Words: American government, religion, IRA, partition, Sinn Fein, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement