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This website provides access to interview transcripts from the oral history archives of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) and captures for public use the knowledge, direct experience and perspectives of many whose stories are otherwise not recorded. The interviews with US diplomatic personnel offer detailed accounts of foreign policy creation and implementation, the context in which it occurred, and the personalities involved in the process. The collection is extensive, spanning almost seven decades. The first release of the online collection consists of 1,301 searchable interview transcripts, of which 358 are directly linked to Northern Ireland and the Peace Process, in particular interviews with Ms Katherine P. Kennedy and Ms Theresa Loar, which reference the Good Friday Agreement. Also useful is the Library’s THOMAS website which contains the full-text of all bills, laws and debates from 1989 to the present. Here you can find legislation, speeches, and debates that reference the Northern Ireland Peace Process from this period, including ‘Acknowledging the historic Northern Ireland Peace Agreement’ (Senate, 23 April 1998) or bills and laws related to the peace process from 1989 to present, such as HR 4293, Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998.
These transcripts are a unique and invaluable resource for anyone interested in the formulation of foreign policy in Washington and the interconnection of embassies throughout the world. They also provide insights and information not usually found in official documents or in memoirs and published histories.
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