Diplomatic Passport: More Undiplomatic Diaries, 1946-1962

by Charles Ritchie

Book Overview

In his first book,The Siren Years, the public was introduced to Charles Ritchie as a young diplomat serving with the Canadian Embassy in wartime London. InDiplomatic Passport, we follow his career as he climbs the rungs of the diplomatic-service ladder - as an advisor to the Canadian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946; as a Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, where his friends celebrate Ritchie Week - to the city's surprise; as Assistant, Deputy, and Acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs in Ottawa; as Canadian Ambassador to Bonn, where he finds himself reciting Little Red Riding Hood in German at a state dinner; and as Permanent Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771075278
• ISBN13: 9780771075278
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"