Sir Nicholas Barrington was a career diplomat for 37 years prior to his retirement in 1994. He has served in a variety of posts overseas including Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan, where he ended as High Commissioner. He also served in Japan and Brussels. His home postings included three and a half years as a private secretary to two British Foreign Secretaries. In retirement he has been active in building bridges between East and West. He is the author of A Passage to Nuristan (I.B.Tauris), an account of his travels to remote areas of Afghanistan in the 1960s.

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• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPART IChapter 1Starting at the Beginning1Chapter 2Repton. The Big School12Chapter 3A Salutary Spell in the Army19Chapter 4Multiple Options in Cambridge25PART IIChapter 5Three Foreign office Postings40Chapter 6First Tour in Pakistan and a Plum Job in the Private Office52Chapter 7Japan, Hanoi and London Again 62Chapter 8The Riches of Egypt and Tensions in Tehran71Chapter 9Under-Secretary at Home via New York 84Chapter 10Ambassador in Islamabad 93Chapter 11Travel in Pakistan 105PART IIIChapter 12Home at Last, Cambridge116Chapter 13Activities in London128Chapter 14Winding Down145LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSAPPENDIXPiccadilly SermonINDEX

Sir Nicholas Barrington was a career diplomat for 37 years prior to his retirement in 1994. He has served in a variety of posts overseas including Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan, where he ended as High Commissioner. He also served in Japan and Brussels. His home postings included three and a half years as a private secretary to two British Foreign Secretaries. In retirement he has been active in building bridges between East and West. He is the author of A Passage to Nuristan (I.B.Tauris), an account of his travels to remote areas of Afghanistan in the 1960s.

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• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPART IChapter 1Starting at the Beginning1Chapter 2Repton. The Big School12Chapter 3A Salutary Spell in the Army19Chapter 4Multiple Options in Cambridge25PART IIChapter 5Three Foreign office Postings40Chapter 6First Tour in Pakistan and a Plum Job in the Private Office52Chapter 7Japan, Hanoi and London Again 62Chapter 8The Riches of Egypt and Tensions in Tehran71Chapter 9Under-Secretary at Home via New York 84Chapter 10Ambassador in Islamabad 93Chapter 11Travel in Pakistan 105PART IIIChapter 12Home at Last, Cambridge116Chapter 13Activities in London128Chapter 14Winding Down145LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSAPPENDIXPiccadilly SermonINDEX