Cast of Characters

NEW ZEALAND

David Lange, Leader of the Opposition 1983–84, Prime Minister 1984–89

Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Deputy Prime Minister and Attorney-General

Michael Bassett, Minister of Health

David Caygill, Minister of Trade and Industry, later Minister of Finance

Helen Clark, Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade 1984–87, Minister of Health 1987–90

Russell Marshall, Minister of Education 1984–87, Foreign Minister 1987–90

Mike Moore, Minister of Overseas Trade

Frank O’Flynn, Minister of Defence

Richard Prebble, Minister of Transport and Railways to 1987, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises and other portfolios thereafter

Fran Wilde, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Jim Anderton, President of the New Zealand Labour Party to 1983, Member of Parliament thereafter and founder of the New Labour Party 1989

Bruce Brown, Deputy High Commissioner in London

Frank Corner, Chair of the Defence Committee of Enquiry

H. H. (Tim) Francis, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs

W. Bryce Harland, Foreign Service officer, Permanent Representative at the United Nations, 1981–85, High Commissioner in London 1985–91

Gerald Hensley, Head of the Prime Minister’s Department 1980–87, Coordinator of Domestic and External Security 1987–89

Air Marshal Sir Ewan Jamieson, Chief of Defence Staff

Denis McLean, Secretary of Defence

Simon Murdoch, Foreign Service officer, Counsellor at the Washington Embassy

Merwyn Norrish, Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Margaret Pope, Lange’s speechwriter and married to him in 1992

W. E. (Bill) Rowling, Ambassador to the United States January 1985-88

Ross Vintiner, Chief Press Secretary to David Lange to 1988

Joe Walding, former Minister of Trade, High Commissioner in London 1984–85

Margaret Wilson, President of the New Zealand Labour Party

John Wood, Foreign Service officer, Deputy at the Washington Embassy

UNITED STATES

Ronald Reagan, President

Morton J. Abramowitz, Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department

Michael Armacost, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs, Department of Defense

William A. Brown, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, State Department

Paul Cleveland, Monroe Browne’s successor, 1986–89

Jon Glassman, Country Director, Australia and New Zealand, State Department

James Kelly, Armitage’s deputy at the Department of Defense

Alphonse La Porta, Teare’s successor in 1986

David Laux, Asian Affairs Directorate, National Security Council

James Lilley, Brown’s successor in 1985

H. Monroe Browne, US Ambassador in New Zealand, 1981–85

George P. Shultz, Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration

Gaston Sigur, Wolfowitz’s successor in 1986

Richard W. Teare, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy

Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense

Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

GREAT BRITAIN

Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister

Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, Chief of Defence Staff

Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary

Terence O’Leary, British High Commissioner in Wellington

John Stanley, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Baroness (Janet) Young, Minister of State at the Foreign Office

AUSTRALIA

Bob Hawke, Prime Minister

Kim Beazley, Minister of Defence

Bill Hayden, Foreign Minister

INSTITUTIONS, DEPARTMENTS AND ARCHIVES

Archives New Zealand (ANZ)

Australian High Commission (AHC)

Australian Labor Party (ALP)

British High Commission (BHC)

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra (DFAT)

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington (MFAT) National Archives Australia (NAA)