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
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)