bout de papier, Volume 11, Issue No. 4 – Vol 12, 1995
Unmentionables
Here are three excerpts from Not Mentioned in Dispatches / Confidences peu diplomatiques, the recently released collection of over 50 intriguing stories and anecdotes published by our colleague organization the Retired Heads of Mission Association (l’Association des chefs de mission a la…
Some Principles // Quelques principes
Irked by the question, he said, hard work and victories and “] haven’t the time.” She quickly commiserate with your colleagues retorted, “Don’t be Emperor then.” when things go sideways. Look after She received the audience. Make time your own well-being: take…
Retirees on the go – Des retraités actifs
When our Ambassadors, Consuls General and High Commissioners retire from the public service, they usually join the Retired Heads of Mission Association, l’Association des Chefs de Mission a la Retraite. They do so principally because they want to stay in touch with…
Canada’s Diplomatic Spouses and the Debt We Owe Them
Prior to departing for Egypt in 1976, was given letters of introduction to a number of prominent personalities by R.A.D. Ford and his wife Thereza, friends of my parents. They were in the latter stages of a 16-year tenure in Moscow and…
Post in a Prominent Place:
Although it is well understood that Canadian diplomats never succumb to temptation — other than those indulgences specifically authorized and funded by the Foreign Service Directives — the following documents are reprinted as an educational service for those members of PAFSO who…
Ambassador Assignments: Canadian Diplomats Reflect on our Place in the World
Ambassador Assignments: Canadian Diplomats Reflect on our Place in the World is the second volume of ambassadorial memoirs edited by retired Ambassador David Chalmer Reece (the first was Special Trust and Confidence: Envoy Essays in Canadian Diplomacy published in 2003). Reece has…
An Open Letter to PAFSO
Dear colleagues:
Meet Paul Martin Sr.
Editor’s Note: John Hadwen is a retired foreign service officer and a member of the editorial board of bout de papier. The circumstances of his first appointment as head of post — as High Commissioner to Malaysia and Singapore as well as…
One Foreign Service Officer’s Experience
I have been in the Foreign Service for 15 years and will be going on my fifth posting this summer. I have been in a relationship for 20 years and my spouse has never been on posting with me because of the…
