Loose sheets of a typescript diary covering part of Charles Peake’s time as British Ambassador to Athens [Greece], including the Cyprus Emergency.

Subjects include: Greek project for an oil refinery; meeting with Princess Nicholas; meeting with journalists; attending a wedding; arrangements for a conference on Greece and Turkey; hosting party at Kavouri for Greek princesses; meeting King Paul [Paul of Greece] and senior Ministers; dining and meetings with Harold Macmillan [Foreign Secretary]; attending various social engagements and dinners; chastising David Lloyd for poor treatment of Greek delegation; Macmillan’s recollections of Winston Churchill’s farewell dinner to the Queen [Elizabeth II] ahead of his resignation; various engagements at the Turkish and Greek embassies and clubs; meetings with Princesses Marina and Alexandra; reflections on dictating his diary; weekend visit to Salisbury as guests of Lady Shaftsbury at Wimborne; discussing religious matters with the Shaftsbury’s chauffeur; attending Mass with Edward and Dorothy Halifax; political and diplomatic situation in Greece and Cyprus; meetings with Leslie Kemp; naval missions; attending the funeral of Field Marshal Papagos [Greek Prime Minister]; meeting new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spyros Theotokis; Greek banking; holiday with Catherine [Peake’s wife] in Vytina, Peloponnese [Greece]; meetings with Ambassadors, senior church and political figures; the British Council; and meeting with Princess Alice.