| Description | The diary begins when Shuckburgh is appointed Ambassador to Italy. There is an index of names, dates, and page numbers at the front of the volume.
A press cutting announcing Shuckburgh's appointment as Ambassador to Italy is filed between the index and the main part of the diary.
The diary begins with summaries of Shuckburgh's meetings with various politicians and diplomats in London held to brief him before he goes to Italy: pp/1 Lord Walston, /4 Dr Medvei, Treasury Medical Adviser, /4 Brigadier Steel, /6 Mr Mathieson, Ministry of Overseas Development, /9 Sir Kenneth Strong, /10 General Sir Charles Dunphie, /11 Ted Heath, /12 Sir Ashley Clarke, /13 Sir Paul Gore-Booth, /17 Ted Peck and Nigel Clive, /17-/23 Enoch Powell, /23 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, /24 SG Warburg and Co, /25 Shell, /27 The Queen, /30 Meeting of the Italian Art and Archives Rescue Committee, /31 Peter Tennant, /33 Chatham House, /34 British Council, /36 Anglo-Italian Parliamentary Group, /37 Italian Embassy, /37 Sir Burke Trend, /39 Confederation of British Industry/Export Council for Europe, /41 George Brown, /45 Denis Healey, /45 Fred Mulley, /51 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, /52 Industrial Tour BAC, /55 British Motor Corporation, /56 Associated Electrical Industries, /62 Lord Chalfont, /62 Vickers Ltd, /64 Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, /64 John Davies [Director-General, CBI], /66 Ted Heath, /70 Sir Con O'Neill, /71 Dennis Walters, /72 Alan Campbell, /72 Overseas Service of the BBC, /73 Douglas Jay [President of the Board of Trade], /73 Transport House.
Diary entries begin on 8 November 1966 and include descriptions of: p /75 Shuckburgh's journey to and arrival in Rome, 17 December 1966; /80 his first meeting with Embassy staff, visiting Florence, 19 December 1966; /83 visiting the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence after the floods, and meeting people working on flood relief, 20-21 December; /88 called on Amintore Fanfani, 23 December; /90 meeting about British 'export problems to Italy', 29 December; /95-/99 visit to Italian Embassy by George Brown, including a meeting between Amintore Fanfani and George Brown discussing Britain's entry into the EEC, 3 January; /108 calls on Italian Minister of Industry and Commerce and Minister of the Treasury, discussed Britain's entry into the Common Market, 11 January; /110 lunch with Jock Colville, discussion about Winston Churchill, 11 January; /112 call on Italian Minister of Agriculture, 12 January; /114 called on Guido Carli, Governor of Bank of Italy, 13 January; /114-115 dinner with Con O'Neill.
There is one document bound with the diary: /111a Letter from Jock Colville, thanking Shuckburgh for his stay in Rome, 12 January 1967 |