Diplomatic Adventures – Tony Rossiter
A vivid behind‑the‑scenes journey through Cold War Moscow, wartime Karachi and turbulent Buenos Aires from former diplomat Tony Rossiter.
Tony Rossiter is a former diplomat, civil servant and international consultant. In this fascinating talk, he reflects on his early career as a young diplomat in the late sixties and early seventies — a period marked by global tension, conflict and political upheaval.
In Moscow during the Cold War, Western diplomats lived under constant surveillance, their flats bugged and their movements monitored. In Karachi during the Indo‑Pakistan war of 1971, bomb blasts shook the walls of Tony’s bungalow before women and children were belatedly evacuated. Later, transferred to Buenos Aires, he arrived shortly after Perón’s reinstatement as President, at a time when Montoneros urban guerrillas were escalating terrorist attacks against Western targets.
Tony’s book offers a behind‑the‑scenes look at the life of a junior diplomat with a ringside seat at three critical chapters of twentieth‑century history — and his talk brings these extraordinary experiences vividly to life.
Join us at The Station, Richmond.
Thursday 24 September 2026 at 11:00am
Tickets: £10
Part of the Richmond Walking & Book Festival
Additional Information:
Café
Bookstall
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Tony Rossiter is a former diplomat, civil servant and international consultant. In this fascinating talk, he reflects on his early career as a young diplomat in the late sixties and early seventies — a period marked by global tension, conflict and political upheaval.
In Moscow during the Cold War, Western diplomats lived under constant surveillance, their flats bugged and their movements monitored. In Karachi during the Indo‑Pakistan war of 1971, bomb blasts shook the walls of Tony’s bungalow before women and children were belatedly evacuated. Later, transferred to Buenos Aires, he arrived shortly after Perón’s reinstatement as President, at a time when Montoneros urban guerrillas were escalating terrorist attacks against Western targets.
Tony’s book offers a behind‑the‑scenes look at the life of a junior diplomat with a ringside seat at three critical chapters of twentieth‑century history — and his talk brings these extraordinary experiences vividly to life.
Join us at The Station, Richmond.
Thursday 24 September 2026 at 11:00am
Tickets: £10
Part of the Richmond Walking & Book Festival
Additional Information:
Café
Bookstall
Disabled access
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