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| | Janus: The Papers of Sir William Barker |
 | | William Barker was born 19 July 1909, the son of Alfred Barker. |
 | | Barker was employed in Foreign Office in 1943 and held a number of positions including First Secretary, Prague, 1945; Foreign Service Officer, Grade 7, Senior Branch of Foreign Service, 1946; Chargé d'Affaires, Prague, 1947. |
 | | Barker was then Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires in Oslo, 1951; Consul-General, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1954; Counsellor, Washington, 1955; Minister, Moscow, 1960-63; Fellow, Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1963-64; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1965-66; Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1966-68. |
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