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The white book for foreign service advisers and defence attachés

Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 1 June 2012
• Last updated: 11 October 2024 — See all updates

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Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staff and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London

This publication is no longer publicly available and is only provided on this site for access by authorised personnel and legitimate defence agencies.

Previous users are now referred to the ‘London diplomatic list’ on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website at: Foreign embassies in the UK. The list contains all embassies and high commissions with the addresses, all the senior staff, telephone and fax numbers, plus email and website addresses.

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DE Strat-OS-DS-FLSSup
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Main Building
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London
SW1A 2HB

Fax: 020 7218 9737
Email: destrat-os-ds-flssup@mod.uk

Published 1 June 2012
Last updated 11 October 2024 + show all updates

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131. 10 June 2013

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133. 1 May 2013

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136. 13 December 2012

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137. 1 June 2012

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