Guidance

The White Book for foreign service advisors and defence attachés

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

• From: Ministry of Defence and Cyber & Specialist Operations Command
• Published: 1 June 2012
• Last updated: 30 September 2026
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  1. 30 September 2026

     September 2026 edition published

  2. 4 August 2026

     July 2026 edition added

  3. 7 July 2026

     Updated to June 2026 edition

  4. 17 February 2026

     'The White Book (February 2026)' added and 'Contact' updated.

  5. 13 November 2025

     'The White Book' has been updated.

  6. 21 October 2025

     Added 'The white book (September 2025)'.

  7. 16 September 2025

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  10. 5 June 2025

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  11. 10 April 2025

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  12. 27 February 2025

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  26. 9 January 2024

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  36. 6 January 2023

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  37. 23 December 2022

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  47. 20 September 2022

      Added The white book (September 2022).

  48. 11 August 2022

      Updated: The white book (August 2022).

  49. 1 August 2022

      Updated: The white book (August 2022).

  50. 28 July 2022

      Added the August white book.

  51. 30 June 2022

      Added: The white book (July 2022).

  52. 8 June 2022

      Added: The white book (June 2022).

  53. 9 May 2022

      Added: The white book (May 2022).

  54. 13 April 2022

      Added updated version of: The white book (April 2022).

  55. 31 March 2022

      Added: The white book (April 2022).

  56. 2 March 2022

      Added: The white book (March 2022).

  57. 3 February 2022

      Added: The white book (February 2022).

  58. 17 December 2021

      Added: The white book (June 2021).

  59. 10 May 2021

      Added: The white book (May 2021).

  60. 19 April 2021

      Updated: The white book (April 2021).

  61. 31 March 2021

      Added: The white book (April 2021).

  62. 9 March 2021

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  63. 8 February 2021

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  64. 8 January 2021

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  65. 2 December 2020

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  67. 1 October 2020

      Addition of: The white book (October 2020).

  68. 10 September 2020

      Added the white book September 2020

  69. 7 August 2020

      Added: The white book (August 2020)(Updated 6 August 2020).

  70. 31 July 2020

      Addition of: The white book (August 2020).

  71. 21 July 2020

      Updated: the white book July 2020.

  72. 13 July 2020

      Addition of: The white book July 2020.

  73. 1 June 2020

      Addition of the white book (May 2020).

  74. 3 April 2020

      The White book for April 2020 added.

  75. 12 March 2020

      Added the white book (March 2020).

  76. 10 February 2020

      Addition of: The white book (February 2020).

  77. 4 February 2020

      Removed the January 2020 white book, as it is now out of date.

  78. 23 January 2020

      Addition of: The white book January 2020.

  79. 18 December 2019

      Added The white book: December 2019.

  80. 26 November 2019

      Added The white book: November 2019 (updated 22 November 2019).

  81. 15 November 2019

      Added the white book: November 2019.

  82. 9 October 2019

      Updated the page with The white book for October 2019.

  83. 19 September 2019

      Added The white book: September 2019.

  84. 7 August 2019

      Added 'The white book: August 2019'.

  85. 1 July 2019

      Added the white book for July 2019.

  86. 19 June 2019

      Added The white book: June 2019.

  87. 22 May 2019

      Added The white book: May 2019.

  88. 11 April 2019

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  89. 13 March 2019

      Added The white book: March 2019.

  90. 5 February 2019

      Added: The white book: February 2019

  91. 9 January 2019

      Added: The white book: January 2019

  92. 6 December 2018

      Added: The white book: December 2018

  93. 2 November 2018

      Added November edition.

  94. 2 October 2018

      Added the white book for October 2018.

  95. 12 September 2018

      Updated the Whitebook for September 2018.

  96. 1 August 2018

      Added the white book for August 2018.

  97. 4 July 2018

      Updated the White book for July 2018.

  98. 7 June 2018

      Added the June 2018.

  99. 1 May 2018

      Added Whitebook for May 2018.

  100. 28 March 2018

       Added white book for April 2018.

  101. 1 March 2018

       Added white book for March 2018.

  102. 14 February 2018

       Updated White Book February 2018.

  103. 10 January 2018

       Updated to January 2018 edition.

  104. 30 November 2017

       Added December edition.

  105. 2 November 2017

       Added the November 2017 edition of the white book.

  106. 5 October 2017

       Added October edition of the white book.

  107. 12 September 2017

       Updated with a revised September edition.

  108. 6 September 2017

       Added the white book: September 2017.

  109. 28 July 2017

       Added August edition.

  110. 30 June 2017

       Added July edition.

  111. 20 June 2017

       Added June edition.

  112. 10 May 2017

       Added white book: May 2017 edition.

  113. 5 April 2017

       Added April 2017 edition.

  114. 2 March 2017

       Added March 2017 edition.

  115. 31 January 2017

       February 2017 edition added

  116. 30 December 2016

       January 2017 edition added.

  117. 5 December 2016

       Updated white book to December 2016 edition.

  118. 1 November 2016

       Updated white book to November 2016 edition.

  119. 4 October 2016

       Added October edition.

  120. 8 September 2016

       Updated white book to September 2016 edition.

  121. 29 July 2016

       Added August 2016 document.

  122. 6 July 2016

       Added July version.

  123. 5 May 2016

       Added edition for May 2016.

  124. 8 April 2016

       Added April 2016 version of White book.

  125. 3 February 2016

       Added February edition of the White Book.

  126. 24 December 2015

       Added January 2016 edition of the White Book.

  127. 30 November 2015

       Added December issue of the White Book.

  128. 30 October 2015

       Added November edition of the white book.

  129. 6 October 2015

       Added the October 2015 edition.

  130. 7 September 2015

       Added September edition of White Book.

  131. 4 August 2015

       Added August edition of White book.

  132. 6 July 2015

       Added July issue of White book.

  133. 10 June 2015

       Updated to June edition.

  134. 22 May 2015

       Added May 2015 edition of the White Book.

  135. 28 April 2015

       Added new issue April 2015 of White book.

  136. 18 March 2015

       Added March 2015 edition of White book.

  137. 19 February 2015

       Added February edition of the White Book. Updated contact details.

  138. 26 January 2015

       Added January 2015 issue of White book.

  139. 15 December 2014

       Added December 2014 issue.

  140. 27 October 2014

       Added new issue of White Book, October 2014.

  141. 10 September 2014

       Added September 2014 issue of the White Book.

  142. 4 July 2014

       Updated the white book for July.

  143. 11 February 2014

       Added February 2014 edition of the White book.

  144. 16 December 2013

       Added December 2013 issue of the White Book.

  145. 14 November 2013

       Published November 2013 edition of the White Book.

  146. 21 October 2013

       Published October edition of the White Book 2013.

  147. 16 September 2013

       Added September edition of the White Book

  148. 10 June 2013

       Replaced the 'White book' with the June 2013 edition

  149. 24 May 2013

       Added May version

  150. 1 May 2013

       Replaced the White Book: March 2013 with the April edition.

  151. 26 March 2013

       New version added

  152. 14 February 2013

       Updated the white book to Feb 2013

  153. 13 December 2012

       Added new edition of publication and update body content

  154. 1 June 2012

       First published.

Documents

The White Book (September 2026)

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Details

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.

‘The white book’ is available on the MOD UK Intranet for users who have obtained the necessary permissions to access the Internet version.

Contact details

Defence Section London
Level 6, Zone J
Main Building
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2HB

Email: UKStratCom-IGDN-DSL@mod.gov.uk