This annual publication lists the staffs of British Diplomatic and Consular posts overseas and in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, based on information available as of August 2004. It covers home departments; British representation overseas; chronological lists of Secretaries of State, Ministers of State, Permanent Under-Secretaries and Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Permanent Representatives to international organisations and Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of Overseas Territories. The final part is an alphabetical listing with biographical notes of established members of the Diplomatic Service.