"There never was a greater Australian diplomat than Sir James Plimsoll." -- Alexander Downer, AC "You're mad to move Plimsoll. He's got contacts here and great influence." -- Henry Kissinger to Lance Barnard, Deputy Prime Minister. "Mr Plimsoll represented this country with great dignity and immense commonsense and courage." -- Sir Robert Menzies During more than three decades after the War, as Australia forged its place in the world, few were so influential as Sir James Plimsoll. Ambassadorial assignments took him to Korea during the War (1950-52); the United Nations in New York when the...