Word: consulate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harold Goodman. British vice consul at San Sebastian in Rightist Spain, arrived at the border town of Trim last week on his way to France. The customs officers of Generalissimo Francisco Franco passed his diplomatic pouches but searched his unofficial baggage thoroughly. Well they might, for Vice Consul Goodman's baggage contained some very interesting items. Wrapped in one of his dirty shirts they found: 1) a collection of maps giving the positions of Rightist troops; 2) detailed reports of disaffection in Generalissimo Franco's Spain; 3) a list of 200 of the Generalissimo's spies operating...
...vice consul was deeply embarrassed. He said he had no idea where all this material came from, claimed that servants of the consulate had done his bag-packing. Mr. Goodman's explanation was accepted at face value but, with the full approval of the British Foreign Office, Rightist police immediately began questioning servants, secretaries and messengers of a half-dozen British consulates in Rightist Spain. If they found the person who had tried to use Vice Consul Goodman as a pigeon to carry military secrets to the other side, they failed to announce it. But a general spy hunt...
...Jersey traffic policemen that he would like to make every mother's son of them a sergeant in the Swedish Navy. Last week each of the 72 received from the Swedish Embassy a gold pin emblazoned with the royal coat of arms, and several telephoned the local consulate to make sure of their new rank. The consul replied that Bertil, though grateful, had a sense of humor: even the Swedish Navy has no sergeants...
Retreating Chinese, pursuing the "scorched earth" policy, dynamited and fired everything of value to the Japanese. Factories were set ablaze, the luxurious Japanese Naval Club, the Japanese Consulate and Consul General's residence were blasted to the ground. Scores of Chinese, trapped in the dynamited areas, were killed. Reservoirs were demolished but Father Jacquinot reportedly persuaded the Chinese to spare the Hankow pumping station...
...Ambassador to the U. S. his Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, 52-year-old Kensuke Horinouchi, a cultured, urbane globe trotter with 27 years of diplomatic life behind him. No stranger to the U. S., Ambassador Horinouchi served as counselor to the embassy in Washington in 1930 and as consul general in New York...