Word: vice-consul
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...advance work by Moscow, for it meant that neither Iceland's President nor Prime Minister could be there to greet the Soviet leader. He and his wife Raisa were met instead by Foreign Minister Matthias Matthiesen. "We told Moscow about the opening of the parliament," lamented a Soviet embassy vice-consul, "but they decided it was too late to change plans...
...Nazi war machine steamrolled across Europe in 1940, thousands of Jews sought refuge in the Lithuanian capital of Kaunas, where Sugihara was Japan's vice-consul. Defying orders from Tokyo not to get involved in the refugees' plight, Sugihara wrote illegal visas for 2,000 families, enabling them to escape from the Nazis. After the war, Sugihara resigned from the Foreign Ministry, where his efforts were never acknowledged, let alone praised. He spent the rest of his life broke, hopping from job to job until he died in obscurity in 1986. Since then, a Sugihara revival has taken hold...
...residence for the Price has been found, so it has been solved. There's no problem anymore," said Danish Vice-Consul Birgitte Haederseal. "We certainly didn't want any problem with [the rent-control controversy], she said. Haederseal said she did not know where the Prince would be living next fall...
...Race said the vice-consul might not have toappear in court because he is protected by limiteddiplomatic immunity. If he does go to court, Raceadded that Kent-Brown would probably receive ayear's probabation...
Richard said Kent-Brown probably acted out offear. He added that in an interview after theassault, the vice-consul told him he had notexpected the activists to be so intimidating. Hequoted Kent-Brown as saying, "I never thought I'dfeel safer in New York City...