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diplomatic service
(Encyclopedia)diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another. In the 20th and 21st cent. there have been numerous meetings of heads of state and foreign min...foreign service
(Encyclopedia)foreign service: see diplomatic service; consular service. ...bibliography
(Encyclopedia)bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books. Modern bibliography b...consular service
(Encyclopedia)consular service, organized body of public officers maintained by a government in the important ports and trade centers of foreign countries to protect the persons and interests of its nationals and t...envoy
(Encyclopedia)envoy: see diplomatic service.ambassador
(Encyclopedia)ambassador: see diplomatic service. ...chargé d'affaires
(Encyclopedia)chargé d'affaires: see diplomatic service. ...Baring, Maurice
(Encyclopedia)Baring, Maurice, 1874–1945, English author. After a career in the diplomatic service, he turned to journalism in 1904. A war correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War, he wrote several books on Ru...embassy
(Encyclopedia)embassy: see diplomatic service; extraterritoriality. ...legation
(Encyclopedia)legation: see diplomatic service; extraterritoriality. ...Browse by Subject
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