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Vansittart

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Vansittart [vænˈsɪtət]
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(Biographies / Vansittart, Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham (1881-1957) M, British, POLITICS: diplomat, WRITING: writer) Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham. 1881-1957, British diplomat and writer; a fierce opponent of Nazi Germany and of Communism
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; HMS Vansittart under ice on an Atlantic convoy before she came to the Tees for a refit.
The part the 'Admirality' played in the wartime role of the Royal ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
At times government departments co-operated enthusiastically with film makers: the Foreign Office for example was anxious to make sure that there would be nothing in Alexander Korda's projected Lawrence of Arabia that would outrage 'the Turks' exceedingly susceptible pride' and Sir Robert Vansittart, the Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Office, was in personal contact with Korda on the matter: 'Dear Sir Robert'--June 26th 1939--'My Dear Alex'--3rd July 1939 (FO 371/23194 E 4645).
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The Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Robert Vansittart, wrote in his memoirs a propos a mission by two British ministers sent as envoys to Berlin, John Simon and Anthony Eden, that "Simon judged Hitler rightly, but eye-openers are of limited use unless followed by corresponding action, which could only be generated by the one thing lacking and decried: Germanophobia.
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