George Kidd (diplomat)
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George Kidd (diplomat)
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George Pirkis Kidd was a Scottish-Canadian diplomat. He was the first Canadian ambassador to Israel in 1954 and was the ambassador to Cuba at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and later moved to Canada with his parents. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Normandy during World War II. Kidd was posted as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Canadian embassy in Havana a few months after the American embassy closed in early 1961. A f
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2004-08-18T22:34:53Z
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2024-08-28T21:28:13Z
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