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In 1943, Knatchbull-Hugessen oversaw secret talks with diplomats from the
Hungarian Embassy who wanted to sign an armistice with Britain. On 9 September 1943, aboard a yacht in the Sea of Marmara, Knatchbull-Hugessen concluded a preliminary armistice agreement with LĂĄszlĂł Veress, an official of the
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in an embassy car, Knatchbull-Hugessen and his companions were machine-gunned by a
Japanese fighter aircraft; he was the only one hit. After a two-hour drive to the nearest hospital he received emergency surgery. He was first hospitalised in Shanghai and then invalided home to Britain. A bullet had
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passed clean through him while another narrowly missed his spine; he narrowly escaped paralysis. The incident, widely reported by newspapers worldwide, was a major diplomatic incident. Having taken over a year to recover from his wound, Knatchbull-Hugessen was appointed
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in 1926, an office he held until 1930. In 1931 Knatchbull-Hugessen was appointed Envoy
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Turkish Republic
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fold. Churchill suggested a meeting with the Turkish president
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxembourg
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and after its end in 1918, when the Foreign Service and the
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Alethea Knatchbull-Hugessen (15 Mar 1918-24 Mar 2011)
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Newspaper clippings about Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
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