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The public relations company Rikta, which was in charge of marketing the South African visit by a 700 member Swedish delegation, said it has been forced to try to reschedule its debts after the Swedish government refused to pay the firm for expenses on behalf of the foreign department.
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A foreign department spokesman said newly appointed South African ambassador Naude Steyn was summoned to a meeting with the department's Africa section head Michael Landale.
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At the same time Lord Mulgrave was appointed secretary of state for the foreign department, in the place of Lord
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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His correspondence at the period immediately previous, is remarkably interesting; and it is striking to see that the successive secretaries for the foreign department, under all changes of administration, formed the same view of the substantial policy of England.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
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Prince Adam Czartorinsky, the assistant of Count Woronzoff, and Minister of the foreign department, unites, with the vigour of youth, the experience of age.
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He believes in the disinterestedness of Minister von Haugwitz, in his honesty and sagacity; for this reason, he will not altogether give him up, and he listens still to his advice, although Haugwitz is no longer at the head of the foreign department.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Prince Adam Czartorinsky, the assistant of Count Woronzoff, and Minister of the foreign department, unites, with the vigour of youth, the experience of age.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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_Bibliotheca Maddisoniana: A Catalogue of the extensive and valuable library of the late_ JOHN MADDISON, _Esq., of the foreign department in the Post Office, & c. _: sold by auction by King and Lochée, March, 1809, 8vo.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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My lords, I am quite aware that there were at that period, two other secretaries of state, but the fact is as I have stated it, that Mr. Canning exercised at the same time; the functions both of first lord of the treasury, and secretary of state for the foreign department.
Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Arthur Wellesley Wellington 1810
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When Mr. Canning was secretary of state for the foreign department, he was appointed first lord of the treasury.
Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Arthur Wellesley Wellington 1810
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