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Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow GCMG OBE (7 November 1913 – 8 November 2000) was the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Diplomatic Service from 1969 to 1973; a respected expert on the US, Europe and the Soviet Union, he was actively involved in setting postwar Britain's role in the world in a new direction, away from its imperial past and a compliant involvement with the United States towards a more active engagement in Europe. He served under three prime ministers, Harold Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath. Noted for his poor treatment of the Chagos Islanders in August 1966, along with , forcibly removed some 2,000 natives from their land referring to them as "some Tarzans or Men Fridays"[1]

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  • Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow (de)
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  • Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow GCMG OBE (* 7. November 1913 in Woodford, Essex; † 8. November 2000 in London) war ein britischer Diplomat. Während seiner Zeit im Foreign Service, dessen Leiter er von 1969 bis 1973 war, nahmen Belange der Sicherheitspolitik und des Geheimdienstwesens einen Großteil seiner Arbeit ein. (de)
  • Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow GCMG OBE (7 November 1913 – 8 November 2000) was the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Diplomatic Service from 1969 to 1973; a respected expert on the US, Europe and the Soviet Union, he was actively involved in setting postwar Britain's role in the world in a new direction, away from its imperial past and a compliant involvement with the United States towards a more active engagement in Europe. He served under three prime ministers, Harold Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath. Noted for his poor treatment of the Chagos Islanders in August 1966, along with , forcibly removed some 2,000 natives from their land referring to them as "some Tarzans or Men Fridays"[1] (en)
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