Geoffrey Cox — New Zealand diplomat

Newly-appointed Secretary of External Affairs Alister McIntosh’s initial challenge in securing a high-flyer for New Zealand diplomacy became Geoffrey Cox, who for 21 months in the middle of the Second World War left the battlefield to be Walter Nash’s deputy at the New Zealand Legation in Washington...

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Published inNew Zealand international review Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 22 - 25
Main Author Ross, Ken
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wellington New Zealand Institute of International Affairs 01.01.2020
Subjects
CONFERENCE REPORT
Congresses and conventions
Cox, Geoffrey
Decision making
Diplomats
Expatriates
Influence
International cooperation
International relations
Military policy
Peace movements
Politics and government
War
1910-2008
China
New Zealand
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Summary:Newly-appointed Secretary of External Affairs Alister McIntosh’s initial challenge in securing a high-flyer for New Zealand diplomacy became Geoffrey Cox, who for 21 months in the middle of the Second World War left the battlefield to be Walter Nash’s deputy at the New Zealand Legation in Washington. He had been serving in General Freyberg’s intelligence section. At the end of his Washington stint, he went back to war determined that his future peace-time career would not be as a New Zealand diplomat. Nash had seen to that. Cox found him to be an intolerable boss, while coming to respect Alister McIntosh highly.
Bibliography:New Zealand International Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2020: 22-25
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Includes notes, portraits
ISSN:0110-0262
2230-5939
2230-5939