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    Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens (17 November 1894 – 17 June 1983) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. Eelco van Kleffens descended from an old Frisian family...
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  • scientist Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983), politician and diplomat of The Netherlands Eelco Visser (1966–2022), Dutch computer scientist Eelco Wassenaar...
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  • Van Kleffens was born to Henricus Cato Van Kleffens and Anna de Graaf in a family of civil servants in Heerenveen. His older brother was Eelco van Kleffens...
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    wrote the government a request. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eelco van Kleffens, opposed the idea because he thought an award for the Poles would...
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    Gallais [lb]  Netherlands – Foreign Minister Dirk Stikker and Ambassador Eelco van Kleffens  Norway – Foreign Minister Halvard M. Lange and Ambassador Wilhelm...
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    Pandit (1900–1990)  India COS Eighth, First woman president 1954 Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983)  Netherlands WES Ninth 1955 José Maza Fernández (1889–1964)...
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    war against the Netherlands to Dutch foreign minister Eelco van Kleffens. According to Van Kleffens, Zech-Burkersroda was stunned speechless by the actions...
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    in Breda and the formation of Vaandrigs. Dutch Foreign Minister, Eelco van Kleffens, came to Batavia under the Dutch government-in-exile at the beginning...
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    Dirk Stikker (category Van Lanschot Kempen people)
    this post until 1948. In 1945, he was among the organizers of the Stichting van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Foundation), thus helping to lay the foundation for...
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    in London in January 1946 as an adviser to Dutch Foreign Minister Eelco van Kleffens. According to British reports, Sumitro had been included in the delegation...
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    Joseph Luns (category Van Heemstra (family))
    was transferred to the Dutch embassy in London. Ambassador Edgar Michiels van Verduynen discovered Luns's great affinity for the political element in international...
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  • affairs Eelco van Kleffens was recalled from the Dutch war council to his department in order to receive the message. It was not easy for Van Kleffens to reach...
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    (1891–1939) a Dutch aviation pioneer, designed the first Dutch helicopter Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) a Dutch politician and diplomat Herman Zanstra (1894 in...
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    with the diplomats Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Edgar Michiels van Verduynen and Eelco van Kleffens. They recommended that the matter be...
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    Sforza, Alberto Tarchiani Joseph Bech, Hugues Le Gallais Dirk Stikker, Eelco van Kleffens Jose Caeiro da Mata, Pedro Teotónio Pereira Ernest Bevin, (Baron)...
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    her government a request. However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eelco van Kleffens, opposed the idea. He thought an award for the Poles would upset the...
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    Groen van Prinsterer, politician Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge, politician Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eelco van Kleffens, Minister...
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  • Burger appointed Minister of the Interior; Eelco van Kleffens appointed Minister for Foreign Policy; Herman van Roijen and Sigrid Kaag appointed Minister...
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    The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and...
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    of candidates: Wincenty Rzymowski of Poland, Trygve Lie of Norway, Eelco van Kleffens of the Netherlands. At an informal consultation of the permanent members...
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     Mexico Francisco Castillo Nájera 17 July – 16 August 1946  Netherlands Eelco van Kleffens 17 August – 16 September 1946  Poland Oskar R. Lange 17 September...
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  • government in exile also took part in the Council of editorial staff. Eelco van Kleffens in issue 14 (September 1943) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister...
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  • Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia Eelco van Kleffens (Netherlands) Brazil, Luxembourg Sergei Borisovich Krylov (USSR) Belgium...
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    (1977). Parlementaire geschiedenis van Nederland na 1945, deel 1, Het kabinet-Schermerhorn-Drees (1945-1946). Van Gorcum. p. 5. ISBN 90-232-1412-9. Official...
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    Jan Herman van Roijen (10 April 1905 – 16 March 1991) was a Dutch diplomat and politician. He was Dutch foreign minister in 1946. Van Roijen was born in...
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    Several highly placed persons, including then Foreign Minister Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens, put forth their own ideas regarding annexation in these publications...
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    was particularly concerned about this. Minister of Foreign Affairs Eelco van Kleffens even briefly threatened to resign if it was not instituted. Ultimately...
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    Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout May 1940 August 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Alexander Loudon 7 May 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt Eelco van Kleffens 24 July...
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    October 14, 1947 at the Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C., ambassador Eelco van Kleffens presented the "legendary hero of World War II" with an ‘honorary sabre’...
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    (1977). Parlementaire geschiedenis van Nederland na 1945 , deel 1, Het kabinet-Schermerhorn-Drees (1945-1946). Van Gorcum. p. 5. ISBN 90-232-1412-9. Official...
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