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Arthur Wyatt (diplomat)

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Arthur Hope Wyatt CMG (12 October 1929 – 4 March 2015) was a British diplomat, Consul-General in Tehran during the siege of the US embassy in 1979.[1][2] He subsequently became High Commissioner to Ghana from 1986 to 1989. He was awarded a CMG in the 1980 Birthday Honours.

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  1. ^ "Arthur Wyatt". The Times. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Arthur Wyatt: Consul-General in Tehran who helped the US Embassy staff escape in 1979 but was sorely traduced by the film 'Argo'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2015.