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Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch (, 16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000) was a British politician, diplomat and the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982, the longest serving Governor, with four successive terms. == Early life and career == Murray MacLehose was born in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1917 as the second child of Hamish Alexander MacLehose and Margaret Bruce Black. He attended Rugby School in 1931 and Balliol College, Oxford. During World War II, while under the cover of being the British vice-consul, MacLehose〔p. 150 The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester, 2008〕 trained Chinese guerrillas to operate behind Japanese lines to carry out sabotage. MacLehose was principal private secretary to Foreign Secretary George Brown in the late 1960s. His career almost stalled when he left a copy of a confidential telegram in a bank in 1967. The document, from British Prime Minister Harold Wilson to US President Lyndon B. Johnson concerning the Vietnam War, was turned in by another British diplomat who found it. Wilson and Brown prevented an investigation of this security breach, because they appreciated Maclehose's ability, thus saving his career.〔Peter Graff, (Mislaid MacLehose cable reveals UK efforts to end Vietnam War ), ''The Standard'', 2 November 2007〕 MacLehose was appointed the British Ambassador to South Vietnam in 1967.〔 Before being appointed as Governor of Hong Kong in 1971, he served in the British Embassy in Beijing and as Ambassador to Denmark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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