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Sir Nicolas Cheetham KCMG (8 October 1910 – 14 January 2002) was a British diplomat and writer. ==Career== Nicolas John Alexander Cheetham (son of Sir Milne Cheetham, also a diplomat) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Diplomatic Service in 1934〔(The London Gazette, 12 February 1935 )〕 and served at Athens, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Vienna. In 1948 Cheetham, in charge of the Allied Control Commission in Vienna, attended a meeting of the Anglo-Russian Society to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Red Army. The Soviet commander-in-chief, General Vladimir Kurasov, made a speech claiming that Britain and the USA had helped Hitler to prepare for war against the Soviet Union, and were plotting a war themselves. Cheetham and the American envoy, Sidney Mellon, got up and walked out. Afterwards, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, said that the Governemt fully endorsed Cheetham's action.〔(House of Commons ), ''The Times'', London, 26 February 1948, page 2〕 Cheetham was Minister to Hungary 1959–61,〔(The London Gazette, 22 January 1960 )〕 Assistant Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office 1961–64, and Ambassador to Mexico 1964–68.〔(The London Gazette, 14 April 1964 )〕 After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Cheetham wrote historical books. 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「Nicolas Cheetham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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