FAMED DIPLOMAT

Evening Star, Issue 26081, 21 April 1947, Page 10

FAMED DIPLOMAT

LORD KILLEARN VISITS DOMINION <P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 20. A leading diplomat at the British Foreign Office, Lord Killearn, formerly Sir Miles Lampson, arrived by Tasman Airways flying boat from Sydney. Lord Killearn was appointed special commissioner in South-east Asia for the Briitsh Government last year. He is accompanied by Lady Killearn and their three children. They are spending several weeks’ holiday in New Zealand at the invitation of the Government, and will stay at Government House during the early part of their visit as the guests of the Gover-nor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, and Lady Freyberg. Discussing his recent mission in the Dutch East Indies, which aimed at bringing the Dutch and Indonesian elements together, Lord Killearn expressed optimism about the position. An agreement had been signed, and he thought it would work. At present South-east Asia was in the course of moral and material reconstruction after the war. It was remarkable how quickly the countries were recovering. Lord Killearn entered the Foreign Office in 1903 and served successively at Tokio and Peking. During the Koltchak period he was High Commissioner in Siberia. He was attached to the British delegation to the 'Washington naval conference in 1921-22, and in 1925-2 G lie attended meetings of the League of Nations Council. As head of the Central Europeon Department of the Foreign Office from 1921 to 1926, he won a great reputation as a tireless and competent worker. It is probafile, however, for his work as British Ambassador to Egypt for a considerable number of years that Lord Killearn is best known.