Michael Shenstone

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Michael Shenstone
Born 1931
Nationality Canada
Occupation diplomat
Known for played a role in the rescue of American diplomats in Iran

Michael Shenstone was a Canadian diplomat, now dead.[1][2][3][4][5]

He served in a variety of senior diplomatic posts, including as Canada′s ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Canada′s ambassador to Austria; Canada′s representative to NATO - Warsaw Pact disarmament negotiations, and was the Department of Foreign Affairs director-general of African and Middle Eastern Affairs.[1][6] He also played a role in the rescue of six American diplomats who managed to evade being taken hostage during the 1979 Iranian revolution.[7][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sandra Martin (2011-01-22). "Emissary opened Canada's Beijing embassy: Ambassador to Poland during the Solidarity uprising was a maestro of witty asides". Globe and Mail. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20110122.OBJOHNMFRASERATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths/?pageRequested=2. Retrieved 2012-11-17. "Michael Shenstone, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and director-general of African and Middle Eastern Affairs, was Fraser's boss in the late 1970s." 
  2. "Ken Taylor and the Canadian Caper". Government of Canada. 2012-10-30. Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Finternational.gc.ca%2Fhistory-histoire%2Fpeople-gens%2Fken_taylor.aspx%3Flang%3Deng%26view%3Dd&date=2012-11-17. Retrieved 2012-11-17. "Taylor's telegram set off a frenzy of consultation in the Department of External Affairs. The Director-General of the Bureau for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Michael Shenstone, immediately concurred that Canada had no choice but to shelter the fugitives." 
  3. "Richest monarch buried in unmarked grave". The Calgary Herald. 1975-03-26. p. 1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4G9kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iH0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1314,2409568&dq=michael-shenstone&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-11-17. "Canada was represented by its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Michael Shenstone." 
  4. "Faisal assassinated". Montreal Gazette. 1975-03-26. p. 2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AQsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=16EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3971,2445674&dq=michael-shenstone&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-11. "Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and U.S. Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller will attend the funeral." 
  5. "External Affairs Middle East bureau in middle of shake-up". The Saturday Citizen. 1976-07-30. p. 37. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JMoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=865,6115734&dq=michael-shenstone&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-11-17. "Michael Shenstone, the first Canadian envoy ever to be posted to a Middle East oil-producing country, is returning to Ottawa to become director-general of this increasingly important section." 
  6. "New Ambassadorships". Orlando Sentinel. 1986-01-15. Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.orlandosentinel.com%2Fkeyword%2Fvienna%2Ffeatured%2F2&date=2012-11-17. "Michael Shenstone, 57, will retain his job as ambassador to Austria while also becoming ambassador and head of the Canadian delegation to the Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks." 
  7. Yukon Damov (2012-11-16). "Diplomats in Iranian hostage crisis discuss Argo: Spoiler alert: Hollywood fudged the facts". The Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewspaper.ca%2Fthe-news%2Fitem%2F989-diplomats-in-iranian-hostage-crisis-discuss-argo&date=2012-11-17. "Wednesday night’s conversation between former diplomats Robert Anders and Michael Shenstone, hosted by the U.S. Consulate and the University of Toronto International Relations Society, was an exercise in displaying Hollywood’s manipulation of historical reality." 
  8. Robert Wright (2010). Our Man in Tehran: Ken Taylor, the CIA and the Iran Hostage Crisis. Harper Collins Canada. ISBN 9781554688784. http://books.google.ca/books?id=kpFD6-8VCCAC&pg=PT442&lpg=PT436&ots=OWUISg5L2i&dq=%22Michael+Shenstone%22+hostage. Retrieved 2012-11-17.