Andrew Gilchrist

Andrew Gilchrist   (Spook, Diplomat)
Born	19 April 1910 Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	6 March 1993 (Age 82)
UK Ambassador to Iceland In office 1956 - 1959  UK Ambassador to Indonesia In office 1962 - 1966 “I have never concealed from you my belief that a little shooting in Indonesia would be an essential preliminary to effective change.”  UK Ambassador to Ireland In office 1967 - 1970  Chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board Dates unknown

World War II

During WWII he spent time in a Japanese PoW camp, before being released in a prisoner exchange. He then joined the Special Operations Executive and was active in India and Siam between 1944 and 1945.

Diplomat

As UK Ambassador to Indonesia, he dispatched some revealing messages to London.

 

A Quote by Andrew Gilchrist

Page	Quote	Date	Source
Document:Slaughter in Indonesia 1965-66	“I have never concealed from you my belief that a little shooting in Indonesia would be an essential preliminary to effective change.”	5 October 1965	Letter to the Foreign Office

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