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  Cable

  A written report exchanged between diplomatic missions, such as a consulate or an embassy, and the State Department

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  Consul

  A consular officer of high rank, often at the First Secretary level, within an embassy

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  Consul-general

  A consular officer of the highest rank; senior official at the consulate general

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  Consulate General

  A larger consulate with greater importance that is presided over by a consul-general.

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  Colonization

  The act of one country settling and establishing control of another country, typically a distant one, and then occupied by settlers from that country

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  Containment

  The basic strategy of containing Soviet power during the Cold War. This policy would ‚"promote tendencies which must eventually find their outlet in either the break-up or the gradual mellowing of Soviet power." George, Kennan, an American diplomat for the Department of State in the mid-1950s, is credited for conceiving this idea.

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  Chancery

  The office space where the Chief of Mission and his staff work. This office is sometimes called the embassy, but, technically, the embassy refers to the diplomatic delegation itself.

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  Credentials

  The name for letters given to an ambassador by his/her chief of state, and addressed to the chief of state of the host country. They are delivered to the latter by the ambassador in a formal credentials ceremony, which generally takes place shortly after his/her arrival at a new post. Until this ceremony has taken place s/he is not formally recognized by the host country and cannot officially act as an ambassador. The letters are termed "letters of credence" because they request the receiving chief of state to give "full credence" to what the ambassador will say of behalf of his/her government.

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  Consulate

  An office that is part of an embassy or established by one nation in an important city of another nation for the purpose of supporting and protecting its citizens traveling or residing there. In addition, these offices are charged with performing other important duties such as issuing visas (where this is required) to host country nationals wishing to travel to the country the consulate represents. All consulates, whether located in the capital city or in other communities, are administratively under the ambassador and the embassy.

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  Chargé d'affaires

  Formerly, a chargé d'affaires was the title of a chief of mission, inferior in rank to an ambassador or a minister. It is still used as the title of the head of a US mission where the US and other nation do not have full diplomatic relations. Today with the a.i. (ad interim) added, it designates the senior officer taking charge for the interval when a chief of mission is absent from his/her post or the position is vacant.