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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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    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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    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.

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    Chief of Mission

    Usually called an ambassador, this is the ranking officer in an embassy or permanent mission and the personal representative of the head of state of his/her nation.

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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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    Communiqué

    A brief public summary statement issued following important bilateral or multilateral meetings.

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    Conciliation

    An effort to achieve agreement and, it is hoped, increased goodwill between two opposed parties.

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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

    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.