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In relationships where direct communication is preferred to mediation but embassies remain politically intolerable, diplomatic functions may nevertheless be performed on a more or less restricted scale by alternative forms of resident mission. There are four main kinds of such mission. Three of these are now reasonably well known; these are interests sections, representative offices and consulates. However the fourth kind is less well known, and deliberately so. In contrast with the first three, examples of it are, on the surface, altogether innocent of diplomatic purpose; in fact, however, they pursue it with zest. For want of a better phrase, and notwithstanding its slightly negative connotations, these might be termed ‘diplomatic fronts’.
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Berridge, G.R. (1994). The Disguised Embassy. In: Talking to the Enemy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378988_3
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