When the Nazis came to power, there was only one resignation from the Foreign Office: German Ambassador to the United States Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron resigned because he could not in good conscience serve the Nazi regime.

The American historian Gerhard Weinberg described the Henderson-Ribbentrop meeting in this way: " When Joachim von Ribbentrop refused to give a copy of the German demands to the British Ambassador at midnight of 30 – 31 August 1939, the two almost came to blows.

When it came to time for Ribbentrop to present the German declaration of war on 22 June 1941 to the Soviet Ambassador, General Vladimir Dekanozov, Paul Schmidt described the scene :" It is just before four on the morning of Sunday, 22 June 1941 in the office of the Foreign Minister.

When the Spanish Ambassador asked for pardon for having killed a man, the Pope replied that he did not want to start his reign with such auspices as absolution from homicide, and ordered the appropriate tribunals to observe the law.

When the Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys suggested two years later that Mary be handed over to the Countess, Henry refused, calling her " a fool, of no experience.

When the film was released by Universal Studios, Nathaniel Davis, United States Ambassador to Chile from 1971 to 1973, filed a USD 150 million libel suit against the director and the studio, although he was not named directly in the movie ( he had been named in the book ).

When pressed for a reason by Vulcan Ambassador Soval, T ' Pol replied that she found working aboard the Enterprise " gratifying ", for which she was chided for engaging in an emotional indulgence.

When Howard became Prime Minister in 1996, he appointed Peacock as the Australian Ambassador to the United States.

As of his latest promotion, his full name and title is ; " His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh ; Commander Sir Samuel Vimes ": When serving as Ambassador for Ankh-Morpork, he is also referred to simply as " His Excellency ", and is also nicknamed " Blackboard Monitor Vimes ," and " Vetinari's Terrier " ( or hammer ): According to his wife, Sybil, Vimes is recognised by many as Lord Vetinari's right-hand man.

* September 27, 2006 Epoch Times Editorial on Harry Wu ( quotation referring to Jan Karski and Felix Frankfurter: When Jan Karski disclosed the message of Nazis ' slaughtering of the Jews, the U. S. Supreme Court judge Felix Frankfurter's response to a Polish diplomat was, " Mr. Ambassador, I did not say this young man is lying.

When they were in Japan, Kim Gwang-jip met with the Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo, Ho Ju-chang and the councilor Huang Tsun-hsien.

When Winston Churchill formed his wartime coalition government in 1940 he appointed Cripps Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the view that Cripps, an avowed Marxist, could negotiate with Joseph Stalin who was at this time allied with Nazi Germany through the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

When pressed by the Japanese Ambassador Naotake Sato, Molotov confirmed that the treaty did remain in force until April 1946.

When Garibaldi confronts and arrests him, the man gives him a recorded message from Jeffrey Sinclair, the Earth Alliance Ambassador to Minbar.

When Sheridan tells Ambassador Mollari that he has ordered all Centauri merchant vessels to be searched for illegal weapons, Mollari tells him that this " violation " of the Centauri's sovereign rights will not be tolerated.

He tells Zack that he won't be able to stay for the decommissioning ceremony, and announces that he will visit the Coriana system, thus fulfilling the request relayed to him from Vorlon Ambassador Kosh during the Day of the Dead: " When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning.

When Ambassador Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic observed an unsuited Vorlon, he claimed to have not seen anything at all.

When an Ambassador said that they all thought he was dead, Sheridan replied by saying, " I was.

Before Londo officially became Emperor Mollari II, he confided in his now ex-bodyguard, Ambassador G ' Kar, that " When we met, I had no power and all the choices I could ever want.

When Bonnet first learned of the German attack on Poland at 8: 20 a. m., on 1 September 1939, his first reaction was to contact the Italian Ambassador to France, Baron Raffaele Guariglia, and informed him that France had accepted Mussolini's mediation offer.

When the Narn are utterly defeated and re-enslaved by the Centauri after the Narn-Centauri War, Vir uses his post as the Centauri Ambassador to Minbar to help Narn refugees.

When Mollari ascended to the throne as Emperor, he named Vir as the Ambassador to Babylon 5 ( now an important position ).

According to Markab Ambassador Fashar: " When the darkness was defeated long ago, they scattered, hid themselves away in secret places.

When Ambassador Londo expressed his fear that the Narn would fight ferociously to defend their own homeworld, and that any invasion force would be " up to its neck in blood, their own ," Lord Refa, his ally in starting the war, told Londo not to worry.

When Bobby came across Mikhail Rasputin he used his mutant abilities on him.

When Lyudmila Shestakova, the sister of Mikhail Glinka, learned of Mussorgsky's plans, she presented him with a volume of Pushkin's dramatic works, interleaved with blank pages and bound, and using this Mussorgsky began work in October 1868 preparing his own libretto.

When word reached Mikhail Glinka of his father's death in 1834, he left Berlin and returned to Novospasskoye.

When Mikhail Gorbachev announced his reform program, Zhivkov made a show of copying it, believing that Gorbachev wasn't really serious about glasnost or perestroika.

When the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev initiated his policy of glasnost, Gamsakhurdia played a key role in organizing mass pro-independence rallies held in Georgia between 1987 – 1990, in which he was joined by Merab Kostava on the latter's release in 1987.

When Chernenko died Shevardnadze's had become a strong supporter Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership candidacy.

When he was released, Grigory ( Rosenblum's assumed father ) told his son that his mother was dead, and that his true, biological father was her Jewish doctor, Mikhail A. Rosenblum.

When Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary in 1985, Ligachev was promoted to become a Secretary of higher status, and was generally viewed as one of Gorbachev ’ s primary allies: he had helped organize a pro-Gorbachev faction in hope of having Gorbachev succeed Andropov in 1984, although this attempt failed ( instead, Konstantin Chernenko was chosen as a stop-gap candidate ).

When approached by Stavka for his opinion on the need for the abdication he replied, "... For the moment the only thing that matters is to stabilise our position to allow the continuation of the war with the external enemy ... to abdicate in favour of Grand Duke Mikhail and a council of regents ...

When Nikolai Tikhonov's Second Government was dissolved, Mikhail Gorbachev appointed him Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers in Nikolai Ryzhkov's First Government.

When Metropolitan Maksim died in 1305, Mikhail nominated another candidate, but Petr was consecrated by the Patriarch of Constantinople.

When Mikhail was a child, he suffered from a paralyzing illness.

When his uncle Gleb Svyatoslavich died between 1215 and 1220, and Mstislav II Svyatoslavich moved to Chernihiv, Mikhail, because of his status as the second in seniority, probably occupied Novgorod-Seversk.

When Daniil Romanovich learnt that his sister ( Mikhail ’ s wife ) was being held captive, he asked Yaroslav Vsevolodovich to send her to him.

When they arrived at Saray, Batu Khan sent messengers to Mikhail ’ s camp instructing him to worship according to the laws of the Mongols by bowing to the fires and idols.

When Mikhail returned, Apocalypse gave him the added responsibility of being in charge of his Eurasian lands.

When asked about Gorbachev, Yanayev replied " Let me say that Mikhail Gorbachev is now on vacation.

When the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society was created in 1936, its football team featured the best players of Kazanka, and a number of strong Soviet footballers of that time such as Valentin Granatkin, Nikolay llyin, Alexey Sokolov, Pyotr Terenkov, Mikhail Zhukov, llya Gvozdkov, Ivan Andreev.

When two Duma delegates, Grigori Borisovich Iollos ( Poltava province ) and Mikhail Herzenstein ( b. 1859, d. 1906 in Terijoki ), both from the Constitutional Democratic Party, were assassinated by the Black Hundreds terrorists, the organ of Black Hundreds Russkoe Znamya declared openly that " Real Russians assassinated Herzenstein and Iollos with knowledge of officials, and expresses regret that only two Jews perished in crusade against revolutionaries.

When prince Potemkin fell ill and entrusted his command of the army to Mikhail Kakhovsky, Kamensky refused to subordinate himself, referring to his seniority.

When Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1985, it signaled a dramatic change in Soviet foreign policy.

When Mikhail Gorbachev first visited the United States in Reagan's first term, Fitzwater gave joint press briefings with his Soviet counterpart.

When Boris leaves to pursue a career in the staff of General Mikhail Kutuzov, their friendship evaporates, and at her first ball, Pierre introduces her to Prince Andrei Bolkonsky.

When Mikhail ( Andrew Divoff ) arrives, Jin chases after him and catches him.