- Thomas Hohler
Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler, KCMG, CB, JP (1871—1946) [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/wooton/34/horthy/11.html] was a British diplomat.
During
World War I , he was head of the British delegation toMexico , inMexico City , and was involved in the interception of the GermanZimmermann Telegram that was used to promote the entry of theUnited States into the war. Although acting anonymously at the time, he later identified himself as the mysterious "Mr. H" responsible for intercepting the inflammatory telegram.In 1920, Hohler served as the High Commissioner [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FRABL;recurse=1] of the British Legation in
Budapest ,Hungary [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStansted/02.htm] . In Hungary, he made a controversial effort to convince the British Government to revise the terms of theTrianon Treaty [http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/tria/tria10.htm] to better favor Hungary.Hohler later served as the head of the British Commercial delegation to
Bogotá ,Colombia [http://www.banrep.gov.co/docum/ftp/borra293.pdf] .In 1942, he published "Diplomatic Petrel"
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* [http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/tria/tria10.htm A Case Study on Trianon]
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NAME = Hohler, Thomas
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH = 1871
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DATE OF DEATH = 1946
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