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Article: OBITUARY: Alan Hare
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 13, 1995
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After a distinguished career in the service of his country
first as a soldier, then in what he referred to always as the
"Foreign Office so called" both during and after the Second World
War, Alan Hare became chairman of the Financial Times in 1978,
overseeing the paper's all-important decision to print in Frankfurt
and become "Europe's Business Paper".
Throughout his very varied career, Hare discharged his duties
with a patrician, almost languid, charm which belied a sharp
intellect and remarkable courage. During the war he was parachuted
into Albania as a member of Brigadier "Trotsky" Davies's mission.
Betrayed by partisans and ambushed by the Germans, Hare only
escaped after a grim chase ...