It was Ambassador-at-Large Rajasinghe who got all the publicity, as he moved from one trouble spot to another, massaging egos here, defusing crises there and manipulating the truth with consummate skill. He was only special assistant (acting ambassador) for political affairs, directly responsible to president and council, with a staff that never ex c eeded ten. And it had always been a very special, limited kind of power - advisory, not executive. Power had come to him he had never sought it. He did not regret his past glory, for it had brought him the gratitude of all mankind. There had been a time when the tour is ts visiting the Rock had sought him out with cameras and recorders, but now a whole generation knew nothing of the days when his was the most familiar face in the Solar System. His full name epitomized 500 years of history: Johan Oliver de Alwis Sri Rajasinghe. The world, when it remembered him, called him Raja. PART ONE (to be continued in a future blog)
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