In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british diplomat”. Today it says “british diplomat and colonial administrator”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Robert Paus Platt OBE (born 1905 in England, died 22 July 1946 in Jerusalem ) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as undersecretary in the mandatory government of the British Mandate of Palestine . As the deputy of the chief secretary he was one of the highest-ranking government officials in Mandatory Palestine, after the chief secretary and the high commissioner . He was among the 91 victims of the King David Hotel bombing , along with seven of his assistant secretaries. He was the highest-ranking British official to be killed in the attack. Prior to his work in Palestine he had been an assistant secretary (divisional manager) at the Colonial Office in London and served for eleven years in the administration of the Kenya Colony , including as assistant colonial secretary .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Robert Paus Platt OBE (born 1905 in England, died 22 July 1946 in Jerusalem ) was a British diplomat. He served as an under-secretary in the mandatory government of the British Mandate of Palestine and was among the 91 victims of the King David Hotel bombing .
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He served as an under-secretary in the mandatory government of the British Mandate of Palestine and was among the 91 victims of the King David Hotel bombing .
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british diplomat
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british diplomat and colonial administrator
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