Show diplomatic privileges not many people know that diplomats even eien though civilians wear a distinctive uniform for formal occasions the more gold on sleeve and collar the higher the rank all wear dress swords their order of precedence Is not governed goci nedas as many people think by size or importance of the country it hinges on length of ice fee at a particular post in other othe W words or ds the man who has longest represented his country as ambassador at washington comes first he Is called theft the dean of the diplomatic corps ps pathfinder magazine |