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Kenneth Douglas Taylor OC (October 5, 1934 – October 15, 2015) was a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran.
Oct 17, 2015 · Kenneth D. Taylor, the Canadian ambassador who helped shelter six Americans after militants overran the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and who then helped spirit them out of Iran, died...
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Our Man in Tehran is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, profiling the role of Kenneth D. Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Iran in the 1970s, in helping six American hostages escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 by engineering the Canadian Caper.
Sep 9, 2019 · Ambassador Ken Taylor and his diplomatic colleague John Sheardown agreed to house the Americans in their private residences at great personal risk. On January 27, 1980, the six Americans successfully left Tehran carrying Canadian passports obtained by Taylor through the Canadian government.
Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1959. His assignments included Guatemala, Detroit, Pakistan, London, Ottawa, Tehran, and New York. He resigned from the diplomatic service in 1984 to join Nabisco Brands/RJR Nabisco as senior vice president international.
Sep 21, 2011 · Canadian Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor helped hide the group for three months and, eventually, spirit them out of the country to safety. When the news broke, Taylor became a Canadian—and American—hero.
