George Kidd (diplomat)

George Pirkis Kidd (June 6, 1917 – July 22, 2004) was a Scottish-Canadian diplomat.

He was wounded in action at the Battle of Normandy during World War II.

[2] A few days after the John F. Kennedy assassination, he expressed the opinion in a confidential memo (released in 1999) that, although he considered it unlikely, Cuban involvement in the killing could not be ruled out.

[2] He was deputy director of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1967 to 1971.

He served as High Commissioner to Nigeria and Sierra Leone from 1974 to 1977.