Numerous --- There are numerous ambiguities here. Firstly, the implication that a diplomat is a man (and, by implication ONLY a man), which would have been perfectly understood in the 16th-17th centuries, would raise eyebrows nowadays. Second, that he is sent abroad to lie is open to many and varied interpretations (not least the literal meaning of a lie versus another interpretation, and thirdly "for the good of his country" is also left wide open to be interpreted in many ways.

Source author: Christian Peter Clay Mendoza cclay@sre.gob.mx