Former Ambassador Jon Benjamin reveals his unusual encounters with Margot Honecker in Santiago

Just retired from the foreign service, the charismatic former UK ambassador to Chile, between 2009 and 2014, Jon Benjamin, recalls in detail the meetings he held with Margot, the widow of the leader of the GDR, Erich Honecker. On more than one occasion he reflected on his then Twitter account, these meetings. “I just had such a memorable conversation: two hours alone with Margot Honecker, the widow of the former leader of the GDR where I lived i…