Shortly take advice with army officer or government representative (6,7)

I believe the answer is:

consul general

'government representative' is the definition.

'shortly take advice with army officer' is the wordplay.
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'take advice' becomes 'consult'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'army officer' becomes 'general' (I've seen this before).
'consult' with its last letter taken off is 'consul'.
'consul'+'general'='CONSUL GENERAL'

'or' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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