Charles Ritchie — No Wonder We Thought Him Special

Lester B. Pearson (centre), is greeted on his arrival in Bonn for the first NATO ministerial meeting in West Germany by Canadian Ambassador Charles Ritchie (right), and Dr. Ernst-Guenther Mohr, West German chief of protocol. May I, 1957.

In another era, when, possibly, Foreign Service Officers remained starry-eyed and grateful for the opportunity to “serve” rather longer than they are said to do these days, our commitment was in no small measure due to the heady wine of being linked,…

Letters // Correspondance

Letters // Correspondance

I have just received Vol. 7 No. 2 of bout de papier and enjoyed its contents. It is no wonder that the magazine has won the New York Association of Art Director’s Award for design. It certainly has gone from strength to…

Letters // Correspondance

Letters // Correspondance

Your readers might enjoy this postscript to Sidney Freifeld’s excellent article on “The Poets of External” in the most recent issue of bout de papier.

Howard Green: Using Canadian Common Sense

Howard Green: Using Canadian Common Sense

He saw me drive up and came out to wait for me at the front door of the house he has lived in for nearly 60 years. The years have taken their natural toll and he apologized for being a bit tired…

The Foreign Service as I Remember It

The Foreign Service as I Remember It

I have been asked to make some comments on Canada’s foreign service as I perceived it in my days as Secretary of State of External Affairs, which were from June, 1959, to the defeat of our government in 1963.