Other Duties as Required
ин! we cany lyrus. At that time, I was a newly- tic minted Immigration Officer and spent much of my time interviewing prospective immigrants and writing reports on Sweden. In those years we were required to prepare a Monthly Narrative Report (MNR),…
Protocol, and How to Break It
We had a reception last night in honour of Mayor Bourque and his trade delegation from Montreal, organized with the World Trade Centre in Montreal. Toward the end Francisco, the Embassy driver, came in with some messages from the office. As usual,…
The Art of the Possible
One of the rewards of traveling and living abroad is being able afterwards to picture far-off places and events. It gives them relevance wherever one is and whatever the time. When I see a TV image of peasants in loin-cloths gathered around…
Dispatches From a Borderless World
The author is an eloquent voice for the international community, which today comprises much of Canada. He lived in India until adolescence, when his family relocated to Western Canada, and now reports on foreign affairs for the Edmonton Journal.
Trudeaumania in Jakarta
I don’t know what came over my wife, Dot. I had never seen her like that before. Nor have I since. Normally, she is highly attentive to my needs and moods – feeding me what I crave on demand, responding to my…
Promoting International Human Rights
The opening lines of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights assert that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”…
An Asian Day is Over / Une journée en Asie c’est déjà terminée
The ADM returns to his office. He stops to ask one of the officers how the trade awards went in Indonesia. No word until tomorrow. It is now about nine o’clock in the evening in most of the Asian posts. The Asian…
