Freifeld On: Diefenbaker in Dublin

Freifeld On: Diefenbaker in Dublin

It was on a January morning in 1961 that a cypher telegram from External Affairs in Ottawa came in to the Canadian Embassy in Dublin informing us that, in response to an earlier invitation, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, accompanied by Mrs. Diefenbaker,…

A Case of Mistaken Identity

A Case of Mistaken Identity

None of the homework that my wife Crenia and I did in anticipation of our posting to Ireland in any way prepared us for what was to happen one night at a black tie dinner at the Official Residence of the French…