Wrong Minutes, Right Advice
Fifty years ago, on Monday April 4, 1949, the Canadian Ambassador to the United States, Hume Wrong, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington on behalf of Canada. That role was singularly appropriate as Wrong had been involved in the negotiation of…
Halstead’s Pennant
As recalled in the Summer issue Vol. 15 No. 2 of bout de papier, John Halstead was a remarkable man of diverse talents and interests. Many associates of his on the editorial board of bout, as well as other readers, know that…
Golden Memories
When I reported for duty to the Department in June 1947 I went as directed to a ground floor office, in the same East Block where a month before I had felt intimidated by an oral board, and reported to Terry MacDermot,…
Le Canada, le Québec et la dette de Louis XV
Est-il possible, trente ans après sa visite de 1967, d’exprimer sans passion le sens de la démarche de Charles de Gaulle envers le Canada et le Québec? Cet homme âgé de soixante-dix-sept ans, engagé dans un deuxième et dernier mandat présidentiel, a-t-il…
Mr. Heeney Goes to Washington — Eventually
“In some respects,” Jack Granatstein has written, “Arnold Heeney fitted the concept of a perfect civil-service mandarin.” Heeney had been recruited personally by W.L. Mackenzie King in 1938 to serve as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister: Steering adroitly around King’s more…
The Diplomacy of L.B. Pearson
by Geoffrey Pearson
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
Wondering where the map was when I took this turn…
Fifty Years of Independence: The Legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru
by William Warden It was the summer of 1983 when we picked up our belongings and followed -t was the summer of 1983 when we – the route of the Moghul Emperors down the Grand Trunk Road from Rawalpindi to Delhi. Two…
The Taiwan Strait in 1950
(Robertson) and I appreciated the talk we had with you a short time ago about Korea and other matters. It was good of you to give us so much time when you were harassed with so many pressing matters.
External Affairs: Coming of Age 1946-1968 // L’essor, 1946-1968
Middle Power Diplomacy. The Golden Age of Canadian Foreign Policy. A Fundamental Re-examination.
