Derek Arnould
Derek was born in 1929 at Beuthen, Upper Silesia, then part of Germany, now of Poland. His father, Ivan Arnould, was a British diplomat and his mother, Irene de Grodska, was of Polish nobility. His parents separated early and Derek and his…
Unofficially Dull But Officially Sharp
In this selection of documents, we depart from our usual practice of reprinting unpublished material from files at Library and Archives Canada. Instead, to complement the material elsewhere in this issue about Canada’s response to the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968…
Arthur Menzies
Remarks by Mr. Jacques Roy, President of the Retired Heads of Mission Association. at the funeral service for Arthur Menzies on
Looking Back on the Cold War
I look back from time to time on my working life and ask myself what it was all about. I was in the foreign service for 40 years from 1953-93. Much of what I did in those years had something to do…
Witold Maciej Weynerowski
In Witold Weynerowski we have lost a fervent Canadian, an outstanding diplomat, an excellent sportsman, and a fine human being and family man.
Lester B. Pearson
In the spring of 1947, the year after Mike Pearson returned from his glorious American summer, he turned 50. There is no suggestion that he suffered a mid-life crisis — if such an
Ross Campbell 1918–2007
Ross Campbell, O.C., D.S.C, was born in Toronto on November 4, 1918. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1940, he volunteered for service with the Royal Canadian Navy, on loan…
Sovereignty in the Age of Cholera
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombing of Yugoslavıa and Kosovo have long since ceased. But the concerns about the legality and morality of attacking a sovereign state which, when the attacks were launched, wasn’t threatening its neighbors, remain. But what is…
Lessons of the 20th Century for Canadian Foreign Policy
It may be quite audacious for a non-Canadian to try to come up with something worthwhile reading after having spent just a few months as a guest in this country. The one real advantage a foreigner has, though, is a chance to…
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…
