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Difficult Dinners
by Mary Taylor a I
Angus Matheson — 1919–2003
Angus Matheson came to External Affairs, as many of us did, in the last half of the 1940s, then still young, yet a veteran of World War I. Some of us joined External Affairs as Foreign Service Officers hoping to be involved…
John Stiles 1918-2000
John Stiles, who died in Ottawa on January 9, just a few days short of his 82nd birthday, spent his entire adult life, one way or another, in the service of Canada, but still found time to be a devoted family man…
If Only I Had Known
Foreigners living in Japan have a saying: “After you have lived here for two weeks you can write a book about it; after two years, an article; but after five years you cannot seem to put pen to paper.” Mary Taylor has…
Early Days in the Life of a Trade Commissioner’s Family
Seventy years ago, what was it like for the family of a Trade Commissioner in Japan? James Langley lets his mind wander back to those far off days.
Marler House in Tokyo
On 27 May, 1991, Prince Takamado, a cousin of the Emperor, met the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan in Marler House in Tokyo to sign a document commemorating the opening of the new chancery. If ghosts could return, the spirit of…
