Turkey, the West’s Eurasian Ally
Turkey and the Turks conjure up many images and passions in western minds.
Just a Diplomat
At a reception in Buckingham Palace the Duke of Edinburgh asked the Turkish Ambassador if he had ever been anything other than a diplomat. “No, Your Royal Highness”, replied Zeki Kuneralp, “I’ve done nothing else, I’ve just been a diplomat”. Hence the…
Preparing for the Worst: Post Evacuation à la Victor Odlum
One of the most colourful appointees as a Canadian Head of Post was General Victor Odlum. He was originally appointed in 1940 as our first High Commissioner to Australia (in order to relieve the Prime Minister of the political embarrassment of having…
Good and Faithful Servants
Quand j’arrivai à Ottawa en 1953, un de mes bons amis, Jean Gabriel Maranda, faisait ses débuts au ministère. À cette époque, les novices étaient deux par bureau. Maranda était un Montréalais passé par Paris; c’était la fantaisie faite homme, plus latin…
Oriental Carpets — A Very Good Year
One of the signs of the times is every appearance in our newspapers of a sustained interest in Oriental rugs. Almost any daily carries advertisements offering to purchase rugs, particularly antique examples, with little regard for condition. Specialized auctions are frequently advertised.…
Eulogy for Charles Marshall
Charles Marshall died suddenly in Islamabad on January 13, 1985, while serving as Canadian Ambassador to Pakistan. We print the eulogy delivered by his old friend and colleague Bob Middleton.
