Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heartfelt was a message from Charles de Gaulle, the last of the towering figures of World War II. "For me," said De Gaulle, "I see disappear with great sadness a dear companion in arms and a friend." Despite his differences with the U.S., the French President was the first foreign head of state to announce that he would fly to Washington for the funeral. Scrawled in the book of condolences at the American embassy in Paris was a message from an unknown Frenchman: "To General Eisenhower, in deep homage also to those who fell on the beaches of Normandy...
...Prime Minister was happy that the U.S. agreed to confer soon on oil imports (Canada wants more than its current quarter of the U.S. foreign quota) and resume general trade-policy discussions (not held since 1967) covering investments, balance of payments and other economic issues...
...would be difficult to find two men more diverse in their approach. Laird, a kinetic, combative Midwesterner, testified before the Senate's Foreign Relations subcommittee on disarmament the week after he returned from his first tour of Viet Nam as Defense Secretary. As an eight-term Congressman from Wisconsin, he was used to committee hearings, and he knew how to make his point in them. During vigorous questioning, he stood his ground firmly. Rogers, a former Attorney General and ever the coolly prepared advocate, showed a reasoned, refreshingly pliant approach to questions that Laird handled with brusque assurance...
...that you will want to impart upon me in your talks." Trudeau had every reason to be wary. His government is upset over U.S. attitudes on oil imports and wheat prices. It is apprehensive about Nixon's Safeguard ABM system. It is engaged in an intensive review of foreign and defense policy. Canada has already decided to establish full diplomatic relations with Red China, and very soon will decide whether to continue its membership in NATO...
Warming the Climate. In the past, Trudeau observed, Canada's geographical and economic links to the U.S. have given his country scant percentage of maneuverability in its foreign policy. However, he said pointedly, "it should use that 10% or 20% to the hilt." He defined Canada's position as "one of interrogation." For his part, Nixon was anxious to warm the climate between neighbors that had cooled under two previous Administrations. But he also felt compelled to press tactfully for U.S. defensive security both in this hemisphere and in Europe. The President was persuasive in contending that...