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Home from the Commonwealth conference in London, where they exchanged views with other Commonwealth leaders, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson last week were prepared to announce some firm decisions about Canadian foreign policy...
...Despite the pressure from India and other Asia neutrals, Canada will stick to its policy against granting diplomatic recognition to Communist China. "I recognize the force of the arguments about the importance to Asia of having its largest country fully participating in the councils of the world," St. Laurent told Parliament. "But there are other considerations . . . and I see no reason strong enough to justify changing our policy...
...Canada's membership in the British Commonwealth is the opportunity it affords for close contact and frank talk with India and other distant Commonwealth nations. That advantage was pointed up clearly last week when another Commonwealth conference opened in London. From the outset, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson strove to explain Canada's−and North America's−diplomatic viewpoints to India's Prime Minister Nehru and other neutralist Asians...
...Canadians' talks with Nehru began the day before the conference opened, when the Indian leader lunched at Canada House. Nehru and St. Laurent, who correspond frequently, have had a high regard for each other ever since St. Laurent's tour of India in 1954. Their table talk ranged over such touchy subjects as disarmament, coexistence, Soviet trade, recognition of Red China. Nehru argued for closer cooperation with the Communists, while St. Laurent and Pearson bluntly opposed it. "Don't be fooled," the Canadians warned the Indians. "There's really no new look there...
...such, the meeting was successful. "It has been extremely nice," said St. Laurent, heading homeward. Mexico's Ruiz Cortines amplified that conclusion: "Because it was more human, also more genuine ... a new era in relations.'' The President of the U.S. bade goodbye to his guests: "May we do this again some time? I hope it was worthwhile...