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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Canadians and Americans have traditionally taken each other for granted. If frictions have developed, they have rarely seemed significant. In no area has North American unity seemed more certain than in matters concerning mutual security. Thus last week, on the eve of NATO's 20th anniversary, it came as a shock to most Americans when Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced that Ottawa will "take early steps to bring about a planned and. phased reduction" of the number of Canadian troops on duty in Europe. Though Trudeau did not say so, the new policy contemplates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Decision on NATO | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...socialist New Democrats, who favor an immediate pullout, Deputy Leader David Lewis denounced the decision as "meaningless, imprecise, nothing short of scandalous." Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield complained that Canada was failing to live up to the defense obligations that it helped shape as a founding member of NATO. The NATO allies are also certain to be disappointed. Canada's six squadrons of CF-104 Starfighters and the 5,000-man armored brigade in West Germany have been a valuable part of the NATO shield. Still, the main blow in the U.S. and Western Europe is psychological; though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Decision on NATO | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Elephant and Friends | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...different message to his House of Commons. Noting that the first ABM sites would not be operational until 1973, he said: "This gives us more than a few days or weeks to take our position." He was also impressed by Nixon's argument that a Canadian pullout from NATO would undermine the U.S. bargaining position with the Soviets and demoralize Western Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Elephant and Friends | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Muted Voice. One by one, in fact, Nixon is putting his own men into the key jobs. Two significant appointments made last week: General Andrew Goodpaster, 54, will become Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, replacing General Lyman Lemnitzer, 69, who has been head of NATO's military forces for more than six years. An old and trusted Nixon friend, Goodpaster was an unofficial White House chief of staff during the Eisenhower presidency and one of that Administration's most influential -if least visible-figures. That experience, and his easy relationship with Nixon, should serve the general well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Making Haste Slowly | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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