Word: nato
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quick agreement with the U.S. to give the stingless Canadian forces the nuclear weapons they need to fulfill their roles in NATO and NORAD...
...Creating NATO. The King that Truman was not referring to-Prime Minister Mackenzie King-called him back to Ottawa in 1946. By then, Pearson had ' mastered the technique of the new internationalism. He helped to draft the U.N. Charter as senior adviser to Can ada's delegation, and chaired the U.N. interim commission on food and agriculture. He was one of several men mentioned for the post of U.N. Secretary-General, "a job I would have liked." Though the Russians agreed that Pearson had the qualifications, they insisted on a European, settled on Trygve...
...drafted for him the historic speech that first suggested a North Atlantic treaty. "This treaty," Pearson said at the signing, "though born out of fear and frustration, must lead to positive social, economic and political achievements if it is to live." Though proud of his role in creating NATO, Pearson still finds a military alliance not enough...
...performance. Pearson was nominated by Denmark, with Britain and France, to succeed Lie as Secretary-General, once again was vetoed by the Russians. The job went to Dag Hammarskjold. In 1955 Pearson took off for Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov-something that no NATO Foreign Minister before him in the tense 1950s had done. Pearson talked trade with the Russians, "did my best to disabuse them of some of their ideas about Americans in general and Mr. Dulles in particular." On a memorable October day he flew to the Crimea and a first meeting...
...disposed toward nuclear weapons than Diefenbaker was. But Diefenbaker agreed to play Canada's part in continental defense by acquiring Bomarc antiaircraft missiles and Voodoo interceptors, only to refuse the nuclear warheads for which they were designed. The Honest John artillery missiles with the Canadian Army Brigade on NATO duty in Germany were, to keep them balanced, filled with sand...