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Don Jamieson, correspondence [textual record]

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Sub-series

Date:

1979.

Reference:

R10914-19-X-E, MG32-B26

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

196912

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Flora MacDonald fonds

Secretary of State for External Affairs

Don Jamieson, correspondence
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Date(s):

1979.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.20 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The sub-series documents Flora MacDonald's predecessor Don Jamieson's activities as Secretary of State for External Affairs, January - May 1979. The sub-series consists of copies of Don Jamieson's and his executive assistant Allan N. Lever's outgoing correspondence.

The record type are outgoing correspondence. Some of the issues documented are: Global referendum on disarmament; Canada's military relations with Mexico; U.S. space vehicle,Skylab; proposed sale of armoured vehicles by General Motors to the Chilean government; possible transfer of Air Canada's London operation from Heathrow to Gatwick; beef and veal export to New Zealand; reconsideration of Canada's decision to withdraw financial support from the Commonwealth Agriculture Bureau; cultural and Scientific academic exchanges; fishery and maritime boundary negotiations with U.S.; negotiations with France on maritime boundary delimitation around St-Pierre and Miquelon; delay of issuance of Canadian Passports; Canadian Policy towards Rhodesia; Palestine situations; individuals imprisoned in the Soviet Union; statute of limitations; proposed oil port/refinery complex at Eastport, Maine; Canadian aid policy with respect to Vietnam; Canadian trade with China; Canadian nuclear cooperation with Argentina; human rights issues; South America; Canadian Parliamentary Helsinki Group; Namibia situation; and Vietnamese refugees.

The correspondence are: Canadian embassy staff; Diplomats; Provincial Premiers; Foreign nationals; Canadian businessmen; Lawyers; Canadian citizens; M.P.s; Federal Cabinet Ministers; Cabinet Ministers' exempt staff; Heads of Canadian Ethnic organizations; and Heads of Canadian Advocacy groups.

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The files are arranged in alphabetical order using the External Affairs Department's Divisions and Sections acronyms.

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Private

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MG32-B26
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[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [MG32 B 26] 39

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Volume [MG32 B 26] 40

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

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