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Holmes, John - Interview

Item number (ISN):

390255

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-06-30

Item number (ISN):

390255

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1978-0098

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1978-06-30

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of John Holmes, head of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA), by author Peter Stursberg, about: his education; his career with the CIIA and with the Department of External Affairs (1942-1960); his memories of Lester B. Pearson; Lester B. Pearson; the Department of External Affairs in the 1940s; post-war hopes for a one-world federation; Hume Wrong; Norman Robertson; Escott Reid; the Igor Gouzenko affair; Canada-USSR relations circa1948; the reasons and purpose for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); NATO; Article II; the creation of the state of Israel; reasons for Russian support; U.S.-USSR relations; the Cold War and its causes; Canadian recognition of Communist China and the delay of this recognition from 1950 to 1970; Chester Ronning; the United Nations Security Council; condemnation of Communist China for aggression; Canada's voting with the U.S. despite policy differences, in 1950; Canada-U.S. relations in the 1950s; the Korean conflict circa1950-1954; the Geneva Conference on Indo-China 1954; the Vietnam conflict 1950-1954; the International Control Commission (ICC) in Vietnam; Canadian participation; the Geneva Conference on Korea, in 1954; France's request for the United States to use an atomic bomb on Chinese mainland to relieve pressure on Dien Bien Phu in 1954; Sir Anthony Eden; John Foster Dulles; Lester B. Pearson and his visit to the Soviet Union in1955; the Suez crisis of 1956; the proposal for the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in Suez; Lester B. Pearson's role in the Suez crisis; Henry Cabot Lodge; Dag Hammarskjold; Egypt's refusal to accept Canadian troops in the UNEF in Suez in 1956; Lester B. Pearson's diplomatic abilities; and his view of Canada's role in world affairs. <2h 3mn>

Language:

English

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Recorded at the CIIA headquarters in Toronto for the second volume of Peter Stursberg's book on Lester B. Pearson.~3. Finding aid indicates: Closed, except with the permission of Peter Stursberg, until 31 December 1980.~4. Release form indicates: The sound recording of the interview(s) and/or transcript(s) made from the interview(s) conducted on 30 June 1978 are available for public access on completion or after 30 June 1978. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.
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Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : interviewee restrictions vary : see notes

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