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Correspondence, subject [textual record]

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Sub-series

Date:

1965-1988.

Reference:

R8833-3-5-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

194631

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Robert C. Coates fonds

Correspondence and trips

Correspondence, subject
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Date(s):

1965-1988.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.45 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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This sub-series documents Robert C. Coates' activities and responsibilities as Member of Parliament (Cumberland-Colchester); Chairman, Standing Committee on Management and Members' Services; Minister of National Defence; National President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada; and Chairman, Canada-Korea Parliamentary Group.

The sub-series comprises the following records: daily agendas, incoming-outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, speakers notes, official statements, receipts, Canadian magazines, electoral pamphlets, access of information request forms, and transcript of radio shows.

The issues documented are: direction of the Progressive Conservative Party, 1980, Coates' legal actions against The Ottawa Citizen, funeral of John Diefenbaker's wife, 1974 election, office and travel claim, harassment case against Coates, Saint-John Shipbuilding Ltd, Strategic Defence Initiative Program (SDI), appointment of the Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces, Canadian aid to South America, Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency, CF-18 Contract, Combat Training Centre Camp Gagetown, Canada-Korea, NATO Nuclear Planning Group, speeches, questions posed during House of Commons, Question period, establishing Prime Ministerial Libraries in Canada, Korean dignitaries visiting various Nova Scotia businesses, Coates' resignation as Minister of National Defence, and clippings pertaining to Robert C. Coates' book, "The Night of the Knives."

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Arrangement note:

The 23 files are arranged in alphabetical order.

Source:

Private
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R8833] 2--3

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Volume [R8833] 4

[Consultation 90 Open]

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