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Keenleyside, Hugh L. - Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

389308

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1980-08-28

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

389308

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Fonds/collection :

STURSBERG, Peter

No d'acquisition :

1980-0103

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

8 of 8

Date de production :

1980-08-28

Compagnie de production :

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Générique (équipe de production) :

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

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Interview of Dr. Hugh L. Keenleyside by author Peter Stursberg, about: Hugh Keenleyside; his work with the Department of External Affairs during World War II; the Department of External Affairs circa 1940-1947; the Canada-U.S. Permanent Joint Board on Defence 1940-1945; Canadian-U.S. Joint Economic Committees circa 1941; Lochie Currie; Alaska Highway; William Lyon Mackenzie King; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; World War II; U.S. neutrality laws 1939-1941; Canada's acquisition of U.S. yachts to be used as patrol vessels on the Pacific coast and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Leslie Thomson; the Terrace-Prince Rupert Highway; the question of Canadian sovereignty over the Alaska Highway; Canada - U.S. relations; Roosevelt's fears of the British Navy falling into German hands circa 1940; Winston Churchill and his public speeches versus. his private correspondence; Keenleyside's appointment and experiences as Canadian ambassador to Mexico 1944-1947; Hume Wrong; the Canadian legation in Mexico 1944-1947; Mexico circa 1944-1947; Keenleyside's reasons for leaving External Affairs; his appointment and experiences as Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources and Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 1947-1950; the Department of Mines and Resources 1947-1950; Lester B. Pearson; the United Nations' 25th General Assembly (1970); Keenleyside's experiences as Deputy Minister of Resources and Development in 1950; the United Nations' Scientific Conference on Conservation and Utilization of Resources (UNSCUR) at Lake Success in 1949; the establishment of Carleton University; Arctic Institute of North America; the Canadian delegation to UNSCUR in 1949; Keenleyside's appointment and experiences as Chief of the United Nations' Technical Assistance Committee to Bolivia in 1950; Bolivia; Latin America; Keenleyside's experiences as Director-General of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration (UNTAA) 1950-1959; Robert Winters; Louis St. Laurent; the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration; its mandate; financing; multilateral versus bilateral programs; Soviet pledge; its successes and its failures; scholarships; external aid; U.S. support for dictatorships in Latin America; attitudes of recipients; access to clean water; financing aid; profit for countries contributing to the international aid program; obstacles and difficulties in aid to under-developed countries; Technical Assistance Experts; Trygve Lie; McCarthyism and the Sub-Committees on Un-American Activities; Lester B. Pearson; Dag Hammarskjold; Henry Cabot Lodge; Resources For the Future (a U.S. research organization); Hugh Keenleyside; his appointment and experiences as Chairman of the B.C. Power Commission 1959-1969; the B.C. Power Commission 1959-1969; B.C. Electric; its takeover by the B.C. Power Commission; Columbia River Treaty; General A.G.L. McNaughton; Columbia River Project; negotiations; Duncan Dam; Arrow Dam (later became the Keenleyside Dam); Mica Creek Dam; benefits; criticisms; value; Davie Fulton; Howard Green; W.A.C. Bennett; Hugh Keenleyside; his various activities and memberships; as Chairman of the Canadian Committee for Control of Radiation Hazards; his election and experiences as Chancellor of Notre Dame University of Nelson (B.C.) 1969-1977; Bishop Ted Scott; David Thompson University Centre in Nelson B.C.; university funding in B.C.; Keenleyside's experiences as Acting High Commissioner to Newfoundland in 1944; Newfoundland; a reference to the "government of British civil servants"; a "dominion in suspense" 1944; R.B. Bennett; William Lyon Mackenzie King; Sir Herbert Marler; John Bracken; Pierre E. Trudeau; Couchiching conferences; Hugh Keenleyside; his hobbies of gourmet cooking and poker; his favourite authors; most influential books; his own writings; and various activities since his retirement. ~He also talks about: his role as Associate Commissioner for the U.N. Habitat conference; United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat) 1976; Habitat Forum (the unofficial conference at Jericho Beach); Hugh Keenleyside; his views on bilingualism; Western separatism; the Liberal Party of Canada; the necessity for a strong central government; Canada-U.S. relations; the Canadian economy; trade; foreign investment; the Canada Development Corporation; Tony Hampson; the Senate; the future of Canada; and his world view. <7h 55mn>

Langue :

English

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Secord interview in a series of two.~3. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Victoria for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~4. Consultation was closed until the publication of Hugh L. Keenleyside's memoirs.~5. Hugh L. Keenleyside died on 28 September 1992.~6. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada for this interview.~7. The original recordings were later acquired by LAC and can be found under ISN 550571.
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MSS 22018

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