Canadian-American Summit Diplomacy, 1923-1973 : Selected Speeches and Documents

This volume identifies and documents the summit meetings between Canadian Prime Ministers and US Presidents from 1923 to 1973. Cloaked in a rhetoric all their own, these meetings have become an integral part of the symbolic and decisional process between Canada and the United States. The editor has selected documents from these meetings that recreate not only the issues of concern to the two nations, but the atmosphere in which the meetings took place. Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations for main sources List of tables Introduction A. President Calvin Coolidge and Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie Ling, Washington, D.C., November 22-24, 1927 I.Prime Minister King' s Account of Meeting I. Prime Minister R.B. Bennett (August 1930-October 1935) (Presidents Herbert C. Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt) II. Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King (October 1935-November 1948) (President Franklin D.Roosevelt) A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D .C ., November 7-10, 1935 and Novem ber 15, 1935 and November 15, 1935 B. Prime Minister W . L . Mackenzie King and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Quebec City, P.Q ., July 31, 1936 C . Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kingston, Ontario and Thousand Islands Bridge, Clayton, New York, and Ivy Lea, Ontario , August 18, 1938 D . President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., November 17-19, 1938 E. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. Warm Springs, Georgia, and Washington, D. C ., April 23-24, and 29, 1940 F. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King, Ogdensburg, New York, August 17-18, 1940 G . President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., April 16-17, 1941, and Hyde Park , New York, April 20, 1941 H . President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., May 18-21, 1943, also with Prime Minister Winston Churchill I. Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Quebec City, P.Q ., also with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, August 17-24,1943 (First Quebec Conference), and Ottaw a, Ontario , August 25, 1943 III. Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King (October 1935-November 1948) (President Harry S.Truman) A. President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister W . L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., September 29-30, 1945 B. President Harry S. Truman , Prime Minister W . L . Mackenzie King, and Prime Minister C . R. Attlee, Washington, D. C ., November 10-15, 1945 C . President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., October 27-28, 1946 D. President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, Washington, D. C ., A pril 23, 1947 E. Prime Minister W. L .Mackenzie King and President Harry S. Truman , Ottawa, Ontario , June 10-12, 1947 F. President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 2, 1948 IV. Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent (November 1948- June 1957) (Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower) A. President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, Washington, D. C ., February 11-13, 1949 B. President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, Washington, D. C ., September 27-28, 1951 C . President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, Washington, D. C ., May 7-8, 1953 D. Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ottawa, Ontario , November 13-15, 1953 E. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, also with President Adolpho Ruiz Cortines of Mexico, March 26-27, 1956 F. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Louis S.St. Laurent, Augusta, Georgia, December 11, 1956 V. Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker (June 1957- April 1963) (Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy) A. Prime Minister John G . Diefenbaker and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ottawa, Ontario, July 8-11, 1958 B. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker, Washington, D. C ., June 3-4, 1960 C . President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker, Washington, D .C ., January 17, 1961 D. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker, Washington, D. C ., February 20, 1961 E. Prime Minister John G . Diefenbaker and President John F. Kennedy, Ottawa, Ontario, May 16-18, 1961 F. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Nassau, Bahamas, December 18-21, also with Prime Minister John G . Diefenbaker, December 21-22, 1962 VI. Prime Minister Lester B.Pearson (April 1963- April 1968) (Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson) A. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, Hyannis, Massachusetts, May 10-11, 1963 B. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, Washington, D. C ., January 21-22, 1964 C . President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, New York City, N.Y., May 28, 1964 D. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson , Great Falls, Montana, and Vancouver, British Columbia, September 16, 1964 E . President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, LBJ Ranch, Johnson City, Texas, January 15-16, 1965 F. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, Camp David Presidential Retreat, Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, April 3, 1965 G . Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, August 21, 1966 H . Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Harrington Lake, P.Q., May 25, 1967 VII. Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau (April 1968-) (Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon) A. President Richard M. Nixon and Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau, Washington, D.C., March 24-25, 1969 B. President Richard M. Nixon and Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau, Washington, D.C., December 6-7, 1971 C . Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau and President Richard M. Nixon, Ottawa, Ontario , April 13-15, 1972 Appendix