Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations, 1945-1957

342 Pages·1993·20.391 MB·English

by  Joseph Levitt

Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament
and Arms Control Negotiations, 1945-195J.-
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Pearson and
Canada's Role in
Nuclear Disarmament
and Arms Control
Negotiations, 1945-195 7
JOSEPH LEVITT
McGill-Queen's University Press
Montreal & Kingston • London • Buffalo
McGill-Queen's University Press 1993
ISBN 0-7735-0905-4
Legal deposit second quarter 1993
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper
This book has been published with the help of
grants from the Social Science Federation of
Canada, using funds provided by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada, the University of Ottawa, and the
Cooperative Security Competition Program,
External Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Levitt, Joseph.
Pearson and Canada's role in nuclear
disarmament and arms control negotiations,
1945-1957
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7735-0905-4
1. Nuclear disarmament - Government policy -
Canada. 2. Arms control - Government policy -
Canada. 3. Canada - Military policy.
4. Canada - Politics and government - 1948-1957.
I. Tide
JX1974.7.L48 1993 327.1'74'0971 C93-090152-5
Contents
Acknowledgments / vii
Introduction / 3
1 The Strategic Setting / 11
2 Pearson on the Superpower Confrontation / 43
3 Canada and the Baruch Plan, 1945-46 / 75
4 The Propaganda Wars: Defending the Baruch Plan,
1947-49 / 107
5 The Erosion of the Majority Plan, 1950-53 / 137
6 Narrowing the Gap between East and West, 1954-55 /
166
7 Working to Maintain Franco-American Harmony,
1955-567 192
8 Final Negotiations 1956-57: The Nuclear Test Ban
and Aerial Inspection / 225
9 Conclusion / 264
Appendix: Key Actors and Meetings / 287
Notes / 293
Bibliography 7317
Index / 327
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the Social Science Federation of Canada, the
Research and Publications Committee of the Faculty of Arts of the
University of Ottawa, and the Cooperative Security Competition
Program of External Affairs and International Trade Canada for
their grants which made the publication of this book possible.
I would like to thank the folks at McGill-Queen's for their efforts
in bringing this book out. I am grateful to Mr Dacre Cole of the
Historical Section of the Academic Division of the Department of
External Affairs for his kindness and patience in helping me with
access to the necessary documents. I would like to thank David
Russell for reading this text and making useful suggestions. I was
extremely fortunate that Marion Magee, who is simply a superb
editor, agreed to work on this manuscript; her standards are truly
impressive; she has done much to improve the flow of the narrative
as well as to strengthen its coherence. Finally, I would like to thank
my wife, Marnie, not only for her steadfast support but also for her
uncanny skill with a computer.
Lester Pearson at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, 6
January 1949. George Ignatieff is on his right. United Nations
Department of Public Information; National Archives of Canada PAl 17616
Lester Pearson addresses the eleventh session of the United Nations
General Assembly, 19 November 1956. United Nations 51591; National
Archives of Canada C189169