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Following fOJ~ the from Pearson, Pr:1.nie Minister- Begins: The feeling f'rom oi'ficial IJa.tions., ... from my work a.t the I ge"l; here and unofficial tall<:s in Washington with lcinCs oi' people., and mugazin0s I read and the broadcasts all one of growlng acceptance is closer it it w:111 now be o. miracle that than and after It he1 ..e. tough through language uncompromtsing f'nnat:lcal not the Chinese so much that - if' posi t:I.on, i..-1 the betwenn bursts face I listen to - is that a general the 1q2.1.r-i and ,., conclus:i.on .night a people cease its 01.., al:i this., is f'ire 11 speak the same bruto.1., by their - and th.Gy tall: ill'to 0 and richtcousncss nicnds of excitemen-!;, broadcast representatives I am more f:t":i.ghte:ned St:::.tes that I r.mst confess tragic Pe:tpin.g war -, since Cormnu.nist co.nce:1.t ::Ln th(: sla,cngth t;he Uni tcd nm-rspapers to necotiate of Moscow· and show the att:ltude. f':i::omthe • s 'l1hursda:,r ef'forts thn t peacfi can only be ensured pence to this Prcs:i.dent ·t110 1:n New YOl"k and ave1"tcd. is come .clo:scr to is lt if om."' d1.scourae5.ng ·w•ith Pe.king view has been at anv,,, time I have myself' aft;c-,r listenlng cif' the United ways. dcfinj. of the t1uch a.bout The .American tel:: ha1•dening., the mould of total 000422 L �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur /'acces ii /'information ' J 1J - 2 - preparation for President that I all s broadcnst, view. to this and widespread along; of war. calm and measured The stated broadcast acc€ptance reaction ,-ras that as it wo.s, con.f'1rmed to t~he Chinese Co1nmunists here the Americans wanted to_ fight that lcnew :proved what they merely it The in order to / Corm:·1Un:t.sm by arms wherever ·destroy othert•rtse, "t-rhy 1rnuld Mr. wo:c-d 1-rhj_ch, to thbt1, just they could Truman talk :presaged war. aggressors 2. is equs.lly It deterrnined as the been before clea1" by now that in !)eace time~ l-rhatcver the results r.aay be. str;ngth can be accompanied . it the pia.r.ch and all to stril{e within Euror,ean defences impossible. months :pressure. further 3. reach this i,rith:tn our mm l.U-'mcd I feel far-reaching twelve a point decisions sunune~., on matters economic and industrial such decisions. is be· growing Canada.,· to strengthen notentie.l .. . for 1,1s even .. a.re rolling to take even more :!.n·the weeks ahead than we had to take concerned with organization., OUl"sclves We 't-rill on the Western ty 1rtll diff'icul to these be a lit•cle defence., f'inR.nce., and the best manpower to ca1.,ry out our corm:-1itr.1cnt;s., how we can adju~it China victory -chat develovments :mnkc 1.t nccessa1,y against ti ..;y-ing and dangerous and our defence qui tc, cin~tain with before we have ancl w•ithout force::: that, months., of this this if deterrent where an easy means that One aspect on us, up which will last thE: next I it :may provoke the Rus$ia.ns of' Asia restle:ss., All ahead. rislc the that., is by ,-rise a11cl unprovocative may provr~ to be an effective also States has ever· increasing than a vc1ry good chance however, the against it still Th.ere is, ·were JJart, thE, United f'a.r s·tronger the:pE· is \ra.r. a were in 1918-19190 thin!<: that diplomacy., on their revolution· Russians to make. :ltself mobilization., They, as d.ete1"l!linJid. to 1H•o·cect their American about it; find use of our "In fact~., I do not new development;s clearer soc 1-rithout ,.,,• on -iihls )Oint., 000423 �Document disclosed unde·, the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur /'acces ii l'informatio I \ .'.! . ;, - 3 ... of cou~se, when i-re get •!;he z,esul ts of the Brussels but the main pP.oblem will Pact, be one tha'r. is deeper namely., the impossibility or the s·ceps .that mobilization; the Atlantie the consequences talren here in the direction of' total consequences which will be as important politically for us aa they will we have certainly be in the defence IIk~naged to keep an even keel of -the last thinking, than a:cte being and economicall1 veather of escaping meeting., ti.;elve months., but going to be more d1ff1cult it field. 1n the a tori:!y is., to my way of to do that in the months ahead. 4. l hope you do not mind my putting thoug..'1-\.t.sea they d.o n0,t breathe occu1,,red to me here .the spirit I run. in the middle make one think •fr1ght(?:ning. or of Ch:rietmas in New York. of Chr-istmas., now t-;ith dovn these but then the Chinese They have are random They certa:tnly the negotiations not mu.eh as to been depree1tiing, alm.ost Ends. 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Title A name given to the resource Warm War / 18 DECEMBER 1950 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950-12-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDTT00083 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chairman, Canadian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, New York to Secretary of State for External Affairs no. 674, 18 Dec. 1950, LAC, RG 25, vol. 4758, file no. 50069-D-40, part 1. Louis St. Laurent United Nations