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MEMORANDUM
rede
28933
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
approad
CONFIDENTIAL
ACTION
June 1971
appl
Chidage
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
FROM.
Henry A. Kissinger #K
SUBJECT
Correspondence with Prime Minister Trudeau
Prime Minister Trudeau has written you offering his initial impressions from
his visit to the USSR (Tab B). He notes that he does not underestimate the
difficulties in achieving "reasonable" relations with the USSR, and expresses
the hope that you share this objective which he believes benefits both the US
and Canada Trudeau reports that the Soviet leadership spoke seriously and
without polemics, despite the fact that Canada is in NATO and NORAD. The
Prime Minister again renewed his invitation for you to visit Canada later this
year.
In the days since Trudeau has returned to Ottawa, there has been a growing
amount of criticism with respect to his trip, especially from the opposition
parties and from the press which is now largely negative. The main thrust
of the criticism relates to Trudeau's apparent unwillingness to intercede while
in the USSR on behalf of imprisoned Ukrainians (the fourth largest ethnic group
in Canada), and the possible implications for Canadian relations with the US and
NATO.
This recent commentary in both the press and in Commons has included defense
and praise of the US from some unlikely champions such as former Prime
Minister Diefenbaker. It is refreshing indeed for the Canadian body politic to
apply this corrective to the earlier overblown treatment of Trudeau's USSR visit.
The Canadian Government has begun its more detailed debriefing for us of the
Trudeau visit, as Trudeau promised in his letter. Their Foreign Office has
provided us, for example, with the Soviet first draft of the proposed joint com-
munique (no other country, except perhaps the UK, will receive these). The
Soviet language was radically altered in negotiations with the Canadians, which
almost broke down over obstinate efforts by the Soviets.
CONFIDENTIAL
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
DECLASSIFIED
This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified
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