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On this date in 1960 Dwight Eisenhower learned that tensions had been building in the American-Canadian relationship. As soon as Ike heard this, he telephoned his Secretary of State, Christian Herter, with suggestions as to how his administration could curb these feelings in Ottawa.
“The President telephoned to say he had just been reading about our deteriorating relations with Canada, which was something he had not been aware of; that we have done so much to keep good relations,” Herter wrote in a report he made of his conversation with the President. “The Secretary said he had not been aware of this either; that we have had many meetings with the Canadians and they all went off well.
The President and Herter agreed that a visit by Diefenbaker that coming June would be issued. Dief, in turn, was invited to Washington where he was feted by America’s 34You can read a more complete report on the conversations between Herter and Eisenhower on this topic at the following link:is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon.
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