John Diefenbaker (1957-1963) and John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
- President John F. Kennedy meets Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker in the Oval Office in Washington in February 20, 1961:
- John F. Kennedy's Address to the Canadian Parliament May 17, 1961:
- News articles on the turbulent relationship between John F. Kennedy and John Diefenbaker:
- https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/11/18/jfks_war_with_diefenbaker.html
- https://www.macleans.ca/society/10-reasons-why-dief-the-chief-and-jfk-hated-each-other/
- https://thomasdir.wordpress.com/plays/the-def-con-incident/
- https://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/john-f-kennedys-turbulent-relationship-with-canada/
- Open Text BC Article describing the tumultuous relations between President JFK and Prime Minister Diefenbaker (the two leaders quoted calling eachother names):
- President JFK and his wife's visit to Ottawa with Prime Minister Diefenbaker in May 1961:
- President JFK and Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the telephone conversation regarding the opening of a new Mutual Defense Communication System July 22, 1961:
- The Bomarc Controversy (Diefenbaker's decision to accept American Bomarc missiles on Canadian soil, sparking controversy around the country, which resulted in the Diefenbaker government retracting the decision and this nuclear controversy ultimately ended Diefenbaker's time as Prime Minister):
- President JFK and Prime Minister Diefenbaker/Canada and the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis:
- https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1933&context=etd
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/26926206
- https://diefenbaker.usask.ca/exhibits/online-exhibits-content/canadas-role-in-the-cuban-missile-crisis-en.php
- https://valourcanada.ca/military-history-library/cuban-missile-crisis-diefenbaker-harkness-and-kennedy/
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/23032807
- https://mccottawaoffice.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/canada-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/
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