Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) | The Brian Mulroney Institute of Government

Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

President Johnson and Prime Minister Pearson signing the Columbia River Treaty 1964:
Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson and the Vietnam War:
Prime Minister Pearson's Speech April 2, 1965 at Temple University on Canada's position as peacekeeping support to the US in Vietnam (this position was highly criticized by Johnson and the US as a whole):
Unofficial Account by Charles Ritchie, Canadian ambassador to Washington, regarding Pearson's visit to President Lyndon Johnson's Camp David retreat the day after Pearson's speech at Temple University where the two reportedly had a confrontation:
- https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1974/1/1/the-day-the-president-of-the-united-states-struck-fear-and-trembling-into-the-heart-of-our-pm
Prime Minister Pearson's Government accepting the Bomarc missile armed with nuclear weapons, following Diefenbaker's withdrawal:
- https://www.lermuseum.org/1946-to-present/1957-1964/bomarc-missile-and-the-nuclear-weapons-controversy-1958-1963
- https://legionmagazine.com/en/2019/09/bomarc-missiles-come-to-canada/
Pearson & the postwar Canada-US relationship:
- https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/canadian-universities/tolerant-allies-canada-and-the-united-states-1963-1968-book-excerpt/
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Auto Pact:
Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson Commit to tighten Canada-US Ties (1964):
- https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/22/archives/pearson-and-johnson-confer-to-tighten-uscanada-ties-prime-minister.html

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