| Vote against nuclear arms April 8

As the Federal election campaign entered its final days new
powerful evidence came to light of gross U.S. interference in
Canadian affairs, and pointed up once again the need to halt

U.S. meddling by rejecting nuclear arms on April 8.

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ARCH 29, 1963
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VOL. 23, NO. 13

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e Election Special e

Two evenis took place in
the last few days which prove
that the central issue in this
election is to stop U.S. inter-
ference in Canadian affairs.

Not content with creating
a crisis in Canada over its
open intervention on the nuc-
lear arms issue, the U.S. a few
days ago released a report by
a special 10-man committee
set up by President Kennedy
and headed by Pentagon Gen-
eral Lucius Clay

The report of the U.S. com-
mittee, which told Canada
what it should be doing in
the field of foreign aid,
brought forth an immediate
reaction. i

External Affairs Minister
Howard Green labelled it as
another example of American
interference, and Liberal
leader Lester Pearson, Wash-
ington’s big hope, (fearing
that he wil] be put on the
spot), hastened to say. that

“this issue will be decided in
Canada and not in Washing-
ton or any other foreign coun-
try,”

In his statement Green also
admitted what Canadian Com-
munists have charged for a
long time, that U.S. “aid” is
not really aid at all but money
“used to exercise political in-
fluence in other countries.”

The second bombshell drop-
ped this week was a report by
Ottawa correspondent Charles
Lynch that Prime Minister
Diefenbaker is carrying a sec-
ret U.S. document outlining
Washington’s demands on
Canada.

The document was prepar-
ed, according to Lynch, by
presidential adviser Walt Ros-
tow as a guide for Kennedy
in his talks with Diefenbaker
in May, 1961. .

According to the reporis
the document advised Ken-
nedy that Canada should be
“pushed” to accept nuclear
weapons under joint control,
to join the Organization of
American States, decrease her
trade with China and Cuba
and ratify the Columbia River
treaty.

It is also reported to have
suggested pressure on Canada
to accept quotas or increased
tariffs against Canadian gas
and oil. lead and zinc, and
timber products entering the
U.S. market.

Although Prime Minister
Diefenbaker hastened to -an-
nounce he had no such docu-
ment, the events since Presi-
dent Kennedy’s meeting in
Ottawa confirms that the U.S.
has been pressuring Canada to
surrender to its demands on
each of the issues reported in
the “secret” document.

The only thing which has
blocked the U.S. from gain-
ing its demands has been pub-
lic opposition on each of the
issues mentioned. The crisis
over nuclear arms is. thus
seen as an attempt by the U.S.
to “break the log jam.”

The events of the last few
days give added weight to the
warning of Communist Party
leader Leslie Morris (see re-
port on page 3) that if a Lib-
eral government is elected it
will surrender to the U.S. _~

This must be blocked on

April 8 by the voters of Can-
ada.