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Volume #12 - 1276. | |
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CHAPTER XII RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES | |
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23 YUGOSLAVIA | |
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1276. |
DEA/9035-40 |
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Memorandum from Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs to Second Political Division | |
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Ottawa,
November 20th, 1946 | |
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Mr. Cabric, the Yugoslav Chargé d'Affaires, called to see me this morning, and mentioned the friendly conversation he had had with you some time ago on the stepinac matter.1 He said that he was glad to be able to cooperate by not publishing his letter. He also intimated that he rather got the impression that, as a return for this co-operation on his part, you had suggested that Yugoslavia might receive some kind of help from Canada in 1947. He was hard to understand, and I am not sure whether he was referring to the development of trade relations or relief supplies. I think the latter, as he mentioned their need for cattle. I told him that, in as far as relief was concerned, our policy was to take our fair share of the international relief burden, and that this whole question was now under consideration in New York. If, as a result of this consideration, Canada participated in international relief, her supplies would be sent to those who needed them the most, after international consultation. This made it impossible, therefore, to discuss relief supplies for any particular country. I emphasized that we had been approached by other countries for help, if and when UNRRA came to an end, but that we did not make any commitments of this kind because we did not like, in principle, the idea of relief being handled on a unilateral or bilateral basis.2 L. B. P[EARSON] 1Le ministère du Commerce. 2A G. L. Magann. 2To G. L. Magann. | |
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