Canada Wins NATO Backing For Human Contacts Push
Canada secured NATO support for a human oriented approach in future East Europe talks. The final communique emphasized improving human contacts ahead of the 34 nation security and cooperation in Europe conference in Helsinki starting July 3. Canadian officials warned real travel easing isn’t imminent but the stance adds pressure to help families divided by the Iron Curtain. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp called the move very satisfying and a top objective for the Helsinki talks. The document also touched on balance of payments issues from military spending and standardization, while omitting references to the Iceland Britain cod war and Greece unrest.
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NATO
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Helsinki
Mitchell Sharp
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United States
Michel Jobert
West Germany
Berlin
Mediterranean
Iceland
Great Britain
Greece
Viet Cong optimistic as Vietnam ceasefire holds on first day
A Viet Cong general says peace conditions are favorable and expects the strengthened ceasefire to work. Both sides reported numerous small violations but no major attacks on the first day, with 84 truce breaches cited by Saigon and hours of renewed activity as forces consolidate. The accord followed Kissinger Tho talks, with VC and Saigon signing. Tuan urged observed ceasefire by all, and meetings of field commanders were proposed but not implemented. Red Cross visits for detainees were suggested, while maps of controlled areas remained undrawn.
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Canadian Red Cross
MPs clash over tax cuts not boosting corporate expansion
Saskatchewan MP Lorne Nystrom of the NDP charges that rising profits did not prompt more investment in 1971 and 1972, citing Statistics Canada figures of under $3 billion each year. He says Liberal and Conservative tax cuts fail to spur growth while U.S. Nixon tax changes shift potential tax revenue south.
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Saskatchewan
Lorne Nystrom
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Nystrom
John Turner
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United States
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Nixon
Lang criticizes tunnel vision in Western policy clash
Justice Minister Otto Lang lashes Western premiers for short sighted ideas, calling Manitoba feed grain subsidies ridiculous as he warns at a water resources conference. He promises federal aid for Western development and urges balanced federal representation for the region. In Montreal, 3,500 IAM machinists walk out at Air Canada triggering flight cancellations and renewed talks with mediator Bernard Wilson.
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Montreal
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Montreal International
Morton rejects six month study of Canada oil pipeline
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton dismissed a six month study of a Canada to United States oil pipeline as infeasible noting the Alyeska trans Alaska project took nearly two years. He warned a Canada route would exceed six months, be a massive task and could delay urgently needed oil by years.
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