Economic Aspects of Canadian-Latin American Relations
| Date | 01 December 1960 |
| Published date | 01 December 1960 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070206001500406 |
| Author | R. M. Will |
| Subject Matter | Notes and Comment |
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INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
rejection.
Indeed,
no
proposal
is
likely
to
achieve
anything
unless
it
has
in
it a
good
deal
for
the
U.S.S.R.
Essentially,
the
bargain
would
be
acceptance
by
the
West
of
the
Soviet
mili-
tary
and
economic
stake
in
the
G.D.R.,
and
the
territorial
status
quo
in
Europe,
in
return
for
concessions
by
the
U.S.S.R.
to
the
German
desire
for
unity,
more
liberal conditions
in
the
G.D.R.,
and
a
surer
basis
for
the
freedom
of
West
Berlin. Both
sides
would
gain from
the
lessened
risk
of
explosion
in
Central Europe.
Since
we
are
powerless
to
roll
back
the
Iron
Curtain,
we
should
be
sacrificing
little
but
pretension.
There
would
be
no
point,
and
considerable
risk,
in
the
West
recognizing
the
G.D.R.
in
defiance
of
the
West
Germans.
How-
ever,
their
willingness
to
agree
to
this
exceedingly
distasteful
measure
can
only
be
won
if it
is
presented-and
intended--as
the
means
of
meeting
so
far
as
possible
legitimate
German
as-
pirations.
They
must
be
brought
to
realize
that
the first,
es-
sential
step
in
transcending
the
division
of
the
fatherland
is,
paradoxically,
the
recognition
of
the harsh
fact
of
that
division.
They
must
also
see
that
time
is
not
on
their
side-that
partition
is
hardening
every
year.
Germany's
allies
should
show,
not
only
sympathy
with
the
German
longing
for
unity
and
freedom,
but
confidence
in
their
ability
to
be
loyal
to
the
West
while
waging an
imaginative,
political
struggle
to
assist the
17,000,000
Germans
beyond
the
Iron
Curtain.
It is
unfortunate
that
a
fresh
and
more
promising
approach
to
the
German
Problem
was
not
initiated
during
recent
months
when
it
was
relatively
quiescent.
Now
Ulbricht
has stimulated
a
minor
crisis
by imposing
new
restrictions
on
the
entry
into
East
Berlin
of
West
Germans and West
Berliners. Nevertheless,
while
the
West
must
of
course
resist
this
renewed
pressure,
it
would
be
well
advised
to
reassess
its
position and
be
ready
to
take
advantage
of
the
next
lull
-if
one
comes.
ECONOMIC
ASPECTS
OF
CANADIAN-LATIN
AMERICAN
RELATIONS
R.
M.
Will
University
of
British
Columbia
The
question
of
Canadian
membership
in
the
Organization
of
American
States
is
again
stirring
public
interest,
and
judging
by
statements
carried
in
the
press
the
Government
is
in
the
process
of
reassessing
Canada's
position
vis-&-vis
the
so-called
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