ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS MG 31, E 44 Finding Aid No. 1883/Instrument de recherche no 1883 Prepared in 1993 by Normand Laplante Préparé en 1993 par Normand Laplante for the Public Life Archives pour le Programme des archives de la Programme. vie publique. -ii- TABLE OF CONTENTS Inventory entry................................................................ iii Introduction ...................................................................vi ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY AND DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS................................................... 1 i A. E. Ritchie files .................................................. 1 ii Norman A. Robertson (Under-Secretary of State of External Affairs) files .... 2 AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .......................... 4 UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ....................... 8 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE ............................................... 12 PERSONAL FILES ............................................................ 14 HUME W. WRONG PERSONAL FILES ........................................... 15 -vi- INTRODUCTION The Albert Edgar Ritchie papers document the activities of a senior civil servant which held important positions in the conduct of Canadian foreign affairs in the 1960's and 1970's: Assistant and Deputy Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, Ambassador to the US and Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs. They also include valuable files of Hume W. Wrong and Norman A. Robertson, men who were instrumental in the elaboration of a Canadian foreign policy in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's. For further information on Mr. Ritchie's career and on the arrangement of his papers, please see the inventory entry on page ii of the finding aid. ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS MG 31 E 44 Vol. File Subject Date ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY AND DEPUTY UNDER- SECRETARY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS i A. E. Ritchie files 1 1 Columbia River for Canada Committee. -- brief submitted to the External Affairs [ca. 1965] Committee of the House of Commons 1 2 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence S e p t . - D e c . 1959 1 3 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (1 of 3) 1960 1 4 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (2 of 3) 1960 1 5 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (3 of 3) 1960 1 6 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (1 of 3) Jan.-June 1961 1 7 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (2 of 3) Jan.-June 1961 1 8 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (3 of 3) Jan.-June 1961 1 9 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) July-Dec. 1961 1 10 Diary File. -- official memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) July-Dec. 1961 1 11 Export of Surplus Electric Power. -- brief to the Export Trade Promotion 1960 Conference 1 12 Independent Foreign Policy. -- memorandum 1966 1 13 Interdepartmental Committee on the Possible Development of Feature Film 1963-1964 Production in Canada (1 of 3) 1 14 Interdepartmental Committee on the Possible Development of Feature Film 1963-1964 Production in Canada (2 of 3) 1 15 Interdepartmental Committee on the Possible Development of Feature Film 1963-1964 Production in Canada (3 of 3) 1 16 Nassau Meetings between President John F. Kennedy, Prime Minister Harold 1962-1963 MacMillan and Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. -- memoranda and correspondence 2 ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS MG 31 E 44 Vol. File Subject Date ii Norman A. Robertson (Under-Secretary of State of External Affairs) files 2 1 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "A" 1961-1962 2 2 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "B" 1961-1963 2 3 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "C" 1959-1963 2 4 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "D" 1959-1963 2 5 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "E" 1959-1960 2 6 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "F" (1 of 2) 1958-1962 2 7 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "F" (2 of 2) 1958-1962 2 8 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "G" 1959-1963 2 9 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "H" 1958-1963 2 10 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "I" 1960-1963 2 11 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "J-K" 1959, 1963 2 12 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "L-M" 1958-1964 2 13 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "N-Q" 1958-1963 2 14 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "R" (1 of 2) 1958-1964 2 15 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "R" (2 of 2) 1958-1964 2 16 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "S" 1959-1963 2 17 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "T" 1963 2 18 Correspondents with Norman Robertson. -- "U-Z" 1958-1962 2 19 Operation Rustic. -- memoranda and other documents 1959-1962 2 20 Personnel matters. -- memoranda and correspondence 1957-1960 2 21 Ross, Hilmar. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1956-1960 2 22 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes n . d . , 1935, 1953-1957 2 23 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1959 (1 of 3) 2 24 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1959 (2 of 3) 3 1 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1959 (3 of 3) 3 2 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1960 (1 of 5) MG 31 E 44 ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS 3 Vol. File Subject Date 3 3 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1960 (2 of 5) 3 4 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1960 (3 of 6) 3 5 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1960 (4 of 5) 3 6 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1960 (5 of 5) 3 7 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (1 of 6) 3 8 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (2 of 6) 3 9 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (3 of 6) 3 10 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (4 of 6) 3 11 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (5 of 6) 3 12 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1961 (6 of 6) 3 13 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1962 (1 of 4) 3 14 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1962 (2 of 4) 3 15 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1962 (3 of 4) 4 1 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1962 (4 of 4) 4 2 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (1 of 6) 4 3 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (2 of 6) 4 4 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (3 of 6) 4 5 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (4 of 6) 4 6 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (5 of 6) 4 ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS MG 31 E 44 Vol. File Subject Date 4 7 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1963 (6 of 6) 4 8 Under-Secretary's files. -- memoranda, correspondence and notes 1964 AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 4 9 Appointment book (1 of 2) 1966 4 10 Appointment book (2 of 2) 1966 4 11 Appointment book (1 of 2) 1967 4 12 Appointment book (2 of 2) 1967 4 13 Appointment book (1 of 2) 1968 4 14 Appointment book (2 of 2) 1968 5 1 Appointment book (1 of 2) 1969 5 2 Appointment book (2 of 2) 1969 5 3 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence July 1966 5 4 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence Aug. 1966 5 5 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence Sept. 1966 5 6 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence Oct. 1966 5 7 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence Nov. 1966 5 8 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence Dec. 1966 5 9 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Jan. 1967 5 10 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Jan. 1967 5 11 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Feb. 1967 5 12 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Feb. 1967 5 13 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) March 1967 5 14 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) March 1967 5 15 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) April 1967 5 16 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) April 1967 5 17 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) May 1967 5 18 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) May 1967 MG 31 E 44 ALBERT EDGAR RITCHIE FONDS 5 Vol. File Subject Date 6 1 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) June 1967 6 2 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) June 1967 6 3 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) J u l y - A u g . 1967 6 4 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) J u l y - A u g . 1967 6 5 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Sept. 1967 6 6 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Sept. 1967 6 7 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Oct. 1967 6 8 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Oct. 1967 6 9 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Nov. 1967 6 10 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Nov. 1967 6 11 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Dec. 1967 6 12 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Dec. 1967 6 13 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 3) Jan. 1968 6 14 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 3) Jan. 1968 6 15 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (3 of 3) Jan. 1968 6 16 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (1 of 2) Feb. 1968 6 17 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence (2 of 2) Feb. 1968 6 18 Diary File. -- memoranda and correspondence March 1968 7 1 Diary File.