Permanent historical factsheet

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Canada · Government / Government of Canada. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1948–1983Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1948

Lester Bowles Pearson4 April 1948

Washington · Government / Government of Canada

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

1983

Pierre Elliott TrudeauSeptember 1983

Quebec · Government / Government of Canada

Visited by Margaret Thatcher who tries to persuade him to tighten his links with NATO

Names involved

Lester Bowles PearsonPierre Elliott Trudeau

Provenance

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