-LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST.TO READ THE TEXT OF TRUDEAU'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH UPON BEING GIVEN THAT YEAR'S ALBERT EINSTEIN PEACE PRIZE--SO THESE RECORDS CONTAIN HIS OWN WORDS ON THIS SUBJECT-- TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
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WASHINGTON-Pierre Trudeau yesterday urged NATO to stop deployment of U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe.
He also urged the Soviets to reduce their European missiles and return to arms-control talks.
But he seemed doubtful either side would listen as "the nuclear accountants1 hold the world to ransom."
Trudeau, 65, won a standing ovation for his remarks as he accepted the 1984 Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
The ex-prime minister called for a "temporary moratorium" on deployment of NATO cruise and Pershing missiles in Europe in return for "a reduction of equivalent Soviet weaponry, as well as a Soviet undertaking to resume negotiations immediately."
He attacked leaders of the East and West for committing themselves to "the politics of war."
"The politicians who once stated that war was too important to be left to the generals now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves," he said.2
Trudeau, whose date for the event was Canadian actress and nuclear-freeze advocate Margot Kidder, said the fate of "all God's handiwork" rests with two men--Ronald Reagan and Konstantin Chernenko.
"Neither in my judgment is evil."
Later, he joked that the $50,000 peace prize "will keep me in good shape until I get back into politics."3
(article accompanied by (AFP) photograph of Pierre E. Trudeau and Margot Kidder, captioned:
Pierre Trudeau attends award ceremony with actress Margot Kidder.
(text of November 14, 1984 The Province article)
-LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST.
TO READ THE TEXT OF
TRUDEAU'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH UPON BEING GIVEN
THAT YEAR'S ALBERT EINSTEIN PEACE PRIZE--SO THESE RECORDS CONTAIN HIS OWN
WORDS ON THIS SUBJECT-- TAKE A
BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
1-I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT TRUDEAU COINED THIS TERM, "NUCLEAR ACCOUNTANTS," BECAUSE HE HAD/HAS A VERY NASTY HABIT OF NOT ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGING THE SOURCE(S) OF HIS POLICIES, STATEMENTS, ETC.
BUT IT STRUCK ME AS PASSING STRANGE THAT HE ADOPTED THE TERM AT ALL.
WHEN I WENT BACK TO COLLEGE IN TORONTO IN 1975 AFTER HAVING HAD TO ABANDON MY 1971-72 FILM PRODUCTION COURSE IN THUNDER BAY DUE TO WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE, I STUDIED ACCOUNTING (AND GRADUATED WITH NO MARK LOWER THAN A B).
THERE ARE THREE THINGS TO CONSIDER IN UNDERSTANDING WHY I BRING UP THIS SUBJECT NOW.
THE FIRST IS WHETHER THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE AMERICAN AND SOVIET NUCLEAR ARSENALS IS RELEVANT TO "ALL OF US" BEYOND BELIEVING THAT, IF THEY USE THEM, INDEED, IN SHORT ORDER "ALL OF US" WILL BE FACED WITH WHAT IS DESCRIBED IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
THE SECOND IS, THEN, RAISED VERY ELOQUENTLY BY WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
AND THE THIRD IS, IN RELATION TO THE TWO OTHERS HERE, HOW THEY APPLY TO WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
AND IF YOU GRASP THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT--THE WORTH OF THESE ROLE MODELS IN THAT CONTEXT--CONSIDER IT AS IT APPLIES TO THE EVENTS COMING UP AS THE NEW MILLENNIUM BEGINS (AS ARE NOTED IN THE CONTENTS OF WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE).
AND THEN GO TO THE LIST YOU WILL FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE
...PARDON ME, MR. CONFUSED BY THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD "IS" AND SUPPORTERS, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE PARTY TO DOING THIS TO THE INTENDED TARGET AUDIENCE OF MY "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS": "CHILDREN AND PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THEIR WELL-BEING: OUR COMMON FUTURE."
2-TO CONSIDER A TERM OF REFERENCE ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACE, TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
3-THIS ANNOTATION IS AS IN THE ORIGINAL 1980'S SUBMISSIONS DRAWING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF POLITICIANS, DIPLOMATS, AND OTHERS INVOLVED WITH "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.
IF YOU BEAR IN MIND THE RELATIVE NEED THIS MAN HAS FOR EVEN A SUM OF MONEY THIS LARGE (AS IS BRIEFLY EXPLAINED IN WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE), THE NEXT QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED IS:
SO WHAT DID HE DO AFTER HE WAS "IN GOOD SHAPE" AND RETURNED TO POLITICS?
WELL, TO CONSIDER A FEW THINGS OF NOTE, TAKE A BRIEF SERIES OF FOOTSTEPS HERE.