This is a speech by the Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, in the Canadian House of Commons.
It was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2013 Summer Workshop in Washington, DC.
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This is a speech by the Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, in the Canadian House of Commons.
It was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2013 Summer Workshop in Washington, DC.
This primary source comes from the General Records of the Department of State.
National Archives Identifier: 29915363
Full Citation: Speech by the Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, in the Canadian House of Commons Regarding the Future of NATO; 4/3/1952; 742.5, 1910 – 1963; Central Decimal Files, 1910 – 1963; General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/speech-future-nato/, February 12, 2026]
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