Roberts, Richard H. N.: my political recollections (August 7, 1968)

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

An interview/narrative of Richard H. N. Roberts's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Mr. Roberts was Pearkes's executive assistant. Interview took place on August 7, 1968.

Interviewee: Roberts, Richard H. N.

ABSTRACT: Mr. Richard H.N. Roberts, 7 August 1968. 26pp. (and 5pp. notes) Became Secretary and later Executive Assistant to Pearkes when he was Min. of Nat. Defence. Pearkes' operational style. Diefenbaker generally against the military, but laterally quite indecisive. Notes that Pearkes suffered considerable restraint because of this. Feels that Pearkes was a clever politician, always amiable and courteous. Mentions External Affairs. The Avro Arrow affair. Considers that Diefenbaker's expertise limited to domestic politics. Pearkes and the Royal Military College. Civil Defence and the Militia.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roberts, Richard H. N.
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

• Military history
• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Personal narratives--Canadian

Language

• eng

Date created

• August 7, 1968

Relation

• Part of the Social Sciences Research Centre collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Ontario--Kingston

Coordinates

• 44.22976, -76.48098

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 80 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, 2 track ; 1 sound cassette copy : standard, mono. in Special Collections.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• interviews
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• RRHN_244

Fonds title

• Reginald Herbert Roy fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC104

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/reginald-herbert-roy-fonds

Date digitized

• July 7, 2011

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/7agx-4107

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