MIKE THE MEMOIRS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LESTER B. PEARSON

ISBN: 9780812906011

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bookCompany10022ation DataurableInglisth centuryFitle~z-88o374bFOREWORDThe editors explain in their introduction the circumstances of thepreparation of Volume 3 of my father's memoirs. It was not an easydecision for the executors of his estate (my mother, Senator JohnConnolly, and myself) to agree to publication. We did so on thegrounds that, given L.B. Pearson's intention to complete his memoirs,enough first-person material was available and was sufficiently rep-resentative of the ten years he spent as leader of the Liberal Party tojustify publication now rather than putting it aside for use by his-torians. Moreover, about half the material was already in the publicdomain, and we were completing a process begun shortly after his retirement in 1968. I consulted a number of people who had worked closely with my father when he was Prime Minister or who knew him well. Some gave me general encouragement, others specific critical advice. One or two believed that the manuscript was an inadequate reflection both of the record of these years and of his own part in them. I explained that this was memoir, not biography, and that one did not exclude the other. Some thought that too much was made of the politics of the period, which in retrospect would appear to be secondary, and that the tone was defensive. There was concern about references to persons, many still active in public life, and to events which still remain controversial. The editors and I took account of these reactions. Christopher Young and Blair Neatby, who again performed an invaluable advisory func- tion, helped with revision. Publication was delayed for a year to giveNi~-Hu#Jeahibrariea