“ Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. ”
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
~ Dean Acheson
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty as they do air without thought or appreciation.
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.