Eldon Pattyson Black Explained

Eldon Pattyson (Pat) Black (15 October 19253 November 1999) was a Canadian diplomat.^{[1] [2]}

Black was educated at Selwyn House School and studied law at McGill University.^{[3] [4]}

In 1967, Black was appointed minister (second-in-command) to the Embassy of Canada in France.^[5] Canada–France relations were tense following Charles de Gaulle's French: [[Vive le Québec libre]] speech and, in 1969, Black was accused of interfering in French national elections.^[6] Years later, in 1996, Black published a book entitled Direct Intervention: Canada–France Relations, 1967–1974 .^[7] Graham Fraser, in a review published in the International Journal, praised it as "a valuable account, clear and detailed in its description of the challenge Canadian diplomats faced in dealing, day-to-day, with an ally whose government had taken a decisively hostile position on the central question of Canada's future."^[8]

Black returned to Canada, where he took a position as a Department of External Affairs Foreign Service Officer working in foreign intelligence. In 1978 Don Jamieson, Minister of External Affairs, asked Black to fill a new deputy under-secretary position in his department to deal with the increasing threat of terrorism.^{[9] [10]}

In 1985 he was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See.^[11] Prior to that appointment he had been chargé d'affaires in Cairo.^[12]

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Notes and References

1. Book: The Canadian Who's Who . University of Toronto Press . Lumley, Elizabeth . 1999 . 117. 9780802049315 .
2. Web site: CASIS Remembers Eldon Pattyson ('Pat') Black . Canadian Association for Security Intelligence Studies . CASIS Intelligence . Spring 2000 . 7 April 2013 . Starnes, John K. . 3.
3. https://archive.org/stream/selwynhouseschoo1949selw/selwynhouseschoo1949selw_djvu.txt Selwyn House School Yearbook 1949
4. https://archive.org/stream/selwynhouseschoo1962selw/selwynhouseschoo1962selw_djvu.txt Selwyn House School Yearbook 1962
5. News: Appointments . . 1 November 1967 . 7 April 2013 . 7.
6. News: Meddling charge 'absurd' . . 24 October 1969 . . 7 April 2013 . Creery, Tim . 1.
7. j.ctt80nsv . Direct Intervention, November 1996 . Black . Eldon . 1997 . McGill-Queen's University Press .
8. Canada Reviews . Fraser, Graham . . Autumn 1997 . 52 . 4 . 729 . 10.2307/40203253. 40203253 .
9. News: Jamieson creates new security position . . 4 August 1978 . . 7 April 2013 . 4.
10. International Perspectives . International Perspectives . 1985 . 2 . 19.
11. News: Pope welcomes Canadian envoy . https://archive.today/20130630042215/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474712881.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current . dead . June 30, 2013 . . 8 November 1985 . 7 April 2013.
12. News: Clark announces series of diplomatic appointments . . 29 June 1985 . . 7 April 2013 . A16.