Transcript Ogdensburg Conference and Hyde Park Declaration

Ogdensburg Conference and Hyde
Park Declaration
Jelena Gvozden
Shanna Langer
Ogdensburg Conference (1940)
-Declaration made by Canadian Prime
Minister Mackenzie King and U.S.
President Roosevelt on August 18,
1940
-Agreed to set up Permanent Joint
Board of Defense to protect the two
countries
-Created closer “continental defense
cooperation” between Canada and
U.S. during WWII
Ogdensburg Cont’d
-Roosevelt promised to support Canada if they ever got
attacked
-Consisted of American and Canadian military on sea, land,
and air
The Hyde Park Declaration
-President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Mackenzie met at Roosevelt’s estate in
Hyde Park, New York
-At this meeting they talked about an
agreement in which the US and Canada
would cooperate to create military goods
for defense
-The declaration was signed on April 20th,
1941
Hyde Park Declaration Cont’d
-The Hyde Park Declaration would have Canada and the
U.S. collaborate on the creation of military goods to be
shared with Great Britain as part of the Lend-Lease Act
-Canada was expected to supply the U.S. with
$200,000,000 to $300,000,000 worth of defense articles.
-Mackenzie emphasised that the declaration would reduce
exchange problems and increase defense production with
the U.S. and aid Britain in the war effort.
Hyde Park Declaration Cont’d
-The Hyde Park Declaration was good for Britain due to
their financial troubles, but since they were borrowing from
the supplies given to the U.S. from Canada, instead of
buying from Canada
-The declaration would continue the friendship and
cooperation set by the Ogdensburg Conference
-Helped Britain in a time when they couldn’t buy supplies
Canada and America Post World War
-Canada’s trust for U.S. increases
-Canada and U.S. expanded defense and other relations
after the war
-Surveys done during WWII indicated that many Canadians
wanted to join U.S. in the war
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