John Diefenbaker admiring horse at agriculture show, unknown individuals in background, Quebec, 1969.

John Diefenbaker admiring horse at agriculture show, Quebec, 1969.

Head and shoulders snapshot of John Diefenbaker taken "at Min. of Ag. [Taras Shevchenko] Dinner on Farm" as he sat below a painting of Lenin and three other men, October 1969.

John G. Diefenbaker and party visiting Dmitry Polyansky, first vice-chairman of USSR Council of Ministers. On bottom is written: "During his stay in the USSR, John Diefenbaker, M.P. and ex-Prime Minister of Canada, was received by Vladimir Matskevich, USSR Minister of Agriculture. Also present at the reception in the USSR Ministry of Agriculture were Robert A.D. Ford, Canadian Ambassador to the USSR, and Joel Aldred, a noted Canadian farmer and cattle breeder. Describing Soviet Agriculture and prospects of its development, Vladimir Matskevich touched, among other things, on business contacts existing between the USSR and Canada in the field of agriculture: exchange of seeds, the purchase by the Soviet Union of some cattle breeds in Canada, etc. He also pointed out that the Soviet Union used Canadian experience in reclaiming virgin lands in Siberia and Kazakhstan. The talk lasted about an hour and a half. The picture shows the Canadian guests at a reception in the USSR Ministry of Agriculture. From left to right: John Diefenbaker, Joel Aldred and Vladimir Matskevich."

John G. Diefenbaker at a stud farm outside Moscow. Written on bottom is: "During his stay in the USSR, John Diefenbaker, M.P. and ex-Prime Minister of Canada, visited, at the invitation of Vladimir Matskevich, USSR Minister of Agriculture, a stud-farm outside Moscow, one of the leading in the USSR. The farm has 400 thoroughbred Orlov trotters and best samples of other horse breeds. Horses of the farm have often won international prizes."

John Diefenbaker made honourary Chief Walking Buffalo by the Sioux Chief William Little Crow, Outlook, at South Saskatchewan River Dam. Large crowd of onlookers in background.