. N ., ▁most ▁were ▁dis may ed ▁by ▁his ▁confront ational ▁tact ics . ▁As ▁Cold ▁War ▁t ensions ▁reduced ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁that ▁the ▁great ▁powers ▁would ▁achieve ▁a ▁sufficient ▁level ▁of ▁co operation ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁surv ival ▁of ▁the ▁U . N ., ▁dis cret ion ▁seemed ▁the ▁greater ▁part ▁of ▁val our . ▁ ▁This ▁difference ▁in ▁approach ▁was ▁so ▁prof ound ▁that ▁Mack en zie ▁King ▁refused ▁to ▁meet ▁Ev att ▁to ▁discuss ▁their ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁great ▁powers ' ▁efforts ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁v eto ▁in ▁the ▁Security ▁Council . ▁Instead , ▁he ▁sent ▁his ▁he ir ▁apparent , ▁the ▁stat ely ▁and ▁dign ified ▁minister ▁of ▁justice , ▁Louis ▁St . ▁Laurent . ▁The ▁meeting ▁was ▁un success ful . ▁Ev att ▁considered ▁St . ▁Laurent ▁" a ▁pa wn ▁in ▁a ▁move ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁Australian ▁case " ▁and ▁dismiss ed ▁him ▁as ▁" an ▁American ▁sto oge ." ▁The ▁bil ater al ▁relationship ▁remained ▁t ense ▁during ▁the ▁immediate ▁post war ▁period . ▁This ▁partly ▁reflected ▁the ▁dis rupt ive ▁influence ▁of ▁Ev att , ▁who ▁continued ▁to ▁ir rit ate ▁Canadian ▁diplom ats ▁and ▁polit icians . ▁His ▁success ▁at ▁pressing ▁Australia ' s ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁" Common wealth " ▁seat ▁on ▁the ▁U . N .' s ▁first ▁Security ▁Council ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁was ▁particularly ▁gall ing . ▁More ▁significantly , ▁this ▁t ension ▁reflected ▁very ▁different ▁security ▁concerns . ▁Australia , ▁ha unted ▁by ▁the ▁spect