https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7232ceeb5c087b3f83a06791f61161c5.pdf e4d79b1726ca26fc3049dd17927266c9 PDF Text Text 1/F.BILD/lz October 5, 1970. £.0- <2P- TPJtZ- j CO] ... OL ELE - (Bolicy) (Chronology) Task Borce on Kidnapping of British Trade Commissioner, J. Cross, in Montreal Operations Centre, Department of Rxternal 'fairs, 11:00 a.m.. October 5. 1970. Attending: , Chairman, aui Tremblay, Associate Under-Secretary of State, ...B. Barton, Assistant Under-Secretary, re Lalonde, Prime Binister's Office, P.M. Roberts, Prime Binister's Office, D.B. .. 11, Privy Council Office, J.H. Taylor, SSEA»s Office, T Claude Roquet, I s Office, F. Bild, USSEA's Office, D.B. Cornett, Commonwealth Division, aid Stansfield, Coordination Division, E.G. Lee, Le£ I.vision, J. Demers, Legal Division, J.R. Barker, Operations Centre, .. Francis,^Press Office, Read, Protocol Division, E.R. Rettie, Security and Intelligence Liaison, A.D. Rowe, Security and Intelligence Liaison, Inspector Ferraris,.. c/3upt. Ouimet, RC] . . The meeting was informed that according to information received from the British High Commission in Ottawa, the senior British Trade Commissioner in Lontreal had been abducted at 3:30 a.m. by armed men who had gained access to his home on the pretext of delivering a parcel for which they had to obtain a signed receipt. The men were thought to Belong to the FB but no confirmation to that effect had yet been obtained. . ,/2 �p ,~\?,TTPT'n" -'TTrnT ,' ~1 2. In PP joint efraort to identify the a'.Ouctors and liberate Br. Cross, the RCIBP v/as maintaining closed^ contacts with the Quebec Provincial Police as well as the Lontreal City Bolice, (jurisdictions of both these police forces are involved in this case). 3. In the course of the meeting,it was learned that the Binister of Justice of Oebec, Br. Jerome Choquette, had telephoned the Prime minister to inform him that Quebec authorities were sparing no efforts in this matter "eut that they assumed that they would soon face a demand for the release of a number of FLQ members imprisoned in Quebec. The meeting decided that: 1. The Operations Centre of External Affairs eOll be used as the central coordinating point for information and consultation on this question; it will remain in continuous operation and able to channel all calls and ques'pions to appropriate members of the Task force; 2. Claude Roquet will be In charge of coordination and liaison; 3. Close contacts will Be maintained throughout with the government of Buebec; B. B statement v/ill 'es prepared for use by the government in this afternoon's session of the Bouse of Commons and v/ould Be delivered either by the Secretary of State for External Affairs or Br. Bcllraith, the Solicitor General; 3. Bor the time Being, the question v/ould Be considered simply as a criminal offence requiring cooperation oX several authorities; 5. Bo comments v/ould Be made as to the identity of the perpetrators until it had been firmly established; 7- Contingency statements would Be prepared, however, to allow for the possiBility that more accurate information on this case and Its developments became available later on in the day; O c Lontreal and Ottawa police forces v/ould be requested !/ to reinforce their protection of foreign diplomatic personnel and premises; . Once the situation had developed sufficiently, the • 27 000459 �3 - COBjdD.i . J 7 a.., .pritish High Commission would Be invited to delegate someone to a special Briefing By the Task Borce; ! 10. A telegram v/ould be sent to all poets to acquaint vem the facts of the situation and ths rps reing taken to sal tVi 000460 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDTF00005 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for File - (Policy) (Chronology) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5-Oct-70 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Political Affairs - Internal Security - Task Force on Kidnapping - Policy, RG25, vol. 25741, 20-22-TFK-1, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource October Crisis, TFK Description An account of the resource Task Force on Kidnapping of British Trade Commissioner, J. Cross, in Montreal - Operations Centre, Department of External Affairs Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en