https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/8ef1d6de0ece3017526db67f18f611f1.pdf ec0d415e6fe5fece4cf327072bda50da PDF Text Text A . E . RITCHIE/PS MESSRS. c . c . Lalonde (PMO) Wall (PCO) E l l i o t t (GAF) DIER (GLA) MEKG* >• B C 7. 7 T —»• m wmip * win* mmm October 6, 1970. I O CA.ilBBT) Brlti^O Vi.^-''P ••• X-(* ''ulnarvyi/y Mr, Whitehead, the British Charts d'Af^B • .-» called on rae this afternoon on instructions from London to indicate that if -40 decided to proceed with any ex»loratio y '• I -iav&na or Algiers, they /ould bo very gldd to help ua with com «u .ications or any it J.H assistance that they i d- 1 Be able . ovlda. They ess J ? '-.-.a;, if approadr.es *ere to be cade in these two capitals one of the >bjects mi dt be to enccurare a nagatira respo :3o to any proposal that the iuebac prisoners be transferred »-i vv. to those countries. iheao sucr ic* Lvit " In r those two capitals ni Bt at J.east a' .*o buy some t », 2. Ed i iead r e p o r t e d t h a t a c c o r d i n g t o a c o n v e r s a t i o n Which fchair ae i n Montreal Bad Bad vrith " a s M ( ? } , ono of t h e A l g e r i an r e p - e - s e n t a t i v e s a t ICAO, t h e A l g e r i a n Govarrtrnent vias unlik.u ly t o r e c e i v e t h o r e l e a s e e ! p r i s o n e r s u n l e s s s p e c i f i c a l l y r e ques. t«$d tO .... so by t h a Canadian Q o v s m n a n t . • .Whitehead noted t h a t no s t a t a n e n t had been laado 3. a t t h e oparOi.g of b u s i n e s s today and he -von-"lerad whether House i n tha one was like!/ later this afternoon or this oveninr.. He aaid that he assume! soma Government statement ./ould be issued before 8,20 toiaorrow norning since presumably tlie Coverncient .#ould not wish tha i" houra to'elapse without saying anything desired to Influence the BIB captors. I observed that if it was decided to say something with a view to influence^ the kidnappers this sight be done either publicly or quietly through an intermediary, ia concluded by indicating that ve did not know yet what the Government's intentions were about any statement since Ministers were still considering the very difficult issues involved. A.S.R. 000474 � 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 CDTF00007 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for the Minister (In Cabinet) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6-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 British Views on the Kidnapping 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