https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/590d1e91426b6cf136e6f8c9ad81d1a2.pdf 12940e6bf2877005858788d06234b7a2 PDF Text Text 3 SOHBT October 3, 1970. StatOBc its in event of Release or Deith or Kr. Cross jlltarna&iy.3 A: X sua sure t h a t tha shook -ml horror chat tho y .ot.s et the l a s t few Hays have i n ^ t i l l e i In rac aad o t h e r members of the Uo/erijaont are s h a r e ! by everyone in t h i s Bouse. 4e have rea?«©n, of c©ursa, t o be - r a t i f u l for the outcome. The ,1oy and happiness a t the- knowledge of the reunion of Kr. Cross and hi3 faraily reflect.-?, If-> .aura, the* r e a c t i o n of Canadians e v e r w h e r e . I would not wish t o lose thi-3 opportunity, however, t o extend t o Mr. en Mrs. Cross a t h e i r f a a i l y , a t tha saate t i n e as wo c e l e b r a t e vrith them t h i s hippy noment, the equally profound, disnay and sympathy with which wa An+r,* I t h e i r a ©ry of < hose 1 ---i jiiirj days. I t «raj evident Brotri oho s t a r t ef t h i s aightaar t h a t t h e uoverna«nt could not yield t o the tyranny implied i n t l i i s s o r t of b l a c k b a l l . The deoisicm.it took, i n consultatio n ifith the Gov«rowent of aiebec, t o leave ©?**•< ?11 p o s s i b i l i t i e s of contact anrf n e g o t i a t i o n with the ki' 1 - o p p ^ s saenei nonetheless the only reasonable one under the circumstances. e e • m 000630 �2 q 7 a o tr T ~. i,^*. X x.z. A. O. It is incredible to think that in a country whore there is the widest freedom of expression, any yr:roup of people would seek to publicise thair stand throurh threats on thi-i livj3 of innocent people. /e son only hope that tho mesbars of the small ga; - ipon3ible for this crime will h re learned frc ' experience the bankruptcy of tho course they - '-rv-..-. I hon* that the warm feelings transmitted to there froa all over Canada will help thea to overcom- the painful aeaor/ of this experience and will make it possible for then to continue to enjoy their assignment in Montr 1. �- 3 - Alternative B: The events which led to the death of Fr. Cross .-/ill leave a nerrcanont mark on the life of this country. I an sure that my feelings of horror anJ profound sadness are ••-••- ' by all but a handful of Canali^.-.. I express to Mrs. Cross anO. hsr fvnily "ny moot fa ^t-.Telt sy ipathy. I know that I •] . for ^ve~v p^rso-. with normal bunan feelings in conveying to Mrs. Cross the grief that u.xs piilou our hearts at the news of thia tra^e iy. It; was evident froa tho start of this nightmare that rhe . ov$?rrj«ant coul i not yield to the tyranny of this sort of blackball. By leaving open all possibilities of contact and na; otiation, it was our hope that soae way our. could be fcuni. That all our effort.^ did not succeed is a measure of th© lunacy of those responsible for this act. I still find it hard to IOBB n 'O • , AP -J country where there is the v/iaest Breeder.; oB expression, any Broup of people woul-e murder an irmoc .rt man in u attempt to force the country to lister to views which could not m * their way on their own merit. No society can tolerate this kind of terrorism .and in no part of the Canadian public will such barbarism find any response but utter disgust. � 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 CDTF00019 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9-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 Statements in the event of Release or Death of Mr. Cross 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