https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/6cc619482232d70e22c6a2285f8d5b07.pdf 99656dfac8bbdad31da7654c40f4ff2e PDF Text Text (JESEJMIN PDM(RITCHJE) PDM(ROQUET) PMO(ROBERTS) PCO(WALLS) PPR(EEAD) FLE(DEKERS) PSI(ROWE) FCO(STANSFIELD) GCO(FUDDINGTON) DEPT OF JUSTICE(CHRIST]E) SOLICITOR GEN(HOFLEY) "LAS a FM DBLIN 19/70 s i P < - • • • • . . p . , TO TT EXTOTT 297 IMMED DE LDN S» HI 100 61 INFO: LDN O. REMYTEL 2 9 6 OCT 19 KIDNAPPING FOLLOWING I S TEXT OF DAGG STATEMENT AS CARRIED IN THIS MORNINGS I R I S H PAPERS TEXT BEGINS .... I HAVE BEEN APPALLED BY MANY OF THE ANSWERS GIVEN ON BRITISH TELEVISION TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE WRONGS AND RIGHTS OF THE CDN GOVERNMENTS ACTION IN TAKING SUCH A HARD L I N E . ANSSWER SO OFTEN GIVEN, THAT WE MUST STICK THE SOMEWHERE, SEEMS TO ME QUITE THE REVERSE OF LONG-SIGHTED - WHEEEEEE THOSE WHO ANSWER THIS WAY ALWAYS SAY WE MUST TAKE THE LONG VIEW. FIRST OF ALL THIS POLICY GAMBLES WITH HUMAN L I V E S . SURELY THE PRIME CONSIDERATION MUST BE TO SAVE L I V E S . I F THE HARD LINE GAMBLE F A I L S , THE POSITION OF THE KIDNAPPERS IS STRENGTHENED. HAVING MURDERED ONE OR MORE VICTIMS THEY CAN THEN SAY 'WE MEANT B U S I N E S S ' . IT I S CLEAR THAT THE GREAT FEAR THAT FUTURE DEMANDS OF EXTREMEISTS WILL BE STEPPED UP MUST BE PRESENT WHETHER A HARD LINE OR A SOFT LINE I S TAKEN. IN TELEVISION DISCUSSIONS. I HAVE W EVER HEARD THIS POINT MADE p 000831 �APART FROM THIS THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FACTS THAT SHOULD WEIGH HEAVILY WITH THE CDN GOVT WHEN THEY COME TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO REVERSE THE PRESENT HARD L I N E . 1. ^ MR CROSS WAS SENIOR BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE IN THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND, THEREFORE, AN OBVIOUS TARGET FOR EXTREME ACTION OF TE KIND THAT WAS TAKEN. - WHY WAS HIS HOME NOT GUARDED? EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE,WHY WAS MRLAPORTE NOT GUARDED ONE WEEK LATER? 2. A GREAT DEAL OF CANT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT THE RULE PF EEEEE OF LAW. BY OFFERING TO FREE FIVE OF THE SO-CALLED POLITICAL PRISONERS (A LUDICROUS OFFER THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A NON-STARTER) AND LATER BY OFFERING A SAFE CONDUCT TO THE KIDNAPPERS IN EXCHANGE FOR MR CROSS, THE CDN GVT HAVE THROWN OVERBOARD THE PRINCIPLES BY n WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE BOUND. BY FREEING ALL 23 FLQ PRISONERS THEY WOULD,IN FACT, BE RID OF MANY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO SAVE A VALUABLE AND INNOCENT LIFE WOULD LOSE THEM FACE IN TH E EYES OF THE CIVILISED WORLD. IF IT DID ,SO WHAT. THE PRICE DEMANDED MAY SEEM HIGH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE CDN GVT BY THE EXTRAORDINARY INEPTITUDE WITH WHICH THEY HAVE HANDLED SEVERAL PHASES OF THIS GHASTLY AFFAIR ARE MORALLY BOUND TO MAKE AMENDS TO MR CROSS AND HIS FAMILY BY ACCEDING TO THE DEMANDS NOW MADE. TO ASK THEM TO CONTINUE THE REFINED TORTURE TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED FOR 14 DAYS IS INDEFENSIBLE BY ANY STANDARDS OF COMPASSION ACCEPTABLE IN THE WSTERN WORLD, 000832 TEXT ENDS. �_ F 0 P 1 M I N PDMCRITCHIE ) PDM(ROQUET) PMO(ROBERTS) PCO(WALLS) P P R ( R E A D ) FLE(DEMERS) PSI(ROUE) FCO(STANSFIELD) GCO(PUDDINGTON) DEPT OF JUSTICE(CHRISTIE) SOLICITOR GEN(HOFLEY) b^.AS FM DBLIN OCT 19/70 'A{ * B f tan ii IT a j TO TT EXTOTT 296 IMMED DE LDN INFO: LDN S* !H ^61 / REF OURLET 270 0CT8 KIDNAPPING PRESS THIS MORNING CARRIES STATEMENT ISSUED LAST NIGHT BY TREVOR DAGG, BROTHER IN LAW OF MR CROSS. IT WAS NOEL DAGG WHO APPROACHED ME EARLY IN OCT (OURTEL 285 0CT6). TEXT OF THIS EMOTIONAL AND CRITICAL STATEMENT IS CONTAINED IN MY IMMED FOLLOWING TEL. IT IS IN TONE COMPLETE DEPARTURE FM EARLIER INFORMAL STATEMENTS MADE TO PRESS BY NOEL DAGG. LATER CALLED ME TODAY TO EXPRESS REGRETS AT HIS BROTHERS ACTION WHICH HE ASCRIBED TO EMOTION ARISING FM EARLIER ERRONEOS WEEKEND REPORTS OF MURDER OF CROSS. 2. EXTENSIVE IRISH PRESS AND EDITORIAL COVERAGE THIS MORNING IS SYMPATHETIC TO DILEMMA FACED BY CDN GOVT AND ACCEPT NECESSITY OF INVOCATION BY GOVT OF EMERGENCY POWERS. NEWS REPORTS HAVE GIVEN EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PMS STATEMENT OCT 16 (P0P315) AND OCT 18 AFTER DEATH OF MR LAPORTE. ONE QUOTE BACKGROUND UNQUOTE ARTICLE ONLY BY IRISH JOURNALIST KNOWN FOR EXTREME NATIONALIST VIEWS ATTEMPTS TO LINK IRISH PARTITION AND QUOTE FRENCH-CDN INDEPENDENCE "NQUOTS. HIS ARGUMENTS ARE SO HISTORICALLY SELECTIVE AND SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CDA AS TO BE UNWORTHY OF REPLY. o eir- C— 000833 �3. IN CIRCS NO/NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY PUBLIC RESPONSE TO DAGG STATEMENT. DAGGS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY BRIT COLLEAGUE TO URGE DESIRABILITY OF BRIT GOVT REPRESENTATIONS RESPECTING MR CROSS � 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 CDTF00040 Title A name given to the resource Dublin to Ext Ottawa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-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 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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