https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/4e1710c51c3c0e38ea1b6b265ad39fbb.pdf 2de284f32e38dc6f3a8e348b58f03081 PDF Text Text Department of External Affairs ASSIFIED -J O VAFZ IAA PC-22-TFK-10 Subject: POLITICAL A f F M g S VA^AFE - ddarrr > INTERNAL SECURITY TASK ROSai ON K1 LTMAFPI NQ CANADIAN NEWS PIEOIA, I NVOLVE^ENT IN ffEP{RTiN8 ON KIDNAPPING OF J n mass mn P\E,UE LAPORTE References to Related Files File No. Subject I hI O O I CY CV * L'MCGgS A (.'INFORMATION ESA/lfcER B Y / E R M I N E P A R ^ WA~ JA-^-^ A MOVS ^ W y Le^M-VelM /fAAuhzQz ^ M k'ACCtSALIHFORMATlON EXAMINED BY/EXMUMt PAR >*-* -*7 OECLASSfFE) i a 007568 �POP BULL SOURCE HR. DATE CLASSIFICATION (5 TTT^H^A, * - " /</liAlAPP/rtG- - CiN MQxCZKLILL c'Z - J a m e s in M o n t r e a l , was 1:1; Of f i e.ce .P -PC •ACvp _J err: r. .are- ca L ar e: si .. Cf overran er. r - ~ « i. t.- O P i C rj . X A. 1. _-. CJ /NFoAMeh cc. E r i t i s h c o m m e r c i a l a t t a c h e tome t o d a y , the B r i t i s h e o v r r a r e a t =1"5 n : D^-U c ., A.--A t^. c. e p . u Badd t A chard Crosa, &oxrr A. n -- •• 1 -. - ce cap,. . r . v.rcss c a d : sa ire Lo t d e c; a : Lj 1 Ll ,- •-. r. • y. a o u r i. er., t a r rVre v o l v e r , f o r c e d t c or car •rp, <7 Li-cca r e p a i r 7; h i s house or. cLownttwn h e d r a t h I r e s c e n t . P o l i c e l a t e r confirmed t h a t f o u r men were i n v o l v e d i n t h e kidnapping and s a i d they a r e c h e c k i n g highways and c e n t r a l a r t e r i e s l e a d i n g ' from the c i t y . E l i z a t e t h h i e h a r d s , t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o f f i c e r , r e f u s e d t o s a y why she thought Mr. Cross .had "been k i d n a p p e d . JSo ransom demands'"had t e e n received. Mr. Cross has t e e n in Montreal s i n c e 1 9 6 8 . '.Tfl. td' " The Canadian g o v e r n n e n t was informed of the k i d n a p p i n g ty the B r i t i s h h i g h c o m m i s s i o n , s a i d air e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s department spokes n a n . Ottawa was c o n s i d e r i n g what tne f e d e r a l governrrent c o u l d d o . l h e BCMI WAS <also t e l n g n o t i f i e d . >> CIDA DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP ^ > OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-4331 (OUN) FCN : CO. ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG <S I DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007569 �POP BULL HR. DATE OCT SOURCE CLASSIFICATION U/yets Fo.+t r flfS A senior British Trade Commissioner, aged L.9, was said to have been taken from his home by several men armed with machine guns. It is now reported in Montreal that a press conference has been called for 5:00 this afternoon for the release of political prisoners in jail. In Ottawa the Minister for External Affairs was immediately notified by the United Kingdom High Commissioner of the kidnapping and several Canadian Government Departments are now working on the case. They include the Prime Minister's Office, the Minister of Justice, the External Affairs. CRC NErfS BULLETIN 10:/, 5 a.m. Cms'i rfpE) QSSiA CIDA DOPS RCMP and ^wp <jj5 CPDJD PDG /PD^ PGP M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A RES E X T E R I E U R E S GAF GCO JiFE ^ GEU GEUE GEUW (PP«)FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP (JfMp FCN OMA OAD krtcT) CENTRE D"OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 c& ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO 'FSR SRB <gP PAG c? D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS 007570 �POP DATE 5 OCT 70 HR. SOURCE 1100 CBC NEWS yu iu CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED OTTAWA - CBC 11 a.m. News - In Ottawa an External Affairs spokesman said the Department had been informed of the kidnapping by the British office. Mrs. Cross said she had no idea why her husband had been kidnapped, CIDA GEU GEUE GEUW FIS DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 OUN tf "FLE^ ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007571 �POP BULL HR. DATE OCT S SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CF ///0£ l o l i c e said d.r. c r o s s was f o r c e d I n t o a t a x i c a t in f r o n t of h i s ID tne on tree f a s h i o n a t l e c r e s c e n t n e a r the f o o t of luount Idoyal. Azey a r e checking highways and c e n t r a l a r t e r i e s l e a d i n g frorr the a t r " . Ine foul' pen were r e p o r t e d to t e a i r e d w i t h t h r e e rra chine "guns and a r e v o l v e r . Cars we o re t e i n g checked on s o r e t r i a g e s l e a d i n g ft" or: o n t r e a l I s l a n d . E l i z t e t h R i c h a r d s , an i n f o r m a t i o n o f f i c e r a t t h e B r i t i s h jovernnent o f f i c e h e r e , s a i d tliat no ransor demand had teen r e c e i v e d ihe declined to e l a l o r a t e f u r t h e r on the i n c i d e n t <K™P< CIDA DOPS PGP M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES 9?j^ GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB /TAG (F*9 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. AFFAIRS 007572 �Ac POP DATE HR. Oct 5 1120 SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CP Unclass Kidnapping; of B r i t i s h Trade Commissioner - Montreal file nickname i s Jasper and he came to uanaaa as s e n i o r c r i n s i i trade commissioner in the province of quehec and head of post, Eritish government office in Montreal. He was previously in charge of a "branch of the E r i t i s h Eoard of Trade as a s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y and under s e c r e t a r y . Mr. Cross was torn in Nenagh, Ireland, in ] 9 ? i . He graduated in §4t from T r i n i t y College, Dutlin. As a Lieutenant he saw s e r v i c e slth the Royal Engineers from 3.944 to 3947 when he joined the E r i t i s h Broad of Trade. Mr. Cross worked in s e v e r a l d i v i s i o n s of t h i s B r i t i s h governnent department tefore he was posted, in 1.955, to Eew Delhi as a trade commissioner. In ]9 57, he was posted to Halifax as B r i t i s h trade commissioner for Canaaa»s A t l a n t i c provinces. Suteeq.uently he spent two years as E r i t i s h trade commissioner in Winnipeg and, in 3.962, was posted to Kuala Lumpur as senior E r i t i s h trade commissioner in Malaysia. Mr. Cross returned to Britain in i966 as an a s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y in the general department of the Board of Trade, from 3.966, u n t i l he came to Montreal, he was in charge of the department's exhibitions and trade f a i r s branch. Mr. Cross was married in 394f to the former Barbara l a g g . They have cne daughter, Susan, 22. n PMO _ ^)Mll£> A ) PC(T) <££»£) CIDA DOPS ePDS) CPD^) 4 I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP "OMD) OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 sOUN) FCN ^FJ-E> ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CPS PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007573 �lA'\ A a A vanavbylu v r " i r " ? r A^F~L Montreal—3st add 2nd lead kidnapping—M2? . . . 3 - 6 8 , however, E l i z a b e t h R i c h a r d s , information o f f i c e r a t t h e o f f i c e , could n o t confirr/ r e p o r t s t h a t t e commission r e c e i v e : anonymous telephone ca].] s h o r t l y a f t e r :? 7Q a.m. laa'ore lire th z.. a a tau.c alee;. ot el.eel a r t e r i e s l e a d i n g t o and fror the c i t y , i n c l u d i n g cer 1 rid pes leading t o t a ; SOU I iore oi tin .1 v e r . Tae f o u r rien a revola e r . s i a r tin. ta; is made up of s e l e c t detachn er.ts fror t h e m o m e n t , ine s^uao. l Montreal p o l i c e , r e t e c p r o v i n c i a l p o l i c e and t h e RCMI-, • '. .1. Q O vn T- A , -i 1 AAJCAA . . .X X X * t c -v r\ 7 . I •' ^ AJ X- X. ^ JA At JA ^ X Aj AJ Al . ... AJ. -.. A. r , j . 0 X. T AOAX.A'- ', XL-J I-L r* 1~I-A L.J ^ .X A-, -ALX.J.J A^ n r. O ' A.' C XJ J . At AJ \ -j. p •.- r. V s r n v f Pf^ X .j . OAJ X ij A. AJ- C L A . . A.X.11 AZ-AJ. a i ij 1 \jAtxxCij.x.A.iC tl rfi' a." Cl X Ii: W^A f. aj X x ^ '. +• V H X V-U -J f'.-i.rr0 L V.-^ kj -<_ Uo*.v.. XA.I . x : u r, A; p v r . r A Y - t ... -AI ZIC^AJJ. n i- rn r. ',-• -" v 1 o . . ^ C / . i l i . ^ . Xxi .-vViQ > . L-.J. i ^ O -r- ~ j. . - A. V > 007574 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. OCT ^ Hoc SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CTYiCNlsWS (ftAT>\&) UNCLASS" The s e n i o r B r i t i s h Trade Commissioner, James Richard Cross, has been abducted in* Montreal. What is known for sure is that 49 year old James Richard Cross was abducted as he left his downtown Montreal home for the British Government office about L hours ago. His wife apparently saw four men, three with machine gune and one with a revolver force Mr. Cross into a taxi. Then someone called the British Trade Commission Office but so far it hasn't released any details or made any comments. In Ottawa a British spokesman says it's only speculation that the kidnapping is connected with a political movement. However, if what may be a related incident the group calling itself the Association for the Release of Political Prisoners said it would hold a news conference this afternoon at which it would present a list of demands for the release of what are called "political prisoners". We don't knowif the kidnapping and the news conference are tied in with each other. All that can be learned from the Canadian Government is that several Departments including the Prime Minister's Office, the Justice people, the RCMP, and External Affairs are working on the case. The British Information Service in Toronto says Mr. Cross has never worked in the Middle East. the British Board of Trade since 1947. He has been with He was serving in New Delhi, Halifax, Winnipeg and Kuala Lumpur before taking up the job as senior Trade Commissioner in Montreal. In Toronto police are now moving to tighten security around British Government Offices in this city. So for the moment in the absence of further contact with the abducters the afternoon news conference could be the only source of hard information about the kidnapping. HJMHF 7*t PMO" CEDM) CIDA MINISTERE DOPS (PDS DES A F F A I R E S PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW Ken McCreath, Toronto GLA GRF GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMA OAD CENTRE .OUN) FCN ?LE CBC News 1? noon ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO OF EXTERNAL JfcRB LSD PAG A 007575 �POP BULL OCT SOURCE HR. DATE > CLASSIFICATION / 3d/ i LONDRES 5 OCTOBRE (AFP) L E S T R O I S HOMME'S ARMES QUI 0 NT ENLEVE VA MATIN L'ATTACHE COMMERCIAL BRITANNIQUE A MONTREAL, M. JAMFS RICHARD CROSS, SE RECLA1AIFMT DU ' ' F R O N T D r L I B E R A T I O N DU Q U E B E C " " DECLARE UN COMMUNIQUE O F F I C I E L PUBLIE A L O N D R E S . LF COMMUNIQUE PUBLIC PAR LE FOREIGN O F F I C E , SUR LA BASF D'UN RAPPORT DE LA HAUTE COMMISSION BRITANNIQUE A OTTAWA, P R E C I S E QUE L E S T R O I S HOMMES ONT F A I T IRRUPTION AU DOMICILE DE M. CROSS ET L ' O N T KIDNAPPF EN PRESENCE DE SON EPOUS^ ET D'UNE SERVANTF. L ^ S T R O I S HOMMES ONT DECLARE Q U ' I L S APPARTENAIENT AU ' ' F R O N T D^ L I B E R A T I O N DU Q U E B E C " . LE COMMUNIQUE AJOUTE QUE NI LA HA!JT r COMMISSION A OTTAWA NI LF GOUVERNEMENT BRITANNIQUE N'ONT ENCORE RECU DE COMMUNICATION DU ' ' F R O N T ' ' A C^ S U J E T . AFP L PDE A^"YPCO; CIDA GEUE GEUW TJ0M M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 f FCO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU AFFAIRS 007576 �POP BULL DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cp OcT S l^NC^ASS p dG.. cc e s a i t o as been f u l l y ne iore.i"-a o: I n f o r m e d a b o u t t] e a a a n a - e r i n - oe , are en a i c h a r d r o s e , s e n i o r B r i t i s h t r a d e commissioner ...ora spokesman s a i d t h e t h r e e armed men who s e i z e d , r o s s AFT a s s c r i "be i t h e m s e l v e s Front nour la L i b e r a t i o n .'xi G"beoois or'.'.h e <;u e"bec L i b e r a t i o n Tront . -lie a en a. "om^ took pi •oss .s a e a v i r ' rome do: ..is o' : "- F iee. So f a r . t h e f o r e i g n cf . ce no clae ahout aAz' '- r o s s aas l i l l n a y o e d . Ihe B r i a i " i A .ommission a t Ott a immediatel; i n f o r m e a th? ^ n a d i s n government but a u t h o r i t i e s a t Ottawa and M o n t r e a l " h a v e n c ! rom t r e f r o n t , »» t h e spokesman T C3 J2 '*) " C I A A. Cl - A r e p o r t A t h r e a t t c A e lade cf i r i n e a i n i s t e r Irudeau i s l e d i e v e a t c drave l e e r f a b r i c a t e d , an I.e. _ srohesrrar. said today. a r spokesman s a i d hCidl and c i t y r o l i c e a f t e r e x t e n s i v e weekend i n v e s t i g a t i o n s b e l i e v e t h e s o u r c e cf the r e r o r t i s of < *r_aes t i o r a l ] e reliability. tt A e BCLLI had r e c e i v e d a t e l e p h o n e ca]? a l e r t d> r . r r . Saturday *<fron aa i n d i v i d u a l A o claimed tc have overheard ar; u n i d e n t i f i e d person t a l k i n a to himself in tae t o i l e t of a .rest Cttawa r . u t . j j ne c a l l e r s a l e the u n i d e n t i f i e d rear, was s a y i n r he had two . ; 7 A ' ~ c a i i ! r e r i f l e s area t h a t ae would u s e one to shoot a J err arc immigrant ana a <*few n i n i s t e r s . J > lhe o t h e r r i f l e woi:le l e used to snoot t a e prir; e m i n i s t e r of Canada. s«<a,e nave good r e a s o n to b e l i e v e t h i s r e t o r t .vas f a b r i c a t e d , • j said tre /ement was leinrr naae i n r e s - ' c a s e to a number of q u e r i e s fron the news media. I n v e s t i g a t i o n s would c o n t i n u e but no f u r t h e r s t a t e m e n t was p l a n n e d . ', T — c. O V"r o y . v p y * : • Q c * u i * ^V PMO; ^ ALJAW ^ — ' ^PTO) PPMj CIDA DOPS vjPDS) PDA^ M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP ^ ) OMA OAD CENTRE D"OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 OUJ*) FCN FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB ® PAG .FPR^ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A "'•'»»»• 007577 �POP DATE OCT SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION cp % \J.NCU/\S^ p o l i c e said the E r i t i s h government o f f i c e h e r e s a i d t h a t the w i f e of t h e trade commissioner l a t e r r e c e i v e d a t e l e p h o n e c a l l from t h e k i d n a p p e r s . Contents of the c o n v e r s a t i o n were n o t d i v u l g e d "by police. Chief d e t e c t i v e I n s p e c t o r Roland Jodoin quoted a w i t n e s s as h e a r i n g cue t f the f o u r a b d u c t o r s sayi <«We»re the F L ^ . J J The P r o n t de L i h e r a t i o n Quehecois, an underground t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n in Quebec, has heen l i n k e d to dynamite "bomhings during the i96 QS and t o demands f o r t h e p o l i t i c a l independence of tie p r o v i n c e from Canada. MOKE if PMO \ ^ ^ PC<^> CIDA DOPS #MH) PDM) CjPDS) Cgg) M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S aESIa zmy J»DG) PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE F?Fy GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD) OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 pOUJ FCN ^FCO) {LEy ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF EXTERNAL. SRB PSD PAG dpi) AFFAIRS 007578 �POP BULLETIN DATE 0C A HR. S SOURCE I OOf* M. CLASSIFICATION C&<d gfiDlO Nc^C </7VA L/^SS . CBC Radio news 1:00 p.m. October 5, 1970 The British Foreign Office in London has revealed that three armed men who kidnapped the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal this morning identified themselves as members of the Quebec Liberation Party. James Richard Cross v/as taken at gun ooint at he was leaving his home for the office. More on the story from James Struthers in Montreal. Illegal kidnappings have become almost a worldwide disease. turn. Today it was Montreal's James Jasper Cross heads the large British Trade Office in Montreal. He has been here since 1968. This morning at 8:20 a.m., the time he usually leaves his Mountainside home for the office located on midtovm Dorchester Blvd., four men drove up in a taxi cab. revolvers. Two are said'1 to have been carrying machine guns, the others Mr. Cross and the men, who were masked, disappeared. found by Montreal police abandoned. As yet there has been no disclosure of a ransom note or other communication from the abducters. may have been received at his home. The taxi was later However there are rumours that a message The police have nothing to say on this story. Only last spring there was an abortive attempt to kidnap an Israeli and American consular officials and three men are expected to face trial on conspiracy charges in this connection. Immediate suspicion is that the British diplomatic official is taken by people connected with the FLQ, the Quebec Liberation Movement. However there is nothing confirmed with the suspicion although the British are sure it is. Later this afternoon there is to be a press conference by those working for the Liberation on what are termed political prisoners in Quebec, those connected with various acts of terrorism or political action. But this affair has been scheduled for some time. Mr. Cross also has a married daughter in Montreal and was born in Ireland. Thus far police haye sealed all conceivable exits from the city and the RCMP has been called in through the Department of External Affairs. All officials of the British Trade Office could do as they left a few moments ago was to wait for some communication either from the kidnappers or the police. An appeal is expected to be broadcast to the abducters. The news of the kidnapping has sent a shock through Canadian Government circles. Ottawa Tom Earl reports : It could be assumed that the action of kidnapping a diplomat 007579 and holding him until political prisoners are released in exchange would not come as �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION - 2 - a complete surprise. After all, examples of this technique have been plentiful in recent times. And yet, the kidnapping of Mr. Cross in Montreal has come with a surprise to Ottawa. This afternoon when the Commons resumes after its adjournment the Minister for External Affairs is expected to make a statement about the Cross case. This morning Mr. Sharp was immediately notified by the British High Commission in Ottawa about the kidnapping. on the matter. Several Government Departments here are working Included are the Offices of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the External Affairs Department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. An RCMP spokesman this morning noted that kidnapping comes under the criminal code and as a provincial matter does not directly involve the RCMP as a federal force. The case of Mr. Cross is a matter for the Montreal and Provincial police. The RCMP however would be involved if the case involved a province like New Brunswick, for example, where it also acts as the Provincial Police Force. It would also be involved if there is what as described as an international aspect. It can be assumed that regardless the RCMP is vitally interested in this case for the ramnification that can be easily imagined. Here in Ottawa the British High Commission says"it knows very little. We do know that Mr. Cross was removed forceably from his home shortly after 8 a.m. We knov; he didn't arrive at his office. We have reported the matter to Canadian authorities, to Britain, and to the police." PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA PDE PDF PDG PGP MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB PSI PAG FPR AQ07580 �POP BULL Oct CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE < MC1AIAAL Cp-Jarr.es Richard Cross, p r i t i i t r a d e corrrrlssioner here. was ahducted a t g u n p o i n t from h i s f a s h i o n a h l e downtown Montreal home e a r l y Monday. l o l i c e s a i d two men gained e n t r a n c e to the Cross home, on Eedpath Crescent on the s l o p e s of Mount Loyal, under the g u i s e ' o f p r e s e n t i n g a g i f t to Mr. Cross, who was /9 l a s t Tuesday, S e p t . g 9 . One nan then drew a gun and the two e n t e r e d Mr. Crosses "bedroom where they f o r c e d him t o d r e s s , handcuffed him and t o o t him to a waiting t a x i . A t h i r d man was seen in the driveway c a r r y i n g a «<lonrt i g u n . • 9 'iiie t a x i the L a s a l ] e Taxi t o . , then s r e d away i-olice s a i dhelonging f o u r nen to were involved in the a t d u c t i o n ~ t h e two who entered the h o u s e , the man i n the driveway and t h e d r i v e r . .A g a r d e n e r a t t h e Cross r e s i d e n c e s;_ld, however, he thought he saw five men in the taxi as it drove up to the house at 8115 a.m. i police said later that Mrs. Cross received a telephone call from a man who said the iront de Liheration quehecois, an underground terrorist organization, was responsihle for the kidnapping. 'me 7.,olice srohesman said the man made no request for ransom tut saia a letter containing irL^ demands for the safe return of Mr, Cross }-.g S2Qt t o ne;vg media in ^ n n t r g ^ ] T •Ihe h . u , h teen linked to dynamite tomhings during th< p p ie rest and d emands ' o r the political independence of Quehec fro; AA • t_.- -y . ^ L- u ] . i ^_ t il • fc •' • i - i ' I I N i II T n _ i .1.J l J i n r . of Car: ad a . GAF GCO GFE DOPS M I N I S T E R E OES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP <§MJ£) OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 CgUfr) FCN Cifa^ <?LEN ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB <ES> DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU AFFAIRS 007581 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE Oct r CLASSIFICATION c<a Af/>J C ^ f) 5 d> Ql'TAuA Cj- - A d d i t i o n a l p r o t e c t i o n w i l l l e - p r o v i d e d f o r f o r e i g n diplomats i r Canada, E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r M i t c h e l l Char- said Mora a y i n t h e Commons . h e w a s r e p o r t i n g on t d e a h d u c t i o n i a M o n t r e a l e a r l i e r i r t r e d e add J a m e s d i e h a r d c r o s s , B r i t i s h t r a d e c o m m i s s i o n e r . o f p" ir. 'OP >''•••. ci fi ' ae ~ r e a s o n s 101 11Leave r o t -1conclusively estahlished. > ? X J.IA.1 ...Ct- X ij *~ Aj --<-_ j . _ _i_ ^ J . ..*_ A s r o s i t i o n her; i ~ u u "• " 9 - -;r y sal a tde fed^rr Terra., sn hav e ' 1 0 US acxuion PP t s c a s e« a r . b t a r . f i e l d a s h e d t h a t t d e roverne.en •a- an:, sac:., . . e e l s l e e r . : tte-, t r e d i t i s t e l e a d e r , s a d oc.r d o r L i r r n c i u ea c <o. 2 he i Lead c c c u r r d. AJLL.X . A^.JAJA.^. . S J a j . V. r Q Mr. i ^ t a n f i e l d s a i d t a e g o v e r n m e n t f a c e s a d e l i c a t e a n d d i f f i c u l t si c u a t i o n . C a n a d i a n s w o u l d e x p e c t a h i g h s t a n d a r d o f e f f o r t ia" ti: ;overnmen t . . e v e r y t h i n g r o s s i t l e rr.ust he d o n e . Mr. . u o u g l a s u r g e d t a a t a l l taken t o 7rev aay r e c u r r e n c e od t h e i n c i d e n t . " T» A] . .-A . ..... ^..A_vX. 5 0 , . , X ,.. 4 . . J o l/atcCisclli < «i n a v ;o i i . . a.e nous s . i. ci.'.. sit I r a a e C o m m i s s i o n e r c f t i . e h r i t i, u u —. rissior. in a t d u c t e d f r o r h i s ...ore e a r l y t h i s m o r a i n e l for t i s a c e aave n o t heen c o n c l u s i v e ] stahlishea. p A i a t e l , informed are roaat. re eri on r ea 0 l e a a i n g t c a a d f r o r r trie c l t ; ^.(J..A p . . e r e n a v e t e e n sstatlis.' .lontreal, 1 .3 r e a s o n s A.- n -, a. - rc- c e c r 2 r a t e . . ppv es -... PA 7.... Q " C ' ." . ' -•*- -•-•- 1 . -,AJ,„X±A „ J.AJ OU.tlU -L O _. i U . L l ^ U i . l t i i g _.. Oi s rauKL -, r. -;• A- , . -• v e s i n rad.s c o r t a e T,ro 0 GC oiorj of d c r s . i sparing no e f f o r t t o d i s c h a r g e " t h i s y: , x O : . i i a o s s t e r s a r e being t a k e n t o e n s u r e a l c i + A n A Ao L e c t i o n f o r d i r - l o m a t i c a r d c o n n ; ] ? r • — ,-• - -, , . -1 in c l o s e t cA:- FC L 1- J 1%NJP (HA) <cpv£f 4(jPM0) 4 CIDA DOPS CSV / T O > MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S cyPDCp PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GEU GLA OMP GCO GEUE GRF C?MD} GFE GEUW GUS OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 FCN C|[cp> Cfi3> ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAl SRB AP J£A APR3 - AF 007582 �POP SOURCE HR. DATE /6&> C SA CLASSIFICATION ./ (Ac/ro, A A CBC NEWS 4 PM AUTHORITIES IN MOKTREAL HAVE RECEIVED A RANSOM MOTE FROM TIIE PLQ FOR THE RELEASE OP JAMES CROSS, KIDNAPPED PROM HIS MON ILEAL HOME THIS MORNING. KIDNAFPERS ARE DEMANDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD, THE RELEASE OF SOME SEPARATISTS WHO ARE IN JAIL AND SAFE PASSAGE TO CUBA. THE DEMAND IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THOSE CONTAINED IN TWO PREVIOUS PLOTS AGAINST USA AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS IN QUEBEC WHICH WERE STOPPED IN TIME BY THE POLICE. THE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AIL AIRS HAS TOLD THE COMMONS THAT ADDITIONAL PROTECTION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN CANADA. ING BF MR. CROSS. HE WA3 REPORTING ON THE KIDNAPP* OPPOSITION ROBERT STANEIELD AND NDP LEADER T.C. DOUBLAS SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO FACE A SERIOUS DECISION IN THE CASE. CP Former C o n s e r v a t i v e l e a d e r John l i e f e n l a k e r , in t h e q u e s t i o n period l a t e r condermed t h e " d i a b o l i c a l n a t u r e ? * of the a c t and dereanded the immediate a r r e s t and c o n v i c t i o n of the k i d n a p p e r s . dhe urged the government to "bring in LAAAL o f f i c i a l s fron a c r o s s tire country to a s s i s t Montreal and quehec p r o v i n c i a l p o l i c e . " T h e RCMP always g e t t h e i r man »? he s a i d . Mr. bharp told. Mr. Xiefenhaker the RCMP a r e a l r e a d y t a k i n g p a r t in tue i n v e s t i g a t i o n t u t he could not g i v e any a s s u r a n c e t h a t ' a r r e s t s would soon he made. X ' A..1 A , son ers «; iii puo'hustte said '. r • C»..P J. ... J. . 1 CA J . is for r SU J f o r M'g- '.cAIaa ._ dFf'^A ^ p CIDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GAF (jgCQ) GFE A) EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW F,s GLA GRF GUS FAC QMP (6MD^, OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CUD PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. AFFAIRS 007583 �POP BULL DATE HR. Qtlr 5 / Fez) Xx^l AAA •z i n CLASSIFICATION cr iziyiiiiz - Cx SOURCE ex's Ox JP.S,.: LL-i^Ci iZcA-A '<-A a a a v. --aere . .. j: .. "1 •- - A- A A.' b c 7 .zAz i c k l i V i . 1 u .*- i n i s t e r said he dad test with r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s cf three rjd ..v : - L r t declined to e l a l o r a t e , j. • .. ±. i ~ U U-J* xl Kr- i... x. . O * - " j A ~ ~ : U 9 • • : • • ... r A -* -' a. v. m ^ - V v ., I t ^(PMb CIDA . ^ (PCO DOPS ^»DM (VQ$) M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S (±DE ; (PDF (PDG) PGP EXTERIEURES GAF^ (GCO GF^ F.A GEU GEUE GEUW (&> GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE . Z^~ ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. SRB CPSI /AG-. (FPR ' AFFAIRS 007584 �. ., .. i . =•«., T POP BULLETIN 1 DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION c r AU^CI(ZLAA "fcAiihrAL Cp - Ohe kidnappers of James dicliard Cross, senior ttltieh trade commissioner in Montreal, have sukmitted demands x or feor rer in gold and the r e l e a s . cf ' p o l i t i c a l prisoners** in AdkA f o r his freedcr, J u c t i c : . d r d d r Jerome Ciioauetts saiu 1 e j u s t i c e m i n i s t e r said he had r e t with r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of three police forces-Montreal, p r o v i n c i a l and hcyp-lut declined to e l a l o r a t e , axcejA to say that he fluid r e r o r t to tae c a T i n s t . ae l i s t e d demands made hy the kidnappers, ./hick they wanted s a t i s f i e d urithin fS h o u r s . slhev demande! tha r e l e a s e of «<a c e r t a i n numker.of alleged p o l i t i c a l r r i s o n e r s , <? -vho csre to la rut on aa a i r c r a f t dor Cuha or Algeria :old iuA s-i on;.; .vita A yy, c a n t e ! t h e i r dsmaals ic he r u l l i s h e l ia f u l l , along .vith U s 172 information leading nan, s ; i o £ *fcU c-1 c c o i^> • "! i~l 4- Q r . * -^ v . * c r > Of ill J.CJ. AT AtATJ .J .-•-..-.-,3 a :1 ^ : CIDA as; rrou C. (PCO DOPS ^pj* PDS (PDA; a u c JuO / ^ i. J . C i i . ^ 1 - (£M GAF (J»DF (PDG PGP (GCO GP*. MINISTKRK DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES <£fV?) -j * GEU GEUE GEUW (£15 GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-633 1 OUN FCN FCO PLE ECP ECD ECL ECT APP APP APO FM SRB CPSL PAC (PPJ 007585 DEPARTMENT OP EXTEl 'All �POP • BULLETI N DATE K Oct f HR. # SOURCE I7*S~ J.,,... CLASSIFICATION U CP , 1 JO C *~ «=> -5 s ..LLC . o_ _ - a . . . .cc t a Pic i d ' "".' a ' - • to 1x0- , rn •• •' •' • - _• j . f f J. (; c a- a ra. ta r i> . _ '-A.' rcv tie le A :i r r. en t h s . ~rPMO CIDA • P I DOPS t^pp|$ ^PDX M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GAF GEU GLA OMP GCO GEUE GRF T^TJMDr) GFE PGP EXTERIEURES GEUW FIS GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 QUlD ECP FCN ECD APP F&FA /FLE) E C L APO PAG ECT FSR FPR^ AFP SRB DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL »«»» ' »• 007586 �M2 vanavhyl Montreal-ist add LL ki&nap-Mi . . . m e t . J u s t i c e Minister Choauette appealed to the kidnappers a t a news confidence Monday afternoon to show * 'human decency*« hy procuring a s ^ ^ l y of a drug Mr. Cross needs f o r a high "blood pressure condition. The diplomat normally takes two doses d a i l y of the drug S e r p e s i l . A Montreal doctor s a i d in an interview Mr. Cross could he in grave danger i n a few days without the drug. * ' C e r t a i n l y w i t h i n a week we would hegin experiencing symptoms of the r i s i n g "blood pressure-headaches and other trouhles f e l t hy those with h e a r t pro hi ems.»» The doctor, who asked to remain anonymous, s a i d the excitement of the kidnapping i t s e l f would have a s e r i o u s e f f e c t on h i s "blood pressure. Two men gained entrance to the plush downtown home of Mr. Cross uider the pretence of presenting him with a "birthday g i f t . Once inside the house, one man pulled a gun on the maid and two others altered tne diplomat>s "bedroom, handcuffed him and forced him i n t o a w a i t i n g car which hore a l o c a l t a x i company marking. The t o t a l numher of men involved in the kidnapping has heen placed Ty w i t n e s s e s at e i t h e r four or f i v e . M3 vanavzyr Montreal-end add LL kidnapA,.i . . . f i v e . Other demands contained in the ransom n o t e , addressed n e i t h e r to tne quehec or Canadian government i n p a r t i c u l a r tut merely to " a u t h o r i t i e s , > > were! —Pull p u h l i c a t i o n of t h e i r demands along with the name and photograph of the person who gave information to a recent a r r e s t of a l l e g e d fL4 memhers; —luhlication i n a l l quehec newspapers of a p o l i t i c a l manifesto s p e l l i n g out the i n d e p e n d e n t i s t aims of the c l a n d e s t i n e organization: -And reinstatement of a l l Montreal mail truck d r i v e r s who were l e f t johless e a r l i e r t h i s year when the government took over mail d e l i v e r y in t a e c i t y . ihe note added that i f the /""hour d e a d l i n e was not met, *«we w i l l n o t he held r e s p o n s i t l e f o r what happens .9 9 s i t was n o t immediately known i f the " p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s » > n.entioned in trie n o t e a r e i n r r o v l n c i a l or f e d e r a l j e n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , sin Ottawa, E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r M i t c h e l l Sharp_promised t h a t a d d i t i o n a l p r o t e c t i o n . . i l l he provided f o r tae l,CCC~plus f o r e i g n diplomats i n Canada. .Le s a i d the kidnapping a c u l d A rove to l e a s t r o n g "blow a g a i n s t t h e cause of s e p a r a t i s m i n n u e t e c . ' «If t h e r e was any very s t r o n g s u p p o r t f o r s e p a r a t i s m , t h i s i n c i d e n t , ths kidnapping of arr i n n o c e n t d i p l o m a t , has d e a l t a s t r o n g l i e . a g a i n s t tc 1 . KJ U c .. Aj sa 1 JAJ I .. J L U U C At Aj - 1 . . . J. .. ! . J U r. - L . . ccv r 1 r • A - . t -L P. 1 : 1 1 \ :• .: .'. • I : ... 1 ... ; ^ 1 i .. ... ; f>-*- A, :... C . r .. I ^ -• : 1 0 1 -co; A J 1 : . j lit :- c j "V , c : 1 : i/O cx L-J r X A 1 ' 10 c . ; 1 ' \ ' ., 1 o r ^ u 0 - 1 • raj L-'KJ 007587 �M77 vanavzsazsa F,~io"7o W6Q?P JNV XIDJiAP-profile ly j A l b MISKEw MOflraEAL Cp - James Richard Cross, kidnapped Monday, came to Montreal to head the B r i t i s h government office a l i t t l e more than 9t use * ^ < * ° n S t reP^odU lis a c a U ^e>/l Le te> M78 vanapzsaryr i t o n t r e a l - i s t add kidnap- P rofUe-M77 . . . s c i e n c e . d i s kidnapping, t h e r e f o r e , came as a s u r p r i s e to h i s office as wellx as tne Montreal business communitv. 5 ? i V F i C e f_?id l t . w a s n o t a w a r e " o f any t h r e a t s a g a i n s t him, and risured tne kidnapping was more an act a g a i n s t the office than a5g a i n s t Mr. Cross as an i n d i v i d u a l . Born i n Nevagh, I r e l a n d , 49 years ago, he assumed the Montreal appointment a f t e r having "been in charge of a branch of the B r i t i s h Board of Trade as a s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y and under s e c r e t a r y . He came to Montral with his wife, the former Barbara Dagg whom he married in 1945 and t h e i r daughter, Susan, and the family m de t h e i r homeon Redpath Crescent, a fashionable d i s t r i c t j u s t west of McGill U n i v e r s i t y . Susan, 24, was r e c e n t l y married and l s l i v i n g elsewhere in Montreal. The kidnapping took place Monday morning before Mr. Cross could get s t a r t e d on his way to his office in the P r u d e n t i a l Assurance Building on Dorchester Boulevard. Mr. Cross, c o n s e r v a t l v e l y ' d r e s s e d and his l i g h t brown h a i r well~groomed, gave the appearance of a relaxed businessman when he met v i s i t o r s to his n i n t h f l o o r o f f i c e . But d e s p i t e his mild and relaxed manner, the t a l l , well~shaped Mr. Cross i s suffering from high blood p r e s s u r e . His office expressed concern about his h e a l t h if he i s cut off from medication. M79 vanavzsaiyc Montreal-snd add kidnap-profile-M77 . . . medication. Mr. Cross graduated i n i944 with a f i r s f c l a s s honors degree in economics and p o l i t i c a l science from T r i n i t y College ln Dublin. As a l i e u t e n a n t , he saw s e r v i c e with the Royal Engineers from 1^44 to i947 when he joined the B r i t i s h Board of Trade. He worked i n s e v e r a l d i v i s i o n s of t i s B r i t i s h government department before he was posted, in l953, to New Delhi as a trade commissioner. The B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l , no newcomer to the Canadian scene, had a liking f o r the c i t y of Montreal and i t s people. In l957 he was posted to Halifax as B r i t i s h trade commissioner for the A t l a n t i c provinces. Subsequently, he spent two years as B r i t i s h trade commissioner in Winnipeg and, in i96o, was posted to Kuala Lumpur as s e n i o r B r i t i s h trade commissioner i n Malaysia. Mr. Cross returned to Britain in i966 as an a s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y in the general department of the Board of Trade. Prom 1966, u n t i l he came to Montreal, he was ln charge of the department»s exhibitions aad t r a d e f a i r s branch. After a r r i v i n g i n Montreal, he s a i d . **lty Malaysian tour was very i n t e r e s t i n g d e s p i t e a l o t of p o l i t i c a l and economic problems. Mostly, though, we never r e a l i z e d our l i v e s night be in danger u n t i l we read the English p a p e r s . »> - -„ •.•- m SM80 lydvanavryrczc 5 ic ?0 W^SIP T 007588 �_A • C '— . -> 1 C • p_u- - ' A • - . - - * - , - j - , , — - y t . - — tj.u.iiciT-i eis 1 A X A j.-l . n - y a j . cxxa - . J - r j : n - r d i n g a G C C ' L li- AA r \ aciia-u and A release ci <<x-oliticai p r i s o n e r s j j in exhcnage'for the freed oe o: n ct^;Qd'a^ur .ooP^ons^d ducedu caU se n o <fig> * is' S 0*%»#>* 007589 M M M H M B I �INSERT i A t t a i v a lead h o u s e - k i d n a p ping - Qdp, INSERT AFi'nR PARA \ . . . Montreal. The f e d e r a l and Quebec governments a r e o p e r a t i n g under s h a r e d j u r i s d i c t i o n i n t h e c a s e , an e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s spokesman s a i d l a t e r . He s a i d t h a t a p p l i e s a t the l e v e l s of p o l i c e work, and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n and m i n i s t e r i a l l y . !Qie f e d e r a l government i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s a f e t y of f o r e i g n d i p l o m a t i c p e r s o n s and p r o p e r t y and, g e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g , t h e p r o v i n c e s a d m i n i s t e r the Criminal Code on behalf of t h e f e d e r a l government. Mr. Sharp has been a c t i n g f o r the f e d e r a l government i n exchanges w i t h (Quebec, as w e l l as h e r e . "m/helher . . . p a r a 4 - 06g �I.B3 v a n a v r y r i y c . r " i c ~ 7 c t 7 l 8 p U M o n t r e a l - i s t add ?rd l e a d kidnapping-MSo . . . M o n t r e a l . Iwc^en aainec e n t r a n c e to t a e house under the p r e t e n c e cf p r e d a t i n g a g i f t to Mr. Cross, who turned 49 l a s t Tuesday. One man drew a gun on the maid. The two then e n t e r e d Mr. Crosses bedroom, f o r c e d him to d r e s s , handcuffed him, took him to a c a r b e a r i n g ' a L a s a l l e Taxi Co. marking and sped away. The maid s a i d s h e saw a t h i r d man in t h e driveway c a r r y i n g a " l o n g gun . 9 9 Mr. Cross*s r o s i t i o n as t r a d e commissioner i s e q u i v a l e n t t o t h a t cf c o n s u l ' g e n e r a l i n any non"Commonwealth c o u n t r y . Mr. Choq.uette s a i d t h e k i d n a p p e r s a r e demanding t h e r e l e a s e of * ' a c e r t a i n number of a l l e g e d p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s » > to be put aboard an a i r c r a f t f o r Cuba or A l g e r i a along w i t h $5ro»OOp i n gold billion. He s a i d the k i d n a p p e r s asked f u l l p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e i r demands along with the name and photograph of the person who gave i n f o r m a t i o n leading to a r e c e n t a r r e s t " of ILH members. sThe MAA, A TERRORIST 0R3ANIMATION WHICH ADVOCATES Quebec separatism from Canada, claims r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r s c o r e s of bombings in Montreal s i n c e l 9 6 g . Mr. C h o i u e t t e s a i d the k i d n a p p e r s wanted t h e i r demands met w i t h i n 43 hours . Although the j u s t i c e m i n i s t e r did n o t say how many p r i s o n e r s were mentioned i n the n o t e , the S t a r says the k i d n a p p e r s demanded the r e l e a s e of 12 p r i s o n e r s and l i s t e d t h e i r names on t h e ransom n o t e . Tne newspaper s a i d t h e note warned t h a t u n l e s s t h e 48~hour d e a d l i n e was met, <<we w i l l not te held r e s p o n s i b l e f o r what h a p p e n s . >> MORE 007591 �-,. * a MllS v a n a v r y r f " l o " 7 o &3??Fa L 4th 1 ead-ki dn app i n g - Bo j URJEHT MOBTBEAL Cp - p o l i c e have t e m p o r a r i l y h a l t e d t h e i r manhunt I a t o t h e kidnapping of Janes Richard Cross, s e n i o r B r i t i e h t r a d e Q>mmi s a l o n e r , abducted from h i s horr.e earl;, Monday morning. A p o l i c e spokesman s a i d the ore-ration of t r a c k i n g down t h e H d n a p p e r s was s t o p p e d a f t e r a ransom n o t e frorr- the k i d n a p p e r s was r e c e i v e d c a l l i n g f o r " n o p o l i c e a c t i o n a g a i n s t u s . >» !Itee spokesman d e s c r i b e d t h - h a l t i n t a e i n v e s t i g a t i o n aa " e s s e n t i a l * » because a ma.. ?s l i f e i s a t s t a l e " a n d we don»t want to make the t e r r o r i s t s j i t t e r y . ; * J u s t i c e M i n i s t e r Joroa.e C h o i u s t t e p a r t i a l l y r e v e a l e d t h e c o n t e n t s of the ransom n o l i a t a news conference :/.c....u„ a f t e r n o o n , and l a t e r "brought the m a t t e r l e f o r e ths, p r o v i n c i a l c a i i u e t . After the c a b i n e t meeting Mr. A c ^ u A l : s a i l he ha.Lc no f u r t h e r comment to make. premier Robert Bourassa s a i d a f t e r the meeting he had " n o t h i n g t o aay>» a b o u t the k i d n a p p i n g . Mr. Choauette s a i d a c t i o n w i l l be taker, j o i n t l y "ty the p r o v i n c i a l and f e d e r a l governments and added t h a t ,. ea4. nc." i s happening I B " b t u r a l and u s e l e s s .»» " S i m i l a r a c t i o n s ii a . a c o u n t r i e s hus r a r e r t r c u g h t an, r e s u l t s whatsoever,>» .... a d . e . The k i d n a p p e r s , s u s p e c t e d ic A m e r l e r s cd the t e r r o r i s t J r o n t a s L i b e r a t i o n q u e b e c o i s , a grouj - - e h i n g <tuet£C i: t e ; er.der.ee, 1 en.4i.nd ed k.C, LCC lr. gold and the r r l a . . . . c f " p . i i t A A ^ i s o n e r s * , in acchairge f o r the s e n i o r L r i A i A tra..e r a r i a a a a r , xx\ : a x ijxti .i »• • » jf' i.ra ?. - , -. r '." 3 a 007592 g g&a& �POP INFORMATION DATE 0l+ HR. f/n SOURCE /8-eo CLASSIFICATION C8CJ06UXI QA>C*.*SS • &:6 Q ...At a news conference this afternoon, Quebec's Minister of Justice Choquette spoke about the demands, "rfe have received a communique from those who have kidnapped Mr. Cross, the Coninercial representative of the United Kingdom Government...asking the authorities to comply with a certain number of demands within 48 hours, wnich are - to refrain from any police action, to publish in its entirety a manifesto from the FLQ movement, to free a certain number of alleged political prisoners and to put those political prisoners on a plane on its way to Cuba or Algeria; to have the Minister of External Affairs in Ottawa make a reading re-instating in their former jobs the employees of LaPalme; for the authorities to pay a voluntary tax of $500,000 in gold bullion to be put on the plane v/here the alleged political prisoners would be going to; and finally, to publish the name and the photograph of the person who is alleged to have given information on the last arrest of an FLQ group. "Now I have conferred with the representatives of the three main police forces who are interested in this matter - the Montreal Police, the Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I think the only statement I can make is that I will, report to the Cabinet tonight at its meeting in "Quebec City, and I cannot add anything to this, except that it is know that Mr. Cross suf !'ers from high blood pressure, and that he is required to take medicaments or drugs. This drug is serpicil, and I would ask the persons who have Mr. Cross in their custody to at least show some element of human decency in procuring this drug." PM(0? _ * GAIN A' CIDA £FbD CPDG OOPS CPDB/ CAF £GC(f> "GFE" LPTa*) N MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS * « ~ — - > . U T B p D'OPERATIONS CENTRE C E N T R E P O K t K A M U I W V - W I •"• T E L . 5-4331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNA!. A F F A I R * 007593 �POP * INFORMATION DATE HR. 5 OCT 70 SOURCE 1800 CLASSIFICATION CBC NEWS UNCLASSIFIED KIDNAPPING OF BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER ....This afternoon, when parliament resumed its adjourned session, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Sharp , outlined the situation to MP's. Later he was interviewed by reporters. "That;this is the tradional form of blackmail that has been resorted to elsewhere, we don't know;whether it is genuine or whether it is a hoax Q: I would not like to say at the present time... Will these demands have to be met because of the diplomatic point involved? "The Government has responsibility, there is no doubt about it, for the safety of diplomats. But whether we have to meet this particular demand is something that the government will have to study very carefully, and I see no profit at all in speculating abo it that at present." Q: You said in the House there would have to be increased protection for diplomats on the premises. Does this mean on mission or diplomatic premises, or does it mean anywhere in, say, the city of Montreal or Ottawa? "Obviously we cannot assign policemen to every diplomat travelling wherever he wants to go. de would feel some responsibility, a special responsibility, fortheir safety when they are in their offices or in their homes." Q: I take it from what you just said to Mr. Drew that you do not have any objection in principle tonegotiating on questions of this kind? "No, I did not say that. I am hppeful that there will be no negotiations, 2 A/ GAF ^GCO^ Oco^j CiJA MINISTERE DOPS C J>DA^ DES A F F A I R E S PGP EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE OEUW GLA GRF GUS OMP ggMD^ OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 (pui?) ^ QLFT J AFP APP APO ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT SRB CPSL^ P ^ £FPO OF EXTERNAL A F F A I R S 007594 �- 2 - that the criminals will be aporehenced, and that the diplomat will be released. That is our purpose. <Ve are not taking it for granted that this man is going to be held and that any blackmail is going to be successful. That is not our expectation at all. The police are now engaged in trying to track down these criminals and have this man released." Q: ^hat are you going to do about it? "One thing is quite clear, and that is that if there was any very strong support for the cause of separatism, this incident has dealt them a very serious blow. To have separatists who are prepared to resort to measures like this certainly puts the cause of separatism in a rather different category to what it was before. I don't think anyone would object to those who advocate any political action by constitutional means, but when criminals involve innocent diplomats in this way, then one doubts what tneir purposes are." �OiC RADIO NEWS 10 pm — OAA S Afl THERE IS A 48-HOUR DEADLINE HANGING OVER THE HEAD OF TIIE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN MONTREAL. JAMES R CROSS, KIDNAPPED FROM HIS HOME THIS MORNING IS APPARENTLY BEING HELD BY AN ACTIVIST WING OF THE QUEBEC LIBERATION FRONT WHICH IS DEMANDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RANSOM AND THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS. THE DEADLINE ENDS SOMETIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. DAVE STROTHERS REPORTS: JAMES R CROSS WAS TAKEN FROM HIS MONTREAL HOME SHORTLY AFTER 8 THIS MCRNING. HE HAE NOW BEEN HELD FOR 14 HOURS. THE KIDNAPPERS WHO CLAIM TO BE MEMBERS OF THE "FRONT POUR LIBERATION QUEBECOIS" GIVE TIIE AUTHORITIES 4& HOURS TO DELIVER THEIR RANSOM TERMS. THESE ARE NOT COMPLETELY KNOWN, BUT THEY INCLUDE $500,000 WOfiTH OF GOLD, PUBLICATION OF THE WHOLE OF AN 8-PAGE MANIFESTO DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC, RELEASE OF PRISONERS HEED OF WHAT ARE TERMED'TOLITICAL TERMS". THESE ACCORDING TO SPECULATION AMOUNT UP TO MORE THAN A DOZEN. AN AEROPLANE TO FLY TO HA¥ANA, A NEW DEAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE LA PALME TRUCKING FLEET WH1DEH HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT WITH THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CONDIT* IONS NOT YET RELEASED TO TIIE PRESS. THE QUEBEC CABINET HAS GONE INTO SPECIAL BBSSION ON THE AFFAIR. THE ONLY WORD THAT COULD DdSCRIBE THE FEELINGS OF THOSE INVOLVED IS "DEAD*SERI0US2 ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE WHO, IN THE PASS), HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FRONT, THEY SAY THIS IS A SERIOUS AFFAIR * MONTREAL SOURCES BELIEVE IT. NO ONE HERE WILL SPECULATE HOWEVER IF THE TERMS V/ILL BE MET. AND IN THE BACKGROUND LIES THE APPEAL OF MRS CROSS ON HER HUSBANDS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HIS NEED FOR PILLS TWICE A DAY. SHOCK AND HORROR HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TEEXX 0¥ER THE KIDNAPPING . THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO MEET THE KIDNAPPERS DEMANDS. IN OTTAWA TOM EHRLE: MITCHEL SHARP SAYS THE NOTE FROM THE NOTE FROM TIIE FLQ IS TIIE TRADITIONAL FORM OF BLACKMAIL RESORTED TO ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. "THE GOVERi MENT HAS RESPONSIBILITY, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, FOR THE SAFETY OF DIPLOMATS. BUT WHETHER WE HAVE TO MEET THIS PARTICULAR DEMAND IS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HXEXZH WOULD HAVE TO STUDY VERY CAREFULLY." WHILE A POLICEMAN flAN'T BE ASSIGNED TO FOLLOW A DIPLOMAT WHEREVER HE GOES, MR SHARP SPEAKS OF SEEING TO THEIR SAFETY IN THEIR OFFICES OR IN THEIR HOMES. ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SEPARATISIMM, THIS OBSERVATION: "ONE THING IS QUITE CLEAR AND THAT IS THBT IF THERE WAS ANY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE OF SEPARATISM THIS INCIDENT HAS DEM3T THEM A VERY SERIOUS BLOW. TO HAVE SEPARATISTS WHO ARE PREPARED TO RESORT TO MEASURES HIKE THIS IS CERTAINLY PUTS THE CAUSE OF SEPARATISM IN A RATHER. DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAN IT VJAS BEFORE. I DONT THINK ANYONE WOULD OBJECT TO THOSE WHO ADVOCATE ANY POLITICAL ACTION BY POLITICAL MEANS BUT WIDEN CRIMINALS INVOLVE I: NOCENT DIPLOMATS IN THIS WAY THEN ONE DOUBTS WHAT THEIR PURPOSES ARE." *- MITCHEL SHARP ON CANADA'S FIRST DIPLOMATIC KIDNAPPING. AN ORGANIZATION TOR THE LEGAL DEFENSE OF ALLEDGED POLITICAL PRISONERS HAS LAUNCHED A CAMPA.GN TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS AND RAISE $50,000 . AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION REBUSED TO COMMENT ON THE KIDNAPPING OF MR CROSS. HE SAID THAT THE MOVEMENT HAS FOR THE DEFENCE OF ALL SMSSZKESZX CITIZENS WHO HAVE UNPLEASANT DEALINS WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR POLITICAL MOTIVES AND DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO BENEFIT FROM FAIR TREATMENT. 007596 �WLC RADIO NEWS 12 MIDNIGHT OCT 5 BRITISH NEWSPAPERS ARE GIVING FRONT PAGE HEADLINES TO TIDE KIDNAPPING OF THE BRITISH DIPLOMAT JASPER (?) CROSS IN MONTREAL. THE REPORTS HIGHLIGHT THE RANSOM DEMAND FOR A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD BULLION, THE WIDESPREAD SEARCH BEING UNDERTAKEN BY CANADIAN POLICE AND THE SECURITY MEASURES BEING UNDERTAKEN TO PROTECT OTHER DIPLOMATS STATIONED IN CANADA. THE INFLUENTIAL GUARDIAN SAYS THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN OTTAWA IS SENDING CONTINUOUS BRIEFSNG MESSAGES TO THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY. IT ADDS THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE SENT FULL REPORTS TO LONDON. MEANWHILE THERE IS A $8 HOUR DEADLINE HANGING OVER THE HEAD OF MR CROSS THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE OFFICER rest not new. �FPR/J.R.Francis/nv EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES MEMORANDUM TO PDM (Mr. Roquet) FROM Oe October 6, 1970 DATE FPR NUMBER Numero REFERENCE Reference SUBJECT Su/'ef SECURITY Securite UNN Kidnapping - British reaction, ENCLOSURES Annexes DISTRIBUTION POP Hr. C o r n e t t The UPI story from London today included the following relevant extract: "British officials expressed concern that the kidnapping of Cross early Monda3r could create * differences' between Canada and Britain over how far governments can go in meeting the demands of the kidnappers. Officials said Britain might be less willing to go ahead with a ransom deal than the Canadian Government. Both governments would inevitably be faced with the unpleasant question of how far they should yield to lawlessness they said. Officials said Britain would be forced to take a much harder attitude than when it bowed to Arab guerillas demands that the Palestinian hijackers be released." <=-o- J.R.Francis Press Office Ext. 407A/BII. 007598 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION JL A'^A? >AIAAFKA A ' of consul-general in any nonCommonwealth country. & :& IF QrJ (o F AA .<& 1 6® A** <i?A A -A F iA -CA Ab / A<AF& F> AFA AA AA A® x\° AA FA V0 PCO PDM PDF GAF GCO DOPS PDS PDG GFE PDA PGP PMO CIDA MIN M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PDE EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GLA GRF OMP OMD OUN ECP FCN GEUW GUS OMA FCO FIS FAC OAD FLE CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECD AFP APP SRB PSI ECL APO PAG ECT FSR FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. AFFAIRS 007599 �POP BULLETIN HR DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION WWCLASr IISK) O C T (O iea .ar •"• r e o e . c rr eve ir are- - a a ' e r s ee ...o a orr r. o a r A r s i A r r - vrlrc.i tl;er r ear rr e r re ce.'e r e cr r o s s '' di.crte; Irrrni e l l c r ._, -. r : orr.es .. e A 'de e.,r. J ' C .77 ill;.- "ran •o v e .er .] ar e c ee - ' aee ieee. c^arrir ~o cd" t h e - c r e s e n t s i t r a t i o i r 01 o l l t i c a l e a t e r Ac o ...ree.s i n a. arcoaz---.:-e eoerrert cr; t r e reMer car. r and a c - a o " r i s c r e i r e t a r e cue t c A a v e L o i r e "or t r e o n s e r y a t i v e ^aarty c c n A r e r e a t " c l a e A o o l A -'A • ,rrirre i r A i i s i e r 'aid h i s s e n i o r c o l l e a ^ v e s r a v e "r c en re.eer e r o r t s on ticc . . o n t r e a l •-I ••• i n - frorr . " o r ~ l a s - . o r e . r i d es . i . ' i n e o r : - n e r e r A A v come c rroraA: v. hen so: e r e a l i e V -,-,-. • . . . n r " rrav I ' v e t o t a h c viae e and " A i t i s h rr.in~" s t e m n e v 1 A "Aa rr c~ i n i o n . >» J Cl .- L - j b 1 HPMO, CIDA tieMJN^ ^PCO^ PDMJ DOPS -EDS,, PDfr) PDEJ GAF GEU SLA) QMP OUN) PDF; GEUE GRF GUS OMD) FCN PpJ) go; GFE PGP ^Pg> OMA OAD JBd MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE AFA ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB ^P-Sjj PAG F_PR^ AQ07600 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. *\J /M ) ' (* SOURCE CLASSIFICATION too FwtoAf GEUE GEUW DOPS MINISTERS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. AFFAIRS 007601 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. - L.- SOURCE CLASSIFICATION • i '' : • . 6BC RADIO NEWS - 11 AM OCT 6 THE DEAD-LINE TO MEET TERRORIST DEMANDS IN EXCHANGE POR THE SAFE RELEASE OF KIDNAPPED BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER JAMES CROSS IS NOW LESS THAN 24 H6UBS AWAY. THE KIDNAPPERS WHO CLAIM TO BE FLQ TERRORISTS HAVE DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF SEVERAL SO CALLED "POLITICAL PRISONERS'* AS WELL AS HALF A MILLION DOLLORS IN GOLD BULLION. WHILE THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT AUTHOR* ITIES WILL GIVE INTO THESE DEMANDS POLICE IN MONTREAL HAVE AGREED TO A FURTHER DEMAND FROM THE KIDNAPPERS. THEY SAY THAT THEY CALLED OFF THEIR SEARCH FOR THE VETERAN DIPLOMAT. IN OTTAWA NO MEETING OF THE FULL CABINET IS SCHEDULED, BUT THE CABINET COMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES AND PLANNING, CHAIRED BY PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU IS MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS THE KIDNAPPING. CBC RADIO NEVIS 12 NOON OCT 6 THE TORONTO TELEGRAM SAYS THAT PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU PREMIER BOURASSA AND MAYOR JEAN DSREAU ARE THE NEXT TARGETS OF THE GROUP RESPONSABLIi, FOE YESTERDAYS KIDNAPPING OF BRITISH DIPLOMAT JAMES CROSS. THE NEWSPAPER SAID THE THREE FIGURES WERE NAMED IN A SECRET DOCUMENT WHICH ACCOMPABNIED HANSOM DEMANDS MADE BY THE ABDUCTORS OP' THE TRADE COMMISSIONER. POLICE EXISTENCE POLITICANS ALTHOUGH WITHHELD BY OF TIIE b-PAGE DOCUMENT WHICH LISTED D A M S OF QUEBEC WAS CONFIRMED LAST NIGHT BY A HIGHLY RELIABLE SMMLE GOVT SOURCE. CBC RADIO NEWS 12:30 OCT 6 ALTHOUGH KEMBERS OF THE SEPARATIST TERR01IST ORGANIZATION IN QUEBEC ARE UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE TODAY FOLLOWING THE KIDNAPPING OF THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN MONTREAL, SPOKESMEN FOR THE COMBINED ANTI-TERRORIST SQUAD 01' THE RCMP, THS QUEBEC PROVINCIAL POLICE AND THE VO TREAL POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE SQUAD HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN CLOSE WATCH BUT TO AVOID ANY ACTION THAT MIGHT PANIC THE KIDNAPPERS OF JAMES CROSS. IN OTTAWA THE FEDERAL CABINET COMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES AND PLANNING DISCUSSED THE KIDNAPPING DURING ITS REQULAR MEETING THIS MORNING. PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU CHAIRED THE MEETING AND THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL MR MCLLRAITH ALSO ATTENDED ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER MR DIEFENBAKER SAID TODAY A $50,000-18. REWARD SHOULD BE OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE RECOVERY OF MR CROSS. HE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE ALREADY. GEU GEUE GEUW DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 SRB AFP APP APO GLA GRF GUS CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL 5 PAG FPR* A. 007602 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION - 6 3o? 0> U • CABINET COMMITTEE MEETING ON KIDNAPPING ~~H__e c a t i n e t committee met f o r 2k h o u r s . •Mr. Trudeau said afterward he would not comment on i t , especially mder present circumstances, Mr. Mcllraith told r e p o r t e r s i t would te «<to dangerous>» to say aay thing a t t h i s p o i n t . He declined to say whether the t e r r o r i s t s have been l n touch with federal a u t h o r i t i e s . He did say there i s close l i a i s o n "between Ottawa and Quebec. Ministers attending the meeting "besides Mr. Trudeau, Mr. Mcllraith aad Mr. Sharp were Jean Marchand, regional economic expansion minister; Allan MacEachen, privy council president and government «ipAE.Q EADER: Finance Minister Edgar Benson; Workers Minister Arthur Iaing; and Transport Minister -Don Jamieson. In the wings near the meeting room were John S t a r n e s , d i r e c t o r of BCMP s e c u r i t y and i n t e l l i g e n c e ; Ed Ritchie^ deputy external a f f a i r s minister; and E. A. Cote, deputy s o l i c i t o r g e n e r a l . CIDA (PCO) DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUE GEUW £5LA> OMP GRF GUS FAC (OM^I OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG 'FR D E P A R T M E N T O F E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS 007603 �POP BULLETIN HR. •^ATE CLASSIFICATION SOURCE C '- A CBC RADIO NEWS 1 PM OCT 6 THE TERRORISTS RESPONSIBLE I OR YESTERDAY'S KIDNAPPING OF THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN MONTREAL ARE REPORTED TO HAVE DRAWN UP A LIST OF NEW EXXAKLES TARGETS FOR THE SAME TREATMENT, AMONG THEM NUMEROUS PROMINENT FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL POLITICIANS. A HIGHLY*RELIABLE GOVERNMENT SOURCE IS QU TED AS SAYING THAT THE NAMES ARE CONTAINED IN AN 8-PAGE DOCUMENT WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE RANSOM DEMANDS MADE BY THE QUEB ,C LIBERATION FRONT FOR THE RELEASE OF JAMES CROSS. SO BAR HOWEVER, QUEBEC POLICE NEITHER HAVE CONFIRMED NOR DENIED THE EXISTENCE OF THE SECRET DOCUMENT, NOR HAVE THEY REPORTED ANY BREAKS IN THE KIDNAPPING. MORE ON THE STORY FROM DAVE STROTHERS IN MONTREAL: POLICE IN MONTREAL YESTERDAY RECEIVED AN 8-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINED THE RANSOM TERMS FOR JAMES CROSS AND SOME BY JUSTICE MIN CHOQUETTE. THAT WERE REVEALED TC THE NEWS MEDIA THESE DEMANDS INCLUDED C$500,000 W6BTH 6F GOLD BULLION, AN AEROPLANE TO FLY TO HAVANA OR ALGERIA , RELEASE OF WHAT ARE CALLED "POLITICAL PRISONERS" AND OTHER MEASURES. APPARENTLY ACCOMPANYING THE DOCUMENT WERE OTHER INDICATIONS THAT PM TRUDEAU, PREMIER BOURASSA AND MONTREAL'S MAYOR JEAN DRAPEAU WERE SCHEDULED TO BE THE NEXT TARGETS OF THE KIDNAPPING GROUP. ALSO SAID TO BE LISTED ON THE PABB-fcS ARE A DOZEN QUEBEC POLITICAL FIGURES, BUT WHETHER THERE 'WERE TO BE ACTS DIRECTED ACA1NST THESE MEN IS NOT CLEAR. IN THE MEANTIME ALMOST CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING ON BETWEEN FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ON THE RANSOM DEMANDS. WITH REFERENCE TO ONE DEMAND, THAT THE LEIALrdE TRUCK DRIVERS BE REINSTATED, THE DRIVERS HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AND DENIED ANY CONNECTION WITH THE FLQ AND SAID THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT DEMAND. TODAY QUEBEC'S LARGEST FRENCH NEWSPAPER IN A SIGNED EDITORIAL (LAPRESSE) URGED THE FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIXPAL GOVTS TO REFUSE TO GIVE INTO THIS FORM OF BLACKMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN OTTAWA A FEDERAL CABINET COMMISSEE DISCUSSED THE KIDNAPPING DURING ITS REGULAR MEETING THIS MORNING. BUT THERE WAS NO WORD WHETHER TUE FEDERAL AUTHORITES INTEND TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE: TEERORIST DEMANDS. IN AN OTHER DEVELOPMENT JOHN DIEFENBAKER SUGGESTED THE GOVT OFFER A $50,000 BEWARD TOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE RECOVERY CF MR CROSS. MR DIEFEHBAKER SUGGESTED THAT A REWARD COULDN'T DO ANY HARM AND THAT THE UNDERWORLD MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL LEAD. >MO )y GAF (Cap CIDA DOPS GFE GEU GEUE GEUW (GLA) GRF GUS (ggg3 MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP <§*£) (§MJ>? FCN OMA cfap OAD (FLE) CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB psD PAG fp£ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AQ07604 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. OCT (? /&*? SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cf> woci-fi^ M0M-3EAL Cp -The t r i a l of accused t e r r o r i s t Claude Morency was p s t p t n e d today so t h a t his lawyer, Ro"bert Lemieux could meet with J a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s to discuss the ransom demands f o r the release of James Richard Cross. sin agreeing to the one~day postponement to Wednesday, Judge Claude Bisson said i t was ««a matter of extreme importance.»> Mr. Cross, a s e n i o r B r i t i s h trade commissioner, was kidnapped from h i e Montreal home a t gunpoint early Monday. Hae ransom note from the Front de Liberation Quebecois asks, among other things f o r $5cO.OoO i n gold bullion and the r e l e a s e of several " p o l i t i c a l prisoners >» who would be put on a chartered f l i g h t to Cuba or Algeria with the g o l d . Ihe FLQ advocates independence f o r Quebec by any means including •violence and has claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for scores of t e r r o r i s t tombings i n Montreal since 1963. Mr. Lemieux, who has defended s e v e r a l accused FLQ members, said to &n Interview Monday a number of J a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s have hinted they won»t accept asylum i n Cuba or Algeria i f ransom demands a r e m e$ He said Claude Morency facing charges of conspiracy to kidnap Harrison Burgess, United States consul'general in Montreal, "prefers to win his freedom in court.>» But the lawyer added that not all Jailed FLQ members feel the same way. 4/^PMp f CIDA ^(jm2 (&&A G£F (pOp U § N P CPDp < G a p > DOPS Cflg£? C PlSp GFE (~£> PGP {¥f(l~) MINISTERE OES A F F A . R . . . X T E ^ C U R E . GEU £GL? GEUE GRF GEUW GUS WS FAC OMP OMD OMA PAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-633) CfiUlD FCN <£§£> CFLp ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO PSR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F F A I R . 007605 �POP BULLETIN DATE Oc-T& HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION /500 Cffd CK.4SS 041 czcu V 6 10 ?o M242p 4 OTTAWA - i s t add Night Lead Kidnapping - 040 . . • k i l l e r s . Mr. Trudeau s a i d t h a t l f Mr. Caouette has information on such persons he should give i t to the p o l i c e . After the question period i n the Commons, the cabinet committee handling the case went back i n t o s e s s i o n . I t met f o r 2% hours ln the morning. Mr. Trudeau declined comment en i t , Mr. Stanfield asked i n the Commons whether Mr, Trudeau knew why the p o l i c e search f o r the abducted James Richard Cross, B r i t i s h trade commissioner i n Montreal, had been h a l t e d . Mr. Trudeau said t h a t perhaps the police did n o t want to f u r t h e r eidanger Crosses l i f e . Or, he added, the police might have only pretended to have stopped t h e i r hunt. Martial Asselin pO-Charlevoix asked whether the death penalty f o r kidnapping might be r e s t o r e d , Mr, Trudeau s a i d t h i s could be discussed a f t e r the case i s over, ViOBE LATER GAF (JJX&> GFE DOPS 4INISTERE OES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW 'GLA GUS FAC OMP (OMD^ OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 (OUJD FCN _ CO>> (FLtO ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CHIP PAG JPR" DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007606 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE O C T C*/ID ) %iOo CLASSIFICATION c-p OTTAWA Cp -prime Minister Trudeau said Tuesday he has discussed the Cross kidnapping with Premier Robert Bourassa of Quebec, Hs added in reply t o Commons questions ly Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield t h a t he i s giving t h e case h i s c l o s e s t personal a t t e n t i o n and t h a t Ottawa and Quebec City a r e working c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r . Hs told John Lief enbaker, former prime m i n i s t e r , that t h e jD#eibility of offering a big reward has been considered, I s a l Caouette, C r e d i t i s t e l e a d e r , said Quebec t e r r o r i s t s a r e learning a s s a s s i n a t i o n i n P a l e s t i n e and asked whether c l o s e r control Is being exercised over the comings and goings i n t o and out of the country by professional k i l l e r s . (PMgP 4 ^^-M+JP 4 Cf^P £TPDT CIDA DOPS Qot) GAF GEU GFE GEUW EXTERIEURES ECP AFP ECD APP GUS ECL APO FWG FAC ECT FSR FP^ GEUE <P^, FIS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S "GLA CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A 0 0 7 6 0 7 �p n > l n n A M A"' - '• \ ! A H iMF K....A DATE HR. O C T C/10 I^OO LA3L L, J A tl i L.3 LJJ u y U \J SOURCE Mi CLASSIFICATION w cp ^c^^^ OTTAWA Cp -prime Minister Trudeau said Tuesday he has discussed Cross kidnapping v/ith Premier Robert Eourassa of Quebec, He added in reply to Commons questions by Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield t h a t he i s giving the case h i s c l o s e s t personal a t t e n t i o n cud t h a t Ottawa and Quebec City are working c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r , lift told John -Diefenbaker, former prime m i n i s t e r , that tho p.a s i b i l l t y of offering a big reward has been considered. Real Caouette, C r e d i t i s t e l e a d e r , said Quebec t e r r o r i s t s a r e learning a s s a s s i n a t i o n i n P a l e s t i n e and asked whether c l o s e r control is being exercised ever the comings and goings i n t o and out of the country by p r o f e s s i o n a l k i l l e r s . I-Jf ( PMO> 4 '1C-MIN" 4 C'PDMd aPDF""" DOPS CjPDS} \,.PDGA, (?CQ CIDA \PDE_ } < PDAa PGP MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF (GCO GEU A GFE Vi F f A (GLA ) OMP C OUlO ECP ECD APP ECL APO PAG ECT FSR C FPfd GEUE GRF OMD ^FCN GEUW GUS OMA j... FCO F F A C OAD ( l s CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE FLE? '•' DEPARTMENT APP OF E X T E R N A L . SRB (" PSI AFFAIRb 007608 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. L) c/ 6 ' A OD SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cAe U^ ci /{OACA LA<^LA<J^A e§G-3 pm OCT 6 COMMENT ON KIDNAPPING - LEONARD BEATON (visiting prof of inter'1 relations at Carlton li) Q: MR BEATON I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS LIST OF DEMANDS THE FLQ HAVE MADE IN THEIR STATEMENT..THEY ARE PRETTY WILD, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? A: I THINK ANYBNE LOOKING AT THIS LIST AND TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE ARE DEALING WITH WOULD DECIDE THAT THEY LOOK PRETTY UNPROFESSIONAL AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A LOT OF CONCLUSIONS, I THINK. OBVIOUSLY YOU CANT NEGOTIATE WITHIN 4& HOURS THE EMPLOYMENT OF 450 TRUCK DRIVERS..AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY EMPLOYMENT AND ALL THE COMPICATIONS OF THAT. OBVIOUSLY...1 WOULD THINK THE POLICE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE TNE NAME OF THE MAN WHO INFORMED THEM AND ALLOW HIM TO BE MURDERED WHICH IS WHAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERING AND RUIN ALL F TURE PROSPECTS OF GETTING INFORMATION ON TERRORISM. ONE WONDERS IF THEY ARE REALLY SURE THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO GET A FLAG AND BANNER WELCOME IN CUBA OR ALGERIA AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY A LAWYER THAT A NUMBER OF THE PRISONERS 'WHOSE RELEASE IS BEING DEMANDED ARE NOT A BIT INTERESTED IN BEING RELEASED OK THE BASIS OI' BEING DEPORTED AND IN EFFECT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO GET BACK INTO CANADA. Q: THIS HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THEM? A: IT SOUNDS VERY MUCH THAT WAY. .ITS PRETTY HARD DISCUSSIBB 2_HES_S IT WITH PEOPLE IN PRISON. IT LOOKS UNPROFESSIONAL I WOULD SAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE A FEW PEOPLE TRYING TO COPY THE BEST EKS-fl INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES FROM SOUTH AMERICA... AND THEY DONT LffiEE LIKE A REALLY RBHZ HIGH-POWERED PROFESSIONAL TEAM. 0: DOES NOT THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE POLICE IN A SENSE THEN? A: WELL I THINK THE POLICE AND THE POLITICANS HAVE TO MAKE A MOST DELICATE DIFFICULT SERIES OF DECISIONS ABOUT JUST WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPI EN IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND DECIDE WHAT KIND OF A NEGOCIATION THEY CAN ALLOW TO ADVANCE WITH THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE OBVI USLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE DEMANDS. AND EQUALLY OBVIOUSLY, I HOPE THE AUTHORITIES ARNT SIMPLY GOING TO SAY WE WONT DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH YOU, WE WONT DO ANYTHING AT ALL. AND OF OOURSE THE AUTHORITIES ALSO HAVE TO CALCULATE THIS AMATEURISHNESS MAKES THIS A GREATER PROBLEM I THINK - TO HAVE TO CALCULATE HOW FRIGHTENED THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET AND I THINK SINCE THEY DO APPEAR TO BE AMATEURS THEY ARE LIKELY TO GET VERY FRIGHTENED AND FRIGHTENED PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS. FOR THAT REASON I THINK THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN QUITE RIGHT IF ITS TRUE IN LETTING THE POLICE SEARCH GO EASY WITH TRYING TO FIND THEIc BECAUSE PROFESSIONAL ARE MOR LIKELY TO CAREFUL AND CALCULATING AT EVERY STAGE WHILE AMATEURS ARE LIKELY TO PANIC AND Dr SOMETHING TERRIBLE. A: WHA. DO YOU THINK THE GOVT OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE? (PMO) 4 CIDA if. ^^H) (PCO* CgPM DOPS C E D S ^ (rt>A~) <0>Df (PDF) Pjxb GAF CGCQV G F E A GEU GEUE GEUW CS) OMP CfiUNA GRF (OMD) FCN GUS 0MA 0=CfiL> 0AD PGP C?f(U MINISTERS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE <AA> ECP ECD ECL AFP APP AP0 SRB CPSLr PAG ECT DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL (& AQ07609 �"2 A: I THINK THAT GOVTS FIRST OBJECTIVE MUST BE THE RELEASE OF MR CROSS IN SOME ©WAY. BUT IT MUST REALIZE THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT IS DOING THIS. ITS SECOND OBJECTIVE MUST BE NOT TO pUT MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES AND IN MANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEGINNING. AS FAR AS I CAN RESALL, THS BEGINNING OF THIS KIND OF GAME BEING PLAYED IN AN ADVANCED WELL*ORGANIZED COUNTRY AMONG THE BEADING AND RESPECTED POWERS. UP TIL NOW THIS HAS BEEN A GAME FOR ILL-ORGANIZED PLACES, WITHH VIOLENCE A COMMON PHENOMENON AND POLICE IN NO MEANS IN CON'IROL AND SO ON. I THINK THE GOVT HAS TO KEEP IN MIND, AT LEAST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE GAME. IN A WAY THIS IS PARALLEL WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF THE LINDBURGH BABY WHICH LAUNCHED THE GREAT PERIOD OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPING, IF ONE CAN CALL IT THAT, OF RICH MEN'S BABIES, WHICH WAS THE QUICK WAY TO MAKE A FORTUNE FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT. AND ITS OUTCOME IS IMPORTANT ] OR THE SECURITY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN '. LOT OF SOCIETIES SO THE GOVERNMENT IS IN A VERY VERY DIFFICULT AND DELICATE POSITION IN ITS NEGOCIATIONS^ Q: WHERE DO YOU THINK THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY LIES'? WHICH GOVT, WE HAVE ALL THE LEVELS OF GOVT, AND BRITISN IS INVOLVED. A: I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THE BRITISH GOVT WHICH IS DEEPLY CONCERNED AND THE BRITISH PUBLIC, CAM-JOT CONTROL THE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY MUST WORK THROUGH THE CANADIAN AUTHBHITIES. EQUALLIX OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE CANADIAN GOVT CANNOT IGNORE THE BRITISH GOVT WHICH, INCIDENTAY I THINK WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE KINDS OF ARGUMENTS WHICH I HAVE BEEN PUTTING FORWARD, FOR THEIR OWN AND OTHER PEOPLE'S FUTURE. EHE CANADIAN GOVT WONT, I HOPE ACT THE WAY THE GUATE* MALANS GOVT DID WITH THE GERMANS AND JUST SIMPLY IGNORING THEM AND TELLING THEM IT WAS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS THAT THEIR AMBASSADOR WAS BEING MURDERED. AND THE BALANCE OF AUTHBBITY BETWEEN QUEBEC AND OTTAWA GOVTS, I CONFESS, I DONT KNOW BUT I THINK ITS PERFECTLY 1DBIJE THAT BOTH ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED AND I THINK ITS PRETTY CLEAR TOO THEY ARE CAPABLE OF WORKING WITH EACH OTHER, VERY CLOSELY AND INTIMATELY ON A VERY DIFFICULT COMMON PROBLEM OF THIS KIND. Q: SHOULD THEY GO WITH ONE OF THE DEMANDS * TIIE $500,000 - whereWOULD THAT MONEY CfflME FROM? A: I DONT KNOW THAT WOULD NOT BE A QUESTION THAT WOULD STAND IN ANYONE'S WAY, IF ITS DECIDED THAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE PUT UP. BUT 1 THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE SU. JECT TO NEGOCIATION AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PRELIMINARY NEGOCIATHSB. PACKAGE AND A VERY CONFUSED ONE THE KIDNAPPERS HAVE PUT FORWARD. Q: imtl THE RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS ISN'T THAT GOING TO PLAY RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF1 THOSE WHO ARE FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RANSOME A DEAD MAN. �3 A: I THINK ITS A VERY ORIGIONAL ARGUMENT AND ITS ONE THAT'S EMERGED BEFORE. THIS KIND OF BLACKMAIL FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES FOR EXAMPLE HAS BEEN USED BY THE RUSSIANS IN ORDER TO GET BACK THEIR SPYS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED IN THE WEST AND THEY HAVE DHCIECSC DONE IT SIMPLY BY PICKING UP A WESTERNER IK THE SOVIET UNION, BROOKE WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT AND THIS IS THE SAME KIND OP' GAME. THERE IS NO DOUBT WHEN THESE VERY LONG SENTENCES ARE BING HANDED OUT FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES THE PRISONER DOES STAND AS A BAIT. AND ITS A VERY ORIGINAL ARGUMENT IN THE HANDS OI' THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PEOPLE, THEY CERTAINLY NEEER USED IT DURING ALL TBE LONG DEBATES ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. IT IS AN ARGUMENT THAT NO BODY IS GOING TO PUT ANOTHER MAN'S LIFE IN DANGER IN ORDER TO SET UP A SWAP FOR A DEAD MAN. Q: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT OTHER DIPLOMATS KIDNAPPED IN OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE SHARED CROSSES KEZXCKC PROBLEM * THAT OF A MEDICAL PROBLEM. IS THIS JUST BECAUSE THE KIDNAPPERS TEND TO GO FOR SENIOR MEN A: JUST THAT A GREAT MANY PEOPLE THESE DAVS TAKE SOME KIND OF DRUGS.... Q: THERE IS THE THEORY THAT THIS KIDNAPPING IS GOD G TO DEAL SEPARATISM A SERIOUS BLOW. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? A: WELL I THINK IT DEPENDS VBjfe MUCH HOW IT COME OUT. I THINK IT DEPENDS HOW THE RESPECTABLE SEPARATIST LEADERSHIP JJEALS WITH IT, HOW THEY REAC_ A IT, HOW RENE LEVESQUE REACTS TO IT. IF THEY MAKE IT CLEAR THEY ARE A REASONABLE CIVILIZED POLITICAL PARTY THEY CAN SAVE A LOT OF THE WORST RESULTS. ....I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT KEEN ON THIS EXTREMELY VICIOUS FORM OF VIOLENCE... AND I THINK THIS IS BOUND TO LEAD TO EXTREME UNPOPULARITY Q: DO YOU THINK THERE IS A WAY OF PUTTING INTO EFFECT IN'iENNATIONAL MACHINERY THAT WILL PREVENT THIS KIND OF THING, AND PREVENT HIJACKING? A: I THINK THERES A LOT TO BE DONE ABOUT HIJACKING AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THEY ARE BOTH DEPENDENT ON THE SAME SORT OF THING * THBT THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN BUILT UP ON THE NOTION OF ASYLUM PARTICULARLY THE CUBANS WHO HAVE BEEN MAKING THEMSELVES AN ASYLUM P'OR AMERICANS FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS, BUT THEY MAY NOT MAKE THEMSELVES AN ASYLUM FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. AND THE ANSWERS IT HIJACKING IS THERE IS NOWHER! TO MAKE A PLANE LAND WHICH IS GOING TO BE SAFE. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS FOR INTER* NATIONAL SOCIETY TO OUTLAW AND TREAT AS OUTLAW THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO PIRATES THOSE PLACES WHICH ARE MAKING �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION FSFO Qttawa-2nd add nigrht lead kIdnapping~04o . . . over, i e r a l d Baldwin, Conservative House l e a d e r , asked whether there has teen any communication with Cuha. «wrtr?« ffs^oSs?' a charterea piane nisht to *Snot!ed t e r r o r i s t s when the p o l i c e °«* sMr. Trudeau asked whether Mr. Baldwin was suggesting a deal with W h ^ 2 * r « ° « a C ^ p t ^rlBonevB. Mr. Baldwin did not l e p l y ? " 6t e d l e r r e Hadeau of t^;nS?f+ ? ^ ! Badio-Canada htd met two Quebec that Eadl0 "Canada ca * find GEUE CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A Q 0 7 6 1 2 �POP • INFORMATION OCT. 6 , 1 9 7 0 CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE 1 6 : CO CP UNCLASS The PLQ, which advocates independence f o r Quehec "by any means including violence, has claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for scores of bombings since i96*. The ransom n o t e , found in an east'end "building of the University tf Quehec a f t e r a f a l s e "bomh t h r e a t , also demanded: -No p o l i c e action a g a i n s t the kidnappers. - P u l l publication of the demands along with the name and photograph of the person who provided information leading to the l a t e s t a r r e s t of alleged PLQ c e l l memhers. - p u h l i c a t i o n in a l l Quehec newspapers of a p o l i t i c a l manifesto spelling out the aims of the clandestine group. -Reinstatement of a l l Montreal mail truck d r i v e r s who were l e f t jobless e a r l i e r t h i s year when the government took over mail delivery in the c i t y . The note added t h a t i f the 48 hour deadline was not met "we w i l l n6e$p 0 responsihle f o r what happens.»» Mr. Choauette did not name the " p o l i t i c a l prisoners >» demanded hy the PLQ. The organization regards many of the alleged PLQ memhers and s e p a r a t i s t s who have heen e i t h e r accused or convicted of t e r r o r i s t a c t i v i t i e s as victims of p o l i t i c a l persecution r a t h e r than c r i m i n a l s . MONTREAL Cp - Police "kept" close watch on a l l known memhers of terrorist organizations Tuesday as f e d e r a l and Quehec government tfflcials decided how to deal with demands from the kidnappers of James Richard Cross, s e n i o r B r i t i s h trade commissioner In Montreal. A spokesman f o r the combined a n t i ~ t e r r o r i s t sauad-made up of RCMP provincial and Montreal p o l i c e - s a i d s u r v e i l l a n c e i s heing maintained hat no widespread r a i d s are heing made hecause * «a man»s l i f e i s at s t a k e . »» a"We don»t want to make the t e r o r i s t s J i t t e r y . , , Mr. Cross was kidnapped hy four or f i v e men early Monday from his posh home on the slopes of Mount Royal. A ransom note from the Pront de Liheration Quehecois, made u h l i c ly J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choauette, gives " a u t h o r i t i e s * , u n t i l » 3 o a.m. today to r e l e a s e an unspecified number of " p o l i t i c a l j r l s o n e r s * , and provide $E c o,poo in Sold b u l l i o n . Premier Robert Bourassa was to hold a news conference in Quebec Cltv at 4 p.m. Tuesday. * £PDD CIDA [pcoj DOPS mfiQ (PDSJ (GCQ3 GFE PGP M I N I S T E R E OES A F F A I R E S GAF EXTERIEURES <SS> GEU GEUE GEUW FIS 4 GLA, OMP GRF GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AF 007613 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. Oct 6 SOURCE /AVS" CLASSIFICATION CP 6"1>C<J9SS £S£Hr.aC+*.D1 o ^ ^ i t 1 1 c a l * n e t s h a v e freauently and knowingly taken decisions t h a t sent thousands of men to t h e i r deaths £ L w I / ? 1 ? 9 decisions were no more agonizing than t h a t now one ma Trudeau government and involving the p o s s i b l e death of Should Ottawa knuckle under to the Quebec t e r r o r i s t s and meet ^rwhoe^u8ldf0ber i L T 7 U r e " * ^ ^ * " C 0 l l - * » - ln P r i 8 ° ^ If Mch^oti* +et t h e t e r f u o r i s t s do t h e i r worst to abducted James Richard Cross to prove a u t h o r i t y cannot he blackmailed-Q What i s one man,s l i f e worthsBo governments r e a l l y play God? Ohese a r e the kinds of auestions Prime Minister Trudeau and h i s s t n i o r m i n i s t e r s pondered f o r hours Tuesday. The s t r a i n showed i n the prime minister»s f a c e . S o l i c i t o r General George M c l l r a i t h , the minister responsible for tae RCMP, looked as i f he had not s l e p t s i n c e the Monday morning adduction of the B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l in Montreal. Jean Marchand, regional expansion m i n i s t e r who usually has a grin *»d q.uip f o r r e p o r t e r s , was unsmiling. Bw cabinet met fer~2ij hours in the morning and went"hack a t i t %*ln ln the afternoon a f t e r the Commons auestion p e r i o d . I t would be " t o o dangerous** to give any d e t a i l s of the case Mr, M c l l r a i t h s a i d . ' Tht telephone c a l l s between Ottawa and Quebec m i n i s t e r s went on m t l l midnight Monday. They resumed Tuesday morning. Mr. Trudeau talked to Premier Rohert Bourassa. Mr. Mclraith talked with Quebec J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Chtauette. sin the c o r r i d o r outside the cabinet room i n the Centre Block tf the Parliament Buildings o f f i c i a l s conferred a u i e t l y , waiting ^ . t i e n t l y i n case t h e i r advice was sought by the m i n i s t e r s . John S t a r n e s , chief of RCMP s e c u r i t y and i n t e l l i g e n c e , looked drawn and t i r e d . And time was running o u t . Tha t e r r o r i s t s * deadline f o r a government decision-one which w i l l te shared by Ottawa and Quebec, o f f i c i a l s said-appeared to be Wednesday morning. In eight s i m i l a r incidents i n South America ln the l a s t year, action was taken one way or the other in three to f i v e days. In June l a s t year, the S t . Jean Baptiste"Society"in Sherbrooke Que., cancelled a f e s t i v a l a t which Mr. Trudeau was to appear a f t e r a bomb damaged i t s h e a d a u a r t e r s . Mr. Trudeau a t t h a t time deplored t h a t " a small group which chooses to throw bombs»» has the power to change the decisions of elected officials. He added} "What I find s e r i o u s in t h i s a f f a i r l s t h a t the a u t h o r i t i e s and the population l e t such a s t a t e of a f f a i r s happen and t h a t a decision w e n ly l e g i t i m a t e a u t h o r i t i e s should be vetoed by a small grout? of ptrtons which chose t throw bombs. . . . " I f the choice of decisions affecting public a f f a i r s i s l e f t to m i n o r i t i e s , we won*t have democracy hut an armed garrison.»» ^M^^ CIDA - f ^ S ^ k^O V<Jcoyrp^) V ^ ^ DOPS C P B ^ CPW£> MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF CgCflP GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE C55? GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 0MP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE < ^S5^ ) (**& <<£GD £][££) ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP SR t APP ^ P S p APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL PAG (^JFPp Al()07614 �-mti.... r.. P¥ • POP BULLETIN DATE HR. Oct 6 SOURCE /6^F^ CLASSIFICATION CP Cst>C<S9sS ^f7A °?u 7 ^ ^ H a cabinets have freauently and knowingly taken tocisions that 1sent thousands of men to their deaths. A L ^ " ! * . * * ? ? 6 d e c l e l o n s were no more agonising than that now meed ty the Trudeau government and involving the possible death of one man. * Should Ottawa knuckle under to the Quebec terrorists and meet toeir demands for treasure and freedom for colleagues in prison •> If Jos, who would be next7 * W d U 6t the p?Jn!5f n J ^ " " c r i s t s do their worst to abducted James iocnari Cross to prove authority cannot he blackmailed-Q What l s one macs l i f e worthsEo governments really play God 7 Hheee are the kinds of auestions Prime Minister Trudeau and h i s stnior ministers pondered for hours Tuesday. The strain showed i n the prime minister»s f a c e . S o l i c i t o r General George Mcllraith the minister responsible for the BCMP, looked as i f he had not s l e p t since the Monday morning abduction of the British o f f i c i a l ln Montreal. Jean Marchand, regional expansion minister who usually has a grin aaa aulp for reporters, was unsmiling. The cablnot met f o r ' 2 ^ hours ln the morning and went"back at i t sjam la tho afternoon after the Commons auestion period. It would bo " t o o dangerous** to give any d e t a i l s of the case Mr. Mcllraith s a i d . ' Tae telephone c a l l s between Ottawa and Quebec ministers went on i n t i l midnight Monday. They resumed Tuesday morning. Mr. Trudeau miked to Premier Bobert Bourassa. Mr. Mclraith talked with Quebec Justice Minister Jerome Chtquette. sin the corridor outside the cabinet room in the Centre Block tf tho parliament Buildings o f f i c i a l s conferred a u i e t l y , waiting ^.tlently in case their advice was sought hy the ministers. John Starnes, chief of RCMP security and i n t e l l i g e n c e , looked drawn and t i r e d . And time was running out. The terrorists* deadline for a government decision-one which w i l l te shared hy Ottawa and Quehec, o f f i c i a l s said-appeared to be Wednesday morning. In eight similar Incidents in South America ln the l a s t year, action was taken one way or the other ln three to f i v e days. In June l a s t year, the S t . Jean Baptiste Society "in Sherbrooke Que., cancelled a f e s t i v a l at which Mr. Trudeau was to appear after a bomb damaged i t s headauarters. Mr. Trudeau at that time deplored that " a small group which chooses to throw bombs»» has the power to change the decisions of elected officials. Ho added! "What I find serious in this a f f a i r i s that the authorities and the population l e t such a s t a t e of affairs happen and that a decision taken ly legitimate authorities should be vetoed by a small grour of jorsons which chose t throw bombs. . . . " I f the choice of decisions affecting public a f f a i r s l s l e f t to minorities, we won»t have democracy hut an armed garrison.»» ^MO)^ CIDA !r<55i^ k ^ O V C X S A F ^Pt^T) DOPS CPBP Vijp CPDG} MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF C<J£$D GFE GEU CJ5? 0MP GEUE GRF OMD QggP ECD APP £_PSp GEUW GUS OMA <<figP ECL APO OAD CJ=Lp ECT CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5.6331 CENTRE £55^ ECP AFP Am*. DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL PAG CSS& i �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. Od 6 AM <> SOURCE CLASSIFICATION c. CO QUEBEC Cp - premier Robert Bourassa said Tuesday the document l i s t i n g the ransom demands of the klsnappers of the B r i t i s h trade ODmmissloner in Montreal contained " i n d i r e c t * > t h r e a t s on the l i v e s of prim© Minister Trudeau and other Canadian p o l i t i c a l figures £ ? J S i J ! * A n W B inference that only a p a r t of the document'was released " b e c a u s e a u t n o r i t l e s made public what they thought was ti the public i n t e r e s t . » » e n J £ k aS lfAu J 0t Ceua?l e no tr M contained any t h r e a t s to Mr. Trudeau, Mayor f M r £i n? d? i; r e?c+ t°. *He * ' Bourassa, he said the t h r e a t s were J °^ J did not e l a b o r a t e . Mr. Bourassa said the kidnapping of James Richard Cross a t h i s Montreal home early Monday had created *a d e l i c a t e problem.»» Provincial and f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s were in constant communication. But the premier did not say whether the main demands by the ladnappers-release of c e r t a i n t e r r o r i s t prisoners in Quebec, $5oO,000 in gold and a guaranteed f l i g h t to Cuba or Algeria-would be met. He agreed t h a t there are groups in Quebec ««who are using a l l means to achieve t h e i r ends.** And he added without elaborating t h a t appropriate and relevant steps would be taken to f i g h t them. GAP ;£Co/ I-VPCCJ; CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GFE EXTERIEURES EU GEU :UE GEl GEUW FIS NGLA) GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L , 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A ' 0 0 7 6 1 6 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE Od Q CLASSIFICATION SOURCE CfA /b-A > a AA A A. -^ z. s QUEBEC Cp - premier Robert Bouraasa said Tuesday the document l i s t i n g the ransom demands of the klsnappors of the B r i t i s h trade commissioner in Montreal contained " i n d i r e c t * » t h r e a t s on the l i v e s eg prim© Minister Trudeau and other Canadian p o l i t i c a l f i g u r e s . He said a t a news conference that only a p a r t of the document was released " b e c a u s e a u t h o r i t i e s made public what they thought was n the public I n t e r e s t . » » Asked i f the document contained any t h r e a t s to Mr. Trudeau Mayor Drapeau of Montreal or Mr. Bourassa, he said the t h r e a t s were I n d i r e c t . He did not e l a b o r a t e . Mr. Bourassa said the kidnapping of James Richard Cross a t h i s Montreal home early Monday had created «a d e l i c a t e problem.»» p r o v i n c i a l and f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s were in constant communication. But the premier did not say whether the main demands hy the kidnappers-rei ease of c e r t a i n t e r r o r i s t prisoners in Quebec, $5oO, 000 ln gold and a guaranteed f l i g h t to Cuba or Algeria-would be met. He agreed t h a t there are groups ln Quebec ««who are using a l l a»ans to achieve t h e i r ends.** And he added without elaborating that appropriate and relevant steps would be taken to f i g h t them. CIDA GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES AFF A I R E S EXTERIEURES OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB ^ST) PAG <JPR) 007617 D E P A R T M E N T OF EXTERNAl �POP BULLETIN DATE OCT V > * HR. ^ / ^ J o SOURCE CLASSIFICATION C-P tt/McctsJ Ble t r i a l of one alleged t e r r o r i s t was postponed f o r a day Tuesday when his lawyer Robert Lemieux asked f o r time to see about 15 iTisoners to discuss " t h e s i t u a t i o n created yesterday i n the d ty • * * Judge Claude Bisson, trying Claude Morency on i9 charges ranging from possession of dynamite t o conspiracy t o kidnap the United S t a t e s consul, agreed t o the reauest as «<a matter of extreme importance.*» Mr. Lemieux. who has defended s e v e r a l accused t e r r o r i s t s often f o r free and with h i s own funds, had said Monday a number of j a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s have hinted they w i l l not accept asylum i n Cuba o r A l g e r i a . Ihe ransom note had demanded a plane t o f l y the released prisoners to one or the other country. The kidnapping of Mr. Cross was the f i r s t p o l i t i c a l kidnapping i n the B r i t i s h Commonwealth and fiorth America. Poars t h a t i t may be the f i r s t i n d i c a t i o n of new t a c t i c s by the PLQ rose Tuesday as Montreal and Toronto newspapers s a i d Prime Minister Trudeau, Quebec premier Robert Bourassa and Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau are named as the next t a r g e t s i n an eight"page document received by Quebec a u t h o r i t i e s from the kidnappers. All three men have been c r i t i c i z e d by various groups including labor ttiions and the P a r t i Quebecois as symbols of Anglo"Amerlcan acploltatlon and r e p r e s s i o n . DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S GEUE GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP AFP ECD APP ECL ECT APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L SRB Cf$LJ PAG CFPR. A f)07fi1H �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION l/A/CA4$S CP OdtL I h l l e Mr. Bourassa admitted t h a t only part of the ransom document ted been made p u b l i c , he would not confirm published reports t h a t i t runs to eight pages. He was asked i f f u l l publication of the document was in f a c t one of the conditions l i s t e d by the kidnappers f o r the safe r e l e a s e of Mr. Cross. sAnother r e p o r t e r asked i f the ransom note s a i d t h a t the l i s t e d domands were " i r r e v o c a b l e and non'negotiable.»» The premier repeated t h a t a u t h o r i t i e s made public only what they deemed i n the public i n t e r e s t . He said there were " a l l kinds of t e r r o r i s t a c t s i n other countries** and Quebec seemed to be no exception. But the province did not deserve such a c t s because "we have freedom of expression as good as anywhere i n the world.»» Mr. Bourassa a l s o s a i d t h a t i t was not the f i r s t time h i s l i f e had teen t h r e a t e n e d . " I t seems to be p a r t of the l i f e of a Quebec premier these years.»* He said he had ordered no increase s e c u r i t y f o r members of the i r o v i n c i a l government or f o r the n a t i o n a l assembly of Quebec. The document i s s a i d t o outline a theory of « ' s e l e c t i v e a s s a s s i n a t i o n , , , a phrase used in news s t o r i e s from Jordan i n Ausrust V two Quebec s e p a r a t i s t s t r a i n i n g with Arab commandos. ^ l i X nSrt a to a ?ftfrn d Mr: C r o s s ? ^ ^ 0n ^ " ^ Statl0n8 ^ SSL? 1 f tter t 0 M r s « C r o 8 s date Monday Mr. Drapeau called the lldnapping a " r e p u g n a n t a c t , , and a " d a s t a r d l y deed , , • J u s t i c e Minister Choauette and a Montreal doctor said e a r l i e r h K v ? 0 8 ^ *as abducted a t 8t 15 a.m. Monday "after two men roused to the home E/zsttSMsri„~£r• * *'™F°zi»u Quebec and Ottawa o f f i c i a l s promised to c o o r d i n a t e t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s , The f e d e r a l government i s responsible f o r the s a f e t y of foreign diplomats and t h e i r property and External Affairs Minister Mitchell ^ a r p said i n Ottawa Monday a d d i t i o n a l protection w i l l be provided mr the more than 1,000 foreign o f f i c i a l s in Canada. O t t a w P r O V i n C e S s e n e r a l l y administer the Criminal Code on behalf of Police said Monday the ransom note was s i m i l a r to two others seized when they uncovered two apparent p l o t s to kidnap foreign diplomats earlier this year. * sOne involved Harrison Burgess, United S t a t e s consul-general in Canada, and the other was aimed a t Molse Golan, I s r a e l i trade commissioner. Three Montreal men-Andre Roy, ? s , Claude Morency, i 9 , and Francois l a n c t o t , p i - a r e c u r r e n t l y before the courts on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Mr. Burgess as well as other counts involvlns? t e r r o r i s t a c t i v i t y in the c i t y . 'A°JZA &Y' >»—*"^ C*Z&/ fPDM) , CIDA DOPS /^PDV / MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF C^ G?E GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE C£L^ GlfF GUS D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMJ^ MA OAD CENTRE CoyjjX FCN (FS? CPLEJ ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB. tip PAG AQ07619 �Mr, Cross came to Montreal in i963. He w a ^ p r e v i o u s l y posted to Canada in ]957 as trade commission for the Atflfntic provinces in Halifax and subseauently spent two years in ilnnipeg before going to Kuala Lumpur in i96 2. He was married in i945 to the former Barbara Dagg and they have a recently "married daughter Susan, 24. �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION C0C U/QCL#££ CBC REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT HILL A m OCT 6 WE HAVE SPECIAL CABINET MEETING GOING ON, NOT OF FULL CABINET, BUT OF A CABINET COMMITTEE CONCERNED WITH THE KIDNAPPING IN MONTREAL...WITH THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, JUSTICE MINISTER AND THE PRIME MINISTER...SORT OF STEERING COMMITTEE OF CABINET WITH THE EXTRA MINISTERS CONCERNED. THEY COULD BE BREAKING UP ANY TINE NOW AND THE COULD BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT. ITS BEEN VERY QUIET ALL DAY, HO ONE HAS BEEN SAYING ANYTHING, AND UNDER* STANDIBLY SO. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING A DECISION, WHETHER THEY WILL ANNOUNCE IT HOWEVER PUBLICALLY, HOWEVER, REMAINS TO BE SEEN. ITS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ONE. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, MR STANFIELD WAS SAYING TODAY ITS MURE DIFFICULT TUAN EVEN THE MIDEAST KIDNAPPINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED - THEY ARE ASKAG FOR THE RELEASE OF MORE PRISONERS. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TOO. THE IRIME MINISTER OF COURSE TOOK A VERY HARD STAND AT THE TIME OF THE ST JEAd BAfTISTE PARADE WHEN HE WAS CAUTIONED NOT TO GO. HE SAID YOL CANT LET THESE TERRORISTS GET YOU DOWN. OF COURSE THEM HE WAS DEALING WITH HIS OWN LIFE, NOW Ud IS DEALING WITH THE LIFE OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN OTHER COUNTRY. AND THERE IS ALSO THE QUESTIONS OF THE DEMANDS WHICH IN SOME WAYS ARE STIFFER THAN THOSE ASKED FOR BY THE ARAB KIDNAPPERS * THE QUESTION OF TURNING OVER THE POLICE INFORMER - THERE'S AN THER LIFE INVOLVED PERHAPS. TIIE QUESTION OF HIRING THE LAPALME DRIVE!?, SOMEBODY SAID THAT'S THE TOUGHEST OUE OF' ALL. GOVT DOES REMAINS TO BE SEEN. SO WHAT TUE TH QUESTION CAME UP IN THE HOUSi OF' COMMONS TODAYS, THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION DURING QUESTION PERIOD, DEMANDS FOR RE-INSTATEMENT OF1 THE DEATH PENALTY P'OR KIDNAPPERS. P'OR REAL CAOUETTE A DEMAND FOR ACTION TO PREVENT THESE TERRORISTS FROM GOING ABROAD TO AHEP. COUNTRIES * CUBA, JORDAN AND PALESTINE AND SO ON FOR TRAINING. TUE PM SAID HOW DC YOU DO THAT':' BUT ANYWAY IT HAS PEOPLE VERY UPSET HERE, UNDERSTANDABLY PERHAPS LATER TODAY WE ..ILL HAVE A STATEMENT PROP. THE GOVT ALTHOUGH I WOULD NOT REALLY COUNT ON IT, T EY ARE PLAYING PT VERY CLOSE TC THE WIRE. GEU GEUE GEUW DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES (GLp GRF GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP (jJM§) OMA OAD CENTRE djjujj) FCN {|a ^ U ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO SRB C^sTi PAG (fp$ OF EXTERNAL AF 007621 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. /goo SOURCE cp CLASSIFICATION tf/Ocass OTTAWA Cp - External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp said a government statement may be made in the Commons Tuesday evening on the Cross kidnapping c a s e . He made the comment to r e p o r t e r s a f t e r a cabinet committee discussing the case adjourned. Mr. Sharp said the committee discussions were ended f o r the day. The chairman of the cabinet committee i s Prime Minister Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau said he has discussed the case with premier Robert Bourassa of Quebec. GEUE GEUW M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A | 0 0 7 6 2 2 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE /too SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION q*)c/L*ss, MONTREAL Cp -~Six j a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s have signed a document accepting to be s e t free i f the f e d e r a l and provincial governments accept demands f o r the r e l e a s e of B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross. aRobert Lemieux, lawyer f o r several accused t e r r o r i s t s , s a i d i n an interview Tuesday the s i x men signed a document s t a t i n g : ««To whom i t may c o n c e r ^ I would accept an eventual offer from the government-federal and or p r o v i n c i a l - t o s e t me free following the iidnapplng of James Cross. »> The d e c l a r a t i o n was signed by Francois Lanctot, Andre Roy, Gabriel and Robert Hudon, P i e r r e Demers and Claude Morency. Mr. Lemieux Is c u r r e n t l y defending Morency on a charge of attempting to kidnap the United S t a t e s consul general in Montreal l a s t summer. Mr, Lemieux was to meet with seven other persons j a i l e d f o r t e r r o r i s t activities. Mr. Cross, a s e n i o r E r i t i s h trade commissioner, was kidnapped a t gunpoint iearly Monday a t h i s Montreal home. A ransom note asking for $500,000 n gold bullion and the r e l e a s e of « ' p o l i t i c a l prisoners>> ms found by p o l i c e . Te released * ' p o l i t i c a l prisoners »> would be put on a chartered f l i g h t t o Cuta or A l g e r i a . The kidnappers i d e n t i f i e d themselves as members of the front de Liberation Quebecois, a movement which advocates separation of Quebec from Canada by any means including v i o l e n c e . The PLQ has claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r scores of t e r r o r i s t bombings in Quebec. GEUE yCPCQ CIDA GEUW DOPS I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 TMENT OF EXTERNAL A007623 �POP BULLETIN DATE Ocf i/f0 HR. /VJo CLASSIFICATION SOURCE OP Cl*)Ck,*SS. OTTAWA Cp - U e i \ h e r the Algerian nor the Cuban embassies here had any comment to make Tuesday on the demand hy kidnappers of B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross t h a t a chartered escape f l i g h t to Algeria or Cuba be p a r t of the ransom. "We don>t have any comment to make-for the moment,»» a spokesman a t the Cuban embassy s a i d . Ambassador Jose Fernandez de Cossio was uiavailable f o r comment. The Algerian embassy also had no comment to make, a s i d e from denying that i t had been contacted by the Canadian government or "anyone else>f about the Monday kidnapping. Ihe kidnappers want a haven, and apparently would prefer Cuba, a six-hour f l i g h t from Montreal. But n e i t h e r Cuba nor Algeria bas gipen any i n d i c a t i o n they intend to become Involved i n the escapade. e lwhat the effect on Canada»s r e l a t i o n s with e i t h e r country might be i f they provided a haven i s a matter of s p e c u l a t i o n . The government has refused to say whether i t has been in touch with Cuban diplomats about the kidnap demands. Prime Minister Trudeau turned the auestion aside Tuesday in the Commons. Separatism in Quebec began to develop in i t s present form a f t e r the Battle of Algiers and tin Cuba r e v o l u t i o n . Terrorism played a p a r t i c u l a r l y savage part i n the b a t t l e to f r e e Algeria from French r u l e in the l95os. There were p e r s i s t e n t r e p o r t s in the early i9&os t h a t emigre Algerians were coaching Quebec s e p a r a t i s t s in the t a c t i c s of t e r r o r . During a Commons inquiry into the Company of Young Canadians l a s t December, Montreal c i t y a u t h o r i t i e s said there was evidence Cuba was being used as a t r a i n i n g giound by troublemakers in the c i t y . aRecently, a Radio~Canada report said two Quebec t e r r o r i s t s were training with P a l e s t i n e Arab g u e r r i l l a s . \ CIDA GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES OMP gMDj OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L A 007624 �POP BULLETIN DATE $Q,J HR. 6 SOURCE 2O:0* Cp CLASSIFICATION U/OCJL*$i MONTREAL Cp - Lawyer Robert Lemieux, speaking f o r 12 j a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s , said Tuesday a f t e r meeting with h i s c l i e n t s t h a t he has " n o doubts »> t h a t kidnapped B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross will be "executed i f kidnappers* demands a r e not met.»» Mr. Lemieux told a news conference he has had no contact with the front de Liberation Quebecois kidnappers, but has v i s i t e d J a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s who unanimously approved of a plan by which they w i l l be flown t o Cuba or Algeria by the Canadian government. Mr. Lemieux said he had no problems "seeing h i s c l i e n t s i n p r o v i n c i a l j a i l s but f e d e r a l p e n i t e n t i a r y o f f i c i a l s refused to l e t him see prisoners i n t h e i r i n s t i t u t i o n s . ««The Trudeau, marchand and P e l l e t i e r government, the great defenders of fundamental r i g h t s , i n s t r u c t e d t h e i r i n s t i t u t i o n s to stop a lawyer from seeing h i s c l i e n t s , » » Mr. Lemieux s a i d . Mr. Cross, a s e n i o r B r i t i s h trade commissioner, was kidnapped a t h i s borne a t gunpoint early Monday. Police found a note asking f o r $5oO,000 ln gold bullion and the r e l e a s e of " p o l i t i c a l prisoners.»» Mr. Lemieux said h i s c l i e n t s were " a g r e e a b l y surprised»» to learn of the abduction and t h a t he advised them to accept any r e l e a s e offer from the Quebec or Ottawa governments.>> The lawyer said he f e e l s Mr. Cross* l i f e i s in danger because " I have seen a c e r t a i n progression i n the depth of engagement of FLQ members since the movement s t a r t e d * » s e v e r a l years a g o . lhe kidnappers i d e n t i f i e d themselves as members of t h e Front de Liberation Quebecois, a movement which advocates separation of Quebec from Canada by any means Including v i o l e n c e . *M<LS £ U — V (MULi 9 S E f i E ^ ..zait . ZAG, MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GEU GEUE GEUW FIS (£GLA, GRF GUS FAC CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 •f^FPR^ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F 0 0 7 6 2 5 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. OCTOBER 6 SOURCE 2020 CLASSIFICATION CJOH CHANNEL 13 UNCLASSIFIED HERE IS A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN FROM CJOH NEWS ROOM . EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT DEMANDS OF THE KIDNAPPERS WILL NOT BE MET. sOTTAtfA Cp - The demands by the Front de Liberation du Quebec & r the return of B r i t i s h Trade Commissioner James Cross w i l l not le met, External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp told the Commons Tuesday n i g h t . MORE PMO CIDA PCO DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PDE PDF PDG PGP E X T E R EURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT D E P A R T M E N T OF AFP APP APO FSR EXTERNAL A SRB PSI PAG FPR 007626 �POP BULLETIN DATE Oct 6 F HR. 33:00 SOURCE CTIF AJBU)S Do you knov; on whose behalf ' CLASSIFICATION C/AJC<C?SS went today to the jails around Montreal to get the signatures of the so-called political prisoners on an agreement? (MIN)"V/ell, you'd have to address this to the Government of Quebec. in a position to speak on law and order in the Province of Quebec. II I'm not This is provincial responsibility." •' 'las there been any contact "Wellj as I say, y o u ' l l have to address these questions to the Government of Quebec." Mr. Sharp release. you would do everything possible to . . . . Mr. Cross' That doesn't extend to doing the only things "Mo, what is possible is possible. All things are not p o s s i b l e . " You must r e a l i z e before you come here t h a t you could be playing a dangerous game. You must have reason behind t h i s . You said at the outset - would you care to r e i t e r a t e t h i s - that t h i s is the opening gambit Ln a. bargaining s i t u a t i o n . Is that what $M£ you're t e l l i n g u s . M "Yes, what t h i s statement i s designed to achieve is the opening of communications". And you're not prepared to r u l e out any of these individual conditions? .KM$ "My statement speaks for i t s e l f . I don't want to elaborate upon i t : I think i t s quite clear and i t is open to I think quite a clear i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . The words a r e carefully chosen and I don't intend to go beyond that t o n i g h t . " Have you considered whether i t might be necessary to offer immunity of some sort to any one who does get in touch with you? "We'll face up to those questions when they a r i s e " . Mr. Sharp emphasized t h a t Ottawa had been in touch with Quebec City throughout t h i s . He and the Prime Minister have been in touch with Premier Bourassa. i s in f u l l agreement with t h e i r position. X^MJp f^—\ (mJ ""** ( P C J * / C P D & CIDA DOPS (_PDp ££? £PD?} GAF Q ^ T <N3?C0^ lPT&£? GFE PGP pp£ MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES Mr. Bourassa was KX question-about GEU f^AA GEUE ISHF GEUW GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. Mr. Bourassa 5-6331 OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE CQUN 3 ^ j K> ^^IH^ ^FLE) ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP SRB APP < 2 C ^ APO PAG QPp DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 0 0 7 6 2 7 �^.he kidnapping in his regular news conference in Quebec City this afternoon. He said he couldn't comment on many questions by reporters but he did say that both he and Prime Minister Trudeau have received threats. "You will understand very easily that I could not comment on that at the present stage." Are you seeking a compromise? "I can only repeat what I just said to you, sorry". __ A. fJ li * '* ,jjn a press release your name .'HWPSSPWPff' Mr. Trudeau and that Mr. Drapeau were mentioned by FLQ sources as the next possible victims of terror. V/hat is your reaction? "It was mentioned in press release - it was not the first time that my name is mentioned about that. It was mentioned in other newspapers before. I think this is part of the life of the Quebec premier these years and I accept that risk but there is no question and fit so far I'm concerned to improve or to increase the people watching around I'm very satisfied with the present situation in that respect." How is it Mr. Bourassa that the ES FLQ document was not totally published/ "This was a decision which was taken following discussions and v/e thought it was the best decision". �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION Odt, FOLLOWING A STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS TONIGHT MR. SHARP ADDRESSED A NEWS CONFERENCE: "Clearly these are wholly unreasonable demands and their authors could not have expected them to be accepted. of demands will not be met. I need hardly say that this set I continue, however, to hope that some basis can be found for Mr. Cross's safe return. Indeed I hope the abductors will find a way to establish communication to achieve this. All the authorities concerned are dealing with this case on the basis that we have the double responsibility to do our best to safeguard Mr. Cross and at the same time to preserve the rule of law in our country. I can assure the Canadian people that everything possible is being done to meet this double obligation. The British Government — we've had communications with the British Government and we expressed our sympathy, of course, and said we vrould do everything possible to give protection to Mr. Cross and to carry out our obligations under international law and according to diplomatic usage and we've had a reply from Mr. Heath who has thanked us for this message and says he knows that we would do whatever is possible." V IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST OF YOURS TONIGHT BY THE DEADLINE TOMORROW MORNING, WILL YOU STICK BY THIS OR WILL YOU BACK OFF IT? "This is the only statement I have to make at the present time. looking ahead to any further than this. I am not I believe it is most important that my message be communicated to them and if possible we should establish communication." The Creditiste leader, Real Caouette, says the kidnapped British diplomat is as good as dead. He made the statement without elaboration after opposition party leaders were briefed on the situation by the Prime Minister and the Minister for External Affairs. DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GEU GC<L> GEUE 35e GEUW CENTRE C&P GRF GUS OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE Cauj^ ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL ^g. '<5*£ PAG CFP? "Q07629 �^P[n Montreal, a lawyer who has often represented FLQ members held out little hope for the diplomat's life if the kidnappers' demands are not met. The lawyer, Robertfcri_eui*)said he had no doubts that Mr. Cross would be killed. Mr .i£mieu,r told a press conference in Montreal that he had talked to up to a dozen imprisoned men today and they had expressed their willingness to go along with the ransom terms and would fly them to Algeria or Cuba. He is presently involved in a trial that was postponed today to enable him to visit various prisons in the Montreal area. Asked from his experience what the attitude of FLQ members is he said: "my personal feeling is that young Quebecers who get involved in this type of thing in 1970 know what they're doing and are serious about the things that they're saying and this again I base on — I spent 9 months in jury trials with members of the FLQ in '69 so I think I know a little bit of what I'm talking about." So you think if the demands are not met Mr. Cross will not be returned alive? "That is my personal opinion, unfortunately". So, in the view of this experienced lawyer, the prospects for the British Trade Commissioner are death. 007630 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. Fl 3 An? Qdt* ' 11 p.m. News — C £>C SOURCE CLASSIFICATION c i A) c /c /? a Be- October 6 The External Affairs Minister, Mitchell Sharp, told the Commons tonight that the demands made by a Quebec separatist group are wholly unreasonable and will not be met. Mr. Sharp said that he hoped some basis could be found for the safe return of Mr. Cross and he expressed the hope that the kidnappers would communicate with the authorities concerned. The statement was issued after an all day sitting of the Cabinet Committee headed by Prime Minister Trudeau. Late tonight the kidnappers got in touch with a Montreal radio station. They said Mr. Cross v/as well but that they wouldn't hesitate to kill him if their ransom demands aren't met by tomorrow morning. Peter Daniel reports on the ransom demands. This is an exclusive copy of the terrorist ransom demands received yesterday by ±ks Quebec authorities. It was attained by CBC newsman Frank Roach and fills in many details about how Mr. Cross can be released. In an opening paragraph the terrorists reveal why Mr. Cross v/as singled out as their victim. They called him the representative of the ancient fascist colonialist British system. Among the seven ransom demands was one for the release of 23 political prisoners. There is no mention of future action against major Quebec and Canadian political figures. The terrorists lay out in minute detail hov/ the release of the political prisoners is to take place under the TV lights at Montreal International Airport. The 5500,000 in gold bouillon is to be transported to the airport in nine Brinks trucks. In final paragraph the kidnappers underline all conditions are firm and the life of Mir. Cross depends on the total compliance of authorities. The lawyer defending most of the political prisoners on the terrorist ransom list today held a news conference. Lemieux says «i»XX 8 of his clients have signed a document agreeing to exile. Four other have indicated they would agree and he has yet to see 9 others. But Mr. Lemieux says based on his experience the terrorists will carry out their death threat. jLtK rtjfy. personal feeling is that young Quebecers v/ho get involved in this type of thing in 1970 know what they're doing and are serious about the things that they're saying PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MINISTERE DES MIN PDM PDS PDA AFFAIRES PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GLA GEUE GRF GEUW GUS CENTRE OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO OF E X T E R N A L SRB PSI PAG FPR AF 007631 �^ ^ n d this again I base on — I spent 9 months in jury trials with members of the FLQ in '69 so I think I know a little bit of what I'm talking about. <Y So you think if the demands are not Mr. Cross will not be returned alive? ^t-M "That is my personal opinion unfortunately." C&C, Mr. Lemieux says he has advised his clients to accept only an official government AS offer of liberation.xnsL the deadline set by the kidnappers approaches it is obvious that nerves are frayed around Montreal police circles. Meetings have been going on and are going on but today there's been a noticeable lack of visible activity in the Cross kidnap case. In a lead editorial in French Canada's largest daily La Presse writer Jean-Paul Debain(?) takes a hard line. be no accession to the demands. He write there must There is only one evil greater than blackmail threats and that is to give in to them. Peter Daniel, CBC News, Montreal. Following his statement in the Commons Mr. Sharp met with reporters to read the Government decision. It was reached after consultation with Quebec and Britain. r\i\a) "Clearly, these are wholly unreasonable demands and their authors could not have expected them to be accepted. I need hardly say that this set of demands will not be met. I continue, however, to hope that some basis can be found for Mr. Cross's safe return. Indeed, I hope the abductors will find a way to establish communication to achieve this. All the authorities concerned are dealing with this case on the basis that we have the double responsibility to do our best to safeguard Mr. Cross and at the same time to preserve the rule of law in our country. I can assure the Canadian people that everything possible is being done to TMR meet this double obligation. vV Mr. Sharp,are you saying that the Canadian Government is willing to take the chance of having this man killed because of the ransom note that you have ....are not going to answer., .refuse it. \AlK> "Well, we have nobody to communicate with". �M( So you are get in touch with you Sir. H /Aj^^'This is the purpose of my statement today is to make it clear in the first place that of course this kind of deal is not possible. Needless to say the Canadian people would not support turning over to these blackmailers the really the governing of the country. But we would like to talk to them because it may be that there are conditions that we could meet and it is most important that we should find out whether Mr. Cross is safe and well and whether there is a basis upon which he might be delivered in a healthy condition to his family." DC'(A^ Premier Bourassa —"Of course its not an easy decision but v/e are living through a period v/here easy decisions are more and more rare and tough decisions are more and more often so that's the life of Quebec today - that's the life of Canada today and I suppose that's the life of many countries inx±hE and many states today. A) M VSo<a<A Would you say this is the toughest decision you've ever made as a politician? "Its one of the toughest, yes". �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE y/y .2 0 A Z) CLASSIFICATION u CP - Radio s t a t i o n CFAC said T u e s d a y n i g h t Itc rftCfllved Uie KLdnapijerB kidt a p p e r s of the ssenior e n i o r Britisr British 9, document •pur-por ting to he from the i h a t i f t h e i r demands are not met by ut •UM.iUrhvrTrrTa revere* .Fo a." 1 ! EDT today, ••we w i l l do away with him.»» sThe French"language s t a t i o n said the document was a d i r e c t answer to an e a r l i e r statement made hy Mitchel Sharp. External Affairs Minister, who said in a Commons statement t h a t the seven demands hy the ahducters w i l l not he met. The statement hy the kidnappers says ««we w i l l not l e t go>» of James Richard Cross and ««we don»t give a damn ahout Shapr.»> • •If they do not comply with our demands, we won>t h e s i t a t e to do way with Mr. Cross.>» Mr. Cross was ahducted from h i s home here early Monday morning. The statement s a i d Mr. Cross i s in good h e a l t h and he was permitted to w r i t e a l e t t e r to h i s wife which was placed in a downtown mail fcox. BKOMTREAL Mr. Lemieux sa^ QggJtrefrl r o l i c e " s t o l e , , a document addressed r f i pb - l am rafrjo aJfcaUap, o u t l i n i n g the PLQ,s demands. n g 'E i Asked w'Keil ther he approved or the B r i t i s h diplomat»s kidnapping while disapproving of n the alleged t h e f t of an PLQ document, Mr. Lemieux r ®?i~~A i * J - ? . o t w a n t to he led i n t o a controversy.• * rM*}.«* «ui<3EC Cp - premier Rohert Bourassa sajd_ TaeMav fllfcht he -fin endorses tne decision announced m the Commons hy External A-ffai rs_ Minister Mitchell Sharp not to grant ransom demands of t h e kidnappers of the B r i t i s h t r a d e commrssloner ln Montreal. sHowever, he had no f u r t h e r comment. In Montreal, meanwhile, Jerome Choq.uette Quehec j u s t i c e m i n i s t e r , tegan a v i g i l to l a s t <«an I n d e f i n i t e period tonight,•> awaiting aay communication from the t e r r o r i s t kidnappers. An a i d e s a i d Mr. Choquette had no comment on the decision not to meet the demands. The minister was planning to s t a y up through t h e night awaiting word from the t e r r o r i s t s . » -— • Asked whether a compromise on th e demands was p o s s i b l e , Mr. Bourassa said he could not comment on whether such a compromise would succeed. He a l s o would not comment on whether a u t h o r i t i e s a r e trying to reach a compromise with the kidnappers. The premier had l i t t l e Information to give r e p o r t e r s who g r i l l e d him on the kidnapping during h i s weekly news conference, t e l e v i s e d live on the CEC»S ]Trench""language network. However, he did not deny newspaper reports that he, Prime Minister Trudeau and Montreal Mayor Jean Lrapeau were the subjects of t h r e a t s in the kidnappers* ransom n o t e . • •The a r t i c l e s spoke of very i n d i r e c t t h r e a t s , >» he s a i d . • ^1 have no other comments. >» fie added that i t i s • •obvious>» that he, Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Lrapeau ••are not the t e r r o r i s t s * l i t t l e f a v o r i t e s , »» but would not oomment f u r t h e r . Government and Bell telephone operators had been given the number cf an external a f f a i r s operation centre and told to r e l a y c a l l s a t oace on a 2<3~hour b a s i s . The Quebec government, the police or the tress a l s o could be used as a means of opening communication. GAF • CIDA P C O ) C P A F DOPS (PDp (A^P MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S A S P AFtF PGP EXTERIEURES GCQ^ GFE GEU A GLA ~> GEUE GRF GEUW GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE OUN Z> FCN CJFCCD (.FLf) ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB ^JSL) PAG , FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 1=007634 �October 6, 1970 11:25 P.M. TASK FORCE NOTE 11 o'clock news casts reported that a Montreal radio station had received some sort of notification that a letter from Mr. Cross was on its way to Mrs. Cross. I immediately telephoned R.C.M.P. Montreal. They told me that the post office in Montreal had alerted them that they had a letter which they believed was from Mr. Cross addressed to his wife. The R.C.M.P. would secure the letter from the post office officials immediately. If the letter was not sealed they would provide us with the contents by telephone, if the letter was sealed they hoped that Mrs. Cross, to whom the letter would be delivered would give them permission (Montreal Police) to disseminate its contents to interested Canadian and Quebec authorities on a confidential need to know basis. A..D. Tto we e^JMj/j JJ^-fFA &&, Me* <*-*». A'/-(A*A . F4A>T^ 007635 �•• . . " • • • a FAk • f • . *« 197 0 ' MgMQRAHC'M FOR MR. McIDldlTH Kldnfeppini - Mr. J . Cross • Information haa been received that three duplicates of the ransom note obtained yesterday from the presumed kidnappers of Mr. Cross were posted this morning to the newspaper Montreal Matin, CTV Channel 10 in Montreal and Radio Canada. These were intercepted by the Post Office Department and made available to the Montreal Police who have conducted checks on them for fingerprints, etc. It is not yet known if these tests produced any evidence, nor is it known if the items in question are being delivered to the addressees. It is quite possible that other news media in Montreal will also be receiving copies of this item. These would render all the demands contained in the ranson note public. We will keep you advised of further developments. J . R. 0 . F e r r a r i s , 3/lnspector, R.C.M.P. . • • 007636 �—10 POP ; BULLETIN SOURCE DATE HR O cf C Jtl'+J CLASSIFICATION A document purporting t o be rrom tne kidnappers, and a t i l l to he %ithentlcated, Bald that i f demands aren?t met by 8»30 *.ro. £LT today ••we w i l l do away with hlro.»» Badlo s t a t i o n CKAC a french" language s t a t i o n i n Montreal Bald the document i t received was a d i r e c t answer to External Affairs Minister Mitchell 8harp who s a i d e a r l i e r demands of the ahductors WDuldntt be met. Montreal extremists normally use the news media as a means of OBMBunication. Mr. Sharp had s a i d his 8 p.m. statement waa a<T>ed at ep fining communication . • • I f they do not comply with our demands, we won»t h e s i t a t e to do away with Mr. Cross »» the CKAC document s a i d . I t e a i i Mr. Cross i s ln good h e a l t h and was allowed to w r i t e a l e t t e r to h i s IfeaB-ijy which i u posted in downtown Montreal. Authorities v e r e trying to a s s e s s the a u t h e n t i c i t y of the document. GAF CIDA DOPS <E3> GEU GEUE GFE GEU* GUS OMA FIS FAC OAD Pfift CENTRE | I \FAf BRF OMP OMD ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL 5-63.i '< 007637 CE p 2, �MEMORANDUM Received call from Mr. Ward (MOT Air Administration Ops. Room watchkeeper) saying a message had been received by Radio Station C.K.L.M. that Mr. Cross' body is in a car on Dorval Airport grounds. There is a suggestion that this may be a ploy to draw the guards from their posts. The cars mentioned; 1964 Valiant convertible 1965 Ford 1969 Valiant The information has not been made nubile. Ops Room at 1123/19* charge. Call came to External Affairs Received by J. Mahoney and passed to officer in Further information will be passed as received. I yy AAA? Fa ^y <^J ' P.S. J . Mahoney MOT 11:45 Received c a l l t h a t P o l i c e now have p l a t e numbers f o r c a r s . 007638 �POP BULLETIN DATE CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. Oct C A document purporting t o he from the kidnappers, and s t i l l to he • i t h e n t i c a t e d , said t h a t i f demands aren»t met hy 8130 a.m. EDT today, • •we w i l l do away with hira.»> Badio s t a t i o n CKAC a French"language s t a t i o n in Montreal, said the document i t received was a d i r e c t answer to External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp, who s a i d e a r l i e r demands of the ahductors wouldn»t he met. Montreal extremists normally use the news media as a means of Onmmunlcation. Mr. Sharp had said his 8 p.m. statement was aimed a t opening communication. «*££ they do n o t comply with our demands, we won»t h e s i t a t e t o do •ray with Mr. Cross.>» the CKAC document s a i d . I t ssA4 Mr. Cross i s l n good h e a l t h and was allowed t o w r i t e a l e t t e r to h i s i*«*-\y which was posted i n downtown Montreal. Authorities were trying to assess the a u t h e n t i c i t y of the document. GAF PMO GFE CIDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES (^ G L A ^ OMP GEUE """CRT OMD GEUW GUS OMA FIS FAC OAD GEU CENTRE D"OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CEH5 PA,G CFPRV DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A | 0 0 7 6 3 9 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE 2 3^S" CLASSIFICATION SOURCE CP LONDON CP - B r i t i s h cabinet m i n i s t e r Geoffrey Rippon will remain i n London today, instead of going to the Conservative party convention in Blackpool, to keep his government in touch with developments in the James Cross kidnapping c a s e . Prime Minister Edward Heath l n Blackpool for the opening today of t h e jfcur-day convention, designed Rippon, minister i n charge of negotiating B r i t a i n ' s entry i n t o the European Common Market, to'handle Liaison with the Canadian government • Foreign Secretary S i r Alec Douglas-Eome has sent a personal lesteage to Mrs. CSoss assuring her of the concern by B r i t i s h ministers about the kidnapping Monday of her husband, B r i t i s h trade commissioner i n Montreal. Meanwhile The Guardian r e p o r t s t h a t the B r i t i s h government i s not e x e r t i n g diplomatic pressure on Prime Minister Trudeau. *'Whitehall recognizes t h a t elephantine t a c t i c s could only play i n t o tiae hands of the Quebec s e p a r a t i s t s and make Trudeau»e dilemma more aiff mx s r oz well as more dangerous,* * the paper s a y s . The Ifeily Telegraph says the abduction has aroused widespread horror in Whitehall. "The question being asked i s where w i l l t h i s s o r t of thing end when i t happens even i n a f r i e n d l y , s t a b l e and Commonwealth s t a t e sich as Canada, »• i t s a y s . In an e d i t o r i a l The Telegraph declares the kidnapping confirms that ihe wide p u b l i c i t y such a c t i o n s a t t r a c t makes thenf eont srious . No doubt the example of the P a l e s t i n i a n t e r r o r i s t s played i t s part in prompting the members of the Quebec Liberation Front to kidnap Cross tiae paper comments• The most d i r e c t l y comparable event to the abduction of Cross was the kidnapping l a s t April of Count von S p r e t t i , West German ambassador ajvEuiiefflaiaHEiiiBHAsriaa, .HIIIIASZ^IJMKDJMALAN GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO This i s t h e kind of precedent which those who a r e saddled with the ap a dwl8fo 3sks of having to deal with such an event will have i n the ibrefront of t h e i r minds.>» Calling kidnapping one of the lowest and most despicable of crimes tiie paper sayst **If a deal i s made to secure the r e l e a s e of victims i t should be promptly broken once t h a t object has been achieved without scruple.»» The Times says the case- **has shaken Montreal l i k e no other event In r e c e n t years.** The Financial Times reports the kidnapping comes **At an embarrassing point for Quebec Premier Bourassa, who has vowed to cure the economic i l l s of t h e province and to show i t can benefit from Confed eratlon.»» The L i b e r a l government elected April 29, has g r e a t l y improved Quebec's economic condition the paper s a y s . **0nly f a s t police action in rounding up the t e r r o r i s t s can r e s t o r e the new climate of confidence that Bourassa was b u i l d i n a - . " GEUE CIDA DOPS MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S GEUW EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AQ07640 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE oJt, CLASSIFICATION CR LONDON- AP~ - The Canadian government has B r i t i s h support in refusing to meet the demands by the Front de Liberation Quebecois for tiae r e t u r n of B r i t i s h trade commissioner James Cross, the foreign office s a i d early today. **We have evern confidence in the Canadian government's handling of t h i s affair,»» s a i d a spokesman. **There i s nothing more to be s a i d . * ' The foreign office said Tuesday Prime Minister Trudeau had assured tiae B r i t i s h government everything p o s s i b l e was being done to find the iidnapped diplomat. GAF t^Ccl> > GFE y ^ P C J K idPpM/ CIDA DOPS A J W APDp M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PGP EXTERIEURES PFfi GEU (j^Lp GEUE GEUW FIS GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ^OUN^y FCN ECP ECD AFP SRB APP VPSL? APO FSR PAG 'fFFff*) DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 0 0 7 6 4 1 �POP TION INFOR DATE SOURCE HR. OCT 7 CLASSIFICATION cr> OOi'iO MONTREAL Cp - J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choauette remained behind heavily~guarded closed doors early today, awaiting any communication from t e r r o r i s t s who kidnapped a B r i t i s h diplomat Monday. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp e a r l i e r appealed to the Iddnappers to get in touch with a u t h o r i t i e s . He made the appeal after t e l l i n g the Commons i n Ottawa t h a t the government had rejected the t e r r o r i s t s * demands. However, a missive purporting to be from the Front de Liberation Quebecois. which claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the kidnapping, said Tuesday n i g h t James Richard Cross, the B r i t i s h trade commissioner, will be k i l l e d i f the government does not reverse i t s d e c i s i o n . An a i d e to Mr. Choauette said the J u s t i c e m i n i s t e r would remain in his office throughout the n i g h t , awaiting word from the kidnappers. P r o v i n c i a l police opened the doors of the courthouse housing the j u s t i c e mlnister»s office only a few inches before admitting y l s l t o r s . Four policemen guarded Mr. Choauette>3 second'floor o f f i c e . Mr. Cross was kidnapped from h i s home Monday by an armed group. !ttie FLi has asked f o r the r e l e a s e of convicted and alleged t e r r o r i s t s from Quebec j a i l s in return f o r thel ndiplomat»s r e l e a s e . sThey have a l s o asked for $5oo»OCC sold bullion and safe jassage f o r themselves and the released t e r r o r i s t s to e i t h e r Cuba or A l g e r i a . ^Cauu^ GEUE GEUW DOPS PGP MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES P^Aa CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB KF*}J PAG CFPR" DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007642 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION AtcHP (pjAt^L AAJ ' at oi AF 7(DcrA- This i s an FLQ communique d a t e d 12:00 noon October 6, 1970 "24 hours left" "The authorities do not seem to take seriously our demands. It would be wise U to say Mr. Cross to fulfil our conditions instead of making appeals for pills which Mr. Cross should take. It should be very clear that when the time is up, we shall not hesitate to »«rasing erase Mr. Cross because the life and the liberty of political prisoners and the Lapalme boys are more important than the hundreds of diplomats dedicated solely to the financial interests of the Anglo Saxon that and American big bosses. The powers isxbe will be the only people responsible for his death. P.S. This communique must be made public. P.S. We are attaching to this second communique a letter by J . Cross t o h i s w i f e . .PMO. CIDA MINISTERE GEU GEUE GEUW DOPS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES Cguip jLA, GRF GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB Ci£> PAG TPR* DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A '007643 �POP BULLETIN Octi CLASSIFICATION SOURCE CP HR. DATE 3 -3* UAFCAAV Mr. Sharp outlined the kidnappers> demands in the Commons summarized ass ' 1. The police i n v e s t i g a t i o n must be stopped; 2. Wide press and t e l e v i s i o n p u b l i c i t y to be given to a so""called p o l i t i c a l manifesto of the F U ; 2. More than 2c prisoners to be released; 4 . . F a c i l i t i e s f o r t h e i r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n by plane to Cuba or Algeria to be arranged; 5 . Rehiring of Montreal p o s t a l d r i v e r s l a i d off l a s t winter on the terms and conditions s e t out hy the union before the breakdown of negotiations; 6 . A ransom tf $500,000 In sold bullion to be paid; 7 . Public d i s c l o s u r e of d e t a i l s about an alleged informer i n the sine t e r r o r i s t s a l s o demanded t h a t the wives and children of the Irtsoners be allowed to join them i f they wish. In addition to the p r i s o n e r s , the kidnappers* demands said t h a t .Andre Lessard, P i e r r e Marcil and Rejean Tremblay, ««at present out on b a i l , must be allowed to j o i n t h e i r p a t r i o t comrades and leave Quebec i f they so d e s i r e . »> Mr. Lemieux said he has v i s i t e d j a i l e d t e r r o r i s t s and eight of them signed statements saying they would agree to be released i f the federal and~or p r o v i n c i a l government offered to do so following the kidnapping. Ee had spoken to four others by telephone and they had also agreed. Quebec premier Robert Bourassa said a f t e r Mr. Sharp»3 announcement In the Commons he i s i n f u l l agreement with the decision not to give in to the demands. He had spoken to Mr. Sharp before the announcement and had expressed agreement with the statement. me persona whose r e l e a s e was demande by the kidnappers areJ Francois Schirm, 58, sentenced to l i f e Oct. i 0 , 3 9 °7, for the n o n ' c s p l t a l murder of a gunshop manager in August, ]9o^; Edmond a u e n e t t e , 2°, sentenced to l i f e on the same date for non'capital murder in the same slaying; Serge lemers, 25, sentenced June l ? , ]967, to eight years, ]r non t h s , a f t e r conviction on is? charges a r i s i n g from i9oo bombings; ... warce! Faulkner, 29, sentenced with Lemers to s i x years, eight months on seven convictions; lierard Laq.uerre, 28, sentenced on the same date to six years and eight months for eigh t e r r o r i s t convictions; Claude Simard, 27.. serving f i v e y e a r s , JO months for eight convictions, also in connection with the l9oo wave of sReal Mathieu, 2?, serving nine y e a r s , s i x months f o r r o l e in a9oo bombings; ... XJ cPo"hert Levesque. 29, serving seven years in connection with CIDA £AF GEU QC£F CfiCiP GEUE DOPS GFE GEUW PGP M I N I S T E R E DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES OiiJP GRF GUS OMD) y j ' o Q s FCO OAD p p f i . CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 COHU^ CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO PAG AAA> DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A 007644 �P i e r r e ' p a u l Geoffroy, 2°, sentenced to l i f e April 1, ]969 a f t e r be pleaded g u i l t y to 129 chaises involving bombings in i968~69 inclv^tog one at the Montreal stock Exchange; Clauww Morency, }9, a r r e s t e d l a s t June 21 a f t e r a raid on a rented cottage in the Laurentians; sAndre Roy, 2?, also a r r e s t e d at the Laurentlan cottage; sFrancois Lanctot, 21, a l s o a r r e s t e d at the Laurentian cottage; Gabriel Hudon, 2b, sentenced in ±96z to 12 y e a r s , released on jarole in December, i96 7, and a r r e s t e d l a s t May a f t e r armed robberies ln the Lauretians; Robert Hudon, 2?, Gabriel»s brother, sentenced to eight years f o r raids on armed forces bases in Quebec in i964; Andre Lessard, 25, sentenced in i965 to ZQ months for kidnapping and a s s a u l t In an incident Involving Quebec frovinclal Police who discovered an FL* t r a i n i n g camp a t La Macaza, in the Laurentians; Rejean Tremblay, 24, who "received a suspended sentence for taking part ln a kidnapping near La Macaza and who also faces Jobbery charges; Marc~Andre Gagne, 24, sentenced to 25 years June 8 a f t e r pleading guilty to i9 robbery charges; s P i e r r e Boucher awaiting sentence Eov. 18 a f t e r pleading u i l t y to escaping from prison; Andre Ouellet, a l s o awaiting sentence Nov. IS a f t e r pleading guilty to escaping. eThose who signed Mr. Lemi eux »s document saying they would accept r e l e a s e i f offered are Morency, Roy, Lanctot, Levesaue, Gabriel and Robert Hudon and P i e r r e Lemers. Those who gave approval by telephone were Serge Lemers, Simard, Faulkner and Lacker. �GAF GCQ? GFE CIDA GEU GEUE GEUW ^LA^ GRF GUS PP& MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CENTRE EXTERIEURES OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE OUN_> FCN Fgg F"L^ ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB -tfsi PAG ^FPR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS- TEL. 5-6331 The letter to Mitchell Sharp believedleft in OTC premises, delivered by Ottawa Police to Quebec Police and hence to Montreal. Following is RCMP text [Ac A "Les demandes citees sont exactes. Elles sont les cinq conditions essentielles a la liberation de Cross. Trudeau dans une declaration publique devra avant 9 heures a.m. mercredi avoir decide du sort de 0 •? AO &6 Cross. Vive le FLQ ...." RCMP noted that the letter was not on FLQ letterhead like the "second communique" and this letter was in blocked letters hand printed. Mr. Wall at 1:50 a.m. was informed by Detective Welsh of the Ottawa Police that the Ottawa Policy had received a call from the Director General of QPF requesting at 9:52 pjn. that the Ottawa Police pick up a letter at the Colonial Bus Terminal on Albert Street in locker #230. At first there was no key for the locker and it was not until 11:00 p.m. that they obtained the letter. It was printed in ink and a copy was turned over to the QPF who took it to Montreal. The Ottawa Police have V the original. ) ,F o F 007646 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. OA 1 SOURCE CLASSIFICATION C iXc hi If* A AC A Quatfe policiers en civil de la Gendarmerie Royale du Canada accompagnes d'un photographe de la surete municipale d'Ottawa se sont presentes au t erminus central dd la compagnie Colonial Coach Line entre 10 heures et 10:30 heures ce soir afin d'y retirer une envelope qui avait ete placee presumement par le FLQ dans le easier 230. les autobus. Ce easier est situe a 1'entree ou arrivent Cette enveloppe a ete retiree et elle etait inseree dans une copie du journal Montreal Matin. Le tout a ete soigneusement rapporte et des expertises y seront pratiquees. Louis Charlebois, Telemedia, Ottawa. Par ailleurs le gouvernement de la Gfande Bretagne appuit la decision prise par le gouvernement Canadien qui a refuse d1acceder aux demandes des ravisseurs de I'attache commercial britannique M. James Richard Cross. Le Foreign Office a fait savoir qu'il a entiere confiance dans le gouvernement d'Ottawa pour mener a bien cette affaire. Le gouvernement a jusqu'a 8:30 heures ce matin pour se conformer aux conditions posees par les ravisseurs. T PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA PDE PDF PDG PGP MINISTERS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB PSI PAG FPR *Q07647 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. -TO D e l ~? SOURCE CLASSIFICATION c i/c M UOCC Le FLQ a fait savoir que I'attache commercial britannique est en bonne sante mais sera execute si I'ultimatum n'est pas suivi a la lettre. Nous sommes entres en possession ce soir par le Eront de liberation — d'un communique emis du Quebec, le FLQ. Ce communique a toutes les apparences de I'authenticite et il constitue une reponse du FLQ 3. la position gouvernementale actuelle. II explique tout d'abord que la sante de M. Cross, le diplomate enleve, est tres bonne son epouse peut etre rassuree dit-on. M. Cross a d'ailleurs ecrit une lettre a sa femme aujourd'hui, lettre qui a ete deposee precise le FLQ dane une boite postale sise au coin des rues Sherbrooke et Victor Bourdeau a Montreal. Apres ces explications le Front de Liberation du Quebec donne sa position dans la situation actuelle. Voici le texte integral de cette position: "Les autorites en place ne semblent pas prendre au serieux les recommendations du Front de Liberation du Quebec deja formulees aans le premier communique. II serait plus sago^our sauver la vie du diplomate Cross d'agir selon nos conditions. II est certain que lorsque le delai sera expire, nous n'hesiterons nullement a supprimer M. Cross, car la vie et la liberte des prisonniers politiques et des travailleurs de Lapalme valent bien les centaines de diplomates qui ne representent que les seuls interets desritsxbig boss Anglo saxons et americains. Les autorites en place seront les seuls vrais responsables de la mort de M. Cross." Fin du communique et e'est signe: V 7" \ q- GAF v GC&> ^-^ ^(j>cp> CIDA MINISTERE DOPS DES AFFAIRES Nous vaincrons, Front de Liberation du Quebec. EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW (GL>> OMP (OUj^ GRF GUS roMifc XJMA *oi (&A OAD ('FLE. CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SJIB (PSj; PAG FPIF AIQ07648 �POP •INFORMATION DATE CT A CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. ~\ o (AF^LC (a Declaration de M. Robert Lemieux a Radio mutuel "Je m'enquiete et je suis un peu attriste par le fait que la declaration de M. Sharp est un peu laconique, tardive et suggire des choses sans y mettre aucun contenu. Je pense que s'ils avait des choses derrlere la tete a part de ce qu'il a declare, il aurait ete opportun dans l'interet de tous qu'il le declare et qu'il ne fassa pas une declaration du genre de celle que l'on connait a des ministres dans les confllts syndicaux. Ce n'est pas un conflit syndical, c'est una affaire differentej si l'on contrasts les positions des deux parties en cause il semble que les positions sont d'un part claires et nettes, tandis que de la part du gouvernement il semblerait prftt a negocier, mais 11 n'offre pas d»avenues et n'offre pas d'inununiteB des personnes qui pouvaient tenter. On ne salt pas s'il s'agit d'un guet-appens ou s'il s'agit d'une meeure pour avoir du delai. Je pense que M. Sharp aurait peut-Atre faire une declaration un peu plus elaboree •t aurait peut-ttre pu la faire un petit peu plus tdt." AFP APP APO FSR GEUW MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFr QQ-7CAQ �POP BULLETIN DATE RR. Otff pi's SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION ^ M A S ; OTTAWA Cp -AH SPOKESMAN FOR THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID AI BWELOPPE HAD BEEN FOUND EARLY TODAY BY THE Ottawa p o l i c e containing a message supposedly coming from the Front de l i h e r a t i o n Quebecois. He said the message referred t o f i v e e s s e n t i a l conditions f o r the r e l e a s e of James Richard Cross, B r i t i s h trade commissioner kidnapped i n Montreal Monday morning. However the conditions were n o t mentioned in the message which toda ^The^Xt^LtAeAdf Jf8 n e e d e d * 9 »•*• ^ *• ^ i d . addres • r t i S S S f S t because o f ^ L " ? " ? V ! ^ e d ' i o no one i n V t a ^ p S i V e Y o u n d l h ! enveloppe containing the message i n a Dcker a t the c e n t r a l terminal of the Colonial Coach Line t o . , ^ e y s p o k S e s m a ^ s a i i the p o l i c e had apparently been told of t h e message and i t s whereabouts by sources in Montreal but could not give any f u r t h e r d e t a i l s . GEUE DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F 0 0 7 6 5 0 �'!$f -,' -~ ' ---—r UJI« • • • ' = I *» - •- ,-va^r*- -ar. POP BULLETIN DATE RR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION OTTAWA CP -AI4 SPOKESMAN FOR THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 8AID AN ENVELOPPE HAD BEEN POUND EARLY TODAY BY THE Ottawa police containing a message supposedly coming from the Front de liberation Quebecole. He said the message referred to f i v e e s s e n t i a l conditions f o r the release of James Richard Cross, British trade commissioner kidnapped in Montreal Monday morning. However the conditions were not mentioned in the message which h sa ^*B£Xt*£ LZAtlll s 4 Deeded * 9 a-m- t o d a rt ° ^. • r t i S l w ffi because of**« "f**** was a d d r e B B e d 'io no one in Sr UltohelTL^TAtll^ to be meant "ike authenticity of"the message has yet to be ascertained, talifi S t i t i i being studied f o r a possible reply. ^ t t S w t ' p S i c e found the enveloppe containing the » " > £ * • £ * tocker a? the central terminal of the Colonial Coach Line Co., " ^ . J S k U S ? i l 3 i the police had apparently been told of the message and i t s whereabouts by sources in Montreal fcit could not give any further d e t a i l s . DOPS GEUE GEUW AFP APP APO SRB *1j>frl/ ^PAG FSR ^TPTN •007651 MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERN ^ R �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION cp Ocfl u*SCa<c&sS MONTREAL Cp - O f f i c i a l s waited anxiously overnight f o r some word from t e r r o r i s t kidnappers who have threatened to execute a B r i t i s h diplomat unless a l i s t of deraands-al ready rejected by government-are met by 8t?o a.m. EDT. Meanwhile l n Ottawa a spokesman f o r the e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s department said an enveloppe containing a message supposedly coming from the Front de Liberation Quebecois had been found early today by the Ottawa p o l i c e . He said the message, handwritten and in French, referred to f i v e e s s e n t i a l conditions f o r the r e l e a s e of James Richard Cross, B r i t i s h trade commissioner in Montreal. However the conditions were not mentioned in the messale which ayippngo d that a reply was needed by 9 a.m. t h i s morning. Although the a u t h e n t i c i t y of the message has yet to be ascertained the spokesman said i t was being studied for a possible r e p l y . GAF CIDA GEU GEUE GEUW GFE DOPS 1*P* MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES FIS GLA GRF OMP OMD GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ^-FCSD CH_t^> ECP ECD AFP APP SRB ECL ECT APO FSR PAG ^TD DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A '007652 �POP BULLETIN SOURCE HR. DATE cr * fy?6 CLASSIFICATION CP OVl* (4AtCt4&S. OTTAniA Cp - E x t e r n a l a f f a i r s department o f f i c i a l s and t h e p o l i c e worked r o u n d " t h e ' c l o c k TUESDAY NIGHT TO DETERMINE THE AUTHENTIC ITY OF A MESSAGE SUPPOSEDLY FROM TdE Front de L i b e r a t i o n ^ u e z e c o i s found e a r l y today l n a bus t e r m i n a l l o c k e r h e r e . A d e p a r t m e n t spokesman s a i d t h e message r e f e r r e d t o f i v e e s s e n t i a l c o n d i t i o n s f o r "the r e l e a s e of James Richard Cross, B r i t i s h t r a d e commissioner kidnapped l n Montreal Monday morning, and i t gave a 9 a.m. deadline f o r a reply. ««lhe q u e s t i o n i s whether t h i s i s r e a l l y a response from t h e kidnappers,>» t h e spokesman s a i d . «<The message d i d n o t l i s t t h e f i v e c o n d i t i o n s . >» eThe o r i g i n a l demand by t h e Icidnappers l i s t e d seven c o n d i t i o n s which must be f u l f i l l e d before S:?o a.m. today o r MR. Cross would be k i l l e d . The government Tuesday n i g h t r e j e c t e d t h e demands, but i n v i t e d t h e k i d n a p p e r s t o communicate on t h e demands. T e spokesman s a i d t h e message was found i n t h e bus t e r m i n a l locker l a t e Tuesday n i g h t a f t e r Quebec p o l i c e n o t l f e d Ottawa p o l i c e "they nad r e c e i v e d a t i p t h a t a communication from t h e FLQ f o r E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r Mitchell Sharp would be found i n a c e r t a i n locker. ««It?s d i f f i c u l t t o e s t a b l i s h the a u t h e n t i c i t y of such a message,?? t h e spokesman s a i d . He added t h a t no d e c i s i o n had been nade as y e t whether a r e p l y should be c o n s i d e r e d . Ihe message was t h e l a t e s t development of s e v e r a l a c t i o n s in t h e case Tuesday n i g h t l n which the government r e j e c t e d ransorr denands aid t b e k i d n a p p e r s t h r e a t e n e d to k i l l the /9~year~old t r a d e commissioner. ^MINJ > rfp51 />co]7 CIDA GAF (€c3^ GEU GEUE GEUW DOPS { ' j*-ravm fc PGP FIS ^3) GRF GUS OMP EXTERIEURES OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 3)ut£) • ECP ECD ECL APO JO? I ECT FSR FCN FAC M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S | | AFP SRB APP DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AG <£PJD A 007653 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION H*0*t*SS. MONTREAL C p - T h e o r i g i n a l B | ? 0 a . m . d e a d l i n e f o r t h e s a f e r e l e a s e V k i d n a p p e r s of James Ri chard Cross r a s s e d w i t h o u t any f o m a l contact from t h e k i d n a p p e r s . Hit t h e d e a d l i n e now may be 9 a . m . and some re-ports s a y t h e f o u r men wno abducted t h e s e n i o r E r i t i s h t r a d e commissioner i n Montreal e a r l y Monday a r e g i v i n g a u t h o r i t i e s u n t i l noon to meet t h e i r ransom demands . Montreal p o l i c e s a i d t h e r e were no new developments i n t h e kidnapping. kLdnar'X>ing. In Ottawa, t h e ex t e r n a l a f f a i r s department s a i d ««no f u r t h e r communication *» had been r-.^^w^.w e c e i v e d from t h e k i d n a p p e r s . Department o f f i c i a l s were <«just w a i t i n g , * * sOttawa p o l i c e e a r l y today d i s c o v e r e d an envelope i n a bus t e r m i n a l locker t h a t may be t h e l a t e s t break i n t h e c a s e . I t r e f e r r e d t o five e s s e n t i a l demands of t h e k i d n a p p e r s and c a l l e d f o r a r e p l y from f e d e r a l o f f i c i a l s by 9 a . m . Quebec J u s t i c e M i n i s t e r Jerome Choauette remained in h i s Montreal o f f i c e o v e r n i g h t , hoping f o r some c o n t a c t from t h e k i d n a p p e r s . But a spokesman s a i d today t h e r e had been no c o n t a c t by 8: So a . m . *«¥»e have no comment t o add a t t h i s time.»> Both t h e f e d e r a l and p r o v i n c i a l g o v e m n e n t s Tuesday n i g h t r e j e c t e d i n g o l d , r e l e a s e of JJ -, _ •>_ .__!_ . _ I iJn c_l -.u d3 ~ - _ A .. TJ —_-|_„ „-P the ransom demands, which e d3 $50c>000 c e r t a i n imprisoned t e r r o r i s t s in Quebec and an escape f l i g h t f o r them to Cuba or A l g e r i a . However, E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r Sharp s a i d he was keeping t h e wat open f o r some r e a s o n a b l e n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h t h e k i d n a p p e r s . PMO^ CIDA TES 433* GEU LGLA GEUE GEUW jCOJ DOPS PGP M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GAF EXTERIEURES FIS GRF GUS FAC CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L Al, 007654 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. CLASSIFICATION SOURCE ewmontreal cp -Kidnappers apparently have pushed back t h e i r deadline aa key demands f o r the safe r e l e a s e of James Richard Cross, the British trade commissioner abducted from his Montreal home early Monday. I t was o r i g i n a l l y believed t h a t 8i7( a.m. today was the end of the ultimatum period s e t by the kidnappers. But that deadline passed without any contact between the kidnappers and government a u t h o r i t i e s , who Tuesday night rejected the demands as "wholly unreasonable.*» A 9 a.m. deadline, based on the contents of an envelope found in an Ottawa bus terminal locker, also passed without any break in the case. Federal government o f f i c i a l s said they are " j u s t w a i t i n g . >» There was no immediate explanation f o r the ZQ~mlnute time postponement i n the Ottawa note, which referred to f i v e e s s e n t i a l lansom demands without giving d e t a i l s . The n o t e , believed to be the work of the t e r r o r i s t Front de l i b e r a t i o n Quebecois which claims r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for the kidnapping, was brought to Montreal f o r examination by the combined a a t i " t e r r o r i s t police squad, made up of members of the RCMP, Quebec j r o v i n c i a l and Montreal p o l i c e . OTTAWA Cp -The government s a t powerless today as the t e r r o r i s t deadline on the l i f e of James Richard Cross came and went. A government spokesman said nothing could be done unless the administration got some f u r t h e r word from the t e r r o r i s t s specifying their demands. Io word came to the s p e c i a l operations centre here as the 9 a.m. deadline passed. A hand~printed message in French purporting to be from the Front d e l i b e r a t i o n Quebecois was found in a bus s t a t i o n locker here «i~llfo .day a f t e r a t i p from the Quebec p o l i c e . The message referred to f i v e e s s e n t i a l conditions f o r the r e l e a s e of Cross, British trade commissioner in Montreal abducted Monday ED m i n g . I t was handwritten and in French. Published r e p o r t s now speculate t h a t the <8~hour period s e t by the kidnappers r e a l l y s t a r t e d about noon Monday, when a u t h o r i t i e s actually got t h e i r hands on a copy of the document l i s t i n g the demands f o r the safe release of Mr. Cross. Quebec J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choquette remained i n h i s Montreal office overnight, hoping for some contact from the four men who handcuffed and forced Mr. Cross from h i s home about 8t?o a »^» Monday. Ihe kidnappers have threatened to execute the E r i t i s h diplomat i f their demands are not met. A spokesman for the p r o v i n c i a l j u s t i c e m i n i s t e r said today no contact had been r e c e i v e d . ««We have no commient to add a t t h i s time.*» GAF tgcS} ^FE CIDA MINISTERE GEU GEUE GEUW EG LA, GRF GUS <dL* DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP. Q>uy) 4JJMJ^ F£N ECP ECD OMA <E2 ECL OAD JS) ECT CENTRE AFP APP APO SRB PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AQQ7655 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE QCT9/fr 01*** CLASSIFICATION C-0C t4dt L 4ss. CBC RADIO NEWS g am OCT 7 THERE IS A TEAM... ...WORKING OUT OF A ROOM IN THE EAST BLOCK...TO RE<EIVE CALLS, HOPEFULLY FROM THE KIDNAPPERS AFTER HR SHARPS REQUEST LAST NIGHT THAT THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. THAT WAS AFTER MR SHARP HAD REJECTED THE SEVEN ORIGINAL DEMANDS . THEY HAD BEEN WORKING OH THIS ALL NIGHT. THEY ARE STILL NOT SURE THAT THE NOTE PICKED UP IN TILL LOCKER IN THE BUS TERMINAL IS AUTHENTIC AND COMES FROM THE KIDNAPPERS. THE RESULT IS THAT NO STATMENT HAS BEEN MADE. AS A MATTER' OI' FACT THE FEDERAL GOVT1 AS OF THIS TIME HAS NOT CHANGED THE POSITION OUTLINED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OUTLINED BY MR SHARP LAST NIGHT. IN THAT HE REJCTED THE SEVEN DEMANDS BUT LEFTE2H THE WAY OPEN FOR NEGOCIATIONS E M W1THXTHE KIDNAPPERS. THAT OF COURSE HAS NOT HAPPENED TO THIS POINT. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT A FORCE CF ABOUT 12 have BEEN WORKING IN A ROOM IN THE EAST BLOCK NORMALLY USED FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS X2SZKZTZKS SERVICES FOR EXTERI,AL AF] AIRS. THE USSEA ED RZEZIEX RITCHIE HAS BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT AS WELL AS SENIOR OFFICERS. MR SHARP WAS FULLY BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION AT 7:30 THIS MORNING BUT STILL NO MOVE IK THE FEDERAL GOVTS POSITION * THEY STILL WOLLD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE KIDNAPPERS, THEY STILL DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH AND THEY DO NOT KNOW M2SZKX WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MR CROSS. IN MONTREAL: ....THE QUEBEC MIN 01' JUSTICE HAS BEEN IN HIS DOWNTOWN OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT . TRYING TO CONTACT SOMEONE WITH WHOM HE CAN NEGOTIATE. ICE HAS SAID HE WILL TALK TO THE PRESS LATER TODAY. AFTER HE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SSEA LAST LIGHT THERE WAS A REPLY IRON THE FLQ THROUGH A NOTE TO A MONTREAL RADIO STATION - THIS SAID THEY DID HOT CARE ABOUT SSEA'S STATMENT BUT IF THE GOVT WOULD NOT GIVE WAY THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO MR CROSS POLICE ARE TRACKING DOWN LEADS .".ND THERE HAVE BEE!'! SEVERAL RAIDS BY THE ANTI-TERRORIST SOU D WITHOUT RESULT. THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION OVER TIIE DEADLINES...ORIGINALLY IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE b;30, THE OTTAWA COMMUNICATION SAID 9 AM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SPECULATION HERE THAT NOON WOULD BE THE CORRECT HOUR. FOR MR CROSS, ANYWAY YOU PUT IT, TIME IS RUNNING OUT. THE POSITION AS OUTLINED BY THE SSEA HAS BEEN ACCEPTED WITH COMPLETE AGREEMENT BY THE QUEBEC PREMIER 1 F^A ^"^ CIDA 88 t£*»— KlM CFcaJ iFoih ffiy SS5 {PDA} PGP DOPS CPJ2L ADA- MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF f^CQj GE.E GEU (GL^ GEUE CTF Qfrip JjJttE* GEUW GUS ^Qffll^ OMA FIS FAC OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 gOUMjf fpuj}} W? %££jl E 3 ECP ECP ECD AFP APP ECL AP0 ECT FSR SRB C^SlJ PAG fff? DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 0 0 7 6 5 6 �CBC RADIO NEWS 10AM OCT 7 AUTHORITIES IN OTTAWA AND MONTREAL HAVE NOT REPORTED ANY CONTACT WITH THE KIDNAPPERS OF JAMES RICHARD CROSS ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE DEADLINE V/HICH THE KIDNAPPERS IMPOSED. THE 10 O'CLOCK ATLANTIC TIME DEADLINE WAS BASED OH THE CONTENTS OF AN ENVELOPE FOUND IN AN OTTAWA BUS TERMINAL LOCKER. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER ....AUTHORITIES HAVE REJECTED THE DEMANDS OF THE TERRORISTS AS WHOLLY UNREASONABLE. �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION (410CC4SS. LONDON CP - Prime Minister Heath and other B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l s waited t e n s e l y today for news from Canada about the f a t e of James Cross, kidnapped trade commissioner. Heath, nov; attending the Conservative p a r t y conference i n the seaside r e s o r t of Blackpool, kept i n touch with the Montreal s i t u a t i o n through a senior cabinet m i n i s t e r , Geoffrey Rippon, Who i s staying in London as chief l i a i s o n man with Canadian representatives here. Repordts.-from-Blackpool r e i t e r a t e t h a t the British-ax£_Jaackiog Ottawa In i t s r e j e c t i o n of the ransom demands made by the Fronl de Liberation Quebecois for the safe r e t u r n of C r o s s . But although the B r i t i s h are s a i d to consider the demands outrageous, t h e r e i s a continuing sense of shock and even horror in London c i r c l e s about what has happened in Montreal. Also in constant touch with the s i t u a t i o n is Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home who today i s i n Scotland where he i s scheduled to address a conference of the Commonwealth Press Union. Another personal message to Heath from Prime Minister Trudeau may be due f o r d e l i v e r y in London t h i s morning. M The B r i t i s h government has expressed i t s confidence that the Canadian government w i l l do a l l i n i t s power to resolve the problem of Mr. Cross,»» s a i d one Canadian r e p r e s e n t a t i v e h e r e . The Guardian using a cat-and-mouse metaphor, today descriges the 49-year-old CLROSS AS 4 < the unfortunate^ mouse caught i n this""'Canadian domestic q u a r r e l . " The newspaper poses t h e question why he and other ^prominent foreign diplomats »» In Canada were not p r o t e c t e d a f t e r the recent discovery of an extremist plot to abduct a United S t a t e s diplomat i n Montreal • Canadian o f f i c i a l s say t h i s question of p r o t e c t i o n has not been mentioned i n t h e i r dealings with the B r i t i s h over the Cross c a s e . I t l s estimated i n London that i t would take about 4,000 police o f f i c e r s to protect the approximately 1,000 diplomats s t a t i o n e d i n Canada. Foreign office o f f i c i a l s i n Whitehall declined to say p r e c i s e l y vfttat, i f any, form t h e i r active co-operation with Canadian a u t h o r i t i e s was taking i n the attempts to bring the Cross a f f a i r to a s a t i s f a c t o r y end. Whitehall men a r e reported wondering where world t e r r o r i s t s will go from here i f such a thing as the kidnapping of a B r i t i s h dplomat can happen ln a f r i e n d l y and t r a d i t i o n a l l y s t a b l e Commonwealth country l i k e Canada. But Canadian diplomats i n t h e B r i t i s h c a p i t a l say they have found the B r i t i s h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y level-headed about t h e Cross a f f a i r d e s p i t e the great concern for the trade commissioner's s a f e t y . ECP ECD ECL ECT GEU GEUE GEUW DOPS ,/2A MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL mm C£E PAG tFPR A 007658 �POP BULLETIN DATE OzTF/?A> HR. /OtS' SOURCE Cf CLASSIFICATION UtlCyL&SS. Cp i s staffing a press conference called by J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choauette f o r n a.m. E l l in connection with the Cross kidnapping. aBut the message did not l i s t the f i v e c o n d i t i o n s . Seven conditions were l i s t e d l n the o r i g i n a l ransom demands. sThe government spokesman said i t s t i l l could not be determined a t 9 a.m. whether the message was a u t h e n t i c . He said the government could not reply to the purported f i v e conditions unless I t knew what they were. But no f u r t h e r word came from the t e r r o r i s t s . Officials who had spent a s l e e p l e s s night on watch i n the operations centre remained on duty, hoping f o r some f u r t h e r message from the terrorists. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp was wakened during night with the l a t e s t information. sPrime Minister Trudeau arrived a t h i s office looking drawn. He repeated to r e p o r t e r s h i s stands That a small minority could not be allowed t o r u l e the majority. OTTAWA CP -Prime Minister Trudeau said today t h a t the minority cannot be allowed to imrose i t s view on the majority by v i o l e n c e . This was h i s comment to r e p o r t e r s on the c a b i n e t , s decision to nsject the ransom demands of the t e r r o r i s t kidnappers of British diplomat James Pdchard Cross. Mr. rudeau said the decision was d i f f i c u l t because the l i f e cf a man had t o be weighed in the balance, added* th& C 0 m m l t m e n t t 0 s o c i e t y i s g r e a t e r than anything e l s e , , , he He said the government has conducted the case i n the best way i t oould and that i t s t i l l hoped f o r "good r e s u l t s . , , CIDA DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUE GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5.6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB (flj} PAG <£pjp DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A l 0 0 7 6 5 9 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cp ecr?/?{ Meanwhile, Montreal police staged u t i T h o u r raids a t dawn today to track down the kidnappers. Thirty suspects including two women, were picked u p . Locales of the raids were not d i s c l o s e d , but i t was learned that police v;ere eq.uipr.ed with bullet"proof v e s t s machine~guns and tear gas . sLYery a v a i l a b l e member of the a n t i " t e r r o r i s t squad was pressed Into duty for the raids to find some clue on the whereabouts of Mr. Cross as the f i r s t deadline approached. *5>W CIDA DOPS *£M[J£? GAF vPDS/ @ /pD^ (jpDAp PGP M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES £GCO? GFE @r GEU GEUE GEUW FIS OMP GRF GUS FAC (6MJP OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG ^PJ D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A'007660 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION CBC RADIO NEWS 11AM OCT ^ CDN OFFICIALS ARE SITTING TIG T ANU WAITING AT THIS MOMENT FOR A POSSIBLE BREAK IN KIDNAPPING CASE OF BRITISH DIPLONAT JAMES CROSS. THE FFIC AL DEADLINE GIVEN BY THE TERRORISTS TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR THE SAFE RELEASE OV MR CROSS HAS PASSED. AS IT DID PM TRUDEAU ADDRESSING MINORITY GROUP SAID TERRORISTS CAI NOT BE ALLOWED TO IMPOSE ITS VIEW ON THE MAJORITY BY VIOLENCE. SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN OTrAWA MR TRUDEAU SAID THS DECISION TC REJECT THE DEMANDS OF THE KIDNAPPERS WAS DIFFICULT BUT THAT THE COMMITTMENT TO SOCIETY IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. QUEBEC JUSTICE MIN CHOQUETTE HAS SCHEDULED A NEVJS CONFERENCE ON THE CROSS KIDNAPPING AT ABOUT THIS TIME - CBC RADIO WILL HAVE A REPORT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE BRITISH GOVT IS GRAVrrY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MR CROSS BUT A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVT OF MR HEATH ACCEPTS THE CDN GOVT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DIPLOMAT AND IT SATISFIED THAT IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN. THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IT NOT FOR TUE UK TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF CDN GOVT DECISIONS. THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT PILLOWED SSEA'S STATEMENT THAT THE TRUDEAU GOVT CANNOT ACCEPT THE DEMANDS OP' THE KIDNAPPERS. GEUE GEUW CIDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S (j^ST) Fl EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CP^> A&\ OF E X T E R N A L A 007661 �POP •INFOR DATE HR. TION CLASSIFICATION SOURCE OCrr 7 / 7 0 OTTAn.A CB -A s t e e l spiked g a t e , a dingy corridor and a blue cublcie separate the operations centre fron the r e s t of the century~ol<3 East Block on Parliament H i l l . The c e n t r e , with i t s r e l i e f maps and humming t e l e t y p e s , hot l i n e s aid i n t e n s e workers, was busier than usual Tuesday n i g h t . I t i s being used as f e d e r a l headquarters in the effort to g e t kidnapped B r i t i s h Trade Commissioner James Cross back alive. The centre i s on the second floor of the East Block, down the h a l l and arotind the corner frorr Prime Minister Trudeau,s o f f i c e . ««You c a n , t go in there t o d a y , , , an external a f f a i r s spokesman s a i d . "There a r e three deputy ministers running around. I t , s too b u s y . , , Undersecretary of State L, A, fiitchie and others of h i s rank spent nuch of tne night in or near the c e n t r e . The governrrent wants to e s t a b l i s h contact with the kidnappers. Telephone operators with Bell Canada and the government were told to route any c a l l s about the kidnapping to the c e n t r e . To get to tne c e n t r e , a r e p o r t e r and photographer today walked unchallenged i n t o the East Block and past the open spiked gate to t h e door marked «'operations c e n t r e . , , Opening the door, they found a blue cubicle with a w a i s f h i g h window. A woman behind i t turned them back. ECP AFP GEUE ECD APP GEUW ECL APO ECT FSR QMP PCO DOPS MINISTERE OES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 V p" "FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNA!. AFFAIRS 007662 �4. J POP V BULLETIN DATE OCT 7 CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. c *3H>b * CHOQUETTE PRESS CONFEHENCE MONTREAL Cp - J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choq.uette of Quebec today appealed to the t e r r o r i s t kidnappers of James Cross to r e l e a s e the B r i t i s h trade commissioner s a f e l y . He said a t a news conference Mr. Cross * 'bears no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y whatsoever f o r our i n t e r n a l p r r o b l e m s , , , an apparent reference t o demands by some Quebecers f o r the separation of t h e province from the r e s t of Canada. He described as the gravest form of blackmail the abduction of tne B r i t i s h diplomat early Monday and the kidnappers, demands fl o r the xelease of c e r t a i n imprisoned Quebec t e r r o r i s t s , $FOo, OCO n gold and an escape f l i g h t to Cuba or Algeria. The people and government of Quebec • ' r e j e c t a b s o l u t e l y and categorically,, any such blackmail a t t e m p t . But t h e J u s t i c e m i n i s t e r said t h e p r o v i n c i a l government remains ready a t a l l times t o explore " a l l r e a s o n a b l e , , avenues f o r btaining the safe r e l e a s e of Mr. Cross. He refused to answer questions beyond the prepared statement read to r e p o r t e r s . The statement made no mention of a new ransom deadline. SMr. Choauette read a letter from the Iront de Liberation du Quebec which has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, and he said it reiterates the abductors, demands. sBie letter was dated Tuesday, Oct. 6, and timed at 12 a.m. It was also marked "delay for 24 hours.,, Reporters wondered whether this neant that the deadline might have been extended to either noon today or midnight, but Mr. Choquette refused to elaborate. GAF CIDA GFE DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW OMP GUS FAC CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 I O U N J ^ ECP tgfip"^ FCN ECD OMA t^oT^ ECL OAD CftT? ECT AFP APP APO FSR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A '007663 �The Ilk l e t t e r reminded a u t h o r i t i e s t h a t i t s o r i g i n a l demands were not being met. I t repeated t h a t the l i v e s of the " p o l i t i c a l prisoners»» in Quebec prisons were worth more than "hundreds of diplomats a t the s e r v i c e of big business and f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t s . , , Mr. Choquette appealed to the kidnappers to have t h e i r " r e s p e c t for human r i g h t s overcome p o l i t i c a l a s p i r a t i o n s , misdirected through they may b e . » , He said he w i l l remain a v a i l a b l e a t a l l times for any move by the abductors to contact him. The telephone i n h i s Montreal office would be answered a t a l l times. He said he had to f l y to Quebec City t h i s afternoon f o r a meeting <£ the l e g i s l a t i o n committee of the p r o v i n c i a l cabinet, but would be back in his Montreal office by 7 p.m. sThe J u s t i c e m i n i s t e r stayed in his office overnight, hoping f o r some contact from the kidnappers. But e aar lrpy today an aide confirmed that none had been received before 8$j*o » » Mr. Choquette did not say whether ransom conditions would be met "tat Instead, appealed to the kidnappers " t o allow t h e i r respect for huaaan l i f e to overcome t h e i r p o l i t i c a l a s p i r a t i o n s , misdirected as toey may b e . , » He told a news conference in his heavily~guarded Montreal office he has been a v a i l a b l e for c a l l s s i n c e early Tuesday and can be reached a t his Quebec City office t h i s afternoon u n t i l he r e t u r n s to Montreal a t 7 p.m. He read a l e t t e r , signed by the Front de Liberation du Quebec and called Communique Numero g. He said i t was received by Mrs. Cross Tuesday and specified a 24~hour delay from noon Tuesday. 007664 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. Octi SOURCE /2oo CLASSIFICATION UAJCACffJ CBC RADIO NEWS 12 NOON OCT 7 THERE IS STILL NO WORD OF THE FATE OR THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRITISH T R U E COMMISSIONER JAMES CROSS. THE EARLY MORNING RANSOMS DEADLINES HAVE PASSED WITH NO FURTHER WORD FROM THE KIDNAPPERS. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR QUEBEC MIN OF JUSTICE CHOQUETTE ISSUED AN APPEAL FOR NEGOCIATIONS WITH THE ABDUCTORS: "I WISH TO EEPRESS TO MRS CROSS, OF AHE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND OF ITS PEOPLE, THE DEEP SYMPATHY WHICH WE HAVE FOR HER FOLLOWING THE ABDUCTION OF HER HL'SBAND AND THE THREAT OF DEATH TO HIM. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? IT IS THE CASE OF AN INNOCENT INDIVIDUAL WHO BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY AS HOSTAGE. IT IS THE GRAVEST FORM OF BLACKMAIL WHICH EXISTS. THS GOVT MIL THE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC ARE SCANDALIZED. THE NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS WHICH WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN UNAMIMOUS - THE PEOPLE REJECT ABSOLUTELY A REGIME OP VIOLENCE AND ASSASINATION. THE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY ARE THESE ....OF AN EXTREME GRAVITYBUT THAT A POLITICAL SYSTEM WHERE ODIOUS TOTALITARIANISM WOULD REIGN, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF SOCIAL ORDER WHICH GUARANTEES FREEDOM AS WELL THE ABOLITION OF JUSTICE BASED ON LAW. BUT THEN THERE IS THE CASE OF MR CROSS AS A HUMAN BEING. THE GOVTS ARE READY TO EXPLORE ALL POSSIBLE AVENUES OUT OF THIS IMPASSE. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I HAVE HELD MYSELF AVAILABLE ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT AT MY OFFICE. I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT ALTHOUGH AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CABINET I MUST BE IN QUEBEC THIS AFTERNOON FOR AN IMPORTANT MEETING, THE TELEPHONE IN MY OFFICE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIKES AND I CAN BE REACHED ON EXTREMELY SHORT NOTICE. FURTHERMORE I WILL RETURN TO MY OFFICE AT 7 0'CLOCK THIS EVENING. I URGENT APPEAL TO THOSE WHO HOLD MR CROSS THAT THEY ALLOW THEIR RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE TO OVERCOME THEIR POLITICAL ASPIRATION, MISDIRECTED AS THEY MAY BE. THEY SHOULD REALIZE THAT THIS MANNER OF PRESENTING THEIR CAUSE CAN ONLY BRING ITS EVENTUAL DEFEAT." IN OTTAWA THE EXTERNAL AFiAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID MR CHOQUETTE COULD BE CONSIDERED AS SPEAKING FOR THE FEDERAL AS WELL AS THS QUEBEC GOVT. NR CHOQUETTE CONFERRED AT LENGTH BY TELEPHONE WITH MR SHARP BEFORE MAKING HIS STATMENT. CDA GEUE GEUW DOT'S M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 AFP APP APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L SRB HP PAG "FPlT A F >Q07665 �TODAY THE OTTAWA POLICE FOUND Ad EUEELOPE CONTAI A O A/lacaSfcfeANO:. THE FLQ. ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN OF THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPT THE MESSAGE REFERRED TO THE FIVE CONDITIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF' MR CROSS BUT DID NOT DETAIL THOSE CONDITIONS. AT LAST WORD OFFICIALS WERE CHECKING ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE MESSAGE AND STUDYING IT FOR POSSIBLE REPLY. THE POLICE WERE APPARENTLY TIPPED OFF BY UNIDENTIFIED SOURCES IN MONTREAL. AS THE PM SEES IT THE NINORITY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO IMPOSE ITS VIEW ON THE MAJORITY' Bv VIOLENCE. MR TRUDEAU COMMENTED TO : EWSMEN THIS MORNING ON THE DECISION TO REJECT KIDNAPPERS DEMANDS. THE SAID THE DECISION WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE T E LIFE OF A MAN HAD TO BE WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE. BUT HE STRESSED THE COMMITTMENT TO SOCIETY IS BREATER THAR ANYTHING ELSE. MR TRUDEAU SAID THE GOVT IS CONDUCTION THE CASE IN THE BEST WAY IT CAN AND STILL HOPES FOR GOOD RESULTS. (P:AANLC �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION OcA 0 Voici le reportage de CKCH Radio 1970 sur la declaration de Me Jerome Choquette, Ministre de la Justice du Quebec. "Nous resumons done l'essentiel de la teneur de ses propos jusqu'ici. M. Choquette a annonce tout d'abord qu'il se tient a. son bureau pret a recevoir tout appel telephonique que ce soit, autrement dit, M. Choquette attend que le FLQ reponde aux demandes de conditions plus raisonnables qui ont ete lancees hier soir par M.Sharp. D'autre part, M. Choquette a mentionne que ce n'etait pas la. une facon de defendre leur cause et que cette fagon de proceder ne pourrait avoir que comme effet a long terme de faire crouler leur propre cause. Done, c'est le c6te moraliste de 1'histoire. Jusqu'ici done, seul element a retirer c'est que M. Choquette attend a son bureau que des appels se produisent qui lui permettraient peut-etre de deduire que le FLQ a ifTiore jusqu'a maintenant I'appel lance hier soir par M. Mitchell Sharp, Ministre des Affaires exterieures, lorsque M. Mitchell Sharp a demande aux FLQuistes d'avoir des demandes plus raisonnables ouvrant par le fait rr.e"me la porte 3. certaines negociations. Or, a ce sujet, M. Jer6me Choquette a, et c'est le troisiSme point de son expose, rappele le document qui a ete remis hier soir 3, la station CKAC, notamment, dans lequel le FLQ mentionne que ses conditions ne sont pas negociables et avertit le gouvernement qu'au lieu de lancer des appels publics pour obtenir des conditions plus acceptables il ferait mieux de s'en tenir aux termesrnemesde la declaration, de I'ultimatum,. plutot qu'il lui a ete lance car la vie du diplomate Cross en depend et il mentionne - il ajoute - que la vie et 1'emploi de centaines de camionneurs de Lapalme ou plutot de plusieurs camionneurs de Lapalme vaut mieux et vaut plus que la vie de centaines de diplomates qui^sont que les agents de puissances capitalistes au Canada. Or, c'est done les trois points, les trois passares pour I'instant. En resume, il reste moins d'une heure avant le delai fixe et les deux gouvernements ont refuse les offres de rancon faites par les ravisseurs. Bulletin 12:10 - II est indique que possibilite d'une extension jusqu'a minuit - confirmation le plus tot possible. OMP GEUE GEUW M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 HZJJUN^ ECP ECD ECL ECT D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A F 0 0 7 6 6 7 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION fjys «*)Cc#sSa In giving a q.uick Bagliah t r a n s l a t i o n of the l e t t e r , he said the time on i t was 12 a.m. This threw r e p o r t e r s i n t o a t i z z y on whether the ransom deadline was noon or midnight today. She top of the note readt " O c t 6, i97 0 ; 12 hours noon ; delay % kours.t* The FIM l e t t e r h e a d i s associated with an underground t e r r o r i s t organization which has demanded Quehec independence from Canada l j any means including v i o l e n c e . I t has claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r several horn t i n g s in the province in the l9&oS. Ihe note in French s a i d that when the 24~hour"delay has run out ••we w i l l in no way h e s i t a t e to do away with J . Cross . . . hecause lhe l i f e and lifcerty of p o l i t i c a l prisoners and the men of Lapalme are worth more than hundreds of diplomats dedicated to^the sole toterests of the f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t s of h i g ' t o s s Anglo~Sarons and imericans.»» Mr. Choauette said Mr. Cross l s ««an innocent Individual who hears no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y whatsoever f o r our i n t e r n a l proDlem3 and who i s held as hostage.»» «<It i s the gravest form of tlackmail t h a t e x i s t s . »> He condemned the ransom demands-the r e l e a si ne of more than 20 imprisoned Quebec t e r r o r i s t s and $500, oOo "bullion. Meeting the demands would lead to a t o t a l i t a r i a n p o l i t i c a l system and " t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of s o c i a l order which g u a r a n t i e s freedom aad the a t o l l tion of j u s t i c e tased on law.»» In Ottawa, prime Minister Trudeau s a i d e a r l i e r today the f e d e r a l government>s decision to r e j e c t the demands was d i f f i c u l t hecause ihe l i f e of a man had to te weighed in the "balance. *<But the commitment to s o c i e t y i s g r e a t e r than anything else.»» !Ihe minority cannot "be allowed to impose i t s view on the majority hj v i o l e n c e , he s a i d . CIDA GEU GEUE GEUW FIS DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GUS FAC OMP jgMDj OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 [out FCN ««•» ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A 0 0 7 6 6 8 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE /3oo SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cp CKCH V o i c i l e r e p o r t a g e de CKCH R a d i o 970 Bulletin 12:50 PLUSIERS MEMBBES DE LA POLICE DE L'ETAT BRITANNIQUE SCOTLAND YARD SONT ATJo-n/vq nAMq T l^ METROPLE HIER EN VUE DE PARTICIPER AU SSc^fpOTO SACER LE DIPLOMA. M CROSS. ™^™™™Eg£ PLUSIERS ENVOYES SPECIAUX DES GRANDS JOURNAUX DE LONDRES ET DE LAPREboE INTERNATIONALE. EVIDSMSNT IL VA SAND DI.-iE QU'ICI EN G-B ON S'INQUIET ENORMEMENT. OTTAWA CF - prime Minister Trudeau emerged from a caucus meeting near noon today and said there have teen no developments i n the Cross kidnapping. He was asked whether there had teen any l a t e r deadline-noon was suggested-set ty kidnappers of B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross. **I haven,t heard of i t , » » Mr. Trudeau r e p l i e d . The deadline s e t ty memters of the Front de L i b e r a t i o n Quehecois, which claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the Monday kidnapping in Montreal was 8»3o a.m. today. This time passed without f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s receiving any communication. Before the morning caucus, Mr. Trudeau told r e p o r t e r s the minority aannot be allowed to impose i t s view on the majority "by v i o l e n c e . For Ibis reason the cabinet had decided not to meet t h s ransom demands. Mr. Choauette s a i d the people of Que tec " r e j e c t absolutely and categorically the I n s t i t u t i o n of a regime of violence and assassination.*» He said he had received ««eome»> phone c a l l s during the night "from people who offered to act as g o " t e t w e e n s . , , But he said they were not d i r e c t c o n t a c t s , " j u s t f r i e n d s , , , and ne did not regard them as formal moves from the kidnappers. Downstairs i n the courthouse a f t e r Mr. Choauette,s news conference lawyer Rotert Lemieux, who has discussed the possihle r e l e a s e of p o l i t i c a l prisoners with 12 of his c l i e n t s , c r i t i c i z e d the j u s t i c e n l n l s t e r f o r making no s p e c i f i c offer or suggestion on ways to negotiate. ««We,ll JMBt have to w a i t . , , 3aid the lawyer. OMF @p ECP AFP CIDA GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES /gffiS? <TCQL) OAD ?FLEJ CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 FCN OMA ECD ECL ECT APP APO FSR SRB ^sj7 PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL. *'007669 �POP BULLETIN DATE Ocr 7 SOURCE HR. /f/V CLASSIFICATION c8c CBC RADIO NEWS 1 PM OCT .% HERE'S PART OF MR CHOQUETTE'S STATEMENT: "I MUST ALSO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT YESTERDAY THE HOUSE OF MRS CROSS RECEIVED A COMMUNIQUE ENTITLE^ COMMUNIQUE #2 and EMINATING FROM THE FLQ BEARING THE DATE OCT 6 12AM DELAYED 24 HOURS. THIS COMMUNIQUE IS IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE BUT I CAN SUMMARIZE IT BRIEFLY IT STATES THAT THE AUTHORITIES DO NOT APPEAR TO TAKE THE PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS DF THE FLQ SERIOUSLY THAT IT WOULD BE OPPORTUNE POR THEM TO SAFEGUARD THE LIFE OF MR CROSS TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS WHICH WERE SET OUT PREVIOUSLY THAT IT IS CLEAR IN THE MINDS OP THE ABDUCTORS THAT THEY WILL NOT HESITATE TO SUPPRESS MR CROSS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE DELAY BECAUSE THE LIFE AND THE FREEDOM OF POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE LAPALME EMPLOYEES ARE WORTH FAR MORE THAN XKX ONE HUNDRED DIPLOMATS THAT ARE AI1 THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF BIG BUSINESS, ANGLO*3AXON AND AMERICAN' TIIE AUTHORITIES WILL CARRY SOLELY TIP RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS SAID, FOR THE DEATH OF MR CROSS. AND THEI'I THERE ARE TWO REMARKS, ONE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE COMMUNIQUE MUST BE MADE PUBLIC AMD SECONDLY THAT A LETTER PROM MR CROSS TO HIS WIFE IS ANNEXED TO THE COMMUNIQUE. AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER HERE BUT OF COURSE YOU WILL REALIZE THAT I AM NOT READY TC MAKE IT PUBLIC... THIS MEANS THAT THIS COMMUNIQUE WAS RECEIVED DURING THE DAY YESTERDAY AMD indicates THE DATE OC5E 6 12 O'CLOCK DELA':' 24 HOURS. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IN VIEW OF THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ANSfSER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THAT I MUST CONTENT MYSELF WITH THE COMMUNIQUE THAT I HAVE JUST GIVEN YOU. Q: DID YOU RECEIVE ANY TELEPHONE CALLS WHILE YOU REMAINED HERE OVERNIGHT" A: YES I DID RECEIVE SOME CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO DID OFFER THEMSELVES AS GO BETWEENS. THEY APP RENTLY HAD NOT MALE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE ABDUCTORS, SOME OF THEM INDICATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THE" KNEW WHO THEEK WERE - SOME FREEDNLY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM BUT I MUST STATE THAT NOTHING CONCRETE HAS COME ABOUT FROM THESE COMPUNIXCATIONS. ^GCO, CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S CeciP PGP EXTERIEURES GFE }>/>/£ GEUE GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A 0 0 7 6 7 0 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION OTTAWA Cp - The g o v e r n m e n t s tough s t a n c e on t h e kidnapping of B r i t i s h Trade Commissioner James Cross a p p e a r s t o have s u p p o r t among Li t e r a l MPs . ««fihat they a r e r e a l l y t r y i n g t o do i s t o t r e a k down law and o r d e r , , , E» B . O s i e r L - i i n n i p e g South s a i d of t h e k i d n a p p e r s . He • a s I n t e r v i e w e d a f t e r a p a r t y caucus meeting t o d a y . ««This i s a c o u n t r y r u l e d t y law and we c a n , t g i v e i n t o t h e m . , , Other L i t e r a l s a s w e l l appeared t o s u p p o r t t h e government,s l i n e t h a t ransom demands would n o t t e m e t . Mr. O s i e r s a i d some a l s o f e e l t h a t a r e t u r n to c a p i t a l punishment nay t e n e c e s s a r y . The d e a t h p e n a l t y , except i n emurder of p o l i c e o r p r i s o n g u a r d s , has t e e n suspended f o r a f i v e " y a r t r i a l p e r i o d ending ln Lecerater, 197 2 . Mr. O s i e r f e l t p e r s o n a l l y t h a t t e r r o r i s t s p r o t a t l y want to provoke such a r e a c t i o n . Prime M i n i s t e r Trudeau, E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r M i t c h e l l Sharp and S o l i d tor~U en e r a l George M c l l r a i t h , key government f i g u r e s i n t h e Iddnap drama, a l l a t t e n d e d t h e hour~long caucus m e e t i n g , tfuch meetings a r e s e c r e t and MPs w o u l d n , t comment on d i s c u s s i o n except t o s a y t h a t t h e kidnapping was a t o p i c . Baey appeared r e l u c t a n t t o s a y a n y t h i n g f o r f e a r of J e o p a r d i z i n g the s a f e t y of t h e 49"year~old t r a d e commissioner, a t d u c t e d from h i s Montreal home Monday. One of Mr. C h o q u e t t e , s a i d e s s a i d t h e second n o t e from t h e PW seemed t o p l a c e more emphasis on t h e «'human,» d e m a n d s - r e l e a s e of p > l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s - w h i l e making no mention of t h e demand f o r noney. . , !ttie n o t e s a i d a l e t t e r from Mr. Cross t o h i s wife was a t t a c h e d to i t t u t Mr. Choauette s a i d t h e l e t t e r could n o t t e made p u b l i c . MEANWHILE , . . p a r a 4"3rd lead-M36 GEUE CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GEUW EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L Al 007671 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CQc CLASSIFICATION 4AICC+SS. OCTOBER 7 CBC RADIO IPEWS 2 0 0 P.M. DESPITE FRANTIC ACTIVITY BY POLICE THERE IS STILL NO CLUE ON THE WHEREABOUTS OP MR. CROSS OR HIS PATE. HIS LETTER TO HIS WIPE WAS ALSO APPARENTLY RECEIVED BUT AUTHORITIES SAID IT WAS A PRIVATE MATTER AND THEY WERE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO REVEAL ITS CONTENTS. TENSION HAS BEEN BUILDING IN MONTREAL, PEOPLE WITH OFFICE RADIOS ARE MOBBED, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY REAL PROGRESS AT PRESENT. (DAVE STRUTHERS IN MONTREAL) IN OTTAWA MEANWHILE TODAY'S COMMONS SITTING HAS GOTTEN UNDER WAY FOLLOWING A NIGHT OP TOP LEVEL MINISTERIAL MEETINGS. VJITH THAT REPORT, JOHN DRURY: " AT THIS MOMENT ALL THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO IS PRAY THAT THE KIDNAPPERS HAVE GIVEN IT AND JAMES CROSS ANOTHER CHANCE, THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED NEGOTIATION IS PREFERABLE TO MURDER. WITH THE APPARENT DEADLINE PAST,(DTTAWA IS HOLDING FIRM ON THE DECISION TO BARGAIN ON THS BEST DEAL IT CAN GET ON THIS TERRIBLE GAME OP ABDUCTION AND BLACKMAIL. THE FEDERAL GOVT WANTS THE TERRORISTS TO GET IN TOUCH TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS. OFFICIALS HERE MANNED AN OPERATIONS CENTRE THROUGH THE NIGHT WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL WMlISM THAT DID NOT COME. INSTEAD A NOTE ADDRESSED TO EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SHARP WAS POUND BY POLICE IN A LOCKER IN THE OTTAWA BUS TERMINAL. THE NOTE WHOKEH M Y OR MAY NOT BE AUTHENTIC DEMANDED THAT PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE 9 THIS MORNING. MR. TRUDEAU AND THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT CAVE IN. I TALKED WITH HIM AS HE ARRIVED ON PARLIAMENT HILL AT 910 THIS MORNING: QUESTION: » HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS THING GENERALLY M AS WELL AS A PRIME MINISTER"? AS A PERSON P.M. : '» WELL YOU KNOW MY FEELINGS ON IT ... AS IVE SAID IT BEFORE, YOU CAN'T LET A MINORITY GROUP IMPOSE THEIR VIEWS ON THE MAJORIIT BY VIOLENCE QUESTION: "D2S THE DECISION SUCH AS YOU AND THE CABINET HAVE MADE HURT YOU ? P.M. : " IT DOESN'T HURT ME , .. IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION WHEN YOU HAVE TO LAY A MAN'S LIFE IN THE BABANCE, BUT ITS CHTAINLY OUR COMMITTtlENT TO SOCIETY IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING ELSE ..." QUESTION: " IP MR. CROSS £OTM REMAINS ALIVE, SIR, WILL YOU STICK TO THE ORIGINAL DECISION NOT TO GIVE IN TO M Y BLACKMAIL OR THAT SORT OF . .. P.M. :" I DON'T INTEND BARGAINING ON TELEVISION IN M Y WAY... WE'RE CONDICTING THIS THING AS BEST WE C M .. M D WE HOPE TO HAVE GOOD RESULTS." THE NEXT MOVE THEN APPEARS TO BE UP TO THE KIDNAPPERS. OTTAWA IS WAITING. THIS IS JOHN DRURY, CBC NEWS,IN THE PARLIAMENTARY PRESS GALLERY. GAF PMOV (, ( CiDA DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES (£ccb EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE ECP ECD AFP APP ECL ECT APO SRB_ S^aS (FPR7 A DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AQQ7672 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. OA-? /S'CrO SOURCE CLASSIFICATION da ty CBC RADIO NEWS 1^00 OCT 7 IS JAKES CROSS ALIVE OR DEAD-;' A QUESTION ONLY HIS FLO CAPTORS CAN ANSWER. THEY ANNOUNCED YET ANOTHER DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF RANSOM. WITH DETAILS OF THIS LATEST TERRORIST MOVE, DAVE STRUTHERS IN MONTREAL: "THE DEADLINE FOR TH A RANSOM OF BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER JAMES CROSS HAS BEEN EXTENDED A FURTHER 24 HOURS. A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED TO THE FRENCH RADIO STATION IN MONTREAL SAID THAT THE FLQ WOULD PROLONG TUE PERIOD UNTIL NOON TUHHSDAY. BUT IT ALSO ADDED A CONDITION - THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT RADIO CMADA NETWORK BROADCAST THE SEPARATIST MMIFESTO BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 'a M D 11 this EVENING. ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL MANIFESTO TURNED DOWN BY THE FEDERAL M D THE QUEBEC GOVTS HAS THAT THERE FULL TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE TURNOVER OF THE PRISONERS THEY WANT RELEASED, THERE ARE 23 IN ALL, TO THE AIRCRAFT THAT THE FLQ HAD DEMMDED TO TRANSPORT THEI'I TO ALGERIA OR CUBA. THE NEW DEADLINE MAY PROLONG HOPE OF OUEBEC GOVT OFFICIALS WHO ARE TRYINi TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THE MEN WHO KIDNAPPED THE 49-YEAR OLD JAMES CROSS. WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN. DESPITE CONFLICTING REPORTS THE ODD DEADLINE WAS THOUGHT TO EXPIRE AT NOON TODAY. THIS PASSED dITHOUT NEVJS OF THE DIPLOMAT CR HIS FATE. POLICE IN MONTREAL CONTINUE A FRANTIC SEARCH. " THIS LATE WORD FROM THE KIDNAPPERS CAME C¥LY HOURS AFi'ER QUEBEC MI] CHOQUETTE ISSUED AN APPEAL FOR NEGOCIATIONS. (REPEAT OF CROQUETTE STATEMENT) NOW HERE'S A LATE REPORT: HOC MONTREAL TAXI MISSING SINCE MONDAYS KIDNAPPING OF CROSS WAS FOUND TODAY IN SOREL...MEMBERS OF THE QUEBEC ANTI-TERRORIST SQUAD WERE SENT FROM MONTREAL TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE WORD AS TO WHETHER THE CAR MIGHT BE CONNEETED WITH THE ABDUCTION CDA GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB <© PAG -1@j£> D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A 007673 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION •MONTREAL Cp -The kidnappers of B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross are reported to have extended t h e i r deadline f o r meetinaconditions f o r h i s r e l e a s e to noon today. Badlo s t a t i o n CKLM s a i d i t received a three~part note from the wfront de Liheration du Quehec s h o r t l y a f t e r 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, atout two hours a f t e r the l a s t of three e a r l i e r reported deadlines had passed without o f f i c i a l word from the kidnappers. A witness to the ahduction t o l d police t h a t the kidnappers drove avay with Mr. Cross i n a car with a La S a l l e Taxi roof l i g h t . Gerard Brunet, president of La S a l l e Taxi Co., said the car found In Sorel i s a taxi telonging to his firm, the only one that had teen missing from i t s f l e e t of atout 500 c a r s . S t i l l missing was the t a x i d r i v e r , Jean'Guy A l l a i r e , 36. But Montreal r e l a t i v e s said he has many friends in Sorel and they were not alarmed at h i s ateence. Mr, Brunet said e a r l i e r t h a t the disappearance of the t a x i <«may not mean anything . , , ««7fe had one car l o s t f o r two days l a s t week. I t was found atandoned. Apparently the d r i v e r got mad when the vehicle developed transmission t r o u t l e and he j u s t parked the car and walked away. " A l s o , i t q u i t e often happens that a d r i v e r doesnst see h i s toss for two or three d a y s . , , f. CIDA YMI XPQfl? £PD DOPS rffi M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS 5LA. GRF GUS FAC OMP CpMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L A I, 007674 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CP The PL4 advocates independence for <4uehec "hy any means including violence and has claimed r e s p o n s l t i l i t y f o r scores of Quetec tomtlngs since i96g. I t has signed ransom notes demanding the r e l e a s e of more than 20 p o l i t i c a l prisoners and $500,000 i n gold t u l l i o n as well as f i v e other conditions in exchange f o r Mr. Cross, s e n i o r B r i t i s h trade commissioner i n Montreal kidnapped from his home a t 8115 a.m. Monday, lhe Montreal radio s t a t i o n said the FIM note s t i p u l a t e s a l l conditions must te met ty noon today. E a r l i e r r e p o r t s s e t the deadline a t 8130 a.m. and then 9 a.m. Wednesday. At a l a t e morning news conference Wednesday Quehec J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choiuette revealed a document from the IJAl s e t t i n g 1he deadline a t noon. But t h i s also passed without f u r t h e r word from the kidnappers. QKLM said the girt a l s o 3ent a note from Mr. Cross to h i s wife. letter from Mr. Cross addressed to authorities tojneet all the I1A conditions^ fWdeme another TL4 f u r t h e r demanded, t n a t i t s p o l i t i c a l manifesto for an Independent s o c i a l i s t iiuetec t e res* broadcast over the Trench"language CBC network a t n p.m. Wednesday night and that a l l p o l i c e a c t i v i t i e s ln the case s t o p . 7* CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS (GLA? GRF GUS FAC OMP (J^5) OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 <2ED R (fc( CFLEJ ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L SRB <s> PAG (gP A, 007675 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. oJ- r IS SO CLASSIFICATION SOURCE 1r~J*4+ U^J^^J^j VOICI UN BULLETIN PL RADIO MUTUELLE 3=30 M DIEFENBAKER A DEMANDER A M TRUDEAU SI LE GOUV A RECU UN OFFRE D'UN GROUP D1HOMMES D'AFFAIRES DE TORONTO QUI ETAIENT PRETS A DONNER UN RECOMPENSE DE 50,000 DOLLARS POUR LA CAPTURE DES RAVISSEURS DE JAMES CROSS. LB! REPONSE DE M TRUDEAU S'EST PERDUE DANS LES PROTESTATIONS SOULEVE PARS LE VERBS DE M DIEFENBAKER QUI ACCUSAIT EN MEME TEMPS LE PM DK'OUTRAGE A LA CHAMBRE. selon un autre bulletin de Badio Mutuelle & trois heures dix UN TROISIEME DOCUMENT A ETE RECU DU FLQ EXIGEANT QU'ON METTRA FIN AUX ACTI/ITIE3 POLICIERS IMMEDIATEMENT EN RAPPORT AVEC CETTE AFFAIRE GEU GEUE GEUW FIS DOPS I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES C&A? GRF GUS FAC OMP CjMft OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD CE££> CELP ECL ECT DEPARTMENT SRB AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L H PAG PR. Af 007676 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION cp aUA)cc*SS. OTTAWA Cp -The Commons was s i l e n t a t o u t the James Cross fcdnapping Wednesday u n t i l John Liefentaker pO-prince A l t e r t strode i n , where, as he put i t , *«angels f e a r to t r e a d . , , tfith the 4o~minute question period n e a r l y over, and the subject avoided, Mr. Lief en taker drew a t t e n t i o n to ««the s i l e n c e here today atout a matter of i n t e r e s t to Canadians everywhere.,, He asked whether the government,s s i l e n c e meant there was hope for the s u r v i v a l of the B r i t i s h trade commissioner. ««Yes Mr. Speaker, hope s t i l l e x i s t s , , , Prime Minister Trudeau replied. "Hope l s e t e r n a l i n the human t r e a s t , , Mr. Liefentaker continued, asking the prime m i n i s t e r to te a l i t t l e more s p e c i f i c . Mr. Trudeau s a i a he cbuldn,t add anything u s e f u l . Government positions had teen s t a t e d t y External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp and kuetec J u s t i c e Minister Jerome Choquette. sMr. Liefentaker asked whether Mr. Trudeau r e a l i z e d t h a t a numter of Toronto tusinessmen, ««in view of the f a i l u r e of the government to provide a r e w a r d , , , were putting up $5o, 000. ««I,m not q u i t e sure whether the reward i s f o r delivery of tne ahductors or the a t d u c t e d , , , Mr. Trudeau s a i d . sMr. Liefentaker accused him of telng f a c e t i o u s . A reward would work. Mr. Trudeau said t h a t i f Mr. Liefentaker couldn,t supply d e t a i l s , he evidently hadn,t given i t much thought. ««The facetious manner ln which he t r e a t s t h i s House of Commons Indicates he has a complete contempt f o r i t , , , stormed Mr. L i e f e n t a k e r . GAF DOPS CPD< >DA: M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU &C& GFE CttfQ GEUE GEUW FIS (GL~A3 OMP GRF GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG_ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 007677 �POP BULLETIN DATE The show Ihe **I HR. /6FL0 SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION note said the delay was telng given to allow a u t h o r i t e s * 'to t h e i r good f a i t h , , ty acceding to the demands. hand'written l e t t e r signed ««J, H, C r o s s , , s a i d : ask the a u t h o r i t i e s to respond favourably to the demands of the " I t w i l l te f a s t e r and e a s i e r f o r everyone, if a l l the FIM communiques are published in f u l l . " P l e a s e , assure t h a t I am well and receiving the medicaments for my tLood p r e s s u r e . " I am teing w e l l " ] t r e a t e d t u t the ILH are determined to achieve t h e i r demands.,, Mr. Cross takes a drug known as S e r p a s i l twice daily f o r high hlood p r e s s u r e . He did not have any with him when kidnapped. OD the tack of the l e t t e r to his wife was a note saying t h a t she oould speak to him over CKLM up to n p.m. Wednesday. ?(^Mp ^ GEU C^CZ) GEUE CIDA DOPS GEUW FIS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GRF GUS FAC OMP (jDMlfr OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 (§5^ ECP AFP SRB FCN ECD APP t^Sp (JsA C02 ECL AP0 ECT FSR PAG CE£JL> D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A 0 0 7 6 7 8 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. 0J7 fjcro SOURCE CLASSIFICATION '"A^ C £o CBC RADIO NEWS 1700 HOURS OCT 7 KIDNAPPERS OF JAMES CROSS HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR THEIR RANS01 DEMANDS UNTIL LOON TOM. RROW. WORD OF THE EXTENSION CAME IN A NOTE TO MONTREAL FRENCHLANGUAGE STATION CKLM AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LATEST IN A SERIES OF NOTES FROM THE FLQ ALSO CONTAINS A DEMAND THAT RADIO CANADA, THS FRENCH NET* ARK OF Tlir CBC BROADCAST THEIR MANIFESTO AT 8 and 11 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING IF TODAYS LATEST NOTE IS AUTHENTIC IT ALSO MEANS THAT MRS CROS' CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HER HUSBAND APPARENTLY THE NOTE INDICATES THAT THE DIPLOMAT'S EAN WIFE CAN BROADCAST A MESSAGE TO HER HUSBAND OVA A FRENCH LANGUAGE STATION AT ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON'S MESSAGE ALSO SAYS THAT MR CROSS TOLD HIS WIFE THAT HE IS IN* GOOD CONDITION AND THAT SHE IS NOT TO WORRY. HE ASSURED HER THAT EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT ALRIGHT IN THS END. FROM TIM RAITH ON PARLIAMENT HILL: THERE IS AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CM'RE IN T!:E EAST BLOCK WHICH 1 Ad SET UP SOME MONTHS AGO, ANN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS REALP LEA ED FOR ANYTHING. WHERE THEY OPERATED FROM LAST NIGHT AND WHERE THEY ARE OPERATING FROM TODAY. CALLS A T THROUGH TO EXTERNAL AFFAIRS WERE PUI THROUGH TO THERE. THEY ARID CHECKING cHEM OUT, I IMAGINE TAPING THEM ALTHOUGH THEY WONT ADMIT THAT, AND TRYING TO EVALUATE ALL THE MATERIAL THAT WAS COMING IN LAST NIGHT MUCH OL WHICH WAS CRANK CALLS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER, IS AP ARENTLY WAS THE NOTE POUND IN THE OTTAWA BUS CENTRE. Q: WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION TO THIS LATEST DEADLINE EXTENSION*? A: WELL AGAIN ITS ONE OF THESE THINGS, THA STILL DONT KNOW WHETHER THAT CONIES IRON THE PEOPLE WHO HOLD MR CROSS OR NOT, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO HAT. THEY ARE ASSUMING, OR THEY SEEM TO BE ASSUMING, AND THFX WAY THEY ARE ACTING WOULD ASSUME THAT TN DEADLINE IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT. WHAT THEY STILL WANT TO DO IS GET INTO SOME KIND OF NEGOCIATIONS WITN THE PEOPLE WHO HOLD MR CROSS - SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO YET. CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP FCN OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ^JUhp ECP ECD AFP APP SRB ECL ECT APO FSR 3AG CLFE) DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 1Q07679 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR. OCT 7-/To SOURCE I8O-0 CLASSIFICATION C&c VJKJCLA^ Quebec terrorists have extended their deadline again in the Montreal kidnapping case but there are new conditions. New government appeals for negotiations with the kidnappers have gone unanswered so far. James Cross, as far as is known, is still alives He has communicated with his wife as the F£JQ terrorists who are holding him extended their ranson deadline for another must ir n24 hours today, but with a condition. CBC's Frenchfaxaaagaagl kEaaagaa broacast a/manifesto sbonight. This tense day brought these comments from Prime Minister Trudeau and Quebec's Justice Minister Gerard Choquette. As I atated before we c n't let a minority group impose their view on a majority by I urgently appeal to those that hold Mr. Cross that they allow their respect for human life to overcome their political aspirations. For The word from Mr. Cross to his wife is that he is okay. /Details of that letter and of the latest FLQ demands here is Dave Struthers in Montreal: The partial contents of the letter from James Cross, the 49 year old diplomat to his alive wife have come to light. If they are authenticate there is a way for Mrs. Cross to communicate with the British Trade Commissioner. Apparently communications from the FLQs say Mrs. Cross can broadcast a message to her husband over a Erench language radio station in Montreal at any time. The letter also indicates that Mr 0 Cross told his wife h< is in good health and assured her she is not to worry and things should turn out alright in the end. Earlier this afternoon a communique Front pour Liberation de Quebec indicated thd deadline for ranson of Mr. Cross has been extended 24 hours until noon Thursday. There was however a condition attached. That was Radio Canada, the French langua/e network ....broacasting the contents of an FLQ manifesto on the freedom of Quebec. There kas been no word from the corporation as yet to whether it will cede to the request. In other developments a LaSalle taxi cab has turned up in Sorel, Quebec, some 30 miles east of Montreal. Mr. Cross was driven away from his home last Monday in a car bearing the taxi company's insignia. Members of the '7 editorial squad left for Sorel to try to identify the car. The Minister of ' Justice of Quebec is keep: ng his office in Montreal open again tonight to try and establish contact with the men who have got the British diplomat. As the day wears on there is still no clue as to Mr. Cross' whereabouts. The police are still searching. After a series of raids last night and this morning that resulted in 30 arrests with apparently no leads to the kidnappers. The Federal Government remained firm in its rejection of the ransom demands throughout the day. Mr. Choquette speaking for both governments made it clear that he was open for negotiations with the FLQ. "I wish to express to Mrs. Cross on behalf of the Government of the Province of Quebec and of its people the deep sympathy which we have for her following the abduction of her husband and the threat of death ag inst him. V/hat is this all about? It is the case of an innocent individual who bears no responsibility whatsoever for our internal problems and who is held as hostage It is the gravest form of blackmail which exists. The Government and the people of Quebec are scandalized. The numersous communications which I have received in the last few days have been unanimous. The people reject absolutely the regime of violence and assination. The people realize that not only are these messages of an extreme but that they let us foresee a political system where_ «4- tfm)^ CPDT) GAF GEU (60^) OMP (gUM) ECP AFP SRB <f£6j ECD ECL APP APO <^PST) PAC CPcf) CIDA ^UUpt <PD?!> <-P0G\ GFE_ GEUW GUS OMA ECT MINISTERE D M AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TFI S-a'Ml CENTRE (fPK'x DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007680 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION odious totalitarianism would reign.asscilii the destruction of social order which guarantees freedom as well as the abolition of justice based on law. But then there is the case of Mr. Cross as a human being. The governments are ready to explore all practical avenues out of this impact. This is the reason why I have held myself available all day yesterday and last night at my office. I will continue to make myself available again today and togight. The telephone in my office will be accejfctfcfcle at all times ad ane I can be reached at very short notice. I urgently appeal to those who xhold Mr. Cross that they allow their respect for human life to overcome their political aspirations, misdirected as they may be. They should realize that this manner of defending their cause can only bring about its eventual defeat." Before attending a Cabinet meeting today the Prime Minister said he woAt give in to the demands. We can't let a minority group impose their view on a majority, by violence. Does the decision that you and the Cabinet have made hurt you? It is a difficult decision when you have to weight a man's life in the balance. Certainly our commitment is far greater tjjan anything else xfxMxx If Mr. Cross remains alive will you stick to the original decision not to give in to any blackmail? I don't intend bargaining on television in any way. We are conducting everything as best we can. We hope to have i M results," Later in the Commons the Prime Minister said there is still hope for Mr. Cross He turned down a suggestion from John Diefenbaker to give more details. Tom Earle has this repdirt. As if by an agreement between the Government and the Opposition there hase been no questions at question time on the Cross kidnapping case until Mr. Diefenbaker brought the matter up. "Obviously the feeling in general in the Commons is that there is nothing to be gained by raising the matter there for now. The silence on he question prompted Mr. Diefenbaker to ask if it was because of a hope for Mr. Cross' survival. He spoke of the restoration to Canadians of a faith in the Administration of justice. He wanted Prime Minister Trudeau to go beyond saying there was hope. Mr. Trudeau noted that thex Quebec Minister of Justice, Mr. Choquette, had made a statement supported by the Fed ral Government. Mr. Diefenbaker asked once more about a reward, noting a private offer had been made. Mr. Trudeau wass't clear about whether the money was for the abducted man or for information on the abductors. He was accused of being facetious and of treating Parliament with contempt. A Cabinet held its weekly meeting after question time today, Presumably the Government'ii stand of not giving into the blackmailers demands was the subject for discussion. Meantime the Government Operations Centre on the Cross case will continue to be operated tonight. Expressions like "tension is mounting" are trite but nevertheless true. ' The hard line adopted by the Canadian Government is causing some anxiety for the conservative government in Britain. In this report Patrick Keatley says Prime Minister Heal|\ is under some pressure to seek a softer line xx the Canadian Government. ''^The Canadian Ministers have to stand firm as they can. Thee have to risk resist blackmail. They have to watch dmt for creating a precedent in terms of domestic poiicies. But for British Ministers there is the stark simple fact that Prime Minister Heath is today at his Tory party annual conference in the_ [ PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA PDE PDF PDG PCP MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TFI *_*•"! OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB PSI PAG FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007681 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR SOURCE CLASSIFICATION north of England at Blackpool and that for the next four days he'll be there surrounded by the constituency associations the full power of the conservative party in annual congress and that they expect him somehow to deliver the goods, to bring forward the news they want to hear of the release of Jasper Cross, ±*k the British diplomat who was kidnapped in Montreal. It's an impossible assignment. Mr. Heath depends on the goodwill and the efficiency of Canada to release the kidnapped man and if things should go wrong, if in some way Mr. Cross should not ai be returned then Mr. Heath faces the possibility of an / annual conference, the first since his parly was re-electedgoing very wa sour indeed. PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TFI U«l OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB PSI PAG FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007682 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR. OCT 7 / l o SOURCE I8frti CLASSIFICATION C&C UKACLASI Quebec terrorists have extended their deadline again in the Montreal kidnapping case but there are new conditicns. New government appeals for negotiations with the kidnappers have gone unanswered so far. James Cross, as far as is known, is still alive* He has communicated with his wife as the FIJQ terrorists w A are holding him extended their ranson deadline for another 24 hours today, but with a condition. CBC's French h T K M W r t must broacast a/manifesto tonight. This tense day brought these comments from Prime Minister Trudeau and Quebec's Justice Minister Gerard Choquette. As I stated before we c n't let a minority group impose their view on a majority by I urgently appeal to those that hold Mr. Cross that they allow their respect for human life to overcome their political aspirations. For The word from Mr. Cross to iiis wife is that he is okay. /Details of that letter and of the latest FLQ demands here is Dave Struthers in Montreal: The partial contents of the letter from James Cross, the 49 year old diplomat to his alive wife have come to light. If they are authenticate there is a way for Mrs. Cross to communicate witr the British Trade Commissioner. Apparently communications from the KLQs say Mrs. Cross can broadcast a message to her husband over a Erench language radio station in Montreal at any time. The letter also indicates that Mr. Cross told his wife h is in good health and assured her she is not to worry and things should turn out alright in the end. Earlier this afternoon a communique Front pour Liberation de Quebec indicated thd deadline for ranson of Mr. Cross has been extended 24 hours until noon Thursday, There was however a condition attached. That was Radio Canada, the French langua, e network ....broacasting the contents of an FLQ manifesto on the freedom of Quebec. There tias been no word from the corporation as yet to whether it will cede to the request. In other developments a LaSalle taxi cab has turned up in Sorel, Quebec, some 30 miles east of Montreal. Mr. Cross was driven away from his home last Monday in a car bearing the taxi company's insignia. Members of the '1 editorial squad left for Sorel to try te identify the car. The Minister of 'justice of Quebec is keep.ng his office in Montreal open again tonight to try and establish contact with the men who have got the British diplomat. As the day wears on there is still no clue as to Mr. Cross' whereabouts. The police are still searching. After a series of raids last night and this morning that resulted in 30 arrests with apparently no leads to the kidnappers. The Federal Government remained firm in its rejection of the ransom demands throughout the day. Mr. Choquette speaking for both governments made it clear that he was open for negotiations with the FLQ. "I wish to express to Mrs. Cross on behalf of the Government of the Province of Quebec and of it3 people the deep sympathy which we have for her following the abduction of her husband and the threat of death ag inst him. What is ,his all about? It is the case of an innocent individual who bears no responsibility whatsoever for our internal problems and v/ho is held as hostage It is the gravest form of blackmail which exists. The Government and the people of Quebec are scandalized. The numerxous communications which I have received in the last few days have been unanimous. The people reject absolutely the regime of violence and assination. The people realize that not only are these m'^sages of an extreme but that they let us foresee a political system wr,er$_ 4.' (&JN)'' C P D T ( P C O ; <gS2 (JPBPJ DOpIS Q D £ (ffX A (-fDA, P6P GAF <$CQy GFE '1 GEU GEUE GEUW tfff? (GDa GKT GUS OMP (6MD, OMA OAD <£uNJ FCN <£g $Jj ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP SRB APP (TsT) APO PAG •' ' — — — — — — — — CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE 007683 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION odious totalitarianism would reign.a3M±±k the destruction of social order which guarantees freedom as well as the abolition of justice based on law. But then there is the case of Mr. Cross as a human being. The governments are ready to explore all practical avenues out of this impact. This is the reason why I have held myself available all day yesterday and last night at my office. I will continue to make myself available again today and togight. The telephone in my office will be accefct^ble at all times ad and I can be reached at very short notice. I urgently appeal to those who Hhold Mr. Cross that they allow their respect for human life to overcome their political aspirations, misdirected as they may be. They should realize that this manner of defending their cause can only bring about its eventual defeat." Before attending a Cabinet meeting today the Prime Minister said he wo- 't give in to the demands. We can't let a minority group impose their view on a majority, by violenoe. Does the decision that you and the Cabinet have made hurt you? It is a difficult decision when you have to weigh% a man's life in the balance. Certainly our commitment is far greater tjjan anything else ifxMry If Mr. Crocs remains alive will you stick to the original decision not to give in to any blackmail? I don't intend bargaining on television in any way. We are conducting everything as best we can. We hope to have 5AM results*" Later in the Commons the Prime Minister said then- is still hope for Mr. Cross He turned down a suggestion from John Diefenbaker to give more details. Tom Earle has this report. As if by an agreement between the Government and the Opposition there hase been no questions at question time on the Cross kidnapping case until Mr. Diefenbaker brought the matter up. "Obviously the feeling in general in the Commons is that there is nothing to be gained by raising the matter there for now. The silence on he question prompted Mr. Diefenbaker to ask if it was because of a hope for Mr. Cross' survival. He spoke of the restoration to Canadians of a faith in the Administration of justice. He wanted Prime Minister Trudeau to go beyond saying there was hope. Mr. Trudeau noted that thex Quebec Minister of Justice, Mr. Choquette, had made a statement supported by the Federal Government. Mr. Diefenbaker asked once more about a reward, noting a private offer had been made, Mr. Trudeau wasn't clear about whether the money was for the abducted man or for information on the abductors. He was accused of being facetious and of treating Parliament with contempt. A Cabinet held its weekly meeting after question time today. Presumably the Government'& stand of not giving into the blackmailers demands ies the subject for discussion. Meantime the Government Operations Centre on the Cross case will continue to be operated tonight. Expressions like "tension is mounting" are trite but nevertheless true. ' The hard line adopted by the Canadian Government is causing some anxiety for the conservative government in Britain. In this report Patrick Keatley says Prime Minister HeatJ^ is under some pressure to seek a softer line xs the Canadian Government.**The Canadian Ministers have to stand firm as they can. Thee- have to TTM»r resist blackmail. They have to watch i6ut for creating a precedent i-i terms of domestic poiicie3. But for British Ministers there is the stark simple ( fact that Prime Minister Heath is today at his Tory party annual conference in the PMO FCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA PDE PDF PDG PGP MINISTERS DBS AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS D'OPERATIONS TFI a.J.yV\ OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB PSI PAG FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIR* 007684 J �POP INFORMATION DATE HR SOURCE CLASSIFICATION north of England at Blackpool and that for the next four days he'll be there surrounded by the constituency associations the full power of the conservative party in annual congress and that they expect him somehow to deliver the goods, to bring forward the news they want to hear of the release of Jasper Cross, Iss the British diplomat who was kidnapped in Montreal. It's an impossible assignment. Mr. Heath depends on the goodwill and the efficiency of Canada to release the kidnapped man anu if things should go wrong, if in some way Mr. Cross 3hould not si be returned then Mr. Heath faces the possibility of an h annual conference, the first since his party was re-electedgoing very X B sour indeed. PMO CIDA PCO DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA PDE PDF PDG PGP MINISTERS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TFI OUN FCN FCO FLE ECF ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB PSI PAG FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRE <JlT»l 007685 �POP INFORMATION DATE OCT9/?o HR. MJS SOURCE CP CLASSIFICATION UMCL4SS. The persons whose release was demanded "by the kidnappers are* Francois Schirra. 38, sentenced to l i f e Oct. 10, 1967, f o r the non~capital murder of a gunshop manager ln August, i96 4; Edroond (Juenette 2o, sentenced to l i f e on the same date for non~capital murder i n the same s l a y i n g ; Cyriaq.ue D e l i s l e , 33, serving l i f e for the gunshop s l a y i n g ; Serge Demers, 25, sentenced June 13, 1967, to e i g h t y e a r s , 10 months, a f t e r conviction on 1,3 charges a r i s i n g from ]966 bombings; ntofchBlolaaitoaBrcoB*3.c4fcDfcB$iced with Demers to s i x y e a r s , eight Gerard Laquerre, 28, sentenced on the same date to s i x years and eight months f o r eight t e r r o r i s t convictions; Claude Simard,. re- serving five y e a r s . 1Q months f o r eight convictions, a iso in connection with the i966 wave of terrorism; Real Mathieu, 23, serving nine years, s i x months for r o l e in i966 "bom'bings; Robert Levesaue, 2P, serving seven years in connection with i966 PL'«i terrorism; f i e r r e ' p a u l Geoffroy, 20, sentenced to l i f e April 1, l9£9 a f t e r he pleaded g u i l t y to 129 charges involving "bombings in i968~S9 including one a t the Montreal Stock Exchange; Claude Morency, i9, a r r e s t e d l a s t June 21 a f t e r a raid on a rented cottage i n he Laurentians; Andre Roy, 2?, also a r r e s t e d at the Laurentian cottage; Francois Lanctot. 21, also a r r e s t e d a t the Laurentian cottage; Gabriel Hudon 20, sentenced i n i9o? to 12 y e a r s , released on parole in December, i967, and a r r e s t e d l a s t May a f t e r armed robberies in the Laurentians; Robert Hudon, 23, Gabriel>s brother sentenced to eight years for raids on armed forces bases in Quebec i n 1964; Andre Lessard, 25. sentenced i n 196 5 to 30 months f o r kidnapping and a s s a u l t in an i n c i d e n t Involving Quebec Provincial Police who discovered an FL4 t r a i n i n g camp at La Macaza, in the Laurentians; Rejean Tremblay, 24, who received a suspended sentence for taking part in a kidnapping near La Macaza and who a l s o faces robbery charges; Marc~Andre Gagne, 24, sentenced to 2£ years June 9 a f t e r pleading guilty to i9 robbery charges; P i e r r e Boucher, awaiting sentence Hov. 18 a f t e r pleading g u i l t y to escaping from prison; sindre Ouellet, a l s o awaiting sentence l o v . 18 a f t e r pleading g u i l t y to esca-plng. SRB GEUE GEUW MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 (&D PAG ^pjp DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007686 �POP INFOR DATE HR. TION SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cp cp - Documents from the kidnappers of B r i t i s h diplomat James Richard Cross have a l l been signed Front de Liberation du Quebec. In the p a s t statements claiming r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t e r r o r i s t a c t i v i t y in Quebec have often been signed Front de Liberation Quebecois. Montreal police spokesman said Wednesday the difference i s probably due to the varying grammatical s t y l e s of s e p a r a t e c e l l s of the FLQ. He sai««the FLQ i s d e f i n i t e l y responsible** f o r the kidnapping, but added t h a t p o l i c e were not sure i t was the same ««cell»» which claimed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for s e v e r a l bombings in the 196^3. ««That»s what we»re trying t o find out,** he s a i d . The FLQ i s an underground t e r r o r i s t organization, acting in small cells of fewer than f i v e persons. It advocates an independent s o c i a l i s t Quebec by any means, including v i o l e n c e . MONTREAL up - The wife of kidnapped British diplomat James Richard Cross was called t o Montreal police headquarters Wednesday to t r y to identify FLQ suspects rounded up in pre~dawn r a i d s . p o l i c e refused a l l comment and Mrs. Cross avoided r e p o r t e r s a f t e r spending about 45 minutes in the b u i l d i n g . About 30 suspects were a r r e s t e d but no Information on where or how the raids took place was a v a i l a b l e from t i g h t ~ l i p p e d o f f i c i a l s . DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE (gup GRF OMP (fiHD? GEUW FIS GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ^yj? FCN ffcc ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG — « .FPR. DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007687 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE on. % 2100 CBC CLASSIFICATION ON a ASS Statement by Lemieux at Press Conference, October 7, 1970. In Montreal a lawyer who has represented several terrorists in the past was questioned at a news conference tonight. Robert Lemieux was asked about a statement by Quebec's Minister of Justice in which Mr. Choquette said he was willing to approach any way out of the impass. Here's Mr. Lemieux, H^ wants people to call his office and I think that that's a ridiculous statement, I think that - I don't know who the people are - but that's taking members of the FLQ for a bunch of fools. Anybody that knows the first thing about teLephone communications knows that anybody who phones the Minister of Justice's office is going to be - you know, they are going to have in about 3 seconds the place where that call was placed and they'll have a patrol car. Is the federal government and the provincial government suggesting a trap. If they are talking about channels of communications, perhaps they should make certain suggestions and perhaps one intelligent way of going about it would be to suggest that somebody be appointed who can be reached by both parties." Mr. Lemieux also said in response To a question,that he was acting as a go-between between the added that if he received a direct act in this capacity he would have (CEOFT 2300 news) f'PMo) // ^ (PCH CIDA vaft M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GAF pCOj Cl (jn) EXTERIEURES the course of the interview in not personally interested in two parties. However, he request from either side to to consider it very seriouslv GEU GEUE GEUW FIS G £ GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG (gg) DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F Q 0 7 6 8 8 �A \i r rl V" Zl 1 . M l 1 i i i • 1 i I A'3 | i 1 1 -, r- -J. j J i L. \n i; VJ =aHrait*nxa DATE HR. iOURCE CP Si'.aatKjrj:i,a.-^rC^ ^' .SSSFSCATIOiM QCTA,\L\A 2100 MONTREAL Cp - Lawyer Robert Lemieux, who has represented s e v e r a l t e r r o r i s t s "before Quebec c o u r t s , Wednesday asked the f e d e r a l government to appoint a n e g o t i a t o r t o s e t t l e the terms of a kidnapped B r i t i s h diplomat JS r e l e a s e . Mr. Lemieux told a news conference External Affairs Minister .Mitchell Sharp should suggest a channel of communications with t e r r o r i s t s who kidnapped James Richard Cross, B r i t i s h trade commissioner, a t gunpoint from h i s home .Monday. BClaiming r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the kidnapping is the I r o n t de Liberation du Quebec, an underground organization which believes i n the use Qi violence to achieve Quebec independence. Meanwhile, tiae t r i a l of accused t e r r o r i s t Claude Morency was adjourned f o r 24 hours f o r the second time t o allow Mr. Lemieux, h i s lawyer, t o pursue business connected with the kidnapping. Mr. Lemieux told Mr, J u s t i c e Claude Bisson he had had d i f f i c u l t y Lues day seeing some j a i l e d c l i e n t s whose names a r e on t h e l i s t of prisoners whose r e l e a s e i s demanded by the Iddnappers. Among the ^9 charges Morency faces i s one of conspiracy to kidnap tde United S t a t e s consul-general in Montreal. . Suggested as mediators a t Mr0 Lemieux»s news conference were Claude Ryan, e d i t o r and publisher of Montreal Le Levoir, and l i e r r e lascoe, manager f the radio s t a t i o n CKLM. Mr, Lemieux said he has no knowledge of Mr, Cross? whereabouts or well"being, but added t h a t he f e a r s f o r the diplomat>3 l i f e i f the federal ana p r o v i n c i a l governments do not stop " p l a y i n g games.»> He said Mr. Sharpjs statement r e j e c t i n g the kidnappers demands-which include $EoO, 000 worth of gold, r e l e a s e of 27. convicted or accused t e r r o r i s t s and a plane to carry them t o e i t h e r Cuba or Algeria-was <«i r r espons i ble and dang erous.»? The f e d e r a l government should «'dress up t h e i r s t a t e m e n t s , saying in what way the demands a r e unreasonable,j> Mr. Lemieux s a i d . The lawyer said the r e a l bandits i n Quebec province a r e '<those who l i e t o tii e p o pu 1 a t i on . ««The h e a r t of Quebec a r e those of the 3?L4, who a r e f i g h t i n g for Que be c s3 ind ep end en c e.11 e added t h a t he has 12 s i g n a t u r e s from convicted or accused t e r r o r i s t s s t a t i n g t h a t they w i l l leave the country f o r Cuba or Algeria if t h e p r o v i n c i a l and f e d e r a l governments agree to meet the kidnappers? conditions . he said he was unable t o see nine other convicted t e r r o r i s t s because p e n i t e n t i a r y o f f i c i a l s had received orders to prevent hira from speaking w i t h p r i s oners . fMO". "— ai I \~' • CiDA At~-~ ~-\ ynr-r-\ A v j -J^J " DOTS CMITTIs——- - * ,r>rv< i o tJ i. i (fAA * (AD FA M I N I S T E R E DECS A F F A I R E S GAF CPDA GEU C-FG-, (JPDC?c PGP EXTERIEURE-'. A r y \ F<Ay (GLA) C A T CGCO- f- n T- OlAP^ r GMD^J (OUN/ FCH F.CP AFP ECD APP r.n\ A! V;- U J UlVlM (FCO) ECL APO i i •> FAC OAD Cfifc' ECT FSR CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 SRB_ A^a, FA \ \ al\ PAG (FPR DFP/> R T M E N T O F 007689 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. oa 7 3510 SOURCE c? CLASSIFICATION u n a ATP UTTAhA Ct - ...ere i s the text of a statement by External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharr at a Wednesday night news conference:: I have seen the text of the l a t e s t comiriuniq.ue from the abductors of Mr. cross, together with a letter from Mr. Cross. Loth the communique and the letter attach particular importance to tae broadcasting of a certain .manifesto or communique on radio television over Radio Canada. tie are prepared to arrange for the broadcast, although we are not quite sure which document i s involved. But we must have assurances that, without the imposition of unacceptable conditions, Mr. Cross w i l l be delivered safe and sound. I have already made c l e a r that the s e t of seven conditions orllinallys t i p u l a t e d by the abductors i s whtlly unreasonable, ffhat tbe government needs now is the precise basis on which i t can be assured of Mr. Crosses safe r e l e a s e , and where and when. Otherwise there can be no dependable discussion, since tbe captors might hold, on to Mr. Cross indefinitely lor tnis purpose, and for the discussion of any other matters that —I , — -.v of arranging son, may a r i s e , the problem of arranging someremains. accertable means of variety There are a communication with the abductors s t i l l of ways in which t h i s could be dene. ing Mr. Cross to nake sor.e But as a f i r s t s t e p , I i n v i t e those or aho]person representing the person t h e ' awith u t h o rconfidence itiesd a u t h o r iwith t i e s , whom can deal in making arrangements v leading to Mr. Cross >s early ant" safe r e l e a s e . GAF icoj CIDA GEU GEUE GEUW <£L^ GRF GUS FCN PGP MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT SRB AFP APP APO OF PAG E X T E R N A L . A, 007690 �EXTERNAL AFFAIRS /A AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES MEMORANDUM File TO FROM De Mr. M. Shenstone SECURITY SieurM CONFIDENTIAL DATE October 8 , 1970 NUMBER Vumero REFERENCE RJMrence SUBJECT Su/ef FILE OTTAWA Kidnapping of Mr. Cross - CKCH Broadcast of FLQ Manifesto DOSSIER MISSION ENCLOSURES Annexes DISTRIBUTION About 12:30 a.m. this morning Mr. Landry of CKCH phoned to let us know that the text of a communication from the FLQ relayed from station CKAC in Montreal was at present being broadcast over his station. I phoned a little later to thank Mr. Landry for alerting us to this broadcast, whereupon he offered to provide us with a copy if we could pick it up at the station before he left in half an hour. I dispatched Mr. Smith by taxi to pick up the copy and Mr. Landry phoned again to say that he was on his way back with the text. I thanked him effusively once again. He said he wanted to be helpful to us and added in a jocular tone "don't tell anybody". 2. The text when received was the actual tape which had been used by the station. 3. Before giving Mr. Smith the text Landry asked to see his identification card and scrutinized it carefully. He then noted Mr. Smith's name down. DlA^ 4. This curious little incident indicate^ that Landry was trying to put himself into a position to oe able to establish that the Department of External Affairs had in fact received the full c^ext of the manifesto from him. AA* M. Shenstone Ext. 4 0 7 A / B U . (Admin. Services Div. 007691 �RECEIVED POP 0125 SDT 0CT10 A Communique no 7 8 octobre 1970(sic) heure: 6 p.m. delai 2k heures Le FIQ a fait parvenir aux autorites en place le communique no 6 par le biais de M. Trudel du Journal "La Semaine". Cette enveloppe etait adressee a Pierre Pascau et avait ete deposee au U03>5> St-Joseph sous IB tapis du hall d'entree. Nous avons maintenant la certitude que les autorites en place ne cherchent qu'a gagner du temps puisqu'elles refusent de faire connaltre a la population le contenu du communique no 6 ainsi qu'une lettre publique de J. Cross. Ceci est le dernier communique: advenant le fait que les autorites en place ne liberent pas les prisonniers politiques d'ici 6 hrs samedi soir. Jamais les autorites en place, ni leur Dolice politique faciste ne retrouveront le diplomate J. Cross si elles n'executent pas nos demandes formulees dans le communique no 6 dans le delai fixe plus haute. Nous vaincrons,. FIQ REMARQUE 1: nous joignons une lettre de J. Cross reprenant la phrase demandee par le chien a Choquette. REMARQUE 2: Nous joignons egalement une copie du communique no 6. 3 p.m. vendredi: I have heard the message from the Minister of Justice on the radio hereby repeated. It is now $ days since I left and I want you to know, darling, that I miss you every minute. my wife and daughter. I hope to see them soon. Please give my love to �4:00 a.m. CKLM a declare qu'elle avait recc un appel anonyme peu apres minuit dormant au gouvernment un autre djlai de 24 heures de plus pour liberer des prisonners politiques en retour de quoi Cross serait libere. CKLM a fait savoir qu'on avait enregistre la conversation de la personne qui n'a pas voulu donner son nom et que la police etait actuellement en train de verifier I'authenticite de cet appel telephonique. II s'agit done de la premiere manifestation des ravisseurs un peu apres minuit. DUTY OFFICER'S NOTE Radio station CKCH later reported it had talked to station CKLM in Montreal and that latter had said call was rather long and that party spoke with what appeared to be inebriated voice, partly in French, partly in English. Because of this CKCH reported CKLM had serious doubts concerning authenticity of call. �POP BULLETIN DATE y 0»cT HR. oo3o SOURCE CLASSIFICATION BULLETIN RADIO CKCH 1 2 : 3 0 A.M. LE 8 OCTOBRE ANNONCE i f ^ J l A L E DU MANIFESTE F A LE FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC N'EST PAS LE MESSIE, NI UN ROBIN DES BOIS DES TEMPS MODERNES. C'EST UN REGROUPEMENT DE TRAVAILLEURS QUEBECOIS QUI SONT DECIDES A TOUT METTRE EN OEUVRE POUR QUE LE PEUPLE DU QUEBEC PRENNE DEFINITIVEMENT EN MAINS SON DESTIN. LE FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC VEUT Ka L*INDEPENDANCE TOTALE DES QUEBECCIS, REUNIS DANS UNE SOCIETE LIBRE ET PURGEE A JAMAIS DE SA CLIQUE DE REQUINS VORACES, LES "BIG-BOSS" PATRONNEUX ET LFURS VALETS QUI ONT FAIT DU QUEBEC LEUR CHASSE-GARDEE DU CHEAPLABOR ET DE L'EXPLOITATION SANS SCRUPULES. LE FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC N'EST PAS UN MOUVEMENT DEGRESSION,MAIS LA REPONSE A UNE AGRESSION, CELLE ORGANISEE PAR LA HAUTE FINANCE PAR L'ENTREMISE DES MARIONNETTES DES'GOUVERNEMENTS FEDERAL ET PROVINCIAL (LE SHOW DE LA BRINKS, LE BILL 6 3 , LA CARTE ELECTORALE, LA TAXE DITE DE "PROGRES SOCIAL" ( S I O ) , POWER CORPORATION, L'ASSURANCE-MEDECINS, LES GARS DE L A P A L M E . . . ) . LE FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC S'AUTO-FINANCE D'IMPOTS VOLONTAIRES ( S I C ) PRELEVES A MEME LES ENTREPRISES D*EXPLOITATION DES OUVRIERS (BANQUES, COMPAGNIES DE FINANCE, E T C . . . ) . "LES PUISSANCES D'ARGENT DU STATU QUO, LA PLUPART DES TUTEURS TRADITIONNELS DE NOTRE PEUPLE, ONT OBTENU LA REACTION Q U ' I L S ESPERAIENT, LE RECUL PLUTOT QU'UN CHANGEMENT POUR LEQUEL nOUS AVONS TRAVAILLE COMME JAMAIS; POUR LEQUEL ON VA CONTINUER A TRAVAILLER". RENE LEVEWQUE, 29 AVRIL 1970. NOUS AVONS CRU UN MOMENT Q U ' I L VALAIT LA PEINE DE CANALYSER NOS ENERGIES, NOS IMPATIENCES COMME LE DIT S I BIEN RENE LEVESQUE, DANS LE PARTI QUEBECOIS MAIS LA VICTOIRE LIBERALE MONTRE BIEN QUE CE QU'ON APPELLE DEMOCRATIE AU QUE3EC N'EST EN FAIT ET DEPUIS TOUJOURS QUE LA "DEMOCRACY" DES RICHES. LA VICTOIRE DU PARTI LIBERAL EN CE SENS N'EST EN FAIT QUE LA VICTOIRE DES FAISEURS D'ELECTIONS SIMARD-COTRONI. EN CONSEQUENCE, LE PARLEMENTARISME BRITANNIQUE, C'EST BIEN F I N I ET LE FRONT DE L I B E RATION DU QUEBEC NE SE LAISSERA JAMAIS DISTRAIRE PAR LES MIETTES ELECTORALES QUE LES CAPITALISTES ANGLO-SAXONS LANCENT DANS LA BAS3E-C0UR QUEBECOISE A TOUS LES QUATRE ANS. NOMBRE DE QUEBECOIS ONT COMPRIS ET I L S VONT AGIR. BOURRASSA DANS L'ANNEE QUI VIENT VA PRENDRE DE LA MATURITE: 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 TRAVAILLEURS REVOLUTIONNAIRES ORGANI SF.S ET ARMES I GEU GEUE GEUW CIDA MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES Q) GRF GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OM? OAD CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB PAG fp^ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL 'Q07694 �OUI I L Y EN A DES RAISONS A LAVICTOIRE LIBERALE. OUI I L Y EN A DES, RAISONS A LA PAUVRETE, AU CHOMAGE, AUX TAUDIS, AU FAIT ^ut^gpUS M. BERGERON Dc LA RUE VISITATION ET AUSSI VOUS M. LEGWfcRE DE VILLE DE LAVAL QUI GAGNEZ 10,000 DOLLARS PAR ANNEE, VOUS NE VOUS SENTIEZ PAS LIBRES EN NOTRE PAYS LE QUEBEC. OUI I L Y EN A DES RAISONS, ET LES GARS DE LA LORD LES CONNAISSENT, LES PECHEURS DE LA GA3PESIE, LES TRAVAILLEURS DE LA COTE NORD, LES MINEURS DE LA IRON ORE, DE QUEBEC CARTIER MINING, DE LA NORANDA LES CONNAISSENT EUX AUSSI CES RAISONS. E I LES BRAVES TRAVAILLEURS DE CABANO QUE L'ON A TENTE DE FOURRERUNE FOIS Dt PLUS EN SAVENT DES TAS DE RAISONS. OUI I L Y EN A DES RAISONS POUR QUE VOUS, M. TREMBLAY DE LA RUE PANET ET VOUS, M, CLOUTIER QUI TRAVAILLEZ DANS LA CONSTRUCTION A ST-JEROME, VOUS NE PUISSIEZ VOUS PAYER DES "VAISSEAUX D'OR" AVEC DE LA BELLE ZIZIQUE ET TOUT Lc FLING FLANG COMME L ' A FAIT DRAPEUL'ARISTOCRATS, CELUI QUI SE PREOCCUPE TELLEMENT DES TAUDIS Q U ' I L •. FATT DI rtp;-j TAC; P A ' A A M X V> V r . ' i ' i i ' ' M S DEVA'JT D E U X - C I POUR NF pas que les riches touristes voient notre misere OUI I L Y EN A DES RAISONS POUR QUE VOUS MADUME LEMAY DE STHYACINTHE VOUSNE PUISSIEZ VOUS PAYER DES PETITS VOYAGES EN FLORIDE COMME LE FONT AVEC NOTRE XKKK ARGENT TOUS LES SALES JUGES ET DEPUTES. LES BRAVES TRAVAILLEURS DE LA VICKERS ET CEUX DE LA DAVIE SHIP LES SAVENT CES RAISONS, EUX A QUI L'ON N'A DONNE AUCUNE RAISON POUR LES CRISSER A LA PORTE. ET LES GARS DE MURDOCHVILLE QUE L'ON A ECRASES POUR LA SEULE ET UNIQUE HAS RAISON Q U ' I L S VOULAIENT SE SYNDIQUER ET A QUI LES SALES JUGES ONT FAIT PAYER PLUS DE DEUX MILLIONS DE DOLLARS PARCE Q U ' I L S AVAIENT VOULU EXERCER CE DROIT ELEMENTAIRE. LES GARS DE MURDOCHVILLE LA CONNAISSENT LA JUSTICE ET ILS EN CONNAISSENT DES TAS DE RAISONS.0 OUI IL Y EN A DES RAISONS STE-MARGUERITE, VOUS ALLIEZ ET VOTRE RAGE DANS LA BIERE FILS AVEC TES CIGARETTES DE POUR QUE VOUS, M. LACHANCE DE LA RUE NOYER VOTRE DE5ESP0IR, VOTRE RANCOEUR DU CHIEN A MOLSON. ET T O I , LACHANCE MARI... OUI I L Y EN A DES RAISONS POUR QUE VOUS, LES ASSISTES SOCIAUX, ON VOUS TIENNE DE GENERATION EN GENERATION SUR LE BIEN-ETRE SOCIAL. I L Y EN A DES TAS DE RAISONS, LES TRAVAILLEURS DE LA DOMPTAR A WINSOR ET A EAST ANGUS LES SAVENT. ET LES TRAVAILLEURS DE LA SQUIBB ET DE LA AYERS ET LES GARS DE LA REGIE DES ALCOOLS ET CEUX DE LA SEVEN UP ET DE VICTORIA PRECISION, ET LES COLS 3LEUS DE LAVAL ET DE MONTREAL ET LES GARS DE, LAPALME EN SAVENT DES TAS DE RAISONS. LES TRAVi&LLEURS DE DUPONT OF CANADA EN SAVENT EUX A U S S I , MEME SI BIENTOT I L S NE POURRONT QUE LES DONNER EN ANGLAIS ( A I N S I A S S I MILES, I L S IRONT GROSSIE LE NOMBRE DES IMMIGRANTS, NEO-QUEBECOIS, ENFANTS CHERIS DU B I L L 6 3 . ) ET LES POLICIERS DE MONTREAL AURAIENT DU LES COMPRENDRE CES RAISONS, EUX QUI SONT LES BRAS DU SYSTEME; ILS AURAIENT DU S'APERCEVOIR QUE NOUS VIVONS DANS UNE SOCIETE TERRORISEE PARCE QUE SANS LEUR FORCE, SANS LEUR VIOLENCE PLUS RIEN NE FONCTIONNAIT LE 7 OCTOBRE! NOUS EN AVONS SOUPE DU FEDERALISME CANADIAN QUI PENALISE LES PRODUCTEURS L A I T I E R S DU QUEBEC POUR SATISFAIRE AUX BESOINS X8 A'JGLO-SAXONS DU COMMONWEALTH; QUI MAINTIENT LES BRAVES CHAUFFEURS DE TAXI DE MONTREAL DANS UN ETAT DE DEMI-ESCLAVES EN PROTEGEANT HONTEUSEMENT LE MONOPOLE EXCLUSIF DE L'ECOEURSNT MURRAY-HIL ET DE SON PROPRIETAIREASSASSIN CHARLES HER SHORN ET DE.SON F I L S PAUL Q U I , A MAINTES REPRISES, LE SOIR DU 7 OCTOBREJ^ftRRACHA DES MAINS DE SEL EMPLOYES LE FUSIL DE CALIBRE 12 POUR TIRER SUR LES CHAUFFEURS ET BLESSER AINSI MORTELLEMENT LE CAPORAL DUUAS, TUE EN TANT QUE MANIFESTANT; QUI PRATIQUE UNE POLITIQUE INSENSEE DES IMPORTATIONS EN JETANT A UN A UN DANS LA RUE LES PETITS SALARIES DES TEXTILES ET DE LA CHAUSSURE, LES PLUS BAFOUES AU QUEBEC, AUX PROFITS D'UNE POIGNEE DE MAUDITS "MONEY0MAKERS" ROULANT CADILLAC; CLASSE LA NATION QUEBECOISE AU RANG DES MINORITES ETHNIQUES NADA. 007695 �NOUS EN AVONS SOUPE, ET DE PLUS EN PLUS DE QUEBECOIS EGALEMENT, D'UN-GOUVERNEMENT O'L MITAINES QUI FAIT MILLE ET UNE ACROBATIES PO^CHARMER LES MILLlONNAIHxS AMERICAINS EN LES SUPPLIANT DE VEiffR INVESTIR AU QUEBEC, LA BELLE PROVINCE OU DES (DILLIERS D£ MILLE CARRES DE FORETS REMPLUS DE GIBIERS ET DE LACS POISSONNEUX SONT LAPROPRIETE EXCLUSIVE DL CES MEMES SEIGNEURS TOUTPUISSANTS DU XXE SIECLE; D'UN HYPOCRITE A LA BOURRASSA QUI S'APPUIE SUR LES BLINDES DE LA BRINKS, VERITABLE SYMBOLE DE L'OCCUPATION ETRANGERE AU QUEBEC, POUR TENIR LES PAUVRES "NATIVES"GUEBECOIS DANS LA PEUR DE LA MISERE ET DU CHOMAGE AUXQUELS NOUS SOMMES TANT HABITUES; DE NOS IMPOTS QUE L'ENVOEE D'OTTAWA AU QUEBEC VEUT DONNER AUX BOSS ANGLOPHONES POUR LES " I N C I T E R " , MA CHERE, A PARLER FRANCAIS, A NEGOCIER EN FRANCAIS: REPEAT AFTER ME: "CHEAP LABOR MEANS MAIN D'OEUVRE A BON MARCHE"; DES PROMESSES DE TRAVAIL ET DL PROSPERITE, ALORS QUE NOUS SERONS TOUJOURS LES SERVITEURS ASSIDUS ET LES LECHE-BOTTES DES BIG-SHOT, TANT Q U ' I L Y AURA DES WESTMOUNT, DES TOWN OF MOUNT-ROYAL, DES HAMSTEAD, DES OUTREMONT, TOUS CES VcRlTABLES CHATEAUX-FORTS DL LA HAUTE FINANCE DE LA RUE ST-JACQUES ET DE LA WALL-STREET, TANT QUE NOUS TOUS, QUEBECOIS, N'AURONS PAS CHASSE PAR TOUS LES MOYENS, Y COMPRIS LA DYNAMITE ET LES ARMES, CES BIG-BOSS DE L*ECONOMIE ET DE LA POLITIQUE, PRETS A TOUTES LES BASSESSES POUR MIEUX NOUS FOURRER. NOUS VIVONS DANS UNE SOCIETE D'ESCLAVES TERRORISES, TERRORISES PAR LES GRANDS PATRONS, STEINBERG, CLARK, BRONFMAN, SMITH, NEOPLE, TIMM0N3, GEOFFRION J . L . LEVESQUE, HERSHORN, THOMPSON, NESBITT, DESMARAIS, KIERANS (A COTE DE CA, REMI POPOL LA GARCETTE, DRAPEAU LE DOG, BOURRASSA LE SEREIN DES SIMARD, TRUDEAU LA TAPETTE, C'EST DES PEANUTS1) TERRORISES PAR L ' E G L I S E CAPITALI3TE ROMAINE, MEME S I CA PARAIT DE MOINS EN MOINS (A QUI APPARTIENT LA PLACE DE LA BOURSE?), PAR LES PAIEMENTS A REMBOURSER A LA HOUSHOLD FINANCE, PAR LA PUBLICITE DES GRANDS MAITRES DE LA CONSOMMATQON, EATON, SIMPSON, MORGAN, STEINBERG, GENERAL M O T O R S . . . ; TERRORISES PAR LES LIEUX FERMES DE LA SCIENCE ET DE LA CULTURE QUE SONT LES UNIVERSITES ET PAR LEURS SINGES-DIRECTEURS GAUDRY ET DORA1S ET PAR LES SOUS-SINGE ROBERT SHAW. NOUS SOMMES DE PLUS EN PLUS NOMBREUX A CONNAITRE ET A SUBIR CETTE SOCIETE TERRORISTE £T LE JOUR S'EN VIENT OU TOUS LES WESTMOUNT DU QUEBEC DISPARAITRONT. TF L,A<CAA£. TRAVAILLEURS DE LA PRODUCTION, DES MINES ET DES FORETS; TRAVAILLEURS DES SERVICES, ENSEIGNANTS ET ETUDIANTS, CHOMEURS, PRENEZ CE QUI VOUS APPARTIENT, VOTRE TRAVAIL, VOTRE DETERMINATION ET VOTRE LIBERTE. ET VOUS, LES TRAVAILLEURS DE LA GENERAL ELECTRIC, e'EST SVOUS QUI FAITES FONCTIONNER VOS USINES; VOUS SEULS ETES CAPABLES DE PRODUIRE; SANS VOUS, GENERAL ELECTRIC N'EST R I E N . TRAVAILLEURS DU QUEBEC, COMMENCEZ DES AUJOURD'HUI A REPRENDRE CE QUI VOUS APPARTIENT; PRENEZ VOUS-MEMES CE QUI EST A VOUS. VOUS SEULS C0NNAI3SEZ VOS USINES, VOS MACHINES, VOS HOTEES, VOS UNIVERSITES, VOS SYNDICATS; N'ATTENDEZ PAS D'ORGANISATION-MIRACLE I FAITES VOUS-MEMES VOTRE REVOLUTION DANS VOS QUARTIERS, DANS VOS MILIEUX DE TRAVAIL. ET S I VOUS NE LE FAITES PAS VOUS-MEMES, D'AUTRES USURPATEURS TECHNOCRATES OU AUTRES REMPLACERONT LA P0I3NEE DE FUMEURS DE CIGARES QUE NOUS CONNAISSON3 MAINTEwANT ET TOUT SERA A REFAIRE. VOUS SEULS ETES CAPABLES DE BATIR UNE SOCIETE L I B R E . I L NOUS FAUT LUTTER, NON PLUS UN A UN, MAIS EN S ' U N I S S A N I , JUSQU'A LA V I C T O I R E , AVEC TOUS LES MOYENS QUE L'ON POSSEDE COMME L'ONT FAIT LES PATRIOTES DE 1 8 3 7 - 1 3 - 3 3 (CEUX QUE NOTRE SAINTE MERE L'EGLISE S'EST EMPRESSEE D'EXCOMMUNIER PQUR MIEUX SE VENDRE AUX INTERETS BRITANNIQUES). QU'AUX QUATRE COINS DU QUEBcC, CEUX QU'ON A OSE TRAITER AVEC DEDAIN DE LOUSY FRENCH ET D*ALCOOLIQUES ENTREPRENNENT VIGOUREUSEMENT LE COMBAT CONTRE LES MA IRAQUEURS DE LA LIBERTE ET i A LA JUSTICE ET METTENT HORS D'ETAT OK NUIRE TOUS CES PROr iSIOHNELS DU HOLD-UP ET DE L A.SCRQQUER I E : BANQUIERS, BUSINESS'OLITICAILLEURS VENDUS... 1 007696 �NOUS SOMMES DES TRAVAILLEURS QUEBECOIS ET NOUS IRONS JUSQU'AU aO'JT. NOUS VOULONS RSMPLACER AVEC TOUTE LA POPULATION CETTE SOCIETE D'ESCLAVES PAR UNE SOCIETE L I B R E , FONCTIONNANT D'ELLEMEME ET POUR ELLE-MEME, UNE SOCIETE OUVERTE SUR LE MONDE. NOTRE LUTTE NE PEUT ETRE QUE VICTORIEUSE. ON NE TIENT PAS LONGTEMPS DANS LA MISERE ET LE MEPRIS UN PEUPLE EN REVEIL. VIVE VIVE VIVE VIVE LE QUEBEC L I B R E I LES CAMARADES PRISONNIERS POLITIQUES1 LA REVOLUTION QUEBECOISEI LE FRONT DL LIBERATION DU QUEBEC1 Et voila, vous venez d*entendre au cours de ces 9 derniere:minutes le texte du manifeste ou de ce qui semble maintenant gtre le manifeste du FLQ et encore une fois que M. Mitchell Sharp a ce soir? au nom du gouvernement canadien apres consultation avec le gouvernement du Quebec a accept€ de diffuser sur les ondes de la radio et de la television d'etat. Nous vous repetons que c'est une primeur sur les ondes de tele-immediat. Le texte du document a ete remis a notre station CKAC a Montreal. 007697 �POP BULLETIN DATE OCT* HR. Oloo SOURCE CLASSIFICATION U* cuss CP Kldnap-ReBponslbllity OTTAIA Cl - Canada, as the host country, i s responsible for protecting the l i v e s of foreign diplomats such as B r i t i s h trade commissioner James Cross, abducted Monday In Montreal. saowever, the obligation i s s t a t e d in general terirs in i n t e r n a t i o n a l law. I t i s arguable whether Canada would be obeying the s p i r i t of existing agreements by taking action which might contribute to^a breakdown of law and order, thereby endangering the l i v e s of diplomats as well as others in the community. f ihe government had to take t h i s consideration i n t o account in pondering whether to y i e l d to terms s e t for the r e l e a s e of Mr. Cross, me terms were r e j e c t e d . Ihe host country depends on i t s p o l i c e forces t t provide the necessary p r o t e c t i o n . I t discharges i t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l o b l i g a t i o n and a l l i e s i t s own laws as i t sees f i t . But although Canada,s j u r i s d i c t i o n i s c l e a r and undisputed t h a t doesn,t preclude B r i t a i n , in the present case, from offering suggestions and h e l p . A spokesman a t operations centre said Wednesday c o o p e r a t i o n between B r i t i s h and Canadian a u t h o r i t i e s «<couldn,t be c l o s e r . , , MOMKEAL Cp - A long-time friend and neighbor of kidnapped British diplomat James Cross said Wednesday a note from Mr. Cross received e a r l i e r by French"language radio s t a t i o n CKLM «<was probably d i c t a t e d with a gun a t his h e a d . , , ««The handwriting i s his but the t e x t was obviously d i c t a t e d by someone who d i d n , t speak English too w e l l , , , said John (iorman. Canadian manager of E r i t i s h Overseas Airways Corp. The h a n d w r i t t e n l e t t e r signed ** J . R, Cross,, asked a u t h o r i t i e s to comply with the demands of the t e r r o r i s t Pront de Liberation du Quebec f o r $fno, 000 ransom in gold and the r e l e a s e of " p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s , , arid added; " P l e a s e , assure that I am well and receiving the medicaments for njr blood p r e s s u r e . , , GAF &pty CIDA ^ - W P S MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW ECP ECD ECL ECT GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO SRB (gs^ PAG = P? OF EXTERNAL '007698 �POP BULLETIN DATE tOCT HR. 0+V> SOURCE CLASSIFICATION AFP NEW YORK, 8 , - C F P ) — " L E GOUVERNEMENT CANADIEN ET CELUI DE LA PROVINCE DE QUEBEC ONT COURAGEUSEMENT REFUSE DE SE PLIER AUX EXIGENCES GROTESQUES DS SEPARATISTES QUF3FC0IS QUI ONT ENLEVE M. JAMES CROSS, ) 3 CONSEILLER COMMERCIAL B R I T A N N I Q U E " , ECRIT JEUDI LE "NEW YORK T I M E S " DANS UN EDITORIAL. " I L S SAVENT QUE LA CAPIT AUL AT ION NE FERAIT QU'ENCOURAGER D'AUTRES ENLEVEMENTS POLITIQUES ET QUE LES MEPRISABLES CRIMINELS ESPONSABLES DE CE RAPT SE SONT SANS DOUTE INSPIRES D'ENLEVEMENTS DE DIPLOMATES DANS D'AUTRE PAYS. LA LIBERATION, LA SEMAINE DERNIERE, DE TERRORISTES ARABFS DETENUS EN GRANDE BRETAGNE, EN ALLEMAGNE OCCIDENTALS ET EN SUISSE, A ENCOURAGE LES CONSPIRATEURS QUEBECQUOIS PUISQU'ELLE REPRFSENTAIT UNE REDDITIOM PARTIELLE DE CES GOUVERNEMENTS A LA SUITE DE DETO URNEMFNT S D ' A V I O N S " . LE " T I M E S " SUGGERE QUE CE GENRE D'INCIDENT POURRAIT FTRE EVITE S I , COMME L'URUGUAY, LF CANADA REFUSAIT DE SF PLIER AU CHANTAGE. LF GRAND QUOTIDIEN NEW YORKAIS ESTIME QUE DES ACCORDS INTFRNATIONAUX DEVRAIENT FTRE CONCLUS POUR QUE LFS RAVISSEURS DE DIPLOMATES NE PUISSENT BFNFFICIER DU STATUT DE RFFUGIES POLITIQUES DANS N* IMPORTE QUEL PAYS DU MONDE. LE QUOTIDIEN RAPPELLE QUE LFS EXTREMISTES QUF3EC0UIS ONT DFMANDF A CF QUE CERTAINS DE LEURS CAMARADES DETENUS SOIENT TRANSFERFS EN ALGERIE OU A CUBA. GEU GEUE GEUW CIDA FIS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES ^GUfr GRF (fuS) FAC OMP [OMD^ OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A I Q 0 7 6 9 9 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR SOURCE Oct 8 CLASSIFICATION AtAjCAA? SS £?/lO/g£ *£ IAA)/A front de liberat ion du quibec communique A«V<k&«»7*>*S*<Bt 3W«^is" mm * %*m& if0'!>s>»> . • w: SOKKW \i trxvtm *si»t M <*». ***** $a*%t's£e«s8s*. wi sea: tfej. 3B&>*S» tftar «&»•«*» ^ «»«*•«&* »£>»» it«lJ« BKS*. !&l&»St7H<* Communique warns that threat to life of U.K. envoy is real ;tions- d,> flUteur >ai* MONTREAL (Staff) - Text of message broadcast late Tuesday, Oct. 6, by Montreal radio station CKAC. ightref^ dr0its o f c o P V S1o o s d e stric use u re , .red be<* » s d e d^ c € A o ca uS repr°' not pasa /letter is pe fig^ r e thisartfSe'^ ^ Le •/ F P U A > CSOA y y < - > e e ) te te* " AfFm^A ^ 5 P j*coT) ^>DM) < P g ) DOPS (^PD?) ^?6 per MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES G A F CjGCO) CFE pp/^ UP v^OUH^ GEU A G L A ^ A OMP OUR KD} ^FCN GEUE GRF OMD GEUW GUS OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TFI ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP SRB APP CJMLA APO PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL cymy AFFAIRS S-Alll 007700 �Montreal police round up radicals in kidnap search By RONALD LEBEL Globe end Mail Reporter M O N T R E A L - Police rounded up about 30 people yesterday in raids in connection with the kidnapping of & A® & £A& <*v A'A & p<?V & S & / <e~ ^ ^P ^ fir •>0>° . # # ^ o^> 0 •\<a 6® 0 * £-0 ^ <r0 * V 007701 �Text of demand made by FLQ • — ' on release of kidnapped Briton MONTREAL (CP) - Text of the FLQ demands for the release of kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross: The representative of Great Britain in Quebec, Mr, J. Cross, is in the hands of the Front de Liberation du Quebec. Here are the conditions that the ruling authorities must fill in order to preserve the life of the representative of the old, racist. and colonialist British system. 1—They must see to it that the repressive police forces do not commit the monstrous error of attempting to jeopardize the success of the operation by conducting searches, researches, raids, arrests or other stratagem. 2—The political manifesto which the Front de Liberation du Quebec will address to the ruling authorities will have to appear in full on the front page of all large newspapers in Quebec. The ruling authorities, after consulting with newspapers, must make public the list of Quebec newspapers agreeing to publis our manifesto. But it must be' quite clear that all Quebec regions must be covered. Furthermore, this manifesto must be read in full and commented upon by the political prisoners before their departure, in the course of a program, the length of which will have to be at least 30 minutes, to be televised live or recorded between 8 and 11 p.m. on Radio Canada and its affiliated stations in the province. 3—Liberation of political prisoners: Cyriaque Delisle, Edmond Guenotte and Francois Schirm. Serge Demers, Marcel Faulkner, Gerard Laquerre, Robert Levesque, Real Mathieu and Claude Simard; Pierre-Paul Geoffroy, Michel Loriet, Pierre Demers, G a b r i e l Hudon, Robert Hudin, Marc-Andre Gagne, Francois Lanctot, Claude Morency and Andre Roy; Pierre Boucher and Andre Ouelette (recently re-arrested by the police of Drapeau-theDog). Wives and children of the political prisoners must be allowed to join them if they so desire. Further, political prisoners Andre Lessard, Pierre Marcil and Rejean Tremblay, presently out on bail, must be allowed to join their patriotic comrades and leave Quebec if they so desire. • 4—A plane must be made available to the patriotic political prisoners for their transport to either Cuba or Algeria, once an official agreement has been reached with one of those two countries. Furthermore, they must be allowed to be accompanied by their respective lawyers and by at least two political reporters of two French Quebec dailies. 5—In the course of a meeting attended by the Lapalme boys and the Postmaster-General or a representative the latter must promise to reinstate them. The reinstatement promise must take into account the standards and conditions already secured by the revolutionary workers of Lapalme prior to the breaking off of negotiations. This meeting must be held within 48 hours after the release of this communique and must be open to newsmen. 6—A voluntary tax of $500,000 in gold bullion must be put aboard the plane made available to the political prisoners. When one recalls the spendings caused by the re-' cent visit of the Queen of England, the millions of dollars lost by the Post Office Department because of the stubborn millionaire Kierans, the cost of maintaining Quebec within Confederation, etc. . . . $500,000, it's peanuts! 7—The name and the picture of the informer who led police to the last FLQ cell must be made public and published. Tne Front de Liberation dp Quebec is in possession of information dealing with the acts and moves of this low scoundrel. . . and is only awaiting official confirmation to act. Through this move, the Front de Liberation du Quebec wants to draw the attention of the world to the fate of French-speaking Quebeckers, a majority jeered at and squashed on her own territory by an erroneous political system (Canadian federalism) and by an economy managed for the interests of American high finance, the big racist and imperailist bosses. It's going back to the origins of Confederation that we are in a better position to understand what were the true interests ($ $ $) which animated those who were called the Fathers of Confederation. Besides, in 1867, the Quebec people (Lower Canada) were not consulted as to the opportunity of creating a Confederation with existing provinces. It was a question of big money and these questions are only debated by concerned people, the capitalists, those who possess and amass capital, means of production and who, according to their sole needs and demands, plan all our life and that of a people. Thousands of Quebeckers have understood, as did our ancestors of 1837-38 that the unique means to ensure our national as well as economic survival, is total independence. The Front de Liberation du Quebec supports unconditionally the American blacks and those of Africa, the liberation movements of Latin America, of Palestine and of Asia, the revolutionary Catholics of Northern Ireland and all those who fight for their freedom, their independence, and their dignity. The Front de Liberation du Quebec wants to salute the Cuban and Algerian people who are heroically fighting against imperialism and colonialism under all its forms, for a just society where man's exploitation by man is banned. However, we believe that the sole and true valid support which we can give these people walking towards their liberations is by liberating ourselves first. During and after our fight we shall offer much .more than the traditional sympathy of shocked intellectuals,' pictures projected in the midst of scenery of bliss and peace. Here is how the various steps must be carried out: 1—As soon as this communique is received by the ruling authorities, they must free at once all the political prisoners named above and take them to the Montreal International Airport. There, a private room must be placed immediately at their disposal so they can fraternize and surely call upon the "experts" who got away with the "Brink's show" so brilliantly on the eve of the election. Newsmen including the one from The Gazette as in the old days' must be allowed to attend the departure and arrival of the "happy caravan." All these conditions and the way they should be dealt with, must be met within 48 hours, starting with the release of this communique. All these conditions are irrevocable. The life of the diplomat depends therefore on the goodwill of the ruling authorities. Once the Front de Liberation du Quebec has made sure that the lawyers and newsmen are on their way back and that they have confirmed the arrival of the political prisoners as well as the voluntary tax which must be checked by Cuban or Algerian experts and once they have confirmed that everything went according to plan, then and only then the diplomat will be released. We feel confident that the patriotic political prisoners will benefit from the Cuban or Algerian experience and we thank them in advance for the solicitude which they will express toward our Quebec comrades. We shall win. Front De Liberation Du Quebec. take note of the manifesto, of the conditions and steps of the operation. An unaltered copy of the manifesto and of this communique must be given to them. 2—No harm, brutality, torture or blackmail must be exercised upon them. 3—Within a few hours following the liberation of the political prisoners, a room must be turned into a studio where they will be able to: Communicate with their respective lawyers; Announce publicly their personal decision. The political prisoners can accept or refuse to leave Quebec—in other words, the patriot prisoners are allowed to dissent in view of the disparity in sentences imposed upon each of them; Read and discuss the manifesto in the course of a televised and broadcast program, as set out earlier in the conditions; Meet all the friends and militants who will be willing to go and see them. 4—The ruling authorities must ensure the return to Montreal of legal advisers and newsmen who will accompany the political prisoners to Cuba or Algeria. 5—The "voluntary tax" of $500,000 iii gold bullion must be taken to Dorval airport by nine trucks from the Brink's company. If this presents any problem, the authorities can 007702 �Ottawa gets quiet support from Britain in kidnapping negotiations Sympathy for dilemma of Canadian authorities By ROBERT DUFFY Glob* and Moil Correspondent LONDON — Although it is unable to say so in as many words, there is every indication here that the British Ar' ^A$r -&• h FA AA FF AA AA FA c ey Ao- <AF& AF P Ad £/ / • / # y FF AJ> V0 007703 �Choquette issues appeal to kidnappers By CLAIR BALFOUR Globe and Mail Reporter MONTREAL - The Government of Quebec yesterday appealed to Front de Libera- rA f 6° xF & FF FF •9° A* « * °> ve 007704 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR. Oct 7 8 00*8 SOURCE CLASSIFICATION C%C K*KtfK* COMMENTARY FROM MONTREAL - THURSDAY OCTOBER 8/70 BY EDWARD McWHINNY, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AT McGILL UNIVERSITY. WHAT IS CANADA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE EVENT OF A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT'S ABDUCTION rule5 The international law/sayi the protection the obligation to protect foreign diplomats and diplomatic representatives are the oldest of all rules of international law. They go back even before the time of the Romans and the Greeks, back to the time of the Syrians and the obligations are absolute. Every country that receives foreign diplomats has an obligation under current international law to protect them for their lives, their liberty, their integrity and their human dignity and there is no way of avoiding it. In the discussions concerning the abduction of the British Trade Commissioner there has been reference to the issue of blackmail and we saw this come up recently in the case of the hijacking, the demands of the hijackers of those aircraft in Jordan. Mow whatever may be the obligation of the Government in respect of its own citizens who have been hijacked and the moral decision not to yield to blackmail , I vrould have to say that the obligation of international law is an absolute one binding on Canada, we must do everything in our power to protect the foreign diplomat concerned. I should add to this certain other.points with reference to the demands of the kidnappers to possible setting scdtxK&ck exile or sending into foreign asylum some people now before the Quebec Courts who are now in prison sending them to Cuba or Algeria. I should also add that the old international rules I have spoken of establish clearly that anybody who harbours anybody who a injures foreign diplomat takes up that act himself becomes responsible with Cuba or Algeria or any other foreign governments who would receive people before our courts in this way who are implicated in this abduction, they would* be responsible for those actions themselves. I cite this subject that I can't believe that these two foreing governments have been consulted. This represents a serious and tangible demand on the part of the kidnappers. But let me return again to the central point. Our obligation under international law is clear. It is to do everything on our part to protect the foreign diplomat concerned. It's agonizing £ H decision for our Government to make but one has to state the international principles concerned. What this instance does reveal is trie need for stepping up security measures concerning foreign diplomats, it reminds one of the problem of the hijackers; there were ample warnings of this and yet the big airlines were unprepared at the latest ways of hijackings. Concerning diplomats there has been warning of this in the South American case. One vrould have to say that we have perhaps bent over backwards to protect certain other liberties, liberties of demonstration and the like. One result of this whole deplorable affair must certainly be the law with stringent penalties for anyone who interferes with foreign diplomats, who interfers with diplomatic premises.. One can see that one result is going to be a stiffening of security measures in Cabada. This is perhaps the least the international community is going to demand of us and I am afraid it is going to have the effects on some of the normal processes of government who set as an expression that some effects the like of which we haven't really seen since wartime security measures in V/orld War II, but our obligation to the world community is clear and it's not discharged until the Trade Commissionee is returned alive and unharmed, to his office, to his home and to his family. DOPS MINISTERE O H AFFAIRS« EXTERIEURE* GEUE GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TFI u m DEPARTMENT or EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007705 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. CLASSIFICATION C8C Od Q CBC BUJLETIM SOURCE 12:1b ITS REPORTED IN MON REAL THAT THE NEW MESSAGE FROM THE FLO CONCERNING THF CROSS KIDNAPPING IS READY FOR PICK-UP AT WINDSOR RAILHAY S T A T I o f ^ H Z f I < S NO INDICATION \-MAT THE CONTENTS ARE ^ blAilON. THERIL I S QCQF CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S GEUE GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 AFP APP APO FSR SRB -^PSI^ PAG <2P DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A I Q 0 7 7 0 6 �POP BULLETIN DATE CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. CLP GTTA.vA Op - The government i s prepared to appoint an o f f i c i a l as high as a cabinet minister to n e g o t i a t e with the kidnappers of James Cross, a government spokesman said today. However, there was s t i l l no word from the a'bductors that they are willing to t a l k with the a u t h o r i t i e s , the spokesman s a i d . lhe government was waiting f o r some word from the kidnappers that they were willing to get in contact with the a u t h o r i t i e s to "bargain. "The government i s w i l l i n g to enter serious d i s c u s s i o n s , J> the spokesman told r e p o r t e r s . sClaude Pyan, publisher of Montreal Le Levoir, and Pierre Pascau "broadcaster f o r radio s t a t i o n CXLM, were proposed as possible SO betweens by Robert Lemieux, a Montreal'lawyer who has often acted for t e r r o r i s t s in court c a s e s . His suggestion was made a t a news conference Wednesday n i g h t . Meanwhile, police continued attempts to uncover some clue on the whereabouts of the <f3~year~old senior B r i t i s h trade commissioner, kidnapped a t gunpoint from his Montreal home e a r l y Monday. Six persons were picked up in raids e a r l y today. Thirty rounded \$> in raids Wednesday were questioned and released before midnight. CIDA GFE DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW OMP GRF GUS FAC OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 <S3> (^coJ <EF ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB £ps?> PAG ^JFPRJ" D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A [ 0 0 7 7 0 7 �POP BULLETIN OCT S CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE /3:n* Ci> i n t e r n a l Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp Tuesday night rejected the kidnappers* package of ransom demands, including r e l e a s e of at l e a s t 2o convicted Quebec t e r r o r i s t s . One of the demands was for $5oo»OOC i n ?old. A cabinet source indicated this might be the only demand on which the government would be willing to n e g o t i a t e . The soiirce, close to the case, said there is no way the government would ever give in to the demand for the r e l e a s e of p r i s o n e r s . Releasing them in exchange f o r Mr. Cross, a B r i t i s h diplomat, would i n s p i r e a wave of lawlessness based on knowledge t h a t a prison term could not be e f f e c t i v e l y enforced. The same source said the government i s not offering a reward-as suggested by former prime m i n i s t e r John l i e f en bake r-f or fear t h i s might anger the kidnappers into k i l l i n g Cross. ane aaaed that the government i s w i l l i n g to rut the negotiations on any l e v e l desired by theabductors, ur to and including a cabinet minister. The minister presumably would have to be PrenclTspeaklna:. Biuere a r e many cabinet ministers in the cabinet wno sr-eal rench including, of course, Prime [..inister Trudeau. There i s no suggestion, however, that the prime minister would be contact man for tne government in any t a l k s ' w i t h the kidnappers. Zae government spokesman said the administration is acting in good f a i t n in i t s offer to n e g o t i a t e . Put he declined to s t a t e s p e c i f i c a l l y that any r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o? the kidnappers would be granted immunity from r o l i c e a c t i o n . CDA MINISTERE DOPS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GAF GEU GCJ3> GEUE GFE GEUW GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD AFP APP ECL ECT APO FSR SRB 3> PAG *""FP^5 D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A'007708 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cJ&c (j/O c c flZS CBC i ADIC NEVJS 13:00 HOURS OCT 8 MONTREAL POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING LOCKERS IN MONTREAL STATION POR A COMMUNIQUE FROM THE TERRORI TS...DAVID STRUTHERS REPORTS FROM MONTREAL: POLICE HAVE HAD TO SUMMON PEOPLE FROM THE LOCKER COMPANY WITH A MASTER KEY. THE KAN IS WORKING Ai.AY STEADILY DOW] THE ROWS OF LOCKERS. HE HAS NOW GOTTEN EHROUGH APPROXIMATELY 100 AND IS CONTINUING DOWN IN A SECTION OF APPROX 200. THE LOBBY OF THE STATION IS OF COURSE ROPED OFF, THE TELEVISION CAMERAS ARE HERE, THE PRESo IS HERE. IN OTTAWA THE GOVT SAYS IT IS STILL OPERATING ON TIKE ASSUMPTION THAT MR CROSS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN SPITE 01-' THE PASSAGE OF THE DEADLINE. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPT CF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TOLD NEWSMEN SHORTLY AFI'ER NOON THE GOVT IS PREPARED TO NAME ITS GO-BETWEEN. JOHN BREWERY REPORTS: m WORD FROM THE KIDNAPPERS HERE DESPITE MR SHARP'S SERIES OF PLEAS TO THE NEWSMEDIA TO ESTABLISH SOKE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH WHICH NEGOCIATIONS WITH THE TERRORISTS COULD BE CARRIED OUT. THE OPERATIONS CENTRE, SET Ul' IN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO HAS STAYED OPEN ON A 24 HOUR BASIS AND HAS RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF CALLS BUT NOT ONE FROM THE KIDNAPPERS, THE CALL IT HAS BEEN AWAITING. TIC GOVT IS STICKING TO ITS DECISION NOT TO MEET THE RANSOM DEMANDS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO BAR. LAST NIGHT SSEA SUGGESTED THE FLQ NAME A CO BETWEEN. A NEW DEVELOPMENT A S ANNOUNCED A PEN MINUTES AFTER NOON TODAY. HERE'S THE PRESS OFFICER POR EXTERNAL AFJ AIRS, ROSS FRANCIS: A (SSEA) SAID WE WANTED TO ENTER IN 0 CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO HELD MR CROSS. HE SAID THAT UE WANTED TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH WHOM WE COULD DEAL IN CONFIDENCE IN ARRANGING FOR HIS EARLY RELEASE. WE ASKED T H A TO NAME A REPRESENTATIVE WHO COULD DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES OR NITH THE REPRESENTATIVE WHOM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES WOULD CHOOSE. 0: YOU HAVE HEARD NOTHING PROP: THEM SINCE THAI1 TIME? A: WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING PROP THEM SINCE TNAT TIME. AR P'OR OUR PART ARE READY TO NAME IMMEDIATELY A REPRESENTATIVE OP' THE A: THORITIES AS SOON AS NE HAVE LEARNED PROM THEM OP' THE PERSON WIP'M THEY HAVE CHOSEPi. (HCHN DREWERY): NELL THIS MEANS THAT THERE WOULD THEN BE TWO REPRESENTATIVES ONE PROM TNE PLQ, OP1 THEIR CHOICE AND ONE IRON THE GOVT. MEANWHILE APPARENTLY THE I'OVT A L L NOT ORDER THE CBC TO BROADCAST THE FLQ MANIFESTO UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT RECEIVES ASSURANCES THAT BY DOING SO MR CROSS WILL BE RETURNED ALIVE AND WELL. THE GOVT IS WAITING P'OR NEWS RIGHT NOW OP' MR CROSS AND OF A POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO ITS LATEST OPTER. MONTREAL POLICE NAVE CONFIRMED THA' A TAXI FOUND IN SOREL NAS NOT USED IN THE CROSS KIDNAPPING. LATE RADIO REPORT (CKCH) \ iMS ALL TIIE LOCKERS AT WINDSOR NAVE BEEN SEARCHED, AND NO DOCUMENT HAS BEEN FOUND. GEU DOPS MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES £GLT) GEUE 6RF GEUW GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP CP^O FCN OMD OMA S££Jp OAD *s. F L © CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP " APO SRB CHD PAG CTFPR OF E X T E R N A L A 007709 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE OcF 9 fV>1t> <L«CH CLASSIFICATION LtiVCLftSS BULLETIN NE RADIO CKCH A 2;30 PM OCT 8 UN STATION RADIOPHONIQUE DE MOI'TPEAN VIENT D 1 ANNOUNCER CUE LE PLQ FERAIT CONNAITRE D ' I C I A 5 HEURES LA SORT QU'A ETE INESERVE A M CROSS f GAF CGCQ) ^ D S j «. Pl)G^t GFE ^—"""""^ CzS& ^ S ? ^ s * V CIDA DOPS v?0 M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S "^P EXTERIEURES rpR GEU GEUE GEUW FIS CSuF) GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 4£EP FCN ^JF£P? CSSD ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB <ZD D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L . PAG AF007710 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. Oct 8 CLASSIFICATION / VO Vi* BULLETIN MONTREAL Ci- -The I r e n c l T l a n g u a g e r a d i o network of t h e CBC b r o a d c a s t a r e p o r t Thursday t h a t i t r e c e i v e d an anonymous t e l e p h o n e c a l l saying kidnapped E r i t i s h diplomat James Id chard Cross has been " l i q u i d a t e d .9 9 ( PMoy CIDA MINISTERE CAi^ DOPS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GLA GEUE GRF GEUW GUS OMA FIS FAC OAD OMP CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 V^L£> ECP AFP SRB ECD APP Q s D ECL APO PAG ECT FSR ^FPf& D E P A R T M E N T OF EXTERNAL. Ar 007711 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION ^P MONTREAL Cp -The CBC French language r a d i o network s a i d Thursday i t had made a mistake i n b r o a d c a s t i n g a r e p o r t t h a t kidnapped B r i t i s h d i p l o m a t e James Richard Cross had been < ' l i q u i d a t e d . » » A CBC spokesman e x p l a i n e d t h a t an anonymous c a l l e r to the CpC switchboard about 21 zc p.rr.. s a i d : " T h i s i s the ILH, Unless the government meets our demands, we a r e going to execute Mr. Cross .»> The spokesman s a i d the t e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r got " e x c i t e d , >> t o l d the French language r a d i o newsroom a c a l l e r had s a i d he was executed and tne r e p o r t was b r o a d c a s t . ile s a i d t h e CBC was withdrawing t h e r e r o r t , acknowledging i t s mLstake and * * the s i t u a t i o n remained e x a c t l y the same as i t was.»» The o r i g i n a l re-port was not b r o a d c a s t by the EnglislTlanguas?e CBC radio network. In Ottawa, an e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s comment on t h e r e p o r t s department spokesman w i t h h e l d A spokesman i n the Montreal o f f i c e of Quebec J u s t i c e M i n i s t e r Jerorre C r o q u e t t e s a i d <<we know n o t h i n g about i t . > > xae b r o a d c a s t came more than two hours a f t e r a noon d e a d l i n e s e t ly t h e kidnappers had passed w i t h o u t any announced move by a u t h o r i t i e s t o meet c e r t a i n ransom c o n d i t i o n s . GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB. •P. DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL- A F 0 0 7 7 1 2 �POP BULLETIN CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE Oct 8 SOURCE CKCH HEURE A>A NOUS VENONS D'ANFRENDRE DE RADIO CANADA QUE DEVANT LE REFUS MXfflOt? DU GOUVERNEMENT D'ACCEPTER LES DEMANDES DU PLQ AU SUJET DE M. CROSS CE DERNIER SERA EXECUTE. ON NE PEUT PAS AJOUTER GRAND CHOSE DE PLUS SAUF QUE CE MESSAGE VIENT JUSTE DE PARVENIR A RADIO CANADA A MONTREAL. NOUS N'AVONS AUCUNE AUTRE PRECISION. C'EST DONC UN MESSAGE ABSOLUMENT BRET'1 ET LACONIQUE. RIEN NE LAISSE SUPPOSER DE NA FART DU PLQ LA VOLONTE DE POURSUIVRE DES NEGOTIATIONS OU QUOI QUE CE SOIT. NOUS DEVONS DONC ATTENDRE SOIT UN NOUVEAU MESSAGE SOIT, SI C'EST LE VRAIMENT NE CAS QU'IL AIT ETE EXECUTE, LE CORPS DE M. CROSS CE QUI ES BEAUCOIF MACABRE OU TOUTE AUTRE INDICATION. POUR NE MOMENT NOUS SOMMES PLONGES DANS CET1 E MEME ATTENTE QUI CONSTITUE LE PLUS GRAND S-SPENCE QU'IL NOUS AIT ETE DONNE DE VIVRE JUSQU'ICI. PM< GEUE CIDA GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF E X T E R N A L AFQ07713 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CACfJ OcfB SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CKCH HEURE: 15=30 ON ACCORDE UN NO'JVEAU DELAI JUSQU'A MINUIT CE SOIR. ON EXIGE LA PUBLICATION DU MANIFESTE DU FLQ PAR LASOCIETE RADIO CANADA. ON REFUSE EGALEMENT LE MEDIATEUR QUI AVAIT ETE ACCORDE FAR LE GOUVT FEDERAL. ON DEMA'DE EGALEMENT IES RAISONS QvJ PENDENT IRRECEVABLES LES DEMAFBES X$J FLQ CIDA MINISTERE GEU GEUE GEUW FIS DOPS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES <^GLA^ GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 VcdUN^ ECP FCN ECD ECL FLE ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF SRB (^^TST^ "TEG C FPR" EXTERNAL A F 0 0 7 7 1 4 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. / ^'00 OCTS/fo CLASSIFICATION CKCH U AJ C A, &£S • :43 CKCH NOUS RECEVONS A L'INSTANT UN REPORTA E DE MTL. VOICI LE MESSAGE DU FLQ QUI A ETE PUBLIE . CE MESSAGE AVAIT ETE DEPOSE DANS UNE CABINE TEL! PHONIQUE ANGLE JEAN TALON DANS LE CENTRE LORE EBRD DE LA METROPOLE. CE MESSAGE AVAIT ETE INSTALLE A L'INTERIEUR V PASr Au A DU BOTTCN TELSFHONIQUE ST ADRESSE A PIERRE ^SB6 DE LA STATION CKLM A MTL: VOICI LE CC TENU DE CE MESSAGE : LE FLQ #SE REFUSE A KKXXXXHE LA MBCBl/ATION FRCPOSEE PAR LE GOVT FEDERAL MEME SI LE GOVT PROPOSE AAJ AU FLQ DE CHOISIR LE MINISTRE QU'IL veiA.e LE CHOIX DE PLUS IL ACCORDE UN DELAI JUSQU'A MINUIT , UN NOUVEAU DELAI DE 12 HEURES PUIQUE LE BILLET ETAIT DATE DE MIDI. IL EXIGE DE PLUS DE LA SOCITE RADIO CANADA QU'ELLE PUfclLIE LE MANIFESTE INTEGRALEMENT. LE MANIFESTE QUI A ETE PUBLIE SUR LES ONDES DE TELS, M.EDIA HIER SOIR ET IXSM SOUHAITE EGALEMENT QUE LE GOVT FEDERAL #$* POURQUOI LES DEMANDES ONT ETE JUGEES IRRfSONNABLES PAR LE MIN MITCHELL SHIRR HIER SOIR. DE PLUS LE FLQ DEMA DE QUISLES POLICIERS CESSENT TO TE XXKXX PERQUISITION SUN ET ARRESTATIONS ENTOURANT LES RECHERCHES QUI SONT EFFECTUEES PRESENTEMENT. ILS N'HESITERAT PAS A SUPPRIMER M. CROSS SI CES DEMAAfoES NE SONT PAS RESPECTEES . CEPENDANT ILS CONTINUENT DE PRETENDRE GU'ILS NE LAISSERONT PAS LA VIE AU DIPLOMAE EN DANGER POUR_DES QUESTIONS DE PIASTRES.ADVENANT LE CAS OU LE GOVT ACCEDERAIT A(CES)DEMANDES UN DELAI DE 24 HEURES SERAIENT EXIGEES POUfi LA LIBERTE DE M. CROSS. ON LIBERERAIT DONC LE DIPLOMATE SUR UN PERIO DE 24 HEURES ET LE DERNIER BULLETIN DU FLQ QUI A ETE RENDU PUBLIC A MTL MINJ PCOJ CTPDlp PDfc& <J55 DJp (PD(p PD AJ PGP DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GAF (GOp GFE (PP£J GEU GEUE GEUW FIS (GLp GRF GUS FAC OMP ^MD 1 OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 FCN (*$£? ffLp ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR SRB <£sD PAG (FPR> OF E X T E R N A L A 007715 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE c P CLASSIFICATION a AJ c -c 4s s authorities MQAXB.BAL Ci- - T h e I r o n t ds L i t e r a t i on du Quebec •--. a. v fc? v n t i l midnight Thursday to meet c o n d i t i o n s f o r the o a f p r e l e a s e of kidnapped B r i t i s h diplomat James r i chard Cross. In a ' w r i t t e n communique, found i n a t e l e p h o n e "booth the rA. said t h s <?9~year~old t r a a e commissioner was n o t i n i * er a t n r e s e n t . I t a l s o asked tne government to s p e c i f y which o: thean.a'bductors» ransom demands a r e c o n s i d e r e d u n r e a s o n a b l e . E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s M i n i s t e r M i t c h e l l Sharp Tues da r e j e c t e d s e v e n ransom demands as " w h o l l y u n r e a s o n a b l e . * * ^ h a s s i n c e a s P e l t h e k i d n a p p e r s t o name a n e g o t i a t o r and o f f e r e d t o name a c a l i n e t ~ r a n " o f f i c i a l to p a r t i c i p a t e . But t h e iA** n o t e "broadcast "by r a d i o s t a t on C'KLI r e j e c t e e t h e i d e a of i»:r. Snar-n»s m e d i a t on o f f e r o r o' ir " t r a ^ s * * p l a n n e d "by t n e authorities . Barlier Thursday afternoon, the Brench~language network of the CBC radio "broadcast a report that Mr. Cross had "been "liquidated*» but it quickly withdrew the report and said the mistake had been made "by an "excited** telephone switchboard operator. An anonymous caller had told her lev. Cross would be killed unless the government met release demands. CKLM said the discovered communique was tucked in a telphone book in a booth to which they had been directed by a phone call. An llA communique received by tne station Wednesday had set the ransom deadline at noon Thursday, but this passed with no announced contact from the kianarpers. sMr. Cross was abduct ea/from his posh Montreal home at gunpoint Monday. The latest PL* communique said it was warning authorities "one last time?* to "Trove their good faith** by broadcasting on the Bren ch~ language CBC network their political manifesto and halting police activity in the case. I t repeated', " k , e w i l l n o t put t h e l i f e of J . Cross in danger over q u e s t i o n s oi dollars.> > And i t s a i d the <*9~year~old t r a d e commissioner would be r e l e a s e e 31 hours a f t e r meeting t h e c o n d i t i o n f o r r e l e a s e of <iuebec " p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s >> who agree t o a c c e p t asylum i n a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y . Tne f e d e r a l government s a i d Wednesday i t would a r r a n g e f o r CpC broadcasts of the manifesto provided i t g o t a s s u r a n c e s t h a t " w i t h *:OUt tcie i m p o s i t i o n of u n a c c e p t a b l e c o n d i t i o n s , Mr. Cross . v i l l be d e l i v e r e d s a f e and sound.** O f f i -c i a l s of both the f e d e r a l and r e b e c governments L J ,0 V Q t i g h t l i p p e d a l l Thursday on developments and made no comms n t a 1 t a i noon d e a d l i n e p a s s e d . They i o l i c e continued r a i d s i n Montreal on s u s p e c t e d t e r r o r i s t s idnesc picked up s i x p e r s o n s e a r l y Thursday and had rounded up c The b a t c h of ry was r e l e a s e d l a t e r when Cross could no 1 Q p>7 "M rany i n a p o l i c e l i n e u p . rolice Before tiie f i f t h comm.uniq.ue was found about . Thursda s p e n t A minutes s e a r c h i n g l o c k e r s in Cl R a i l * s downtown windsor S t a t i o n following a t e l e p h o n e t i p . A l a t e r c a l l s a i d the t i r was a hoax. -,o communication va-.;; r e c e i v e d Thursday fron Mr. Cross d i r e c t l y . 0" Wednesday, the FL* had s e n t a n o t e s i g n e d J , R, Cross saying he was well and r e c e i v i n g medicine f o r hig high~blood p r e s s u r e c o n d i t i o n . A f r i e n d of ...r. Cross i d e n t i f i e d h i s handwriting but said " t h e t e x t was obviously d i c t a t e d by someone who d i d n * t speak E n g l i s h too well. * * SRB GEU (GLA. GAF ECP AFP C9UN GEUE GRF 7(PCO. (|DM FCN (GCfT ECD APP IAJ 1 CIDA DOPS (1g>r> GFE GEUW GUS ECL ECT PGP MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE DEPARTMENT Al AjX- ~ PAG APO OF EXTERNAL A, 007716 �POP •INFOR DATE HR. 0tT8/?O /f*° TION SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CP MONTREAL Cp - Following l s the text of the l a t e s t kidnap note signed by the Front de Liberation du Quebec carrying the tinre of noon Thursday. s " 2 . Ordered f a s c i s t police forces to stop everywhere t h e i r r a i d s , persecutions, a r r e s t s or t o r t u r e s ; "The Front de Liberation du Quebec w i l l see i t s e l f obligated to do away with diplomat J . Cross. ''Once these conditions are r e a l i z I, the BLH asks the a u t h o r i t i e s to carry out c o r r e c t l y what they describe as i r r a t i o n a l demands. "As for guarantees that the a u t h o r i t i e s are demanding, they must rest on the good f a i t h of tne two p a r t i e s involved, ae repeat, we are not putting the l i f e of J , Cross at stake for a puestion ox ' p i a s t r e s ? d o l l a r s . "*.e w i l l free diplomat Cross within A hours following the r e a l i z a t i o n of another condition having to do with the l i b e r a t i o n o f 'consenting? p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s . " . . e tshall win. Signed Front de Liberation quebecois . "Hotel ne r e j e c t the idea of a mediator; we w i l l continue to establish our communications according to our habits in avoiding the traps s e t by the f a s c i s t police.»» CIDA GEUW DOPS MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-A331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PAG : PI DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F " " « 007717 �POP TION •INFOR DATE HR. OCA ° / A lQr'O LFMIFU7 SOURCE CLASSIFICATION UNCLASS. T 0 GIVE PRESS 007>IFTrRF--TCTr TONIGHT CBC REPORTER DAVE STRUTHERS l8hrs news ONE THING I CAN SAY... c;E E'ILL BE COVERING LAEYER ROBERT LEMIEUX... AT HIS PEES3 CONFERENCE A TILLE LATER TEIS EVENING. WE HOPE TO FIND OUT WHAT HE'S GOT TO SAY. HE HAS INDICATED SOMETIMES THAT HE MIGHT SERVE AS MEDIATOR, AS I SAID BEFORE, HE HAS SEEN VARIOUS POLITICAL PRISONERS INVOLVED THE FLQ WANTS RELEASED, HE'S ASKED THEM WHETHER THEY WISEED TO GO TO CUBA, ALGERIA, AND HOW MANY OF THEM AGREED THEY WOELD LIKE TO GO, HE HAE AS YOU KNOW DEFENDED MANY OF OTHERS INVOLVED IN VARIOUS POLITICAL ACTIONS IN QUEBEC. CIDA DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEUW CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 AFP APP APO FSR SRB : PR, DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 007718 �POP BULLETIN SOURCE HR. DATE 2D 01 CLASSIFICATION CRC CBC CANAL 9 20h03 RADIO CANADA PRESENTERA CE SOIR A 10h30 A LA RADIO ET A LA TV DU RESEAU FRANCAIS LE MANIFESTE INTEGRAL DU PLQ. CBC RADIO NEWS 20h03 THE CBC HAS AGREED TO BROADCAST ON ITS COMPLETE (NET ?) OP RADIO M D TELEVISION NETWORKS THE COMPLETE TEXT OP THE PLQ MANIFESTO THIS EVENING AT 10:30. THE BROADCAST OP THE MANIFESTO IS ONE OF THE DEMANDS BY THE KIDNAPPERS OP THE BRITISH DIPLOMAT JAMES CROSS. GAF DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S QLA; GEU 9i ?F«) GEUE GEUW FIS OMP <2iQ ECP AFP ECD APP GUS OMA ECL APO FAC OAD ECT FSR GRF FCN CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 SRB PAG £FPR1 D E P A R T M E N T O F EXTERNAL. Al 007719 �POP •INFOR HR. DATE TION SOURCE CLASSIFICATION OCTf/fo LEMIEUX»S PRESS CONFERENCE MONTREAL Cp - Hobert Lemieux, a lawyer who has represented severa] Front de Liberation du Quebec t e r r o r i s t s , said Thursday the federal governnent i s looking for " a t best a s h o o t ' o u t with the FL* ? 9 and " a t worst, the death of kidnapped diplomat James Cross .>? Mr. Lemieux told a news conference i t i s his " l o g i c a l analysis?? that External Affairs Minister hitch e l l Sharp »s answer tc FL* demands for h r . Crosses r e l e a s e was given " i n bad f a i t h . » » xie said h r . Sharp commented only on the f i r s t p a r t of an FL^i ransom demand, which includes £trc>CCC in gold and the release of convicted or accused t e r r o r i s t s from Quebec j a i l s , but ignored another demand asking for a suspension of police a c t i v i t i e s in the case. "There were a record number of a r r e s t s today. I t » s obvious t h a t tiie government i s trying to gain time and give the impression that they are n e g o t i a t i o n g . They are only trying to fool the population .13 well as the FL«%.»» Mr. Lemieux said about A persons were a r r e s t e d Thursday by police in an attempt to find the "FL* hideout and then storm the place. 9 9 Mr. Cross, senior E r i t i s h trade commissioner in Montreal, was kidnapped at gunpoint Monday morning from his Montreal home. sThe kidnappers asked for safe passage to Cuba or Algeria for more than ?c convicted or accused t e r r o r i s t s . Mr. Lemieux said Thursday no arrangements have been made with the two countries for p o l i t i c a l asylum of the FLW, members. lie said the t e r r o r i s t s are " p r o p e r l y f u l l y aware that the federal government i s s e t t i n g t r a r s for them?? bv s a y i n ? i t i s ready to negotiate while continuing r o l i c e raids on known or suspected terrorists . The I r o n t de Liberation du Quebec i s an underground t e r r o r i s t organization which advocates separation of Quebec from Canada through any means, including v i o l e n c e . I t has clain ed r e s r o n s i b l l i ty for a s e r i e s of bombings in the i96ps. CIDA GEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E OES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AF 007720 �POP BULLETIN DATE Oct* HR. „ ^ t SOURCE CLASSIFICATION UAjCa<*zS c s c canal 9 RADIO CANADA 23HR300 extrait Le MINISTRE DZ LA JUSTICE DU QUE , M. JEROME CHOQUETTE A DECLARE POUR SA PART QUE L'ACTIVITE POLICIERE A EVOLUE SELON LA DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA SITUATION, SITUATION DONT CLAUDE JEAN DS VIRIEUX NOUS FAIT UNE ANALYSE: "PARLANT D'ACTIVITE POLICIERE DISONS ^UELES ARRESTATIONS TEMPORAIRES POUR PlJffll D1IDENTIFICATION SE SONT P0UR3UIVIES. NOUS CONNAISSONS LES NOMS D'AU MOINS SIX AUTRES PERSONNES QUI ONT ETE INTERPELEES QUI PORTSMT LE TOTAL A ENVIRON VINGT, QUI TOUTES ONT ETE RELACHEES t-.Aj,dx-^i_A. SAUP UNE. L'AVOCu' OFFICIAL DE PLQ, ME ROBERT LEMIEUX, S'EST CEPENDANT ELEVE CONTRE LF FAIT QUE CES PERSONNES N«AURAIENT PAS PU ENTRER EN CONTACT AVEC LEUR AVOCAT DURANT LEUR DETENTION. VERS MIDI, LE POSTE CKLM A RECU UN APPEL TELEPHONIQUE DISANT QU'UN MESSAGE DU PLQ SE TROUVAIT DANS UN CASIER A BAGAGES A LA GARE WINDSOR; QUELQUES MINUTES PLUS TARD, 25 POLICIERS ENVIRON ET UNE MEUTE DE JOURNALISTES ARRIVAIENT EN TROMBE; TOUS LES CASIER3 ONT ETE VISITES MAIS ON A ABSOLUMENT RIEN TROUVE. EN PAIT LE 5e COMMUNIQUE DU PLQ EST PARVENU UN PEU PLUS TARD AU MEME POSTE CKLM PAR UNE AUTRE VOIE ET C'EST CE NOUVEAU DOCUMENT QUI REPOUSSAIT JUSQU'A MINUIT CE SOIR L'HEURE LIMITE POUR L'EXECUTION DE M. CROSS. 31 L'ON ANALYSE CE COMMUNIQUE ET QUE L'ON LE COMPARE AU COMMUNIQUE NO 1, ON REMARQUE QUE D'ABORD LA CONDITION SXIGEANT LA DIFFUSION INTEGRALE DU MANIFESTE DU PLQ VIENT D'ETRE REMPLIE. LE PLQ MAINTIENT SES EXIGENCES CEPENDANT CONCERNANT LA CESSATION DES OPERATIONS POLICIERES LA LIBERATION DES MEMBRES DU PLQ ACTUELLEMENT EN PRISON AVEC CETTE NUANCE: LES PRISONNIERS CONSENTANTS. ON ! « • * » ENSUITE QUE SELON TOUTE VRAISEMBLANCE LE FLQ RENONCE A L'ASSEMBLEE DES ANCIENS EMPLOYES DE LA CIE LAPALME ET A LEUR RE-ENGAGEMENT ET RENONCE AUSSI AU VERSEMENT DE LA RANCON DE $5000,000 ET KIX ENFIN QUE LE FL^: RENONCE A LA PUBLICATION DE L'IDENTITE DU REVELATEUR DE LA C E L L U L E £ S K H I X X ] $ DERNIERE DU PLQ QUI A ETE ARRETE. LA PROPOSITION DU GOVT DE DESIGNER UN MEDIATEUR EST REJETEE. QUESTION: LES CONCESSIONS PAITE DS PARTS ET D'AUTRES PERMETTENT-ELLES D'ESPERER UN OSNOU/SMENT HEUREUX DE CE DRAME. IL NE RESTE PLUS QU'UNE HEURE A PEINE AVANT LE DERNIER DELAI." DOPS MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU < f t » L O GEUE *H&F GEUW GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 0MP QUN^ OMD FCN OMA <Fj<AF OAD K~TCT} CENTRE E CP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO d£> DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL PAG_ ^CfP'L Al007721 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION c/cc+i Oct f UAJCJLASJ 0 0 : 29 a . m . CKCH SELON LE JOURNAL XX GAZETTE ON AURnIT UN SUSPECT IMPORTANT DANS LE KIDNAPFING: UN JEUNE XX CHAUFFEUR DE TAXI, QUI AURAIT DEJA C0MPL0TE POUR L'ENLEVEMENT D'UN ISRAELIEN. / CIDA MINISTERE GEUE GEUW DOPS DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 f^UN^ £&* Cljcp I ^ "FLj?> ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB <^PSLP PAG <fpT> DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 007722 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. ArZ H SOURCE A* CLASSIFICATION arAaxA ' (COMMENTAIRES DE PERE HARVEY' SJ) CKCH RADIO 22:.51 OCT P/70 MALGRE LA DIFFUSION DU MANIFESTS DU PLQ SUR LES ONDES DE RC ME ROBERT LEHIEUX NE CROIT PAS QUE M. CROSS SERA LIBERE MAIS QUE SA VIE POURRAIT ETRE EPARGNEE TEMPORAIREMENT. DES L'AVOCAT MEMBRES DU PL^ DONT LA LIBERATION EST EXIGEE SN RANOON DE M. CROSS A DECLARE CS SOIR QU'IL ETAIT TRES INQUIET DU CONTENU DU MESSAGE EMIS CET PM PAR LES RAVISSEURS. 0.26 hr. October 9 Cl- - A p o l i t i c a l m a n i f e s t o i s s u e d by the t e r r o r i s t grovp claiming r e s r o n s i b l l i ty f o r the kidnapping of James Cross and read Thursday n i g h t over the CBC Irencl-. "language t e l e v i s i o n network cidwpnor,r t h e f r e e i n g of an « ' e n s l a v e d s o c i e t y j s j ir: Quebec. f u l l p u b l i c a t i o n and b r o a d c a s t i n g of the i , / pr.vord m a n i f e s t o ihrougho-u t r e l e c was one of the ransom demands of the i r o n t du L i b e r a t i o n du Quebec foi' the r e l e a s e of the B r i t i s h d i p l o m a t . l h e icAiii^ute reading of the comrlete t e x t a t l r i ? o p.m. was done in a s o b e r manner by Caetan M o n t r e u i l , one of the Ifrench~language ne tw o rv ? s b e s t ~ Ion own an n ou n c e r s . In i t s ransom demands, the IL< had s u g g e s t e d t h a t the t e x t night be read by Claude"Jean i e v e r i e u x . MONTREAL Cp - Radio s t a t i o n CKAC, which b r o a d c a s t a f r o n t de L i b e r a t i o n du «*uebec manifesto Wednesday to answer a demand from the kidnappers of B r i t i s h diplomat James Cross, has been flooded by telephone c a l l s e v e r s i n c e . ««we havn>t kept a t a l l y of the c a l l s , but I would say about half were from persons who were i n f u r i a t e d w i t h u s . and_the_otiier h a l f ranged from p o l i t e r e q u e s t s f o r i n f onra t i o n to out~and~out cong r a t u l a t i o n s . ? > h e s a i d . Montreal- 1=35 a.m. October 9 Meanwhile, Le L e v o i r r e p o r t e d in an Ottawa s t o r y t h a t the f e d e r a l government had p a r t i a l l y acceded to a second PL!«i demand-that police s u s r e n d t h e i r I n v e s t i g a t i o n . 'ine newspaper says t h a t w i t n o u t making t n i s p u b l i c , f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s asked" p o l i c e t o reduce to the minimum t n e i r i n q u i r i e s and o t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . \. ' [ iA f PMO \ ~ CIDA MINISTERE ' PCO DOPS DES MIN PDM PDS PDA AFFAIRES PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS v y \) CENTRE OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT SRB PSI PAG FPR AFP APP APO OF EXTERNAL A 007723 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. CLASSIFICATION '/ A Q ( _ -ft Mil OCX 9 A 2:30 CKCH a annonce qu'on etait toujours sans nouvelles des ravisseurs de M. Cross et at a diffuse 1'enregistrement integral du telegramme addresse a M. Sharp par le Pere Harvey, redacteur a la Revue Relations et par le directeur de la revue Maintenant sans preciser que cette declaration avait ete envoyee au Ministre sous forme de telegramme. Ce message dit que si la demande du FLQ pour la liberation de 20 prisonniers politiques n'obtient aucune reponse et si ce refus aboutit a la mort de M. Cross "nous aurons le regret de nous dissocier de facon grave, et peut-gtre permanente, d'une autorite irresponsable." 3 :15 a.m. le ~J octobre MVI Deux jeunes personnes ont ete arrgtejs pres de la residence de M. Cross. Les jeunes sont en train d'etre interroges d'une facon tres serree. Aussi un group5 de jeunes ont manifeste en chantant des chansons pres de la residence, mais on ne &e pas pour quelle raison. a* 3:30 le 9 octobre Les terroristes sont toujours muets quant a leur reaction a 1'ecoulement du delai, sans que le gouvernment ait acquiesce au relSchement des prisonniers politiques. Le gouvernment federal a ordonne tres discretement a la police de Montreal de freiner sa course aux arrestations et ce a demande des ravisseurs de Mr. Cross, 4:14 a 4:30 a.m. le 9 octobre MONTREAL CP - Police said early today they believe that an anonymous telephone call to radio station CKLM shortly after midnight today giving authorities 24 hours more to free 'political prisoners' in return for the release of kidnapped diplomat James Cross vi&s a prank. PMO PCO CIDA DOPS MIN PDM PDS PDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO GFE i GEU GEUE GEUW FIS GLA GRF GUS FAC OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB PSI PAG FPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A F 0 0 7 7 2 4 �POP •INFOR DATE HR. TION SOURCE CLASSIFICATION C P OtTl/?c mOmihiiiAl ci- - R o b e r t audon, one of ?? A p o l i t i c a l r r i s o n e r s , » whose r e l e a s e nas been demanded by the kidnappers t f James Cross was QDnvicted Thursday n i g h t on t n r e e charges a r i s i n g from a c r e d i t m i on h o l d u p . hudon, 2Z-, i s t t be s e n t e n c e d u c t . A by Mr. J u s t i c e A n t t n i o Lamer. v4io p r e s i d e d over the two week t r i a l . r lhe Court of «iueen»s Bench j u r y d e l i b e r a t e d e i g h t hours before f i n d i n g hudon g u i l t y of the ??,7oO holdu-r a t S t . C a l i x t e n o r t h of Montreal. de was a l s o c o n v i c t e d of c o n s p i r a c y to commit armed robbery and of IZ' *• tiie rmec theft of a car the day of the holdup iiudon s t i l l f a c e s two dozen armed robber;/ and c o n s p i r a c y charges a r i s i n g from a s e r i e s of holdups of s m anl l b u s i n e s s e s t a b l i s h m e n t s which n e e t e d a t o t a l of about S l A r C O i loot. lie i , amoc : r i l e d as ' A o l i t i c a l r r i s o n e r s ? ) by the men t e r r o r i s t P r o n t de L i b e r a t i o n du Quebec, which s e t t h e i r " l i b e r a t i o n ? » as one of the c o n d i t i o n s f o r tne r e l e a s e of Mr. Cross, 439 s e n i o r B r i t i s h t r a d e commissioner i n M o n t r e a l . lhe diplomat was k i d n a p r e d a t gunpoint e a r l y Monday from h i s Montreal home by mehbers of t u e underground o r g a n i z a t i o n , who have held him. hostage a g a i n s t demands l i n k e d w i t h t h e i r aims of r e b e c independence. CIDA GEUE GEUW OOPS MINISTERE DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A ! . SRB PAG =PT AFFAIRS 007725 �Kidnappers reject appeal by Sharp By RONALD LEBEL Glob* and Mail Reporter MONTREAL - The kidnappers holding British Trade Commissioner James Cross & .o rS* v A> OT U\° J F* <?A Ar <& A d> 0^ 3 *FA> FF AF AF A\A AA & AA iW V0 007726 �POP INFORMATION DATE HR SOURCE Od 9 CLASSIFICATION &108£ + MA/4* * UAJCi. *$$ Ottawa bends, CBC schedules FLQ manifesto By LEWIS SEALE Globe and Mail Reporter ># OTTAWA — Radio-Canada, the French network of CBC, scheduled a reading of the Front de Liberation du / OAF <3 #' v0° J* F>-A cFF& & A# <? 4 F> GAF s<g£(D GFE M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW GRF GUS OMP OMD OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TFI FOT [cj ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB KAVSLZ PAG AFFAIRS «-*•»•»! 007727 �.••.OCA: >An attempt at contact buoys Sharp's hopes on another long day By ARTHUR BLAKELY of The Gazette OTTAWA - (Gazette) After long hours of waiting, External A f f a i r s Minister SharD believes that the FLQ # # 6V A' ft A# AA A.A *AA> • A A Ottawa set to name official to hold talks OTTAWA - fUPI) - The federal government said yesterday it is prepared to name a person to negotiate with ^/J/ & F1 xCT "Z? <0 % «0 »v $Fw> *°> \ * k<® fF FtF AA FA A& <$ AA V0 007728 �POP BULLETIN Ottf CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE U/0c^/9iJ CP //W sMQd'i'HEAL " C p - T h e f a t e of kidnapped B r i t i s h diplomat James Cross remained unknown t o d a y . Anxious a u t h o r i t i e s who g r a n t e d one concession to t h e a b d u c t o r s Thursday n i g h t s a i d no f u r t h e r word has "been r e c e i v e d today frorr: trie t e r r o r i s t g r o u r "behind the k i d n a p i n g . Before a Thursday midnight d e a d l i n e was reached, government o f f i c i a l s met a demand of the P r o n t de L i b e r a t i o n du r e b e c to have i t s " p o l i t i c a l manifesto? ? b r o a d c a s t over_the French" language radio and t e l e v i s i o n networks of the Crown"owned CBC, A srokesman f o r ^uebec J u s t i c e l . i n i s t e r Jerome Choauette s a i d todav " t h e r e nave been no f u r t h e r developmen' i n the cs p, 9 . • » Choauette -vas Veering himself a v a i l a b l e a t a l l times f o r any c o n t a c t from t h s PL4, a t e r r o r i s t grout seeking an i n d e p e n d e n t s o c i a l i s t Quebec. Lhe only d i r e c t word fror. the A ~ y e a r ~ o l d E r i t i s h t r a i e commissioner, since he was taken a t gunpoint fror:. h i s Montreal home e a r l y Iv.onday, came i n a mailed n a n d " w r i t t e n note to h i s wife Tuesday, ae s a i d tie Mas being well t r e a t e d anu was r e c e i v i n g uication tor a.m blooa c r e s s u r e . Contents of tne n o t e were made p u b l i c ..ednesday and a f r i e n d of ti: family confirmed i t .vas in r.r. Cross >s h a n d w r i t i n g . But he s a i u the n o t e a p p a r e n t l y r s d i c t a t e d Ly someone e l s e s i n e : Mr. Cross, a s t u d e n t of ing l i s h l i t e r a t u r e , would not nave used some of tne words. iueartiwAj^^__tJ^r^^ q u a r t e r s about fc:^HHTtuTeof^overnn^rrfr o f f i c i a l s toward t i e r ans or d errands cf the vidua-,; e r s . e Tney have asked f o r the r e l e a s e of a s c o r e of Political p r i s o n e r s ? ? in Quebec, those t e r r o r i s t s tney clair- have been imprisoned as a r e s u l t of p o l i t i c a l p e r s e c u t i o n r a t h e r than a e r r and a plane to f l y ther to asylurr i n a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y . sCiauae JA mmim ± i n n e r -A t r i n f 2 u en t i a ] .. on t r e a l n e . v s - a r r Lo -^rtA Ui a , 9 ' o r l a l toea,-- t h a t a " c e r t a i n r u a l e r ? ? o: •1c- ?• t o r r o r i p t s mira.t be r e A a s e u f o r A a s o l e n r £ 7 o : sav^n. die l u g oi t n e B r i t i s h d i A c r a t . r . - y a n , mentioned as a p o s s i b l e mediator between a u t h o r i t i e s and kidnap7ers before an PLH comn.uniq.ue Thursday r e j e c t e d tne i d e a sa^-s c a r e f u l arranger.-.en ts ffould be n e c e s s a r y to' bring about a s a i e exchange of t h o s e in j a i l f o r . . r . Cross. -n"M n e g o t i a t i o n s h; ex changsneu comr.unl'iues wov unsatisfactory, s£o f a r , derands "by tiie k i d n a p r e r and r e a c t i o n to have been made known by p u b l i s h e d or b r o a d c a s t s t a t e m e n t s . u t n o r i t i e s Some crank c a l l s crave a l s o f i l t e r e d i n t o the c a s e , p o l i c e say a paone c a l l to r a d i o s t a t i o n A A . e a r l y today, extending t h e ransom d e a d l i n e to midnight t o n i g h t , was a hoar:. Anu a t e l e p h o n e cal], to the same Brench~language s t a t i o n Thursdaysent a sauad of p o l i c e on an u n s u c c e s s f u l s e a r c h of l o c k e r s i n Cl L a i l » s downtown ..indsor S t a t i o n . --'CO^CPDM ^K-EDB-^ GAF S^gCflP DOPS CSA* (Zf^ GFE < 5 D A > PGP f>Pf^ •1INISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW GLA GRF GUS CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 OMP OMD (tffip FCN OMA OAD C£ca> CjFLJp CENTRE ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB *Q*D PAG rVpir r ^ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AQ07729 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cp OCT 1/fQ MCAir.LAL Cp -The S t a r says r o l i c e are concentrating on five " r r i m e suspects?? in t h e i r hunt f o r tne kidnappers of James irlchard Jasper Cross, the B r i t i s h trade commissioner abducted a t lunpoint Monday. Ihe newspaper says one of the five i s a pr~year~old Montreal taxi driver involved in an alleged r i o t to kidnan an I s r a e l i diplomat here e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r . The other four "prime suspects?? are not identified . lhe taxi d r i v e r i s said to have jumped bail in March following h i s a r r e s t on a chair-e of possessing an i l l e g a l weapon—a sawed off Hfle. Ine d a z e t t e also says a ?r~year~old taxi driver i s being sought as a prime suspect in the Cross kidnapping, spolice declined to comment on the s t o r i e s . CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEUE OMP Qj$" GEUW ECP AFP ECD APP OMA ECL APO OAD ECT FSR CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 Cj$T FCN SRB PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFQQ7730 �9 o c t o b r e 1970. Nous avons re<?u un atroel nous demandant de r e c t i f i e r ce que j ' a v a i s d i t t o u t a I ' h e u r e . J ' a v a i s communique l e message que l ' o n m ' a v a i t nasse c ' e s t - a - d i r e que l e FIQ r e t a r d e 1 ' e x e c u t i o n de M. Cross. nar l e terme e x e c u t i o n . Ces personnes s o n t offusquees E l l e s d i s e n t que ce n ' e s t pas une e x e c u t i o n , c ' e s t un a s s a s s i n a t . A l o r s nour une f o i s ces p e r - sonnes v e u l e n t que l e FIQ r e t a r d e I ' a s s a s s i n a t de M. Cross. A t o u t evenement^il p a r a i t , d ' a p r e s l e s i n f o r m a t i o n s que nous avons, qu'une mediation e s t en c o u r s . On a t t e n d des accords en h a u t l i e u e t p u i s nous aurons des n o u v e l l e s a CKLM des que ces accords s e r o n t r e v e l e s . Ca p o u r r a i t e t r e d'une minute a l ' a u t r e , ga p o u r r a i t e t r e dans une heure ou deux. EMISSION DE M. PASCAU A CKLM A 13HOO. �J 'Cat i RESUME DES NOUVELLES DU 80CT POUR INFO NE PAS PUBLIER UNE DES EXIGENCES DU FLQ POUR LA LIBERATION DE M JAMES RICHAR CROSS A ETE SATISFAITE CE SOIR. LE MANIFESTE DONT LE GROUPEMENT TERRORISTE RECLAMAIT LA LECTURE SUR LES ONDES DE RADIOCDA A ETE EFFECTIVEMENT L U , I L Y A UNE DEMIHEURE,A DIX HEURES TRENTE. CDANS UN CINQUIEME COMMUNIQUE REMIS AUJOURDHUI AU POSTE CKLM, iLE FLQ,EN ANNONCANT QUE LE DELAI ACCORDE AU GOUVT ETAIT PROLONGE DE 12 HEURES,CESTADIRE.JUSQUA MINUIT CE SOIR.RECLAMAIT LEXECUTION IDES CONDITIONS DEJA POSEES DANS LES COMMUNIQUES PRECEDENTS. LE GOUVGEN DU CDA M MICHENER A INAUGURE CE MATIN A OTT LA TROISIEME SESSION DE LA VINGTHUITIEME LEGISLATURE DU PARLEMENT CDN PAR LA LECTURE DU DISCOURS DU TRONE. DONS CE DOCU,LE PREMIER MINISTRE,M TRUDEAU,MENTIONNE QUELQUESUNS DES PROJETS DE LOI QUI SERONT ETUDIES AU COURS DE LA SESSION. LES PARTIS DOPPOSITION.A LISSUE DE LA CEREMONIE,ONT FAIT PART DE LEURS IMPRESSIONS,POUR LA PLUPART DEFAVORABLES. M STANFIELD ,LE CHEF DE LOPPOSITION CONSERVATRICE A DECLARE POUR SA PART NAVOIR JAMAIS ENTENDU PAREILLE ABSURDITE,TANDIS QUE LE CHEF DU NOUVEAU PARTI DEM0RATIQUE,M DOUGLAS,A REFUSE DE COMMENTER. QUANT A M CAOUETTE,LE LEADER CREDITISTE,IL A AFFIRME QUE LE DISCOURS DU TRONE NAPPORTAIT RIEN DE NEUF ET PASSAIT A COTE DU VRAI PROBLEME,CELUI DE LA QUESTION ECONOMIQUE. DE MAIN COMMENCERONT LES DEBATS SUR LE DISCOURS PROPREMENT DIT ET LES CHEFS DE PARTIS ELABORERONT LEUR PENSEE. LA GRANDE MAJORITE DES MEDECINS SPECIALISTS DU QUEBEC ONT ENTREPRIS CE MATIN UNE GREVE A TRAVERS LA PROVINCE,NE MAINTENANT QUE LES SERVICES DURGENCE,DANS LES DIVERSES INSTITUTIONS HOSPITALIERES. LA DECISION DE LARRET DE TRAVAIL A ETE PRISE HIER SOIR LORS DUNE ASSEMBLEE DES MEMBRES DE LA FEDERATION DES MEDECINS SPECIALISES QUI SE TENAIT A MTL. AU COURS DUNE CONFERENCE DE PRESSE CET APRESMIDI,LE MINISTRE DE LA SANTE M CASTONGUAY A DECLARE QUE,POUR LINSTANT,IL SEMBLE QUE LES SERVICES DURGENCE SOIENT SATISFAISANTS POUR LA PLUPART DES REGIONS. CEPENDANT M CASTONGUAY A PRECISE QUE LE GOUVT PRENDRAIT LES MESURES NECESSAIRES,ADVENANT QUE LA SANTE PUBLIQUE SOIT MISE EN DANGER PAR LA GREVE DES SPECIALISTES. LES 4 , 0 0 0 SPECIALISTES,DONT 1 , 0 0 0 ASSURENT LE SERVICES DURGENCE, SONT ATTACHES A 2 5 0 HOPITAUX DANS LA PROVINCE. UNE EXTREME TENSION REGNE CE SOIR DANS LE SECTEUR HOSPITALIER DU QUEBEC ET AU COURS DES PROCHAINES HEURES LA SITUATION MENACE DE SE DETERIORER DAVANTAGE.APRES LES SPECIALISTES CEST MAINTENANT AU TOUR DES DEUX MILLE 2 CENTS OMNIPRATICIENS DE SONGER SERIEUSEMENT A LA CONSTESTATION AVONNOUS APPRIS DE SOURCE FIABLE.LES NEGOCIATIONS ENTRE LE OMNIPRATICIENS ET LE GOUVT SONT DANS UNE IMPASSE,LE PRINCIPAL POINT EN LITIGE ETANT LA QUESTION MONETAIRE. UNE ULTIME RENCONTRE ENTRE LES DEUX PARTIES EN CAUSE SOIT AVOIR LIEU DEMAIN MATIN.REJOINT EN DERNIERE HEURE,LE PRESIDENT DE LA FEDERATION DES OMNIPRATICIENS LE DOCTEUR GERARD HAMEL NA PAS NIE LA NOUVELLE. ...2 �« PAGE DEUX E PREMIER MINISTRE DU QUEBEC,M BOURASSA,A INVITE LES COMPAGNIES ERICAINES A INVESTIR DANS LA PROVINCE,EN RAISON DE LATMOSPHERE NATLE QUI Y EXISTE. PARLANT CE SOIR A NY DEVANT LES MEMBRES DE LA CDN SOCIETY,M BOURASSA,A PASSE EN REVUE LES REALISATIONS QUEBECOISES DANS LE DOMAINE DES RESOURCES HUDROELECTRIQUES. M BOURASSA A SOULIGNE QUE LES PROJETS ACTUELS SUFFIRONT AUX BESOINS DE LA PROVINCE POUR 15 ANS ET IL A MENTIONNE LA P0SSI3ILITE DEXPLOITER 5 RIVIERES QUI SE JETTENT DANS LA BAIE JAMES. CE PROJET,RAPPELONSLE,SERAIT DE LORDRE DE 2 MILLIARDS. SELON M BOURASSA,LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE CETTE INDUSTRIE PERMETTRAIT AU NORDEST DES ETATSUNIS DE SOLUTIONNER SON PROBLEME ENERGETIQUE. MR BOURASSA DECLARAIT EGALEMENT A SES AUDITEURS QUE SES CONTACTS AVEC LES INSTITUTIONS FINANCIERES AMERICAINES LENCOURAGENT A CROIRE EN LA POSSIBILITE DINVESTISSEMENTS AMERICAINS AU QUEBEC. LE MINISTRE DES POSTES MR JENPIERRE COTE A RENCONTRE CE SOIR LES ANCIENS EMPLOYES DE LAPALME MAIS AUCUNE PROPOSITION CONCRETE NA ETE FORMULEE EN VUE DE METTRE FIN AU CONFLIT QUI DURE DEPUIS LHIVER DERNIER. LES DEUX PARTIES ON AJOURNE LEURS DISCUSSIONS A HUIT HEURES APRES SIX HEURES DE POURPARLERS,DISCUSSIONS QUI REPRENDRONT A HUIT HEURES DEMAIN MATIN. LE SECGEN DE LA CSN M RAYMOND PARENT SEST DIT SATISFAIT DE CE PREMIER ECHANGE DE VUES. NNNN �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cP BULLETIN DE RADIO CKCH 1:30pm OCT 9 UN SIXIEME COMMUNIQUE A ETE REMIS AUX AUTHORITIES POLICIERS PAR LE FLQ. SELON LES RUMEURS OUI CIRCULENT PRESENTMENT DANS LES E0KB COULOIRS DE LA PALAIS DE JUSTICE ....LA POLICE OUT PRESENTE UN ENVOLOPE PORTANT LE ST SIXIEME C o m NIQUE QUI A ETE TROUVE DBNS UNE CABINE TELEPHONIQUE . IL . IMPOSSIBLE JUSQU'A MAINTENANT DE FAIRE CONFIRMER CETTER NOUVELLE ET IL IMPOSSIBLE EGALEMENT TO CONFIRMER LE CONTENU ... '& i£> CIDA DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S C3> GEU EXTERIEURES o^f. KJLDA GEUE GFE GEUW GUS OMA FIS FAC OAD GRF <^M0 CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 <gu£? ECP FCN ECD APP ECL APO ECT FSR AFP SRB pj HPR DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 0 0 7 7 3 4 �-JDuFtL^rtL /UA-lo CAFF/- £J5fyv pc <f> A une heure c e t a p r e s - m i d i , un t e c h n i c i e n de Radio-Canada s e r a i t a Dorval pour p r e p a r e r s e l o n t o u t e evidence 1 ' e m i s s i o n d e t £ l e v i sion q u i e t a i t prevue pour l e s p r i s o n n i e r s p o l i t i q u e s a 1 ' a e r o p o r t de D o r v a l . Done, i l s e r a i t q u e s t i o n d ' u n a v i o n l a - d e d a n s e t de d e p o r t a t i o n v« des p r i s o n n i e r s v e r s Cuba. / E n s u i t e v e r s 1 h 30 deux employes duBell Telephone a u r a i e n t p r e p a r e une l i g n e d'urgence e n t r e l e PARLIAMENT ET LE BUREAU DE M CHOQUETTE ET PEUT-ETRE LE BUREAU DE M TRUDEAU. DONC IE S'AGIT DE CONSULTATION ENTRE LE FLQ ET LE GOUV - NEGOCIATION DIRECT POUR METTRE A TERME CETTE ENLEVEMENT. 007735 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. Oct f / esc AA CLASSIFICATION A)a lA' UA.AA ^ filr C 6B6 NEWS 1400 HOURS 0CT(9 THERE IS SPECULATION IN OTTAWA AND MONTREAL THAT THERE IS SOME FORM OF NEGOCIATIONS GOING OK FOR THE RELEASE OF J.AMES CROSS BUT AUTHORITIES IN BOTH CITIES REFUSE COMMENT OK TIIE REPORT. PIERRE PASCAL A NEWS COMMENTATOR FOR. A MONTREAL RADIO STATION SAYS THE FLQ HAS INFORMED HIM THAT ANOTHER REPRIEVE HAS BEEN GRANTED TO TIIE BRITISH DIPLOMAT. PASCAL SAID Ah COULD NOT GIVE FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THEI INFORMATION OR HOW IT HAD BEEN RELAYED TO HIM. MONTREAL POLICE CONTAUE TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OK THE CROSS FAMILY HOUSE. PMO ( ( CIDA MIN PCO ) DOPS ) PDD PDN/D c ASF PD£) I P D G ) CPDA5 MINISTERE ( DES AFFAIRES PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GEU GCO>> GEUE GFE GEUW AF FIS CGLA^ OMP GRF GUS FAC UOMtO OMA OAD CENTRE D"OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 t OUN } FCN v FCO^ PLE} ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB QRJ) PXG - FPR > DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AO07736 �POP BULLETIN DATE SOURCE HR. OcT<j/fo ty3b CLASSIFICATION Cf c4N CK4SS A 0 PLAUA^A •• 5'-/5A^A^7 /LAAAC CAFF/- •—• Z / A une heure c e t a p r e s - m i d i , un t e c h n i c i e n cie Radio-C^nAa s e r a i t a Dorval pour p r e p a r e r selon t o u t e evid .nee 1'emission de t e l e v i sion q u i e t a i t orevue pour l e s p r i s o n n i e r s p o l i t i q u e s a 1 ' a e r o p o r t de D o r v a l . Done, i l s e r a i t q u e s t i o n d'un avion l a - d e d a n s e t de d e p o r t a t i o n ¥e des p r i s o n n i e r s vers Cuba. E n s u i t e v e r s 1 h 30 deux employe's duBell Telephone a u r a i e n t p r e p a r e une l i g n e entre le d'urgence gARLIAMENT ET LE BUREAU uE M CHOQUETTE ET PEUT-ETRE LE BUREAU DE M TRUDEAU. DONC IE S'AGIT A CONSULTATION ENURE LE FLO ET LE GOUV - NEGOCIATION DIRECT POUR METTRE A TERME CETTE ENLEVEMENT. GAF ~<FCQA CIDA DOPS $M @ ) GFE (?D$) <$FF PGP M I N I S T E R E D E S A F F A I R E S EX T ER E U R E S FAK GEU GEUE GEUW FIS AA GRF GUS FAC OMP (6MD)\ OMA OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS :ENTRE T E L . 5-6331 (t5UN? FCN ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L . SRB PAG A i007737 �BULLETIN DE RADIO CKCH 3: PM OCT 9 ....IL SEMBLE DE'PLUS EN PLUS EVIDENT QUE LES CONDITIONS POSEES PAR LE FLQ SERONT EVENTUELLEMENT ACCEPTEES PAR OTTAWA ET QUEBEC LE MINISTEE CHOQUETTE A EU UNE COKVERSATION ULTRA-SECRET AVEC UN HAUT FONCTIONNAIRE DE RADIO CANADA ET NOUS AVONS APPRIS QUS LA SOCIETE ETAIT EN TRAIN UNINSTALLER DES LIGNES A L'AEROGARDE DE DORVAL. ON SAIT QUE LES RAVISSEURS ONT POSE COME CONDITION POUR LA LIBERATION DE M CROSS QU'UNE MISSION DE TELEVISION SOIT PRESENTE DIRECT DE DORVAL D'UNE CONFERENCE DE PRESS AVANT LE DEPART DES PRISONNIERS POLITIQUE POUR CUBA OU ALCIERS. ./ JL- > ~ L- -^CvrvA JCLO-Aa>-- A ^F yjL. / ~^l- L/Vi F -eX_ 007738 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION CBC BULLETIN 3 : 5 8 THE OFFICE OF THE QUEBEC MIN OF JUSTICE HAS CALLED ON THE KIDNAPPERS OF MR CROSS TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT MR GROSS 13 ALIVE AND NELL. IT HAS ASKED FOR A LETTER IN MR GROSS' OV/N HANDWRITING TO B£ DELIVERED TO HIS WIFE. THE LETTER I S (DO CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE - I T I S NOW FIVE DAYS SINGE I LEFT M D I WANT YOU TO KNOW DARLING THAT I MISS YOU EVERY MINUTE. Ai A MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS &&0 GTTF GUS FAC OMP ^JtfNy (GMtf,* FCN OftA ^FjSF" OAD J^t^* CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB CZZP PAG ^PJP DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A 0 0 7 7 3 9 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. o cr j / j i SOURCE CLASSIFICATION lex * i4AJCK4*S . BULLETIN DE RADIO CKCH 3; PM OCT 9 ....IL SEMBLE DE PLUS EN PLUS EVIDENT QUE LES CONDITIONS POSEES PAR LE FLO SERONT EVENTUELLEMENT ACCEPTEES PAR OTTAWA ET QUEBEC LE MINISTRE CHOQUETTE A EU UNE CONVERSATION ULTRA-SECRET AVEC UK HAUT FONCTIONNAIRE DE RADIO CANADA ET NOUS AVONS APPRIS QUE LA SOCIETE ETAIT EN TRAIN UNINSTALLER DES LIGNES A L'AEROGARDE DE DORVAL. ON SAIT QUE LES RAVISSEURS ONT POSE COMME CONDITION POUR LA LIBERATION DE M CROSS OU'UNE MISSION DE TELEVISION SOIT PRESENTE DIRECT DE DORVAL D'UNE CONFERENCE DE PRESS AVANT LE DEPART DES PRISONNIERS POLITIQUE POUR CUBA OU ALGIERS. o?7C *~AA GEUE GEUW C DA OMP ^DMpP OMA OAD MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 4JO& FCN CS^* (*F^~!) ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB ^r D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L A F 0 0 7 7 4 0 �POP BULLETIN DATE + C74)/** HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION /r3sT CKCIf «AJ<~ ****** CKCH BULLETIN 3;30 IM OCT 9 ....IL NE SEMBLE PAS QU'ON SONGE A OTTAWA A LIBERER LES PRISONNIER POLITIQUE. AU SUJET D'INSTALLATION D'UNE LIGNE DIRECT AU BUREAU DE M CHOQUETTE, NOTRE INFORMANT A OTTAWA NOUS DIT QlAL N'Y A PAS BESOIN DE CELA, LES MOYENS RAPIDE DE COMMUNICATIONS EXISTE DEJA. YtgjgJ ^A /"GEL ^S=k CfSP ST* W CIDA DOPS <JS> <t>iP PGP M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S E X T E R I E U R E S GAF <GEE£> GFE /^5f - phillipe laundry a Ottawa GEU (Ay GEUE ^ W F GEUW FIS GUS FAC Ojitf ^jjp OMA 0AD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 <2S^ j[§L $fi2jT *^ Ecp ECD AFP App ECL AP0 ECT FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L SRB C!9^ |]^fc CEE A '007741 �POP BULLETIN SOURCE HR. DATE Oct ? /ADD CLASSIFICATION UAJCZ^A; Fl A] D i v CBC RADIO NEWS 4:00PU OCT Add GOV'T OF QUEBEC HAS ASKED THE KIDNAPPERS OF THE BRITISH DIPLOMAT JAMES CROSS TO SUPPLY A LETTER IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING IN AN AiTEMP'i TO PROVE HE IS STILL ALIVE. FTV THE GOVT WANTS WRITTEN IN MR CROSS' OUN WRITING " I T IS NOW DAYS SINCE I LEFT, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW DARLING, TNAT I MISS YOU EBERY MINUTE". TIIERE WAS NO FURTHER ELABORATION BUT SPECULATION WAS THAT AN EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES MAY NOW BEGIN BETWEEN THE KIDNA:PERS ANU THE OA ICE OF1 THE QUEBEC MIN OF' JUSTICE. <£MQ^ CIDA A~XJM£ FpCpA CPD ~DOPS /PDSA AF) M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES GEU GEUE GEUW FIS OME^ OUN y V v OMDJ & GUS FAC OMIT" OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 FLE3^ ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO FSR OF E X T E R N A L PA) FPR A 007742 �POP BULLETIN OCT SOURCE HR. DATE 1/?o CLASSIFICATION /(,/f r a n c i s c o , a u t h o r i t i e s s a i l they r e c e i v e ! from t h e ... a an 11-points "bulletin for three rersons in the abduction of c ro Ihe b u l l e t i n said three men t r a v e l l i n g in s van may have crossed the United States-Canadian border a t Blaine" ', a s h . en route to ...exlco. Police said the a l e r t was informative onAand no v, a r rants or ho l i s for the truck had been i s s u e d . in CIDA m GEU <3£Jb> GEUE IffL • , DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S GAF rP> EXTERIEURES AFP APP APO FSR GEUW F1S CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 DEPARTMENT OF E X T E R N A L A SRB 007743 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE SOURCE CLASSIFICATION <zKcH BUAS'lTI. BE RADIO CKCH U:42 PM OCT 9 LL JOURNALIST LOUIS FOURNIER A ETE ARRET] N RAPPORT AVSC L'ENLEVEMENT DU DIPLOMAT BRITANIIQUE CROSS. CIDA (PCQj DOPS GAF (GC?> GFE U. ^'D M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S PGP EXTERIEURES GEU (j^FF OMP <t5M£J) GEUE GRF GEUW GUS OMA FIS FAC OAD CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD AFP APP ECL ECT APO FSR D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L SRB PAG CFPRJ A FQ07744 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION (IT(/ Od n /? CO/0/~v£>. Pierre Pasquau, to whom the FLQ has so far entrusted three of their ranson notes^ went on the air with afcleato the kidnappers not to kill CrossVASomething was happening. There was word from Ottawa and Quebec. Top officials, including Quebec Justice Minister Choquette, and External Affairs Minister Sharp, were meeting in their respective Operations Centres. I went to see Pasquau to determine if this man really knew what was going on. He said he had received several phone. calls this morning from an anonimous person who seemed to be acting as a gdbetween between him and the government. Just as we completed our interview Pasquau was summoned to the telephone by Justice Minister Choquette. Choquette dictated a statement saying, "There have been three letters received from Mr. Cross since his kidnapping. The last was Received Wednesday and there has been no communication since the expiry of the last deadline at midnight . The governments want proof that Mr. Cross is safe and sound and has asked for a handwritten letter from Mr. Cross containing specific words. gaagHEM Pascau ya. , the studio to relay that message and our camera was there. "Trois lettres ont ete recues de M. Cross depuis son enlevement, la derniere a ete reque mercredi, et il n'y a eu aucune communication de sa part depuis 1'expiration de ce dernier sursis a 12 heures (minuit) hier soir. Les gouvernments veluent une preuve que M. Cross est sain et sauf et demandent qu'on fasse parvenir une lettre manuscrite de M. Cross, dans laquelle se trouvera la phrase suivante: "It is now five days since I left and I want you to know, darling, that I miss you every minute." Fin du message." included Those words in English were the ones that must be/in the letter to prove that Cross is indeed alive. Our last information was that Mrs. Cross had received that letter. Premier Bourassa is in New York trying to drum up American investment in his Province. He was asked at a news conference how the kidnapping will effect these efforts. "It will depend on the results of this kidnapping, the final situation. I would say that it should not effect seriously our economic and political climate. You know these things are happening all over the world in the most advanced countries so I would not say this will effect seriously Quebec. All the more when we consider that this is the action of only a small very small extremist group, there is freedom of expression in Quebec which is total. The great majority of the population obviously is against that; the almost totality of the population is strongly against those tactics so that's why they cannot succeed and they cannot be i m B B S B g S ^ ^uM-rz-A -•. CTV NEUS BULLETIN ON CROSS CASE October 9, 1970 Peter Riley on the 6:30 p.m. CIV news statedkt the conclusion of 1M4 news on the Cross kidnapping that he understood Firs. Gross had received the required letter asked for by Mr. Choquette, the Quebec Minister of Justice, this afternoon. Mr. Mike McConnville telephone shortly afterwards from the British High Commission to state that their Montreal office had telephoned to say that no such letter had been received and that the report was "rubbish". J. D. tidington PM(T) CIDA PCO DOPS MINISTERE DES MIN PDM PDS PDA AFFAIRES PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTER IEURES GAF GCO GFE GEU GEUE GEUW CENTRE GLA GRF GUS OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 OUN FCN FCO FLE ECP ECD ECL ECT DEPARTMENT AFP APP APO OF E X T E R N A L SRB PSI PAG FPR '007745 �POP BULLETIN CLASSIFICATION SOURCE HR. DATE CKC44 CKCH 2 0 . 0 0 o EKXXKAX ON N'A RECU ENCORE AUCUNE NOUVELLE DES RAVISSEURS DUjJlPLOUATE BRITANNIQUE J . f l CROSS. CET PM. ON EST SANS NOUVELLE DEPUIS QUATRE HEUR1CS ENTRETEMPJ LA POLICE MONTREi^AISE A FAIT SAVOIR 25KEX QU'ELLE A LA CERTIT DE A 90$ OUTC LE DIPLOMATE ET SES RAVISSEURS AW ENCORE A MTL OU DANS LA RECION AVOISINANTE. VERS17:30 CE SOIR ON A ARRETE EN RAFUO'T AVEC CETTE ENQUETE UN JOUFNAtlSTE DE MTL DE C K # , D E TELEMEDIA M. ZXKX LOUIS FOURNIER. Qpap GEUE ;LA GKF" DOPS GEUW GUS OMP 'tETyfiJ CGRQ> FCN OMA -^£££p FIS FAC OAD C fXD GEU CIDA M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS CENTRE T E L . 5-6331 ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO FSR SRB /<P"Sp PAG DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL A | Q 0 7 7 4 6 �POP BULLETIN HR. DATE 0*9 CKCH SOURCE CLASSIFICATION cxcM 2i:0O C/AJC<4SS 2ftxi&Qx NOUVELLES CKCH ^|:00 HEURES DE NOUVEAU DANS L'AFFAIRE CROSS ON VIENT DE RAPARTER LE DELAI DE MINUIT CE SOIR EN CE QUI CONCERNE L'ULTIMATUM POUR REMETTRE EN LIBERTE LE DIPLOMATE BRITANNIQUE : LE DELAI EST FIXE A SIX HEURES DEMAIN SOIR. LE FIQ A FAIT SAVOIR @ W QU'IL RESTE DEUX CONDITIONS A REMPLIR SUR TROIS POUR QUE M. CROSS BECOUVRE SA LIBERTE : SOIT LA LIBERATION DES PRISONNIERS POLITIQUE ET LA CESSATION IMMEDIATE DES ARRESTATIONS ET PERQUISITIONS QUI ONT LIEU PRESENTMENT. DONC NOUS REPETONS LE DELAI QUI DEVAIT PRENDRE FIN A MINUIT CE SOIR, LE FLQ DEMANDAIT DES REVEMDIQUATIONS SINON M. CROSS SERAIT TUE. EH BIEN LE DEUAI DE MINUIT' A ETE REPORTE A SIX HEURES DEMAIN SOIR F™sr CIDA AAAGEUE GEUW DOPS M I N I S T E R E DES A F F A I R E S EXTERIEURES OMP ^OMD^ OflA OAD OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5-6331 D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L AF 007747 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE CLASSIFICATION AP Oct f C/VC/L /9S ^ MUiUiiu^AL Ox - Kidnappers of E r i t i s h diplomat Jarres J a s p e r Cross Friday extenueo. to 5 p.m. t o l a - t n e i r d e a d l i n e f o r compliance with demands t n a t ?? ' ' p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s * J le l i "berated, warning t h a t Mr. cross w i l l n e v e r l e seen again i f tne d e a d l i n e i s not m e t . A communique dated 6 p.m. F r i d a y gave a u t c c o r i t l e s <v hours to l i b e r a t e tne p r i s o n e r s . lhe" communique was accompanied ty a h a n d w r i t t e n note from Er. Cross, meeting a r e i u e s t e a r l i e r i n the day fror; r e b e c J u s t i c e M i n i s t e r Jerome Choquette f o r a note i n the diplomat*s h a n d w r i t i n g to show he was s t i l 1 * <saf e and s o u n d . > j Che communique, the note and a n o t h e r communique, dated ::: a.m. Friday were r e c e i v e d by r a d i o s t a t i o n CKLM f r i d a y e v e n i n g . sine S a.m. communique s a i d the t e r r o r i s t k i d n a p p e r s were prepared to suspend t h e i r t h r e a t to execute i f the p r i s o n e r s were freed and i f p o l i c e a c t i v i t y i n the kidna] case was suspended i m m e d i a t e l y . ) How in:" i s the t e x t of n o t i signed " J . h« Cros ie l a t e s t communiqu•• bv the i r o n t de L i b e r a t i o n du and found Quebec a t r a d i o nation CZL:.: Priday n i g h t i eard t h e message frorr th M i n i s t e r of J u s t i c e on tne t t x. 110.11 radio and nerely rex e a t i t . .nd I .. ; ant you to know, d a r l i n g , < r t i s now f i v e days s i n c e I l e : t h a t I miss you every m i n u t e . . " P l e a s e g i v e my love t o my wife ane. my d a u g h t e r ana I nope ,o D e~ ti. em s o on . ? J . _ -i -I _ -i i „ n f ^ a r «vs i h e no te r s w r i t t e n w i t h b a l l p o i n t pen on a s m a l l s l i r oi , a p e r , and dated. p.m. .cria&y. «T-.T navpri f o r r r o o f J i m t i c e A n i s t e r Jerome Choquette oi Quebec r u b l i c l y a s i e a 101 rxooearly Friday t n a t h r . Cross was w e l l , ^e aske^ t h a t ...r. t r o . s permitted to w r i t e a l e t t e r c o n t a i n i n g tae s e n t e n c e . larlirri i l t i s now f i v e days s i n c e 1 l e f t ana I want you to know, l a r l i n , , t h a t I miss you every m i n u t e . »» In Ottawa, I n s p . deorge l o t t s , EC MI i n f o r m a t i o n o f f i c e r , s a i d he had no comment to make on r e p o r t s t h a t the EC MI nad s e n t o u t ' a n a l l " " r o i n t s b u l l e t i n f o r t h r e e persons in the abduction of h r . C r o s s . A u t h o r i t i e s i n San F r a n c i s c o s a i d they r e c e i v e d the b u l l e t i n fror. the RCMI, The b u l l e t i n s a i d t h r e e men t r a v e l l i n g i n a van may have c r o s s e d the United S t a t e s ~ C a n a d i a n border a t B l a i n e , ..ash. on the way to Mexico. mZi'xZZZAL PMoJ) . CIDA MINISTERS MIN^) PCOh> h > D M A DOPS r PDShA PDA^ DES AFFAIRES PDE PDF PDG PGP EXTERIEURES GAF GCO} GFE GEU GEUE GEUW GLA) GRF GUS A CENTRE OMP OMD OMA OAD D'OPERATIONS CENTRE TEL. 5.6331 0U*O FCN FCO "} C FLE> ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO SRB C ps O PAG C FPR^) DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAU A I Q 0 7 7 4 8 �NOTE FOR FILE RESTRICTED October 9r -1970 a Mr. Landry of CKCH station phoned about 11:15 October 8 to get information about the government's position following the broadcast of the manifesto. He was very insistent to know whether we planned any further move, whether the ball was in o r court, whether we were awaiting an FLQ communique, etc. I referred him to the SSEA's ..statements. 2. , The interest of the call is that the station is connected with CKAC, which has been the main channel of the FLQ. may wonder whether we plan to give more away or not. C. Roquet The latter �- 10 NOTE FOR FILE RESTRICTED October 9, 1970 Mr. Landry of CKCH station phoned about 11:15 October 8 to get information about the government's position following the broadcast of the manifesto. He was very insistent to know whether we planned any further move, whether the ball was in o'.r court, whether we were awaiting an FLQ communique, etc. I referred him to the SSEA's 2. statements. The interest of the call is that the station is connected with CKAC, which has been the main channel of the FLQ. The latter may wonder whether we plan to give more away or not. C. Eoquet 007750 �POP BULLETIN DATE HR. SOURCE OcTl/fo 22*1 f CLASSIFICATION ^-P 0 - c{A)Ck.*ss. And now the details: The kidnappers of Janes Cross, the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal, have issued two new communiques. They describe one of them as their last. Details from Dave Struthers in Montreal; The two new communiques were received in a brown paper envelope addressed to Dierre Ascoe, Radio Station CKVL in Montreal. The note contained in tde communique No. 6 carries out the text demanded by the Governments which was "It is now 5 days since I left and I want you to know, darling, that I miss you every moment". There was a paragraoh added "Please give my love to my wife and daughter. them very much." I miss The authorities had demanded that too oaragraoh in Mr. Cross' handwriting in order, they said, to determine that he was safe and well. The new communique No. 7 demands that when the orisoners in gaol,called political prisoners by the FL."), are released and the kidnappers are not sought by the police , then Mr. Cross will be released. The reason many peoole feel that this demand No. 7 is the final bid is because of the wordin g which lays stress on this word "final" and because of the length of time. The deadline has been extended to 6 pm Saturday which should faive authorities plenty of time tc reply. The latest from authorities here seems to be that they have not yet received cooies of this last communique. This is Dave Struthers in Montreal. For reaction in Ottawa, to Tim R»ad: In Ottawa the news of communiques No. t and 7 has landed like a. bombshell. Only minutes before newsmen waiting here had been advised to pack it in for the night. That there was little likelihood of anything further developing and that the Federal Government was olanning no moves. In fact External Affairs Minister, Mitchell Share, had gone home. Tiiere had been, up until then less tension around here today and very little information. £PM<^ CIDA $ S D (§5) jJ£E* GEU CS^? OMP ([OUjj? ^£9A JESC <G£!A GEUE CTF <QH£F FCN DOPS CC325 PDV V£B£^ GFE GEUW GUS OMA fFCj OAD MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES CENTRE D'OPERATIONS TEL. 5-6331 CENTRE (FLj ECP ECD ECL ECT AFP APP APO DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL SRB css> PAG <*?*J *007751 �- 2 - Mr. Sharp c nsulted with the Quebec Justice Minister before Mr. Choquette released his plea to find out if Mr. Cross was stillalive this afternoon. Sources here say that nothing had been surpressed today as charged by the FIQ. So far as they are concerned, tonight's messages are the first contact with the kidnapoers since yesterday. has to be made and it will be made here. 3ut now theferushdecision The FIQ has Mr. Cross, the prisoners they want in return for his life are in gaol. But that trade-off was at ready rejected earlier in the week both by Mr. Sharp and Prime Minister Trudeau. They and their Cabinet colleagues now have until 6 pm tomorrow night to reconsider that decision. It is likely to be a long night . This is Tim Rafe in Ottawa. Authorities on the West coast of the United States are said to have been advised that the RCMP are looking for three men connected with the kidnapping. 'Police and the FBI in San Francisco have denied earlier reports have that they/received any communication from the Mounties about the Case. However, in Bellingham , V.'ashington, a member of the State Patrol said that it had received a reqest to watch for three men, all about 2$ years old, driving in a delivery van, who might have crossed the border at Blaine. He said the reason for the reqest was not known. The RCMP refused to comment.on the report. �DATED FROM.,Q...dI..S./^. FILE HO. M'M.A.T.EK. 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