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Were you aware of a prior decision regarding the release of prisoners before your
departure to Algeria?
Were you briefed beforehand on the possibility of a safe conduct for the kidnappers?
Do you have any idea of the origin of the safe concept idea?
Whether it originated
in Cabinet or in the Task Force?
You say the Algerians were not involved in helping or supporting FLQ activities.
Can you elaborate on that?
How were you informed about it?
You later mention that the Algerian Government was equally disposed to receiving
the abductors and the prisoners?
Did you raise the question of the abducotrs with them?
When was that?
Can you tell us a bt about your talks with people in the Government in Algiers?
How long did you remain in Algiers?
There were apparent problems in communication with Ottawa. What practical effect
did they have?
Did you end up communicating through the British?
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Did you hint at financial assistance from Canada?
What assurances were requested or given about finances?
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issue?
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Algeria about the kidnapping and you needed to be brought up to date through the
British Einbassy. Were you. Can you describe t he situation?
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from Alergeria and Cuba regarding the acceptance of prisoners in order to
buy time. Did you approach your mission at any point with this in mind?
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who said his government was unlikely to receive prisoners until requested to
do so by the Canadian Government.
Did you discuss the question of prisoners with the Algerian Govenment or just
the safe conduct?
What had happened in Ottawa ka behind the decision to send Dery to Algers instead
of Fortier from Tunis?
Fortier's trip of October 7th was cancelled.
Did you return to Canada via Berne?
Did your discussions with Roberts have any
effects?
Did Quebec have any direct relations with Algeria at the time?
On October 14th you called Roquet in Ottawa because you had seen on the Algerian
TV that Lemieux had stated a preference for Algeria over Cuba, and proposed a
the means for transferring the prisoners to Algeria.
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What were the real consideration in rejecting Algeria as a receiving country
over an above those on file?
Was it reasonable to leave the arrangements with Cuba so lax in light of the
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What were your contacts with Quebec?
French Canadian members of the Federal Government?
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Political Affairs - Internal Security - Task Force on Kidnapping - Oral history programme - Dery, RG25, vol. 25748, 20-22-TFK-11-16, Library and Archives Canada (LAC).
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Department of External Affairs
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Canadian Crown
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October Crisis, TFK
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Canada Declassified
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en