Pears kept in the dark about Rivard affair timing
Former Prime Minister Pearson learned key details of the Rivard affair only on November 22 1964 and was uninformed about a secretary’s involvement. The Favreau memorandum supports Pearson's timeline, affecting critics’ charges of betrayal and destruction of trust.
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W. A. Wilson
Montreal Star
Ottawa
Pearson
Rivard
House of Commons
Mr. Pearson
Guy Favreau
Guy Rouleau
Favreau
Judy LaMarsh
Frederic Dorion
Timing issue in Pearson Favreau memo excerpt
The document argues timing shaped political reactions as Prime Minister Pearson and officials faced warnings about immigration and bribery allegations. It quotes Pearson recalling discussions with Gordon Robertson Rene Tremblay Raymond Denis Guy Rouleau and Pierre Lamontagne and notes his limited information before Favreau's estimates were due.
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Pearson
Favreau
Tom Kent
Gordon Robertson
Privy Council
Bayee
Mr. Pearson
Mr. Robertson
Rene Tremblay
Citizenship and Immigration
Raymond Denis
Guy Rouleau
Montreal
Pierre Lamontagne
U.S. Justice Department
Favreau’s mixed stance on Denis resignation debated in Ottawa
The excerpt reports Favreau claiming the Denis case was closed with Denis resigning, expecting Conservative criticism and a satisfactory explanation. It notes opposition opinion that the minister’s defense failed to convince and mentions Rouleau’s name surfacing in a resumed debate and police report.
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Lamontagne
Montreal
Favreau
Rouleau
Memo on August 1964 inquiry and executive aide suspension
A 1964 memorandum describes steps taken after Denis gave RCMP statements, including suspending or restricting an executive assistant, informing Minister Pearson, and arranging a judicial inquiry. It notes discussions with Rene Tremblay and timing during travel, plus a Montreal lawyer Lamontagne allegedly involved in an extradition case.
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Charlottetown
Rene Tremblay
Cabinet
Favreau
Pearson
Denis
RCMP
Viasa DC-9 crash kills 84 aboard and many on ground
A Viasa DC-9 plunged into residential areas in Maracaibo after takeoff from Grano de Oro airport. The crash killed 74 passengers and 10 crew plus at least 71 people on the ground, with U.S. citizens among the dead. Investigators pursue the cause as the search continues.
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Viasa
Grano de Oro
U.S
John J. Heney
Los Angeles
Canada
Caracas
Maracaibo
Emiliano Sabelli Maldonado
Israeli jets hit guerrillas in Jordan and Lebanon
Israeli warplanes struck Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan and clashed with anti-aircraft fire near Amman. Four civilians killed and seven wounded as Israel also targeted suspected saboteurs in East Jerusalem.
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Jordan
Amman
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Fayez Jarad
Israel
Lebanon
East Jerusalem
Soviet bloc gathers in Budapest for Warsaw Pact summit
In Budapest delegates from Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia meet for a Warsaw Pact summit with Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin leading the Soviet delegation. Discussions likely cover the Soviet Chinese border dispute and the occupations of Czechoslovakia, with a joint document on European peace and a communique on Vietnam and the Middle East expected.
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Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Middle East
Communist Party
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Alex Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Grechko
Ivan Yakubovsky
Warsaw Pact
Bulgaria
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
CBC Employees Begin Work to Rule Amid Scheduling Shutdown
CBC workers from sales clerical international service and announcer ranks launch a work to rule, ban on overtime, and bilingual language limit after failed talks with the CBC and ARTEC. ARTEC members voted 1617 to 184 for strike action last week as unions push for a conciliation board recommendation and wage parity with other CBC staff.
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Ottawa
CBC
Association of Radio and Television Employees of Canada
ARTEC
Fernand Daoust
Conciliation Board
Machine guns strike Montreal nightclub killing man
In downtown Montreal two masked men opened fire with machine guns at a nightclub, killing James MacDonald, 27, of no known address, and wounding three others. Police recovered ten bullets from the victim.
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Montreal
James MacDonald
Soviet Union warns China over border clashes at Ussuri island
Pravda editorial says Soviet borders are sacred and will be protected. It cites artillery fire from both sides during a seven hour battle near the Ussuri River with casualties reported on the Soviet side, including a senior border troop lieutenant.
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Moscow
Reuters
Soviet Union
China
Communist Party
Pravda
Ussuri
Far
Russia
Fighting heavy around Saigon in Viet Cong clashes
U.S. Thai and South Vietnamese forces report 281 Viet Cong killed around Saigon and in the Mekong Delta, 40 graves with 152 bodies found south of Da Nang. U.S. infantry claim 131 Viet Cong killed in five weekend clashes in the upper Mekong Delta. two Americans wounded. Thai Black Panther Division says 400 Thais repulsed an attack near Saigon, with 109 Viet Cong killed and 4 captured. two Thais killed, 19 wounded. About 30 rocket and mortar attacks hit bases and towns Sunday night. nine Viet Cong and 30 North Vietnamese soldiers dead in subsequent assaults. Ten Americans killed in the first attack, one wounded in the second.
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Saigon
United States
Mekong Delta
da Nang
U.S
Thailand
Black Panther Division
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