Canadian envoys named in book as Soviet spies
London report says two former Canadian diplomats Herbert Norman and John Watkins are identified in Chapman Pincher's They Trade is Treachery as having spied for the KGB. Norman allegedly recruited at Cambridge and died after exposure. Watkins allegedly active in Moscow and later blackmailed, with key evidence from a 1963 defector.
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Herbert Norman
Egypt
KGB
Cambridge
John Watkins
Moscow
Chapman Pincher
Pincher
Norman
Anthony Blunt
Cairo
Ottawa
U.S
CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Ottawa embass y bugging claim in Pincher book
British author Chapman Pincher charges that Canadian intelligence tried to install eavesdropping gear in the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa during its 1954 rebuilding. Gouzenko aided the plan, and MI 5 was said to know the Moscow center was informed though bugs remained unusable. Public officials declined comment.
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Chapman Pincher
London
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Daily Mail
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
KGB
Gouzenko
Britain
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Moscow
Canada
Robert Kaplan
Kim Philby
Secret Service
Soviet Union
Sir Roger Hollis
Polandwide Solidarity strike shocks Warsaw and Poland
In a four hour national action, Solidarity drew 10 million members into protests across Wroclaw Jelenia Gora Katowice Lublin Gdansk with major stoppages at Huta Warszawa and Ursus plants. Lech Walesa urged resolve as police violence warnings echoed. Colleges and universities joined as tensions rose with a reported nationwide disruption yet no full breakdown of participation.
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Poland
Solidarity Labor Union
Warsaw Pact
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White House
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Wroclaw
Jelenia Gora
Katowice
Lublin
Gdansk
Huta Warszawa
Ursus
Strajk
PAP
Canada must be detente link says Flora MacDonald
Flora MacDonald, external affairs critic, argues Canada should bridge the United States and Western Europe as detente wanes. She warns Western Europe risks upheaval if U.S. actions in Central America escalate and urges careful handling of U S relations, acid rain, and the Poland crisis.
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Toronto
Flora MacDonald
Federal
Progressive Conservative Party
United States
Europe
Empire Club of Canada
MacDonald
U.S
Central America
el Salvador
Ronald Reagan
Poland
Western Europe
West Germany
Reagan
Ottawa
Manitoba appeal date set for April 28 Supreme Court to hear Manitoba challenge to federal package
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear Manitoba's appeal on April 28 over the federal constitutional package. Manitoba argues Ottawa does not need provincial consent to amend the British North America Act with a charter. Provinces Alberta Quebec Newfoundland oppose, with Ontario and others invited to file by deadlines in April.
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Manitoba Court of Appeal
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Courts of Appeal
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Newfoundland
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
Canada
Supreme Court
Bernard Hofley
Canada needs five new major energy projects by 1990
Canada must add five new major energy projects to reach oil self sufficiency by 1990, each producing at least 100 000 barrels daily. The plan includes expansions at Syncrate and Suncor and Imperial Oil and Allands in Alberta, with total energy investment around 250 to 300 billion dollars. David Slater of the Economic Council cautioned government policy must shift to avoid heavy reliance on foreign capital.
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Canada
Economic Council of Canada
David Slater
Council
Syncrate
Suncor Ltd
Imperial Oil Ltd
Allands Consortium
Alberta
Slater
Financial Times of London
Notley presses Alberta workers for NDP gains in Medicine Hat
Grant Notley addressed about 13 CUPE delegates in Medicine Hat denouncing Alberta health care and social services under the Lougheed government. He urged stronger union support, cited nursing home profits and underfunded day care, and called for 41 NDP seats to reverse income inequities and restore social services.
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Lougheed
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Randall Ivang
Edmonton
Canada
Heritage Trust Fund
North America
Labor
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