The history of the FLQ is only revealed because documents are accessible, but countless more stories remain closed and untold because access to archives is so limited in Canada
and Quebec deputy premier Pierre Laporte, as well as Mr. Laporte’s murder by the Front de Libération du Québec . It remains one of the most controversial events in Canadian history, primarily because of then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s unprecedented decision to invoke the War Measures Act in peacetime. A mix of previously overlooked and newly declassified government documents shines a revealing new light on these events and, in particular, the role of Cuba.
Mr. Warden met with Mr. Roa again on Oct. 9, and Cuba agreed to take the FLQ members if Canada asked them to. Mr. Roa had come from a meeting with Mr. Castro and Mr. Warden believed that Mr. Roa’s “comments probably reflected [Mr. Castro’s] thinking.” Mr. Roa said that Quebec independence would be “very unfortunate,” as it would reduce Quebec to an “island,” and leave Canada less able to stand up to the United States. Mr.
Early on Oct. 18, the embassy in Havana received an urgent message from Ottawa: “Press reports indicated that both … hostages Cross and Laporte are dead.” However, Mr. Cross was still alive and the federal government was optimistic that his kidnappers were “less blood-thirsty,” although they were still concerned that the FLQ might try to hold him for the long haul.
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