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...embassies and consulates; Canadian officials and prominent businessmen began themselves to live at home and travel only under heavy protection. After the passage of several "deadlines" for the meeting of the demands, Montreal radio broadcast the FLQ manifesto; but negotiations between the government and the FLQ's representative Robert Lemieux never got underway, and on the evening of October 10, the Chernier cell of the FLQ seized "the Minister of Unemployment and Exploitation," Laporte...
When the act was first put into effect, government forces moved swiftly. All over Quebec, police cars roared through the predawn darkness in search of F.L.Q. members and sympathizers. Nearly 300 people were seized. Among them was a fiery young F.L.Q. sympathizer, Lawyer Robert Lemieux, 29, a sort of Canadian Kunstler with a penchant for publicity and overblown rhetoric. Police also discovered several arms caches, including guns, pistols, bayonets and knives. They found no trace of Cross and Laporte, but messages received from both hostages earlier in the week had indicated that they were then alive and safe. "Decide about...
...harrowing sequence of negotiations and deadlines, the government ordered a series of extensive police raids to find the kidnappers, and FLQ lawyer Robert Lemieux reiterated that he had "no doubts" that Cross and Laporte would be "executed if the kidnappers' demands...
Even after the extension of police powers with the announcement of the War Measures Aet, authorities failed to identify and apprehend any but a few of the most outspoken and publicly-known FLQ members, such as Lemieux, who was one of the first to be arrested after the measure went into effect...
Negotiations between the FLQ and the Trudeau government over release of the captives broke down early yesterday morning. FLQ representative Robert Lemieux, seeking the release of 23 separatists convicted or awaiting trial for terrorism, dismissed the final government offer to free five prisoners in exchange for Cross and Laporte as "an incredible mockery." One hour later, at 4 a. m., the government issued its proclamation suspending civil liberties and outlawing the FLQ. Lemieux was among those arrested yesterday...