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James Richard Cross CMG (29 September 1921 – 6 January 2021) was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October Crisis of October 1970. [ 1 ]
James Cross and Pierre Laporte: Front de libération du Québec militants Quebec, Canada 49 Released (Cross) Murdered (Laporte) Cross was a British diplomat and Laporte was a Quebec provincial politician who were kidnapped. [72] Their kidnappings set off the 1970 October Crisis. Cross was released in exchange for passage of his abductors to Cuba.
During what became known as the October Crisis, as the leader of the FLQ's Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Jacques Cossette-Trudel along with his wife Louise, her brother Jacques Lanctôt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau abducted James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner, from his Montreal home, demanding the release of ...
The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence.
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