Chapter 6 The Petition of 14 October 1970

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Appendices on Tetley Website ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Chronology, 1963–2001 xxxi
7. The Setting 3
8. The FLQ Defined 17
9. FLQ Membership 24
10. The FLQ Manifesto 31
11. Terrorists for Hostages 38
12. The Petition of 14 October 1970 50
13. Calling in the Army 59
14. Apprehended Insurrection 67
15. The War Measures Act and the Alternatives 80
16. The War Measures Act: What Went Right 87
17. The War Measures Act: What Went Wrong 93
18. The Reaction to the War Measures Act 102
19. Provisional Government 117
20. Voices of Calm, Voices of Panic 132
21. The Murder of Pierre Laporte 140
22. The End of the Violence 146
23. Convening the National Assembly? 152
24. Was the Crisis Principally a Quebec Matter? 156
25. Federalism at Work 164
26. The Duchaîne Report 173
27. Conclusions 185
28. Appendices
29. Diary, 30 September–28 December 1970 195
30. The twenty-three “political prisoners” whom the FLQ wished to be released in exchange for James Cross and Pierre Laporte and their crimes 229
31. Translation of “Petition of the Sixteen Eminent Personalities,” delivered at a press conference, Wednesday, 14 October 1970 at 9:00 p.m, at the Holiday Inn, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, and published in Le Devoir on 15 October 1970 232
32. Sentences of FLQ members involved in the crisis 234
33. Notes 237
34. Bibliography 259
35. Index 265