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Inquiry In Saigon
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) SAIGON, April 13. The Vietnamese security service, which is inquiring into the dedth of the Canadian diplomat, Mr Albert Cannon, from stab wounds, has found no. signs of a struggle in the bedroom where he died, an official source said today. His houseboy, who does not live in, delivered breakfast to his bedroom as usual yesterday morning, and found Mr Cannon’s naked body with stab wounds in the chest. The bedroom door was not locked, the light was still on, and two. glasses with traces of whisky still in them were on the table. There was no sign of violence, the source said. The night before, he had dinner with Canadian friends and got home alone at midnight. He lived alone in one of the six houses in the International Truce Commission’s residence compound. Mr Cannon, who was 39, was a career diplomat who arrived in Saigon in January for a one-year tour of duty with the commission. He has a wife and two children in Quebec City.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28253, 15 April 1957, Page 9
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