CANADIAN SECURITY
Alleged Breaches (N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) OTTAWA, Nov. 2. Canadian police are investigating press reports in Ottawa of security leaks said to involve a number of civil servants. The Solicitor-General, Mr Lawrence T. Pennell, confirmed in the House of Commons yesterday that police were looking into the question of whether civil servants might have breached security or otherwise broken the law. He declined to give further details. Press reports have claimed that up to 20 civil servants are involved in supplying information to agents of a foreign power.
Mr Pennell, replying to a ouestion about the reports by the new Democratic Party Leader, Mr T. C. Douglas, said that an announcement would be made as soon as possible. Reports of the investigation have linked it with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. The “Montreal Gazette” said reports suggested that certain civil servants had made confidential material available to agents of an unidentified East European State.
Thant’s Term.—The General Assembly yesterday extended U Thant’s mandate as Secretary-General until the end of this session, expected to be December 20.—New York, Nov. 2.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31207, 3 November 1966, Page 17
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