bout de papier, Volume 6, Issue No. 4, 1989
Ken Taylor
The following tribute was given by The Rt. Honourable Joe Clark at the public service for Ken Taylor held at the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto on Tuesday, October 27, 2015.
Escaping Iran – A True Account of the Best Bad Idea
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another book or film about the Canadian Caper, along comes another one. This book has a unique angle, though. It’s a personal account by Mark Lijek who, along with his wife Cora and four…
Extract from Foreign Service
The revolutionary guards, or “Pasdaran”, were everywhere. Loosely organized, mainly self-appointed, they were zealous defenders of revolutionary ideals. They were like a wild card in the law enforcement system, setting up road blocks at will, patrolling the airport and other public buildings…
John Sheardown Remembered
It was just after noon on Saturday, November 10, 1979. My wife Cora and were riding through north Tehran, suitcases on our knees, wondering about this latest move and what to expect from our new hosts. Several days earlier, Bob Anders, the…
“Tails” from the Luggage Hold
Now I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Ottawa. I used to hang around late at night near the market, cruising for guys – I was barely out of my teens but I’d already had three or four…
Foreign Service
As we plan to celebrate the centenary of the Trade Commissioner Service, John Kneale, a Fellow of the Foreign Service Institute, has published this excellent account of the life and work of an experienced trade officer, based on his postings in Algiers,…
Letters // Correspondance
Editor:
Derrick Haro
A friend of mine once told me that he measured a person’s worth by the shoes they wore: I started to keep my eye on people’s feet. In mid-1982, when Derrick Haro first reported for duty at Trade Commissioner Service headquarters, I…
Letters from the Iranian Revolution
Ten years ago, in February, the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah’s regime. A year later, the Canadian Embassy closed down because of its involvement in smuggling six American diplomats out of the country. It reopened late in 1988. To give some of…
