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===Response===
===Response===
The highest levels of the Canadian government quickly became involved. On October 16, 1970 the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] passed the War Measures Act and Regulations (WMA) which outlawed the FLQ, declaring it to be an unlawful association, and immediately sent the Canadian army into Montreal. The army summarily dragged 497 people out of their beds and into jail. Of these, 435 were released within two days, while 62 were charged and 32 held without bail. There was near-unanimous public support for these drastic measures at the time. The government managed to secure the release of the Cross in exchange for safe passages of several of the terrorists to Cuba.
The highest levels of the Canadian government quickly became involved. On October 16, 1970, the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] passed the War Measures Act and Regulations (WMA) which outlawed the FLQ, declaring it to be an unlawful association, and immediately sent the Canadian army into Montreal. The army summarily dragged 497 people out of their beds and into jail. Of these, 435 were released within two days, while 62 were charged and 32 held without bail. There was near-unanimous public support for these drastic measures at the time. The government managed to secure the release of the Cross in exchange for safe passages of several of the terrorists to Cuba.
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Charters, David A. "The Amateur Revolutionaries: a Reassessment of the FLQ," ''Terrorism and Political Violence'' 1997 9(1): 133-169, in [[EBSCO]]
* Charters, David A. "The Amateur Revolutionaries: a Reassessment of the FLQ," ''Terrorism and Political Violence'' 1997 9(1): 133–169, in [[EBSCO]]
* English, John. ''Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Volume Two: 1968-2000'' (2009); the standard biography
* English, John. ''Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Volume Two: 1968-2000'' (2009); the standard biography
===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===