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...acted as host in Toronto. But the journalists crowded around him in the city's convention center last week were far more interested in a report, aired moments earlier by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., that Canada had uncovered a major Soviet | espionage ring. Mulroney confirmed that six days earlier Ottawa had expelled eight Soviet diplomats and declared nine others persona non grata for "improper and unacceptable behavior." That was a euphemism for what proved to be one of the most brazen Soviet efforts in years to steal supersecret American military technology...
...days later, Ottawa accused two more Soviet diplomats of participating in spying. With espionage activities alleged against a total of 19 suspects, some of whom left Canada ten years ago, last week's disclosures added up to Canada's most important spy episode since World...
Moscow retaliated by expelling three Canadian diplomats and barring ten others from re-entering the country. Despite Soviet charges that Ottawa had committed a "rude antagonist act," the Kremlin's response was relatively restrained, suggesting that the affair was unlikely to seriously disrupt relations between the two countries...
...Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
...weak dollar brings a flood of tourists to America. -- A Canada- U. S. trade pact meets resistance in Ottawa. -- Rustling flourishes...