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- ↑ Roberts, Naomi Ziman & Roberts, Peter (2005). First foreign posting: Moscow 1958-1959 . Penumbra Press. pp. 184. ISBN 9781894131797.
- ↑ "Canadian Diplomat Returns to Vietnam". Montreal Gazette . Canadian Press. 18 February 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ Gardner, Lloyd C. & Gittinger, Ted (2004). The Search for Peace in Vietnam, 1964-1968. Texas A&M University Press. p. 243. ISBN 9781585443420.
- ↑ "Contact with Hanoi Government Revealed by Canadian Delegate". Montreal Gazette . Canadian Press. 21 February 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ Gardner, Lloyd C. & Gittinger, Ted (2004). The Search for Peace in Vietnam, 1964-1968. Texas A&M University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9781585443420.
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