IAN ADAMS .
unprecedented lawsuit.

. defence fund launched for novelist facing

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Writers back Adams

TORONTO — Organizations
including the Writers’ Union of
Canada and the Canadian Pub-
lishers’ Association have launched
a defence fund to help cover the le-
gal expenses of Ian Adams, author
of the novel, S: Portrait of a Spy.

Adams is being sued by Leslie
James Bennett, a retired RCMP in-
telligence officer, who claims that
the double agent S, described in the
book, is modelled on himself, and
that the description is damaging to
his personal reputation. :

‘As organizations representing
over 3,000 writers and publishers,”’
says a statement given to the press
on July 24, ‘‘we feel this case raises
issues of grave concern.”

The concerned organizations
point out:

“There are several unusual fac-
tors in this case. S: Portrait of a

Spy, sold over 12,000 copies in less”

thantwo months. But when the suit
for libel was filed, the book was ef-
fectively removed from the market.
Though no injunction was issued,
the publisher discontinued active
promotion of the book, did not

order a reprint, and negotiations
for subsidiary rights collapsed. S:
Portrait of a Spy, seized the
public’s interest; yet it has languish-
ed in warehouses for two years.

‘In the course of legal proceed-
ings, Ian adams has been ordered
to reveal his sources in researching
the background to his novel. He is
the only Canadian novelist ever to
be so ordered.

“In general, and without refer-
ence to the Adams case, we cannot
see that any social interest is served
by compelling a novelist to reveal
the names of persons he has talked
to in the course of researching the
background of a novel.

“‘We also note that in the same
proceedings in which Adams has
been ordered to reveal his sources,
Bennett, who is suing Adams, has
successfully cited the Official Sec-
rets Act in refusing to answer the
defence lawyers’ questions.”

The writers’ and publishers’ or-
ganizations state that they ‘“‘are
profoundly disturbed by the pro-
position that a writer be required to

reveal sources, inhibiting and ef-
fectively prohibiting writers in the
future from drawing upon their
knowledge and life experiences to
create, works which comment on
the political, social and economic
conditions of our society.

‘We fear this will lead to the
worst sort of censorship: self-cen-
sorship, in all the media, whereby
writers will themselves refrain from
writing about certain subjects or
from the expression of opinions.
This fear is not merely a profes-
sional concern. We believe that
such repression of cultural expres-
sion is a threat to all Canadians.”’

The Ian Adams Defence Fund
has been established ‘‘to show the
sincerity of our concern, as well as
our support of Mr. Adams in this
difficult situation,” the fund spon-
sors state. ‘‘After two years of liti-
gation,’’ they point out, ‘‘Mr.
Adams’ legal costs are already con-
siderable. We invite the public to
send donations to the Ian Adams
Defence Fund, in care of The
Writers’ Union of Canada, 24
Ryerson Ave., Toronto MST 2P3.

Brezhnev reaffirms nuclear non-use

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together with the enormous in-
creases in military expenditures
which it entails; ‘‘shows a deter-
mination, despite words to the con-
trary, to scuttle the SALT process,
including the acceptance of mili-
tary parity with the USSR, and to
go for military superiority.””
Perhaps the most immediate re-
sult for the American people is the
. massive increase in the military
budget to finance new weapons
and the construction of those wea-
pons now on the board such as the
MX missile system, the Cruise mis-
sile and the submarine-based Tri-
dent system. :
The U.S. magazine Business
Week clearly indicated the elation
of the business world with an article
Aug. 11, entitled: “‘The new de-
fence posture: Missiles, missiles,
missiles.”
The article said: ‘Is such a mis-
sile-oriented, high technology Pen-

tagon environment, the nation’s-

missile manufacturers and their
electronics, propulsion and war-

head subcontractors will be big ~

beneficiaries.”’
‘Tronically, U.S. secretary of

pledged

Over $55,000 in pledges and
donations has been raised for the
special fund for the rebuilding of the
Tim Buck-Norman Bethune Centre
from British Columbia — an im-
pressive $15,000 over the $40,000
we announced less than a month
ago. 3

Special mention must go to the
Federation of Russian Canadians in
Vancouver, which donated $5,000,
and to Victoria supporters for their
$3000 contribution. A full list of
pledges and donations will be
published in September.

As rebuilding begins, the commit-
tee has renewed its» appeal for
funds. Send your personal donation
or make a pledge for the future by
contacting Betty Griffin, c/o 408
-193 E. Hastings St., Vancouver,

LALLA TIO,

(lity,
)

_— =

—T

DIRECTIVE 60.

state Edmund Muskie told the
Steelworkers convention Aug. 7
that the ‘‘cost of a new arms race
would be staggering.

“*We would have to cut back sig-
nificantly on vital human services.

_ And more importantly, we would

increase the risk of a nuclear night-
mare,”’ he said.

The speech, made just two days
after the disclosure of Directive 59,
made no reference to the new Car-
ter strategy but indicated diverg-

ence with the provocative positions:

of Brown and national security ad-
visor Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Earlier, on Aug. 4, four mem-
bers of the U.S. Senate, headed by
George McGovern introduced a
resolution calling for an immediate
debate on SALT II before the No-
vember presidential election as ‘‘a

}]. last chance to prevent the next.

round of escalation of the arms
race.”’
The U.S. nuclear *strategy was

also in sharp contrast to the stand ~

taken by Soviet president Leonid
Brezhnev at the Conference on the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
which opened Aug. 11 in Geneva.
Inhis address, Brezhnev reiterat-
ed the long standing policy of the
USSR that it would never use nuc-
lear weapons against those coun-
tries which do not have them.
“Attaching much importance to
strengthening the guarantees of se-
curity for non-nuclear states, I
want to emphasize once again that
the Soviet Union will never use nuc-
lear weapons against those coun-
tries which have renounced the

production and acquisition of such -

weapons and do not have them on
their territory, he said.

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LEGALS

PROVINCE OF
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CHANGE OF NAME ACT
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Dated this 18th day of August,
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