Interviewer: Martin, Caitlin

Interviewee: Berezowski, Julian Cecil, b. 1929

An interview/narrative of Lieutenant-Colonel Julian Berezowski's experiences during the October Crisis of 1970. Interview took place on November 10, 2006.

Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel.

ABSTRACT: Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Berezowski Born 19 February 1929. Was the command duty officer in the command centre in Mobile Command Headquarters during the 1970 FLQ Crisis. Speaks of Operation Essay (Montreal) versus Operation Ginger (Ottawa). Goes through a detailed timeline from when the War Measures Act was declared on 16 October. Speaks in detail about "authentication code drill" in Mobile Command Headquarters. Refers to lack of police intelligence during the crisis. Tells a story of entering Montreal and seeing supportive citizens on St. Denis. Speaks of Lieutenant-General Turcot's reluctance to work with the police because they might "repay old political debts." Tells a story of how traverses carrying major hydro lines were guarded and one night were shot at. Speaks of Afghanistan and what the government might do today in similar circumstances.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Martin, Caitlin
• Berezowski, Julian Cecil, b. 1929

Subject

• Afghan Wars
• Military history
• October Crisis (Québec (Province) : 1970)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 10, 2006

Relation

• Title of paper: "Riding to the Rescue During an International Embarrassment: An Investigation of the October Crisis of 1970".
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Québec--Montréal
• Afghanistan

Coordinates

• 45.50884, -73.58781/33, 66

Additional physical characteristics

• Original recordings (CDA) on compact discs (CD) in Special Collections.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• BJC_489

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• January 18, 2013

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 44 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2013. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/sx58-kp11

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