AFFIDAVIT
OF
MAX FRENCH
Among others in Andrews' coterie was David Maxwell French. He used
to spend his money on articles, especially uniforms, that belonged to dead
Nazis. Souvenirs of Nazis who were still alive were not acceptable. Consequently,
within the extremist movement, French had the nickname, the "Necro-Nazi".
French said he never heard the term "Necro-Nazi".
In Rome, on the way to Libya, the group would await their flight
for a couple of hours. Asked to present passports in Rome, most of the
NPC group experienced no problems. Wolfgang Droege, however, was pushed
to the side along with James Dawson, Max French and June French. These
four people were on the same ticket and the Rome anti-terrorist squad wanted
to interview Droege and possibly dissuade him and the others from going
to Libya. An Italian agent was reported as saying: "its too hot in
Libya" and Max French said: "we'll put on shorts". Droege
then told Max to "shut your mouth."
At the Camp, the Nationalist Party group was told that there would
be a parade in a stadium; anyone who participated had to wear Muammar Kadhafi's
green uniforms. If her group complied, Anne Ladas would get to sit near
Kadhafi. Max French, always preoccupied with wearing uniforms, desperately
wanted to wear one in the parade. Max French called the two dissidents
every imaginable name and was most disappointed with the decision, but
he eventually received his uniform. French denies this account.
The Reform Party raised the question as to why, when David Maxwell
French was revealed as a Heritage Front member, he allegedly called the
Reform Party "race traitors". There is also the issue of who
encouraged French to remain in the Party.
Prior to the confrontation, the Investigator said that he had learned
that Bristow told the HF people to settle down. George Burdi, a charismatic
speaker, was the person who addressed the crowd in the park before going
to Sneaky Dees.
According to Bristow, he absolutely did not tell Heritage Front members
to go down to Sneaky Dees to confront the anti-racists. George Burdi got
out a megaphone in the park before the confrontation and rallied the Heritage
Front people. He added that there was no confrontation until after the
anti-racists started throwing bottles at them.
1.) That I am the person referred to in the above text and in such have
knowledge to the matters stated herein.
2.) That I know the following to be a false statement in the above text
corrected by me as follows.
To start off with, let me state how appalled I was upon first reading
the SIRC "Heritage Front Report". It was full of omissions,
exaggerations and outright lies. That SIRC would take at face value the
utterances of a man described by CSIS itself as having "committed
breaches of authority", "overzealous", "hard
to control", "indiscreet", "claimed to
have CSIS contacts" etc., etc., shows clearly that Canada's Intelligence
agency was concerned only with advancing the agenda of Ottawa's most powerful
interests.
Allow me to comment on those sections where my name appears.
a: While it is true that I have purchased Commonwealth
& German memorabilia, as do tens of thousands of others in Canada,
I have not heard the term "Necro-Nazi" before your agent 'John
Smith' related this to me by telephone. That I would purchase only articles
owned by dead soldiers is typical of Bristow's attempts at demeaning sarcasm.
b: It is true that Dawson, Droege, my then wife
June & I were detained by Rome Customs upon entering the terminal.
An Italian agent did jokingly comment about my tolerance of Libya's hot
climate & I in appropriate humour replied as stated (I'll wear shorts).
Droege responded with a laugh of his own. This information was related
to Bristow who spiced up the exchange to give the required effect. In point
of fact, Bristow was no where near the room where we were briefly detained
before the Italian official walked our group of 4 through the terminal
to join him for a cappuccino before releasing us.
c: The Libyans as a gesture of goodwill handed
out T-shirts, ball caps and slacks, the wearing of which was optional.
The Libyans thought it better that we not participate in the parade as
Canadian Leftists also participating had threatened violence if we also
took part. We did however observe the parade. At no time was Anne Ladas
told she could sit by Kadhafi and at no time did I desperately want to
wear a uniform in the parade. And at no time did I call the two dissidents
every imaginable name in the book and simply accepted the Libyans decision.
d: Reform party critic Val Meredith alleged in
the House of Commons that I had called the Reform party "Race Traitors"
etc. As stated to 'John Smith' by telephone. At no time did I state
this, but regardless this was included in the Heritage Front Affair report
and only serves to further question the report's overall reliability.
1) At approximately 5:00pm on the day of the ARA attack on Gary
Schippers house myself, Wayne Elliott and approximately 30-35 other Heritage
Front members gathered at Allen Gardens. We were directed there by Grant
Bristow our intelligence chief who directed us from his police scanner
that Zundel's house was the target of a group of about 300 or more ARA
persons. As we waited in the park for directions from Mr. Bristow who was
listening on his police scanner, he informed us that the mob was moving
east on public transit. A few minutes later Bristow informed us that Schipper's
house was being attacked by the mob. He derived this information from his
electronic listening device which had an earphone on occasions (perhaps
this one) which we observed on that occasion.
2) This information caused some of us to move in about 4 separate
cars to Gary Schippers house. When we arrived it was too late to prevent
the massive damage the mob had created to Schippers house. They smashed
the windows, smeared shit and paint and threw a child's bicycle through
the front window. I saw the damage. Two bicycle police were in attendance
and did nothing. We saw the mob move south on Bertmount St and decided
not to intervene with the large mob.
3) We returned to Allen Gardens by car. At that point we met 25
or 30 other Heritage Front members, among them Grant Bristow and Wayne
Elliott. I am not sure if Bristow or Elliott travelled to Schipper's house
as they may have done so in another car. I travelled with Al Weiche of
London in his jeep.
4) Upon returning to Allen Gardens I heard Bristow saying we had
to "go down to Sneaky Dees and even the score". When Wolfgang
and I heard Bristow make this suggestion for the first time, we realised
some members were lapping it up or accepting this direction. I was concerned
and opposed and so was Wolfgang. We both walked the 2 blocks east to Zundel's
house.
5) Zundel was out front of his house with approximately 6 other
people of whom I recognised Jurgen and Eugen his friends. Wolfgang explained
to Mr. Zundel what Bristow was suggesting to "even the score"
and the influence this was having on our troubled angry and excited members
who had just seen the destruction by the mob.
6) Wolfgang asked Ernst is we should go do it. Ernst said "don't
do anything stupid that you are going to regret. Don't do it, it's crazy.
This is just what they want you to do. It was only a rented house and Schipper
was going to move out anyways." Those to the best of my recollection
are his exact words. I heard him plead with us not to be involved in a
violent reaction and that is what I understood he wanted to avoid. I understood
he wanted us to go home and let the police handle it. This I wanted and
agreed with Ernst. Wolfgang was more pragmatic and of two minds. Wolfgang
was willing to go along with majority opinion in our group.
7) We returned to Allen Gardens after our 5 minute conversation
with Ernst Zundel. There we joined our group and found Mr Bristow hysterical,
in a rage with his eyes bulging and spittle flying from his mouth. His
arms were waving, pounding his fist into his palm saying "We got
to go to Sneaky Dees and even the score" Wolfgang said he didn't
think it was a good idea. Bristow became livid and played up to the crowds
sense of outrage. Bristow spoke loudly, yelling for several minutes saying
"We have to go down to sneaky Dees and show them we are not cowards
and they can't get away with this." He was very intense and there
was a difference of opinion between Bristow who said to go down and Wolfgang
together with George Burdi who said it was a set-up.
8) Bristow prevailed and Wolfgang said "all right we'll
go against mY better judgement, we'll go for 1 drink and leave"
Which is what I reluctantly did. The results are known and I can testify
about them up to the point where Wolfgang was arrested. I was never charged
with any offence that day and I have no criminal record of any kind.
9) But for the pressing and persistent incitement of Bristow it
is clear to me the trip to Sneaky Dees would never have occurred. The first
mention of that objective come out of the mouth of Grant Bristow. I had
never heard of Sneaky Dees before that time as a place for us to go. The
choice of this objective was Grant Bristows.
Swore before me this ____ day of ___________ AD 1996 at the city of Toronto,
province of Ontario
