Dear Editor:
Re: How will deporting ex-KGB agent make Canada better?, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 10.
Well, first of all, it would tell other foreign nationals wishing to emigrate that Canadians are not dupes, and you had better do it legally.
Also, that we don't appreciate being lied to, nor are we willing to set a dangerous precedent. Mr. Lennikov knew the conditions of his visit to Canada - for academic reasons only.
There seems to be a degree of naiveté in Mr. Morton's blind belief that KGB agents are noted for their translation skills. However, they are noted for relating all personal and professional info, gleaned from their almost intimate proximity to their clients, plus all their conversations and moral inconsistencies as they arise - to their handlers.
In fact, it is not unheard of that these spies (for that is what they are) will set up, oh, I don't know, say, assignations with some of their prettier cohorts for, say, Japanese businessmen.
Mr. Morton says he "understands" that "Lennikov was recruited by the KGB for his language translation skills."
We think he means from what Mr. Lennikov asserts. It is my understanding that the KGB is not noted for being forthcoming on internal matters.
My "remembrance of things past" seems to include the comments of Mandy Rice-Davies when told that Lord Astor denied having an affair with her.
Her reply? "He would, wouldn't he?"
Larry Bennett, Burnaby
