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'''James Blair Seaborn''' (18 March 1924-11 November 2019) was a Canadian diplomat and civil servant.
Seaborn was born in Toronto, the son of Reverend Richard Seaborn and Murial Seaborn.<ref></ref> His father was the rector at St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church. and he had 8 siblings.<ref></ref> When he was six, his father died and his mother raised on a clergyman's pension.<ref></ref> An outstanding student, he was awarded the Dirkson Scholarship which allowed to attend university despite his family's poverty.<ref></ref> In 1941, he entered Trinity College at the University of Toronto, but his abandoned his studies in 1943 when he joined the Canadian Army.<ref></ref> Seaborn called his military service his "Khaki holiday" as he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery.<ref></ref> After training in Canada and in Britain, Seaborn's regiment took part in the Liberation of the Netherlands in the spring of 1945.<ref></ref>
After serving in the Canadian Army, he was awarded a MA in Political and History at the Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 1948.<ref></ref> After graduation, Seaborn entered the Department of External Affairs in 1948 and served as a diplomat in The Hague, Paris, Moscow and Saigon.<ref></ref> In 1950, he married Carol Trow and had two children, Geoffrey and Virginia.<ref></ref>
During his time in Moscow, Seaborn was in contact with Colonel [[Oleg Penkovsky]], a senior officer in the GRU (Soviet military intelligence) who worked as a spy for the British MI6 and the American CIA.<ref></ref> Seaborn served as the Canadian Commissioner to the [[International Control Commission]] (ICC), which was supposed to observe the Geneva Accords of 1954. Besides for Canada, the ICC consisted of diplomats and officers from India and Poland. In 1964-65, Seaborn was deeply involved in what historians call the "Seaborn Mission", a Canadian attempt to end the Vietnam as he engaged in "shuttle diplomacy, flying back and fourth from Washington to Hanoi.<ref></ref> In 1964, the Canadian External Affairs minister [[Paul Martin Sr]] called Seaborn one of Canada's "most ablest diplomats".<ref></ref>
After retiring from the ICC, Seaborn worked in series of bureaucratic jobs in Ottawa. He served as the Assistant Deputy Minister in the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in the years 1970-1974, the Deputy Minister in Environment Canada between 1975-1982, the chairman to the International Joint Commission between 1982-1985, and as the Intelligence and Security Coordinator to Privy Council.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In 1985, there was recrimination over the bombing of Air India flight 182 and allegations that it was bureaucratic rivalries between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RMCP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).<ref></ref> Much of Seaborn's time as Intelligence and Security Coordinator between 1985-1989 was taken up with futile efforts to make the RCMP and CSIS co-operate.<ref></ref>
After his ostensible retirement in 1990, he served for eight years as chairman of the Environmental Assessment Panel on Nuclear Fuel Waste Management.<ref></ref> After finally retiring in 1998, he was awarded the Order of Canada in 2000.<ref></ref> In 2010, he told the journalist Tony Blair of ''The Ottawa Citizen'': "I hoped to live until the end of this century. I didn't do any preparing for it. I just happened to live this long...I tell young friends 'Don't retire at 65' Take a part-time job if you can'".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian civil servants]]
[[Category:Canadian diplomats]]
[[Category:People from Toronto]]
Seaborn was born in Toronto, the son of Reverend Richard Seaborn and Murial Seaborn.<ref></ref> His father was the rector at St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church. and he had 8 siblings.<ref></ref> When he was six, his father died and his mother raised on a clergyman's pension.<ref></ref> An outstanding student, he was awarded the Dirkson Scholarship which allowed to attend university despite his family's poverty.<ref></ref> In 1941, he entered Trinity College at the University of Toronto, but his abandoned his studies in 1943 when he joined the Canadian Army.<ref></ref> Seaborn called his military service his "Khaki holiday" as he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery.<ref></ref> After training in Canada and in Britain, Seaborn's regiment took part in the Liberation of the Netherlands in the spring of 1945.<ref></ref>
After serving in the Canadian Army, he was awarded a MA in Political and History at the Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 1948.<ref></ref> After graduation, Seaborn entered the Department of External Affairs in 1948 and served as a diplomat in The Hague, Paris, Moscow and Saigon.<ref></ref> In 1950, he married Carol Trow and had two children, Geoffrey and Virginia.<ref></ref>
During his time in Moscow, Seaborn was in contact with Colonel [[Oleg Penkovsky]], a senior officer in the GRU (Soviet military intelligence) who worked as a spy for the British MI6 and the American CIA.<ref></ref> Seaborn served as the Canadian Commissioner to the [[International Control Commission]] (ICC), which was supposed to observe the Geneva Accords of 1954. Besides for Canada, the ICC consisted of diplomats and officers from India and Poland. In 1964-65, Seaborn was deeply involved in what historians call the "Seaborn Mission", a Canadian attempt to end the Vietnam as he engaged in "shuttle diplomacy, flying back and fourth from Washington to Hanoi.<ref></ref> In 1964, the Canadian External Affairs minister [[Paul Martin Sr]] called Seaborn one of Canada's "most ablest diplomats".<ref></ref>
After retiring from the ICC, Seaborn worked in series of bureaucratic jobs in Ottawa. He served as the Assistant Deputy Minister in the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in the years 1970-1974, the Deputy Minister in Environment Canada between 1975-1982, the chairman to the International Joint Commission between 1982-1985, and as the Intelligence and Security Coordinator to Privy Council.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In 1985, there was recrimination over the bombing of Air India flight 182 and allegations that it was bureaucratic rivalries between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RMCP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).<ref></ref> Much of Seaborn's time as Intelligence and Security Coordinator between 1985-1989 was taken up with futile efforts to make the RCMP and CSIS co-operate.<ref></ref>
After his ostensible retirement in 1990, he served for eight years as chairman of the Environmental Assessment Panel on Nuclear Fuel Waste Management.<ref></ref> After finally retiring in 1998, he was awarded the Order of Canada in 2000.<ref></ref> In 2010, he told the journalist Tony Blair of ''The Ottawa Citizen'': "I hoped to live until the end of this century. I didn't do any preparing for it. I just happened to live this long...I tell young friends 'Don't retire at 65' Take a part-time job if you can'".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian civil servants]]
[[Category:Canadian diplomats]]
[[Category:People from Toronto]]
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