-LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT: THE 7 DECEMBER, 1981 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DISENTITLEMENT BECAUSE OF MY "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE LAW AT THAT TIME...AS THIS PAMPHLET SUBSTANTIATES...MAY LAST "UP TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE (MY) BENEFITS START."

I QUIT THAT JOB IN TORONTO BECAUSE I HAD BEEN THREATENED AT THE WORK SITE AND BECAUSE 2 DAYS EARLIER ANWAR SADAT HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED.
I HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM PIERRE E. TRUDEAU SINCE I'D DONE THE ORIGINAL WORK IN 1978.
NO ARAB STATE HAD FOLLOWED THE EGYPTIAN LEAD IN ENGAGING IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ISRAELIS.
AND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE, THERE ARE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THAT FAILURE. DOCUMENTATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED IN 1978 FOR THE VATICAN, THE ISRAELIS, AND THE EGYPTIANS--AS WELL AS THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT.
THERE WERE THINGS I COULD DO THAT PERHAPS NO ONE ELSE BUT ME COULD DO: BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM PIERRE E. TRUDEAU, THERE IS A WRINKLE ABOUT THE SHIFT IN DEMANDS BY THE IRANIANS DURING THE HOSTAGE CRISIS FROM "DEATH TO THE SHAH! DEATH TO CARTER! DEATH TO AMERICANS!" TO DEMANDING "NON-INTERFERENCE" FOR WHICH, I BELIEVE, I CAN TAKE CREDIT.
TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.

HENCE, THE CALL FROM CLAIRE GREGORY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER'S OFFICE TO ME TO THAT 1980 TORONTO AREA PRIVATE SECTOR WORKSITE.
AND, PRESUMABLY, WHY I GET PERSONAL LETTERS FROM BIG SHOTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.
AND MORE DETAILS I WILL EXPLAIN IN FUTURE.

HMM.
7 DAYS IN EACH WEEK, CARRY THE DOUBLE-NAUGHT, TICK TICK TICK...
IT'S THE SUMMER OF 2000 NOW.
I WONDER IF I NEED A RHODES SCHOLAR TO DO THE COMPUTATIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHEN I WILL GET MY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS?...

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