Agent of Influence

This story of espionage and counterespionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams Suspicious circumstances surrounded the mysterious death of a Canadian diplomat At the height of The Cold War in October 1964 John Watkins Canadas former ambassador to Moscow and a close friend of Prime Minister Lester B Pearson is kidnapped and held in a hotel for questioning by the RCMP at the urging of the CIA Several days into the interrogation he died The official obituary claimed that he suffered a heart attack in the company of friends during a farewell supper celebrating his illustrious career