CANADIAN ESPIONAGE

Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1946, Page 5

CANADIAN ESPIONAGE

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Further Reports Released SECRETS G1VEN TO RUSSIANS

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ReJexved Suuday, 7.20 p.m. OTTAWA, March 16. The Royal Conimission's second report on rtussian spyrng iias linKed four .uore persons witn tne nng, namely: J r. Raymond Boyer, Assistant-Profes sor of- Uhemistry at the McGill University, Montreal, who nas since 1944 oeen jngaged iu secret researcii on the supei expiosive R.D.X.; Haroid Samuel G^rson, employed from 1941 to 1944 by jiilied War Suppiies, Ltd., a Urown wompany, whicli supervised the con- . DiucxiOii and sUbsequent production oi -hemical and expiosive piants; Squad-ron-Leader Matt Simons Nigiitingale; jiid Dr. i>avj.d Shugar, a native oi Pol-

.tnd, who was from 1941 to 1944 an empioyee of Research Enterprises, Ltd., vmch was engaged on radar work. ~hugar later jomed the navy and workja on researcn concerning equiprnent -ised against suhmarines. The reporc said that certain Canad- 1 i.ans, wlio are not omcials, had been in- J i-.rrnediaries through whom secret and j -onhdential information had reache 1 1 uie Soviet Embassy, as in the case of j Boyer. I witnesses holding strategic positions ! .nade a sig'nJicant statement, under aatn, that they had a loyalty which ' I took priority over their loyalty to tneir | own country, and, for that reason, they i acted as they did, and would un.piesiionably continue so to act, had they uot been detected. The Comm.ssioners warned that, should these persons be allo'wed communication with oufcsiders, or between tnemselves, nntil their actJ ivities had been fully investigated, I some of the inquiry's basic purposes I wouM be entircly defeated.

FOLL INIORMATION GIVEN. I The Commissxoners said that Boyer told them that he gave for transmisSxon to jTuUssia, fuil information on his work, whicn he admits was secret. ^oyer s.ad that with this informaticn, competent persons would be abie to dcsign a piant to produce the material in quantity. The Commissioners said j tne evi.dence in^lnded a document i'rom che Soviet Emhassy in Gerson's hand- | writing, which was a copy of a secret s report concerning tlie testing of certain i Pi.ojeCwiles Li England by the "bn.ted Kiogdom authorities. Another docunienc i'rom the Embassy showed that i correspondence on a singP subject by | •.ierson amounted to 1j0 pages. Yet 1 another document from the Embassy referred to Nigntlngale and sugges.ed the possibilities, firstiy, of a network of

aerociromcs in the country and on both oer.rus; secoudly, a coascal mup. Nightingale had told the Commissioners he had several meetings with Lieut.-Colonel Rogov, v/hen they discussed telephonic devices, R.C.A.P. maps and aiso the network and locacion of aerodromes. " " ' Gerson, .Bightisgals and Shugar ap | peared in tne Otlawa Police Court and | were remanded until March 2j ani ; chnrges oi tne violation of the Oliicial t Secrets Art. Gerson faced eight eharges ! and bail of 1000 dollars was grauced. ! Nightingale had preferred against him | three eharges and h.s hail was fixed at ■ 1500 dollars. Shugar faced one charge ' and the bail fixed was 1500 dollars. MOST POWERFUL CHARGE. j R.D.X. is the expiosive which replac- | ed T.N.T. to a lar&e extent as the most j powerful charge used by tlie Western Aliies during the war. It is still on I the restricted list of military informa- ! tion. it was invented hy British scientists, develcped by Americans and Canadlans, and manufactured by a new and largely Canadian revised process at Valcartier, in Quebec province. It is about 60 per cent. more effective than T.N.T. for military purposes .and had multitudinous uses, including the filling for Britain 's famous hlockbuster bomji. Boy,er was chargfcdyin the Montreai court with "unlawfuily connnunicating information to Russia and was remanded till March 22 on bail of 10,000 dollars. Mr. Tim Bnck, national leader of the Labour Progressive Party, stated: ' ' The latest developments in the Ottawa spy scare indicates a new attempt to smear the Left Wing Labour movement. The Labour Progressive Party does not condone acts of espionage and will combat the attempt to involve it m this case." A high Government official said Canada was not considering breaking off diploniatic relations with Russia as a result of the Royal Conimission's disclosures nor was action plannod against such Soviet diplomatic officials who were still in Canada and who were known to have been active in the spy ring.