CANADA'S ESPIONAGE TRIAL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 April 1946, Page 5

CANADA'S ESPIONAGE TRIAL

Received Friday, 11 p.m. OTTAWA, April IS. Capiftin David (iordo'n Lunan left the witnes.s box during the espionagc case against l'rofessor lsracl llalperin, after ofiject ing to auswering questions on the grouiid that such action violated ah oatii of secrecy niade to the Jioyal Conimissioa investigating the Moviet spV' ring. Captain Lunan did not answer when the Croxvn Prosecutor asked if he ; «iei Colonel Rogov, of the Mo.viet Embassy. Tlie Magistratc granted Lunan 's request to step down to consult a lawyer. An allenipt will be made to have the ( onnnission releasc Lunan from the oath. , Ltman took the stand under the Cauadii Kvidence Aot which provides lliat nothiiig lie might say could be j used against him later. Lunan is alreadv committed for trial on espionagc charges. Alr. (iozcnko identiiied documents he had taken from the Soviet Emliassy's secret iile. One was lieaded, "Scheniel of K'esoarch Group" and included aiij organisation chart whereiu the name of j Lsadore Ilaljierin appeared. The doeu- 1 ments outlined information sought from i ihe A'ational Eesearch Council. Ait- ! other documeiit. was reported from j Lunan which said: "I have received an , excellent report on- Bacon (Halperin'sj code name) and approaehed him itiore > directlv than others. He seetned ! anxious to be of help. " fhe report i added that llalperin undertook to ob- j tain informatiou regarding the Val- ; c-artier explosives plant. The next case Avas that of Rquadron j Leader P. \V. Pollaiul, former 1LC.A.F. ; intelligence officer, charged under the' (dlicial Secrets Act, with obtaining and ' comniunicating information for ltussia. i JMr. Gozenko identiiied a sheet of; pajier contaiiiing Kussian writing as | ..among the documents he took from the; Kmbassv. The documeiit included Poi- j land 's name. Gozenko said the sheet ! was toru from a notebook of Colonel Zabotin, a former member of the Era- ; bassy. The contents were not immediately disclosed. The M agistrate announced that Polkuid wouUl be eomuiitled for trial on April 23. dudginent was reserved in the cases 1 against llalperin and a former Munitions Department official, J. !S. Benning.