Evening star., 1946-03-05
Additional Reports
On Canada Spy Case
Expected This Week
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Mar. 5.-Additional
reports by the Royal Commits
sion investigating alleged Rus
sian espionage in Canada were
expected today to be released
soon, possibly this week, disclos-
ing new names of persons in
volved and further particulars of
information the commission said
was sought by Soviet agents.
The commissioners said the list of
data contained in yesterdays interim
report was not to be considered ex-
haustive, but merely typical of in
formation they said the Russians
wanted concerning atomic bomb Sc
crets, radar and troop movements.
There was considerable puzzle
ment here at the commissions state
ment that Soviet agents had been
instructed to obtain informa ton
relative to American troop move
ments, particularly with reference to
score of specific units.
In most cases 1t was information
which had been published both in
America and abroad and broadcast
by radio. The data was posted on
situation maps in Army headquar-
ters throughout Germany and was
available to Russian observers who
worked at Army level with the
American armed forces.
Evidence Not Fully Developed.
Informed sources reasoned that
the information was sought merely
to check up on previously published
reports. Among the divisions in
which the Russians were said to be
interested were the 1O4th Timber
wolf" Division, the 4th Division and
the 45th "Thunderbird" Division, all
of which moved out of Europe last
summer.
Official Ottawa speculated, mean
while, over the import of the COM
missions parting statement that
many other agents were active and
information more intrinsically i'm
portant has been disclosed. The
evidence has not been fully devel-
oped.'
-Four Of 13 persons being held were
named and charged in police court
yesterday.
1t was announced one British wo-
man and three Canadian govern
ment employees had been charged
with conspiracy and violatio of
Canada's Official Secrets Act. They
face a maximum penalty of seven
years imprisonment. The investiga-
ton of at least nine other persons,
some of them highly placed, is con-
tinuing
Nature of Activity Revealed.
The interim report was. the first
detailed announcement of the ma
ture of the espionage activity, dis
closure of which on February IS re-
suited in Moscow's charging the
Canadian government with con-
Quoting an ''unbridled anti-Soviet
campaign"
Moscow already had announced
that Col. Nicolai zabotin, Russian
military attache who left Ottawa
for Moscow in December, had been
recalled. The Soviet government
said the scientific data obtained al
ready was public property, but that
Col. Zabotin had been recalled in
view of the inadmissibility" of his
activities.
The royal commissions report |
made these main points:
l. The evidence establishes that /
a network of undercover agents has
been organized and developed for
the purpose Of obtaining secret and
confidential information particular
ly from employees of departments
and agencies of the Dominion gov
ernment and from an employe of
the office of the high commissioner
for the United Kingdom in Canada"
Assistants to Zabotin Named.
2. These operations were carried
on by certain members of the staff
OF the Soviet Embassy at Ottawa
under instructions from Moscow"
Ool' HoUOUll WdS dSSlSJSQ Dy LII.
Col. Motinov, chief assistant mil
ltary attache; 1t Col. Rogov,
assistant military attache for air:
Maj. Sokolov, of the commercial
counselor's staff; 1t Angelov. a sec
retary, and "other members" of his
staff
3. These agents and others, some
times operating by "undercover
names" were instructed by some one
in Moscow known as The Director
to obtain the following data:
Particulars 'as to the materials of
which the atomic bomb is composed
its chronological process and draw
ings."
Particulars of the atomic research
plant at Chalk River, Ontario, ind
the processing of uranium, used in
atomic energy. (The Chalk River
plant is where Canada did her final
work on the atomic bomb. Its prod
uct went to the United States to be
made into the bomb
A sample of uranium 235, with