Evening star., 1946-07-16

reported carried on without the
knowledge of other embassy officials
The report stated specifically that
Ambassador George Zaroubin was
not involved.
PhvlOv and krotov were among
II Soviet Embassy officials and en-
plOyeS named as, 'at one time or
another since the esta blishment of
the embassy in 1912, directing un-
dercover espionage operations in
Canada"
The NKVD network. sllegedly
headed by Pavlov. was one of "Sev-
eral parallel systems" which the
royal commissioners said had been
and may still be" operating in the
dominion
Three Nation Conference Hinted.
Indications that the three nations
which hold the atom bomb secret
may confer on Russian spy activities
were seen today following publica-
ton of the official report that Soviet
agents. who may still be operating
in Canada, had flown samples of
uranium 235 to Russia.
The report, issued by a royal COM
mission composed of two of Canada S
seven Supreme Court justices. as
serted that many top secret military
developments already had been COM
promised because of Russian spies,
and that Moscow was seeking infor-
nation on postwar defenses OF the
three countries-the United States.
Britain and Canada.
After repeating previous charges
that the Soviet spy operations had
ramiflca tons in the United States
and Britain. the commission recon-
mended that Canada consider
whether to communicate her find-
lngS TO the proper authorities in
the United Kingdom and the United
States"
100000 Words in Report.
The 250000- word report said that
DR.. Alan Mum May British Scien-
tist who worked on atomic research
in Montreal. had given samples OF
uranium 235 enriched and uranium
233. essential elements in the man.
ufacture of atom bombs. to a 1t
Angelov. assistant military attache
in the Russian Embassy at Ottawa
The materials then were flown TO
Moscow by a 1t. Col. Motinov, the
commission asserted.
May was sentenced by a British
court last spring to 10 years in
prison
Information of the greatest i'm
portance' on radar was obtained by
Russian spies, the report said. Also
compromised were wiring diagram
on new type of fuse. information
on submarine detection device and
secret data "of great value" on pro-
pellants and explosives. the report
added
The commission said the Russians
had been largely baked. however. in
their efforts to ferret out details of
atomic secrets
lis Witnesses Heard.
The report summarized four
months of work in which lis wit
nesses were heard and 5000 pages
of evidence taken. In addition to
reviewing previously published ac-
cusationS, it made these new charges ::
/. That the Russians sought and
obtained top secret" political infor-
nation on the policies of the Amer
lcan. British and Canadian govern
ments The nature of these secrets
was not disclosed.
2. That Moscow was after infor-
nation related to research develop
mentS which would play an i'm
portant part in the postwar defenses
of Canada, the United Kingdom and
the United States"
g. That the Russian government
seems to have operated not one
but several parallel under-cov
systems through its Ottawa en-
bassy, and that these systems may
still have their own under-cover
agents operating in Canada"
4. That the Communist move
ment was the principal base within
which the espionage network was
recruited and that secret mem
bers of the Communist party in
hltrated through the government
and through various organizations
not only for espionage but for
and other purposes"
S. That a basic policy" of the
party is ito get control, through the
election of secret members to the
committees, of as many
types of functional organizations as
possible, including trade unions,
professional associations and broad
non-party organizations such as
youth movements and civil liberties
unions"
Attorney General Clark said yes
terday that the United States is
entirely on top of the espionage
situation" and that when sufficient
evidence is found, prosecutions will
start.
Mr. Clark issued his statement
after reporters had requested COM
ment on Ottawa accounts of a Ca
madam spy ring.
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