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and that Of his wife and child" The
report goes on:
"He says that he had not been long
In the apartment, which Is No. I, when
he noticedRtw men standing on the op-
posite side OF the street who appeared
to be keeping him under observation.
Shortly after that some one knocked on
the door and called his name. While
he did not answer the door, his presence
In the apartment was disclosed by the
noise Of his child running across the
room. He says he recognized the voice
as that Of - : one Of the drivers for
the military attache."
Gouzenko then went through back
door to an adjoining apartment, occupied
by q noncommissioned officer of the
RCAF, and asked that his wife and
child might be permitted to hide out
there. Eventually arrangements were
made for the Gouzenkos to spend the
night In another neighbor's apartment,
while the RCAF man, on his own
initiative, went to q police station for
assistance. Two constables returned,
heard Gouzenko's story and promised
to keep the apartment house under
surveillance during the night.
His Apartment Is Ransacked.
About midnight four men entered the
building and knocked at the door
Of Gouzenko's unoccupied apartment.
When the RCAF oficer poked his head
out Of the adjoining apartment, the men
asked If he knew Gouzenko's where
abouts and on receiving a negative
answer they went downstairs.
They soon returned stealthily, how
ever, put their combined weight against
the door and broke 1t open. The RCAF
of1lcer meanwhile had called the police
and when they arrived they found the
tntruders in the act of ransacking the
apartment.
The men told the constables they
were Russians and that the owner Of
the apartment was "out of town" and
had given them permission to search
for some papers" which belonged to
the Russian Embassy.
The men identified themselves as>Vi-
tall G. Pavlov, second secretary of the
Embassy (who is described in the COM
missions report as head of the NKVD
secret police in Canada; 1t. Col. Rogov,
military attache for air uisted as on the
military intelligence staff; 1t. Ange-
low (also Of military intelligence), and
Alexandra Farafontov, a cipher clerk.
The police made no attempt to re-
strain the quartet from leaving, which
they did in short order.
Gouzenko and his family remained
in another apartment under police guard
until the next morning, when Gouzenko
was turned over to the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. His documents were
accepted by that organization and the
real investigation finally began.
The following day the Russian En-
bassy sent a note to the Canadian gov
eminent complaining of the crude treat
ment" accorded Pavlov and his COM
panions by the police and requesting
Canadian assistance in seeking and ar
resting Gouzenko, who was described as
capital criminal who has stolen money
belonging to the Embassy" A second
urgent request was sent week later
The Canadian government countered
with a polite request for more details
concerning the alleged theft, but no re-
ply was received.
The commissions exonerated Gouzenko
of the money-theft charge.
Gouzenko's "Great Public Service"
From the questioning of Gouzenko it
was learned that he was born in Russia
in 1919, attended the Academy of Engi-
neering in Moscow and a special school
conducted by the Red Army General
Staff, became member of the "Kom-
somol" of Young Communists at IT. At
the staff school he learned the secret
codes which he later worked on at the
Embassy. He was sent to the front in
May, 1912, remaining in the combat zone
for about year. 4
company Col. Zapotin to Canada to as
sist in the planned expansion of the
military espionage system there.
During two years Of life in Canada"
Gouzenko told the Royal Commission, II
saw the evidence Of what a free people
can do. What the Canadian people
have accomplished here under. condi-
tions Of complete freedom, the Russian
people, under conditions of the Soviet
regime of violence and suppression of
all freedom, cannot accomplish even at
the cost of tremendous sacrifices, blood
and tears"
The commission points out that it was
under the influence of such considera-
tions that Gouzenko finally decided to
leave the Soviet service and to take with
him documents which would establish
the kind of activity being carried on
under cover of the Russian Embassy.
I'm our opinion Gouzenko, by what he
has done, has rendered great public
service to the people of this country
and thereby has placed Canada in his
debt"
Tomorrow: United States ramifica-
tions Of the spy network and its success
full quest for data on the atomic bomb)