Evening star., 1947-01-30

articles based on the Canadian Royal
Commissions report on operations Of
Russian spy ring in Canada during
and since World War H.
The Royal Commission found that OF
all the agents, Communists, fellow
travellers and others referred to in the
secret documents taken from the Rus
sian Embassy in Ottawa by the disil-
lusioned Communist, Igor GorEenko,
none, Soviet officials excepted, have
been more repeatedly and prominently
mentioned, either under their names
or cover names, than Fred Rose and
his fellow spy and conspirator, Sam
Carr"
Fred Rose, whose code names were
Fred and "Debouz," was q member
of the Canadian Parliament until his
arrest and conviction for conspiracy to
violate Canada's Official Secrets Act.
He is now serving six years in prison
for his key part in organizing the Rus
sian spy ring In Canada. He did this
in collaboration with Carr, whose real
name is Schmil Hogan and whose spy
pseudonyms were Sam" and Prank"
Carr fled from Canada when the spy
case broke and is still at large.
The report states that the espionage
activities of this pair have been traced
back as far as 1924, about which time
the Russian military intelligence syS-
TENS In Canada and the United States
are believed to have begun to take shape.
That the systems were interlocking is
evidenced by the fact that Rose made
frequent visits to the United States.
On at least one Of these trips, according
to the Russian records, Rose arranged
to confer with Soviet agent in New
York City known as Steinberg (code
name, "Berger'). One order to Rose
(Debouz) read as follows:
Contact in Washington"
''To Debouz-Debouz is to tie up with
Berger and depending on the circum-
work for us or for the corporation. Con-
tact in Washington with Debouz's per-
son. To work out arrangements for a
meeting and to telegraph. To give out
$500. If Debouz should be unable to go
to U. S. A., then there should be letter
from Debouz to Berger containing re-
quest to assist the person delivering the
letter to Berger"
This order was dated May II, 1945.
The corporation" for whom Berger's
services were being sought was the mill
itary intelligence net headed by Col.
Nicolai zapotin and operating from
secret wing of the Russian Embassy in
Ottawa. Gouzenko told the commission
that Rose made the contact with Ber-
ger in the United States.
Rose, whose real name is Rosenberg,
has been Communist agitator in Can,
ada for many years. He arrived in Can
ada in 1920 from Russia and attained
Canadian citizenship in 1926. He was
born in Poland Of Russian parents.
In September of 1942 Rose, with Carr
and a number of other prominent
Canadian Communists, was arrested and
interned under the security provisions
of the Official Secrets Act of 1899. At
that time the Defense Advisory Com
mittee gave this history of him:
Rose Was Long a Communist
'In 1925 he joined the Young Com
muniSt League and was appointed
national secretary for that organization
IN 1929. As such, he went to Russia for
a course of instruction in 1880 where
for period of six months he served
on the International Executive Com
mittee of the Young Communist League.
He became member of the Communist
Party of Canada in 1927 and was ap-
pointed to the Central Executive Com
mittee of the Party in 1929.
He admitted in 1912 the truth of
scharges that he was leader in and
supporter of "subversive policies" of
the Communist Party in Canada, that
he had written pamphlet in which he
"disloyally opposed the Canadian
u. S. A. defense alliance" that he had
attacked Canada's war effort and that
he had engaged in other "disloyaT
activities designed to weaken Canada's
war effort" All of these public activi-
ties took place, Of course, before the
German attack on Russia. Thereafter
the Canadian authorities decided to
release him, believing that he would
follow the Party line of supporting the
war effort Of Canada"
Soon Violated His Pledge
Before his release, Rose signed an
undertaking" not to indulge in any
subersive activities of any kind.
Like Sam Carr (who had been SINH
larly interned and released)," the Royal
commission reported, Fred Rose lost
no time in violating his undertakings" :"
Rose and Carr proceeded vigorously
to build up in Canada an effective spy
nework, their recruits eventually includ-
ing Government physicists working with
United States scientists on the atomic
bomb, trusted Army and Navy officers
having access to top secret radar, ord
nance and other information and women
civil service employees in position to dis
close military and diplomatic secrets.
Rose, a persuasive speaker, did much
of his recruiting of agents at the So
called study groups" organized by the
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