Evening star., 1947-01-29

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This is the third OF series OF
articles based on the Canadian Royal
Commissions report on operations OF
a Russian spy ring in Canada during
and after World War.H.)
Although the Soviet military inteli-
gence organization operating out of the
Russian Embassy in Ottawa was con-
cerned primarily with delving into Cam
ada's war secrets, there is ample evi-
dence in the Royal Commissions report
that agents of the ring occasionally yis-
tied the United States.
These visits not only were for the pur-
pose of making contact with Russian
agents in washington and elsewhere but,
believe it or not, for the inspection OF
some of our most secret laboratories and
Offices. Incredible as 1t seems, several
Canadian scientists who were in the
Russian met" actually gained access
through their scientific connections-to
the atomic bomb laboratory at Chicago
University, to the research center at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and to other guarded places.
For example, DR.. Allan Num- May,
noted British nuclear physicist, known
to his fellow agents as "Alek," who con-
fessed that he gave to Russia top secret
data on the atomic bomb, accompanied
by samples of enriched uranium 235
and uranium 233, visited the Chicago
University laboratory on at least three
occasions in 1914, when the A-bomb was
still in it's formative stages.
Durnford Smith (cover name: "Ba-
deauo, member of the micro-wave Sec
ton of the RADIO branch of the Canadian
National Research Council, is said by the
commission to have visited NIT ''for the
purpose of discussing secret equipment" :"
There was found this notation in his
Russian Embassy dossier, under date
of August 8, 1945: "He has just returned
from the United States, brought noth-
ing. He will bring for the next meet
ing his account of his journey in the
United States of America and other
materials in accordance with our di-
rective."
Information Sought on U. S. Plants.
1t. David Shugar, employed by the
director of electrical supply Navy,
was listed in the report as having been
assigned the task" on December 16,
1945, of getting information on plants,
workshops, scientific research institutes
and laboratories in England and the
United States which are making and
planning hydrophonic apparatus"
According to the report, Shugar had
occasion to visit q number of establish
ments in the United States = All this
was, of course, secret work"
In interrogating Shugar, the commits
sion asked:
How many laboratories did you visit
all told in connection with your work."
you mean everywhere?"
eyes"
shall I rattle them off by names or
give the number?"
by name if you prefer and if 1t will
assist you in answering the question" ="
There were the ones mentioned pre-
viously in England. In the. United
States there was the Bureau of Ships,
the Naval Research Laboratory. the
laboratory at Orlando, Fla, and at Fort
Lauderdale. There was one laboratory
at Mountain Lakes, N. j. Then there
was the one at Sagam and in Spring.
field, Ill"
However, Shugar eventually was ac-
quilted of a charge that he conveyed
secret information to the spy group.
The job of co-ordinating efforts Of
the spy ring to obtain scientific data,
particularly concerning the atomic
bomb, was given to Capt. David Gordon
Lunan, of the Canadian Army, assigned
to the Wartime Information Board.
Lunan, whose cover name was Back,
reported to Maj. Rogov, assistant mill
tary attache for air and colleague OF
Col Nicolai Zapotin, head of the espio-
mage setup.
Atomic Bomb Was Major Goal.
Section III of.the Royal Commission s
report states;
"One of the many objectives Of the
Russian organization in Ottawa was the
atomic bomb The exhibits produced re-
veal how anxious the organization was
to obtain as full information as possible
about the work done by the nuclear
physicists in connection with the use
of atomic energy.
"As far back as March %, 1945. Lunan
reported to Rogov: 'Badeau (code name
for Durnford Smith informs me that
most secret work at present Is on nu-
clear (bombardment of radioactive SUBJ
stances to produce energy. This is more
hush-hush than radar and is being car
ried on at the University of Montreal
and McMaster University at, Hamilton
Badeau thinks that government pur-
chasing of radium- producing plant is
connected with this research
'Lunan was here transmitting a is-
port from Durnford Smith on the work
of the National Research Council.
"In mid-April of the same year one
OF the tasks given to Lunan and set out
in the 'Organizational Directives' for
his group was: ASK Badeau whether he
could obtain Uran No. 235; let him be
cautious If he can, let him write in
detail about the radium- producing
plant