Evening star., 1954-05-02
Gouzenko Leads Mystery Double Life


Soviet espionage but the damage
can be repaired. It's like cutting
a wire. The electricity Is cut off
temporarily but the wire can be
fixed.
Would Encourage Breaks.
"If we can encourage more
Russian agents to break, and to
break in quick succession. the
Kremlin will find it almost i'm
possible to get or rely on new
recruits. This could lessen the
chance of another war. Espion-
age and inf1lMation are among
Russia's chief weapons. When
their intelligence system is un-
dermined, they will think twice
about any aggressive action"
At this point in the interview,
a waiter knocked and came in
with coffee. Mr.. Gouzenko and
talked about what good books
we had read lately. The waiter
left and we got back to business.
Since he broke with the Rus
slams in 1945, had Mr.. Gouzenko
ever felt any close menace. did
he ever think Soviet agents had
picked up his trail?
There were no definite signs
of this" he said. Now and then
there was something suspicious
but it never amounted to any,
thing. But in those first few
years. we were especially jittery.
Walking along the street,
we'd cross or turn or stop to be
sure nobody was following us.
We'd go into a department store
and gradually become aware of
a man watching us. Our hearts
turned over until we learned he
was just a store detective"
Earns Good Living"
How do the Gouzenkos-or
MalokS-live?
Mostly from income by Gou-
zenko, the writer. Shortly after
his break. he wrote several mag
aZine articles and the book. His
second book, a novel called Fall
of q Titan. has been selected
by the Book Of the Month Club.
A movie several years ago,
based on his break, brought him
additional money. A second
movie. tentatively titled "Gou-
zenko: Man in Hiding" is now
being filmed in Canada by pro-
ducer Fred Feldkamp. This is
a highly fictionalized version of
his life since 1945.
In addition. the Gouzeukos
have an annunity given them by
grateful Canadian who admired
their courage in exposing the
atomic spy ring. The annuity
pays them 500 month for the
remainder of their lives.
All in all, the Gouzenkos have
enough money to live in a COM
Portable house and own a good
car. Thus, the fact that their
24-hour police guard poses as
chauffeur and general handy
man does not appear incon-
gruouS.
Special Citizenship.
When they broke with the
Russians in 1945 and went under
the protection of the government,
Canada gave the Gouzenkos cit
1zenship by a special act of the
Cabinet. Canadian authorities
also gave them an entirely new
life story, which took the Gou-
zenkos three or four months to
learn thoroughly.
They were given new birth
certificates from a foreign coun-
try other than Russia to explain
their continuing heavy accents.
Their two children, 8 and 10,
know nothing of their Russian
background. They know only the
Malok story.
Mr.. Gouzenko speaks English
and Russian f1uently. He can
only just get by in the language
OF the country he now pretends
was his birthplace. Let us say
this country is Czechoslovakia.
When a real Czech meets Ma
lok and thinks he has found
countryman, the Czech fire.
quently tries to talk to Mr.. Ma
lok in Czech.
II always try to discourage
this" Mr.. Gouzenko says. "Ob-
viously. 1 don't know enough Of
this other language to get by
for long. I laugh and I say to
the man, we are Canadians now.
Let US speak English
ITO hold such incidents to a
minimum, we live in a town
where there are few people of
the national origin we pretend.
Speak Only English.
1.-THE odd and sometimes
tantalizing thing is the fact that
our children, who can speak only
English, are jealous of their
school mates who have learned
another language at home-say,
French or Danish. Obviously, we
can't teach them Russian. And
we don't know enough Of the
language we pretend to teach
them at once"
In the first few years after
1945, the GouzenkoS moved three
or four times. Each time they
changed homes they moved a
considerable distance. Each
time. a moving van carried their
furniture to a warehouse. An
other van, from another moving
firm, then carried their belong
ingS to the new house.
"Once, when we moved" Mr..
Gouzenko recalled with a
nervous laugh, "our dog went
from the new house all the way