Information from the Soviet intelligence officer Igor Gouzenko resulted in suspects being rounded up based on flimsy evidence
How The Cold War Began: The Igor Gouzenko Affair and The Hunt For Soviet SpiesThe Kremlin’s Noose: Putin’s Bitter Feud With The Oligarch Who Made Him Ruler of RussiaAs the controversy over foreign interference in Canada ’s democratic processes continues to grip Ottawa, a look back at a similar episode in Canadian history may offer some useful perspective.
The fact that a member of Parliament, Fred Rose, was among the 20 Canadians who were suspected of spying for the Soviets made the case particularly disturbing for Ottawa. Rose, a known Communist activist, had broad contacts with Canadian civil servants, scientists and academics who were attracted to communism, and a few had helped military intelligence officers at the Soviet embassy in their recruiting efforts.
Mackenzie King’s concerns about offending the Soviets were of course laughable, especially since Moscow had been apprised of all the developments in the case through its mole in the British intelligence service, Kim Philby. But King’s worry about the Canadian government being criticized for star-chamber methods in handling the detainees was justified. The rights of the 13 Canadians originally arrested for spying under the War Measures Act were egregiously violated.
Whatever knowledge the accused Canadians passed on to the Soviets, it was apparently of little value. According to an assessment by the National Research Council Canada in September, 1946: “There has never been at any time any information about the bomb in Canada, and no information could have possibly been obtained from this country.
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