2021-01-20, 18:15:11
I spent a lot of time in the Pickering area when I was working for OPG. I always wanted to visit that Camp X memorial but never got around to it.
Interesting trivia about Stephenson & Camp X:
When Igor Gouzenko tried to defect in Ottawa in 1945, Mackenzie King was terrified of offending the Soviets and wanted to give him back to them. William Stephenson happened to be in Ottawa and heard about Gouzenko. He convinced King to allow Gouzenko to defect & had him taken to Camp X for safekeeping. Documents stolen from the Soviet embassy by Gouzenko revealed much about the scope of Soviet spy networks in Canada & US.
73
Dave, VE3WI
Interesting trivia about Stephenson & Camp X:
When Igor Gouzenko tried to defect in Ottawa in 1945, Mackenzie King was terrified of offending the Soviets and wanted to give him back to them. William Stephenson happened to be in Ottawa and heard about Gouzenko. He convinced King to allow Gouzenko to defect & had him taken to Camp X for safekeeping. Documents stolen from the Soviet embassy by Gouzenko revealed much about the scope of Soviet spy networks in Canada & US.
73
Dave, VE3WI