Igor Gouzenko
Videos
Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the Soviet embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, and a lieutenant of the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate. He defected on September 5, 1945, three
Gouzenko in 1946
Gouzenko's Somerset Street apartment (upper right, facing street) in 2007
Igor Gouzenko's pistol, which he was carrying when hiding in his neighbour's apartment (exhibit of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC)
Igor Gouzenko's tombstone at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Camp X
Videos
Camp X was the unofficial name of the secret Special Training School No. 103, a Second World War British paramilitary installation for training covert agents in the methods required for success in cla
Igor Gouzenko
…RCMP who were willing to examine the documents he had removed from the Soviet embassy. Gouzenko was transported by the RCMP to the secret World War II "Camp X", comfortably distant from Ottawa. While there, Gouzenko was interviewed by investigators from Britain's internal security service, MI5 (rather than…
Camp X in 1943
A view of part of the site of Camp X looking toward Lake Ontario.
Rockex equipment invented by Benjamin deForest Bayly
Plaque and memorial at the site of Camp X