Criminals, Deserters, and Security Breaches

Until 1943, the BSC represented the Security Service (MI5) in the Western Hemisphere. These documents provide a sample of collaboration and communications between Ottawa and the BSC on crimes, desertions, and security breaches. The records touch on con artists in Canadian uniforms who passed fraudulent checks and targeted Beverly Hills wealth, a former MI6 asset who was too forthcoming about his past work, and illicit skyline photos that a Canadian Sergeant took from the observation tower of New York's Empire State Building.