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                  <text>CRC/MB

45 D 1226-H -2

Septem ber 16, 1945.

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CONFIDENTIAL

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To: Tho O .C . M " D iv • 9 R .C .M .P • 9
ALL D ivisions Except "N " and "D epot"

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R e: Igor Sergelevitch O O UZKNKO ,
O ttaw a. O ntario.
A request has been m ade by the Em bassy of the
U .S.S.R . in C anada for this Force to ascertain the present
w hereabouts of Igor Sergelevitch G ouzenko and his w ife,
Svetlana G ouzenko, who disappeared from O ttaw a, O ntario,
on the 7th instant, together w ith their son, Andrei, who
is tw enty-one m onths of age#
Prior to tho disappearance of U r. G ouzenko and
2.
hie fam ily he was em ployed in a clerical capacity in the
Soviet Em bassy, and the authorities concerned are m ost
anxious to ascertain the present w hereabouts of the persons
referred to. According to the particulars at our disposal
from the Em bassy, M r. G ouzenko took w ith him a quantity of
stolen m oney, although the details in this connection are
not at present available.;D A,description of the m issing
ind 1 viduaIs foilow s: ,&gt; &lt;s
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IG O R G O UZENKO - born January 13,-1919. Arrived in
C anada July £0, 1943; height 6* 6";
w eight "146-150 pounds; colour of
hair - brbw nl^colour of eyes - Gre y;
straight noso* ^som etim es w ears
spectacles.
EVFTLANA GOUZENKO - born De ce mbe r 12, 1919.

Arrived
in C anada July 20, 1943; height 51 7";
w eight 140 pounds; colour of hair l
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ght brow n; colour of eyes - blue;
slender figure; straight nose.

3.
In the event of inform ation becom ing available to
you regarding the w hereabouts of U r. and M rs. G ouzenko and
their son, Andrei, w ould you please com m unicate w ith this
office by telegram so that the necessary action m ay bo
taken. As i
t is assum ed that U r. and M rs. G ouzenko w i
l
l
only be found in the larger centres of population and in
view of the fact that the disappearance of o m em ber of a
J%-),
foreign G overnm ental staff is involved, this m attor should
^&gt;n°% obe regarded as confidential for the present tim e and no

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O a , Every effort la to be m ade to locnte the m iunlng
"'C&gt;.-peraona,'-although I
t In appreciated1 at thin offIce.that they
I^J^/sa^y havo proceeded to the U nited States, and the federal
n&lt;:v,.06^nreau-bf^Inveotlgatlon la being advised In caae they are now
^0/4n-the&gt;U ni'ted States.
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3103-1 {33/On

G . E. R ivett-C arnac, Supt• 9
for D irector, C rim inal Investigation.

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