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Vif£>.;'. . , *»• rmk\ £ 4.H :, a» r'lafi JOP 'dk •:;t ' .v • y/ . £v/-. f m r" •. i Ei «r - ssa fcv:ft'** ..■• ■feri%aBWHaLn IS?' 77 V.':.: ' rCtoem ber S9 1945. j ;i%»m^ ^444-B,,r "•**• fo^jfllP .* " A . > Br' LS fz „ ; f - I «a informe d with re fe re noe to the Corby case %.' that It haa been te ntative ly propos e d; that action along •■ the following line s s ay be toke ns *jKtifiiv • $! .'tegi .„. fe |S % mi-(aV That the Prime Minis te r .will inte rrie w the s ovie t Ambassador prior to Mr* Zarubin’s de parture on Deoember 6th WmS S S S ^^^i *©* Uosoow andwillmake , re pre s e ntations , that ce rtain aaffis S r‘.VffiS ^KBbas ay<offlolals twho hare be e n'.fliraotlng e s pionage ^^'?®Lyi®raS fe ctlfitie aiin^Canada^be ;jre «OTe dr®Iti;ia, unde rs tood that £thle ‘Bee ting be twe e n Mr."King and>the “Ambassador will ^agaiaMMaapW:take place vonjthe »afte rnoon.ofs thof4th ins tant* i y»s. • r. „..twin tt=M who have’been- involved In espionage on behalf C$’&k':iot .the Soviet^G overnm ent?ln Canada but that, instead, the ;persons w ho"are em ployed in<the governm ent olroles wi l lbe questioned by m eans:of departm ental enquiries at ' 1 w iiii a «» Canad ianBar;Association in'W innipeg, w illtravel to O ttawa the inform ation at our /•iv Hon * Louis fl«8t* Laurent, K*C«, ; yv,- M inister of Tustloe* O ttawa, Canada« ., .-‘v , .*> • ^0|-£>£^ 5&» "l^ i’03-1 {S3 71; ID’« \rt u> :■ r �000404 ’MM, mi: \ -mm Pago 2. m m?5> dis pos al and to advis e the ^e s Vme thod?of procoduro to follow s ubs e que ntly*'.. . 0 •, 1: • 1 r'-ir'1'!'". ■••'£&& Itis deairable.'to^point^’out^in this connection that, im m ediately after M riVKing*a interview w ith the Soviet Am bassador, the netw ork of,agents im plicated, i f not already w arned, w il lbe cautioned and w illthen be in a oonoreta position :toiprepareithem seives for any investigation'or enquiry.w hich;m ay;follow . This w ould appear to necessitate thei-oom m encem ent of the departm ental enquiries at a tim e conjunctive w ith or Im m ediately follow ing M r. King’ s conversation w ith the soviet Am bas sador* To do so suooessfuilly-w ill.be m ost difficult, i f not altogether Im possible^because the necessary briefing of governm ent officials on;whom the enquiry w ould devolve oould not be satisfactorily accom plished w ithin the short tim e available* Furtherm ore^ i f ,the interrogations were not successfully carried out,':a m ost invidious situation w ould be brought about as the Soviet authorities w ould then be definitely m ade aware of the faot that Corby was ,1% ; in the protective custody of the G overnm ent and w ould no ; doubt m ake as m uoh oapital as possible of this to the ' ; detrim ent of the C anadian position in the m atter. «. 7<m r ^^that1to,toarxysout interrogations by.m eans of departm ental • ’’^enquiry,w ithout indicating the;souroe from w hich the ^inform ation was obtained.w ould be a virtual im possibility, v- ^U oreoverv.thereile no* guaranteeithat suoh a procedure w ould 'tsuoceedi!;insofar as,,obtaining.any adm issions or additional evidence«is concerned,#*O n the contrary i tm ight only bring , ia^eboutiuncontrollable,publicity that w ould reaot m ost unfavourably.tow qrds C anadian interests * It s hould als o b e em phasized that a departm ental enquiry w illnot ellfew us >to put anend'.to the activities of such key m en in the !■/. ,4netw ork as sam 'C arr and Fred Rose who should be the prim ary targets of any action* Itshould also be realized .."v that any agent investigated by departm ental enquiry who . :c.'oategorically refuses to adm it his guilt*m ust then be _ <4 . & o o.z-. %■ »?; �000405 ■1 a?':.. IM ** C*-» 1: Pt:;. •$wn -a 3 III! P«e« 3. III I IMppUHIiMpHim III II i'* '* l eft at liberty to continue M b -activities and m ay not even be dism issed from the,departm ent in w hich hs fi he w orks, . 'wit i. 0 i f. 3, • 3 j> ■ 4,»' ? ; :,a T- V: I tis our view iw after""'careful consideration of this m atter, that the only satisfactory m ethod of dealing w ith the problem involved, from the stand point of C anadian seourity, le to prooeed along the lines decided upon atathe W ashington C onference and to hold a R oyal com m ission to report on the w hole C orby case. I tle also,' in m y opinion,., essential i fthis course is follow ed that the publio be fully inform ed of the findings of the R oyal C om m ission appointed for this purpose. How ever. i fby reason of high politicaland dlplom atlo considerations i tis thought that suoh action is not In the best interests, or possible, i tis strongly em phasised that for.the.tim e being, at al levents, no action should be taken and the subjeot be treated entirely as an intelligence m atter for present pur poses pending further developm ents. I tm ay then be possible at a later date to take aotlon in conjunction w ith the Am erioan authorities • who are continuing to pursue their own enquiry in a m ost vigorous m anner - either by conspiracy charges being plaoed or such other procedure as m ay be. dictated by events, 'U nder the oiroum stances i tw ould only appear necessary, to m eet the im m ediate requirem ents of the situation, to take . the heads of.the .various departm ents in w hich the agents are em ployed into the confidence of the G overnm ent so that their activities can be neutralsited in .as disoreet a m anner as possible, ; <n-- $ «$/• • i*' •- . Icannot state too strongly that the present suggested m ethod of procedure by m eans of departm ental enquiry is fraught w ith possibilities of the gravest danger to C anadian Interests from a variety of angles �i. m •'Z^rvJ*s<3 nr. if,/Tv <'00406 W iMk sfitPage 4. fc& "**V*■■- Sbv;‘ v • K&- ‘ s* M^^«Bra ;? jrs pinfflTt®5Ttfii’!pitioy ^s ®w®u? proposed in this connection-,should .be re-exam ined \k m oot;carefully In? tha light!of.thefaerious, im plicaltS^*:.^m fcg;.ti°n8 inrolred and the reperouBaioha w hich m ay ansue vmm*tjf.i.«® a$yin tha C anadian fram ew ork,!* any aotlonU o taken at Kthia juncture w hich does not'bring about$<the expected k re suitb •m mam m mm ■ .Youra"faithfully, a®; IV - «P;?fe^€*Pa 2 * |S*T«7(TTood, Commis s ione r. ■K !’= Isiii * * y. % if] K&V gvr'' f§l#l Spi| :f§ll||§l JBilHg: Pi mj*H' 3S« iff iP'IAfRfr: ; 03-1 ;8TD>! , "', Vi : :* vi. ■t ffr-: i:: ■ ' : ■ • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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