https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/2e6d34e86c09a865763f7a7e6de8ec1e.pdf 7c9057b769af7ccd5a00c84b607cc8ed PDF Text Text 094524 }: r- xx _ fi> %ou%J*.X'OVX x X°XX,_ 3103-1 (33/01) �004525 X \ 9 r J. S . BjgjNING . Sscur* N ational.R «gl»tr«tlon C ard.;.:i.1 1 ■ • S'; ‘ ' • ‘,;' t I ■ ; "£" D lTiaion'roport"that^EN N IN O l8 ajS ' |'i|/.'f r- -!; "# brother-in-law "of"H .S^O EM W .' ^oseW ^J;";U j •) ooTor 'nem o la,*<H U ff*^G roS(W *8iw ifeli:!:-;1f has relatives in C entral Europe— see ; *... " ' * exhibit 60. The relationship should be clari fied* C heck C i vi lService records for oom plete details of BENNING *s em ploym ent* There is som e question as to BEN N IN G 's true origin, in O ctober, 1942 he olalm ed that his parents w ere born in N ew foundland; on another occasion they w ere born at St* Pierre et M iquelon, P*q* question him on this^point. question BENNING as to the m ethod used in handing over m aterialto ZABO TIN* The large quantity handed-ovq£ by BENNING w ould indicate thatm eetings w ere frequently arranged. Exhibit 35-3 coneerne^4nV£$6*^^ 5, 1944 w hich show s that/C AR E asked m eeting through FO STER IBEN N IN G )^ circ instances of this shoi^id;/b^^i i B ^^^,''/.'> Ascertain i fBENNING w as conne^tefe^^% PF^, w ay w ith, or a m em ber of, a N orth Am erican M / C om m ittee of C o-ordination. A s - ; . -4 . 2 • y± v t&U., v^s * % 'C'x r. �004526 R£. James S cotland BENNINO-.rCO Yer... ne ma...."JOS TEfl " fr>vhiv • GROUP ...... X X rC: . • TATCMtKI CHOUIMY ANQ BIOGHAItiT Nom e - Jam es Scotland BENNING Place of Birth Da te - Montre al, P.Q, % June 15, 1913. Pa re nts Born S t. Pie rre e t Mique lon, P.Q. (In applying for a pos ition with the Civil S e rvioe In Ootobe r, 1942 BENNING de clare d his pare nts we re bom inlNe wfoundland). Raclol Origin Marital S tatus - Occupat ion e mployme nt - ■X V Joltic. Anglo-S axon (Englis h). Marrie d, one child, NOTE:- "C" 01 vl e l on re port BENNING la a brothe r-in-law of H.S . GERSON, cove r name •’GRAY". Cle ric. 1932-33, Canadian National S te ams hip Line s — D eck H and. 1933-34, C anadian Steel Strapping C o., Ltd., M ontreal P.Q . 1931-35, M aohlne O perator, storekeeper, C anadian Laatox Ltd., M ontreal. 1935-41, C oats C krk, D om inion R ubber C o. M ontreal. 1941-42, Barrett C om pany, M ontreal. July 1 - 21, 1942, Allied (far Supply C orporation, M ontreal. July 21, 1942 - July, 1945, Llalaan O fficer, Am m unition D ivision, Am m unition Production Branch, D .M *S. and Joint Seoretary of C anadian M unition Assignm ent C om m ittee. July, 1945 Transferred to D epreciation C om m ittee. D. M. and S , Pre s e nt - Economics s tatis tical Branch, D.M. k S , He s lde nce - July 14, 1942 re s ide d wlth H.S .' GEfiS Cfi, ±p t. 1, 5000 Hutchis on S t., Montre al, phone CO 0024. '• /, Ottawa - o/o T. Bryne , 193 S unny s ide Ave . , VX S tatus Britis h s ubje ct. / - -y. a ' 4/,-^ Police Re cord None known. X " Cl v V '*?) '' % CS NS BAL -H 'v • He was e ducate d in the Montre al Publlo S ohoole and atte nde d McGill Unive rs ity in 1936-37, s ubje ct Accounting. *he n he mode application for the Civil S e rvice ha was e pons ore d by Ur, U.B. Fis he r, Comptrolle r, Hltz Carlton Hote l, Montre al! Mr. T.S .C. S aunde rs , Comptrolle r, Jue boo Liquor Commie a ion, and Mr. C. Le Blanc, Ins urance Age nt, Montre al. In his q)plloation BENNING applie d for a pos ition as Munitions and s upply Offioe r. Invs s tlgatlona oonduotod in 1942 re s pe cting his characte r re ve al that BENNIKQ re ce ive d many me rit marks wfailat e mploye d by the Dominion Rubbe r Co. and re ce ive d thre e promotions , Junior Coe t Cle rk und Cos t Es timator to S tandard Cos t Cle rk* BENNINC’s re oord at the Canadian S te e l S trapping Co, waa favourable . His rooord at the Barre tt Co. wee favourable , e xoe pt for one occas ion whe n he was che okod up by the manage me nt for re marking, A-X to ce rtain e mploye e s , that the y we re working for too s mall a %^Q*ala ry. NOfre cord of Communis t activitie s . . I]Q > • X- 'JA XX4,X X* % 3103-1 03'01) : ► ; Augus t iy40 - 1192 Bis hop S t........ontronl. it �RE: Jam es Sootland B5N NIN G --cover nam e J!F.0STKR" GROUP 001527 ■^CTM55^. 4*w A (fo* .< eTATCMCHT CORBY STATEMENT. CO RBY stated that BENNING was reorulted by Sam CARR for SO KO LO V*s organization in 1942-43 (ex* 51)• He then o^m e under ZHKVKNIO V of Tass (ex. 51, ex. 52). BENNING has been em ployed by the D epartm ent of M unitions and Supply since the latter part of 1942 (ex. 51). CO RBY reports that BENNING supplies large am ounts of inform ation, including m onthly review s, production figures and copies of correspondence w ith com pares. A single bag, sent to M oscow on January 5, 1945, contained over 360 pages of inform ation supplied by him (ex. 37). DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. Exhibit No. 51 - Octobe r, 1942. This document conce rns the Ottawa-Toronto Group unde r Sam CARR and re ve als that In Octobe r, 1942 CARR propos e d that FOSTER, an As s is tant to the S upe rinte nde nt of the De partme nt of Dis tribution of War Production, Munitions and S upply "gave mate rial about war mate rial, guns and othe r kinds of s upplie s *. It was als o me ntione d that he oould gain othe r information with promotion and give be tte r mate rials . FOSTER was tie d up or contacte d with Martin (ZHEVENIOV). Exhibit No. 52 - Undated*. This conce rns thre e individuals who did not "work for us dire ctly but for SAM’s organ izatlon". One of the individuals , -C/ i» MARTIN who e vide ntly worke d with ERNST (Eric ADAMS) and FOSTER (BENNING). The ir main tas k was to s upply information conce rning the Army and look for new pe ople . mu * r Wfc; Thre e re ports ,we re ;-- ~ s ubmitte d conce rning aviation, the Fle e t and the Army. ‘ Q* f, ' -y ■ Cj o Exhibit No. 35-3-5-12-44. ZABQ Tlif notes concerning various m eetings w ith Sam CARR. O ne item reads as follow s:' “ "5-12-44 Asked for m eeting through FO STER". Exhibit No. 37 5-1-45. G RANT’ S M ail List. This contains 70 item s al l of w hich FO STER is shown as being the source. The total num ber of pages of m aterial supplied by FO STER am ounts to 361. The num ber of the item s on the l i st are quoted hereunder:111, 116, 121, 126, 131, 136, 141, 146, 151, 156, 161. 166, 171, 179, 3103-1 iS j .SO 112, 117, 122, 127, 132, 137, 142, 147, 152, 157, 162, 167, 172, 191, 113, 118 123, 128, 133, 138, 143, 148, 153, 158, 163, 168, 173, 192, 114, 119, 124, 129, 134, 139, 144, 149, 154, 159, 164, 169, 177, 193, 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 178 194 j. �RE: .. Janas S cotland BEWHIMQ—oov»xr nama "FOSTER• •Me n tweed- fVwK^* • GROUP •t a t k me n t ! > ■ DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE (CONT'D.) Exhibit No. 37 (cont'd.) - The 70 Ite ms cove r nume rous s ubje cts . The following will give some ide a of the many s ubje cts de alt with:* Manus cripts on Canadian-Britis h re lations , production of ae roplane s , production of s hips , te le grams , corre s ponde nce with companie s , corre ctions of contracts , note s to contractors , s upple me nts to contracts , ‘e xplos ive s , note s on ce rtain programs , -re ports .on Ce ns ors hip Branch, s pe cifica">7%^^ "tions , ./Corre s ponde nce re s pe cting Ins pe e tion Bfanoh,^the compos ition of a packing commis don,. note s on production, te le grams , monthly re vie ws ^' production of arms during Nove mbe r, 1944, analys is of orde rs on Nove mbe r 30, 1944, re ports on a NorthAme rican Committe e of Co-ordination and note s conce rning the same Committe e . l a % -'v> •£ 310? * m ZM � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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