https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c95162a4e99b90963e54ef806c335707.pdf fb280ba0c1248b72a52a0bf35d4c0eba PDF Text Text 004550 .t : Ay, r .t i !••• l I ; ' .? *■■ ____J: SI- * ' v >; : i 1 ! ! i p R 0 F. B \ 0 s y •v #■ s i w ytR .c> •% Uc -j Ac r Cy 7 /;y Of. ' *■' ^7%,' H-c Q'f I -Cic S' Os-.. ' !*" i.. ■ ■ -^m&o %* •v • ; : : 03-1 '{S3' q 4* �Employme nt - Inde pe nde ntly waalthy, Frofe as or of Re s e arch Che mlatrv, WcOlll Unlraralty. Chairman of • Te ohnloai Re aanroh Coas aittaa In oonnaotlon with BOX and DOT. At time of Nallorvil i<ogis '. r:: untary »ar work in the ivt ; R esidence - S tatus - 1939 - £06 St. Loula S trai t, U ontraal; phona PI, 4345. 1943 - 416 kount Plaaaant Aranut, U ontraal; phona U l l l bonk 3640. 1946 - 3670 Lornt C raaoant, U ontraal; phona H A. 00647 , Bri ti sh aubj tol . Police H aoord - Kona know n. GENERAL Dr, BOYER waa originally of Roman Cathollo faith but ha baoaoa ambitte re dbaoe uaa of tha aaparatlon of hia fe thar and! mothe r a nd now an tart oin* antl-ole rloal tandanoias . As a ra s uit of hi a marriage to a Je wes s ne ithe r ha nor his wife e ra looke d upon -with partloular favour in tha community , m nuh u.r Dr. BOYER paas ad Me pre -**d loal ye ar and e nte re d firs t ye ar j me dicine at UoOtll but be was appare ntly die Inte ras te d, pe rhaps baos us a of hla e xce lle nt .f inanole l s tatus , und was not s uooa s s ful in pea ring ttiavodur^ia, yS \?he r«af tar, by s pe olal arrange me nt of his Unci*. Profe s s or-Johns ton, ha antarad tha faoulty of S olanoa and' Ob,taihAd honours in Che mis try, finally ae ourlng a Ph, D. De gre e ,^/> ' ' Ha than did pos t-Doctorate work at liarfurd., the Unive rs ity of Vie nna and toe S orbonna in Faria Dr. BOYER firs t oame to our atte ntion in April, 1939 when ha was e le ote d to tha Exe cutive Committe e of tha Canadian Civil Libe rtlas Union, many mt'ibcr* of whloh ware known Communlate and fallow travallara. BOYER raalgnad on Uay 16, 1941, but during the e ns uing pariod he was ve ry motive and aots d at various tlaaa In the capaoity of Pre aidant, Yloe -Pre aidant and Chairman, Ha s trongly s upporte d tha re pe al of the War Ue aauraa Act. Dr, BOYER was als o cfambar of tha Qutbe o Committe e for Allie d Vlotory, a Communis t-front organization and ha atte nde d various mattings he ld by that organization. Dr. BOYER was ,in De oe mbe r 1941 a me mber of the Exe outlve Committe e of tha Ruaalon He die s ! Aid Committee and a membe r h 'ip i ■„ °o 04, 3103-1 {93/01} 1940 - Sennerrl l l e, P.x. 1941 - 636 Pina Avenue foi .i , �-ooT«p.ntBjj3h« PfiurssaoR- PAOK NO. /. 0043o2 • TA*01W« CMOWIAT ANO ftCPOrtl Laohlne, P. r.K.O. Johne ton, t a, two <hlid re n« rob Che mis try. ■A^ by. Professor of R esearch nlvereity. C hairm an of a C om m ittee in oonnaotlon w ith At 11 bo of N« t lorvt 1 ne glatratlon, Augus t 19 - 40, Ur, BOYfcH.wea doing voluntary war work In the Unive rs ity of Toronto. ^ t Street, M ontreal; phone 1940 - Sonnervllle, P.k, 1941 - 636 Pina Avenue tout, M ontreal. 'ftaa-nt Ave nue, Montre al; ik 3540, •os oe nt, Uontraalj phona Hi, . i \ . i , l i n Cathollo faith but ha i s e paration of hia fathe r and! le rloal te ndanoie e. Jewess ne ithe r he nor his alar favour in the community ye ar and e nte re d firs t ye ar pare ntly dls inte ras tad, financial s tatus , and was ars e. The re afte r, by ape oial dor Johns ton, ha e nte re d the honours in Che mis try, finally at H arvard, the U niversity of ntlon in April, 1939 w hen he m lttee of the C anadian C ivil w hioh w ere know n C om m unists but during the ensuing period various tim es In the capacity C hairm an* Ha strongly supauras Aot, e Q uabeo C om alttaa for Allied illation and ha attended ganlzatlon* > m em ber of the executive Aid C om m ittee and a m em ber * C am paign C om m ittee, ', 3103-1 (33/01) I �Profe s s or Rsyrnond BOYER--oove r,,fl*PROrlflBOR" GENERAL (CONT'D, ) D r. 60YER Is N ational C hairm an of the C anadian Asaooietlon of Scientific W orkers. It lo interesting to nota that this association has recently contended that tha s aorat of tha atom ic bom b should ba m ade public. [ S hortly aftar tha s tart of tha tar Dr. BOYER approaohad UoOlll Unive rs ity and offarad to as s is t tha tar e ffort at his own azpans a. Aftar completing a ye ar's work with tba Re s earch Counoil on RDZ and DDT, ha taa appointe d a laoturar In O * Che mis try, a pos ition ha s till holds . BOYER is re porte d to ba a member of tha Labour Progre s s iva Party. During March, 1W5 the De pt, of Notional De fe nov Include d Dr. BOYER's name on a lis t of individuals tho tare then be ing i cons ide red for dutie s of a confide ntial nature . The De part- j ment te a advis e d of hie Communist s ympathie s. It is inte re s ting to note that Volume 2, Ho. 16 of the Canadian e dition of "Canadian Affairs ", publis he d by the Canadian Information S e rvioe .e n is s ue of approximate ly 10 < pages , containe d o 14-ps ge article by Raymond DOYER unde r the ' title "S cience in the £e aoe ", It de alt with s ole ntls ta be ing mobilize d for the war e ffort and that whe t could be done during the war would be ,done during the pe ace . Xt will be re oallad that l»t. 0. Lunan, cove r name "BACK" is on tha editorial s taff /Of thie magazine . x? CO RBY ST ATI# ENT * ' ' /r. ' *■ Or- :/r -. ’' 'Or 4 *v ^Afh/ c , CORDY e xplained that Profe as or DOVER waa a Profe s s or of Chs mis try at UoOlll and a S pe cialis t on fiS (7). he has also done work on RDX. xhlbit 60 YER - was ons of the originalAgents under Fred _BO lohem O siTTn SO KO LO V's 1942-43 set-up. He provided Inform ation on loal plans and ezplosivee ae vei l as HDX form ula (ex. 60). CO RBY states ba is regarded as a valuable agent. D uring the past three years BO YER has bean in touch w ith FREDA (ex. 63) who m ay aot as the oontaot betw een him and Fred RO BE. CO RBY also supplied inform ation respecting one Arthur BTSINBKRO , oover nam e "BERG ER" (ex. 61) who w as to hove bten approaohad by Fred RO SE and anliat hia services as an agent, either for the C om m unist Party or 8oviet Intalligenoa, acoordlng to hla reaotlon. It la Intereating to nota that Arthur STEINBERG form erly resided in M ontreal w here he wee em ployed on the Faoulty of U oO lll U niversity from 1940-44. He w as also a D ireotor of the N ational C om m ittae for C anadian Soviet Friend ship, Q uebeo D ivision. STEINBERG proce ede d to the Unite d S tate s and on July 3, 1946 hla wifa te legraphed of UoOill that he r huabaal had le ft for the Paoiflc on July 2nd. On the same date abe s e nt anothe r wire to • ’ * ■ that he r hus band would be v~- % 3103-1 m-0\) 004553 �Rlt Profanor Raymond BOYEH--oor*r....naas -*The PH0/I850R* Gnouw yon trial........ „ . 001 j j 4 ..................... ............. • TATIMCKT COHBY fcTATflJENT (COKT'D. ] s lit for «lx nonth* and e uggaatad h* sea Ray (Raymond Doyar) r data 11a. Ilia vlalt wea appartntly out abort baoauaa on Auguat £lth aha talagrophad Or. BOYkfl advlalng that aha and har huaband would arrive at findaor S tre e t S tation on Sunday (Auguat £6lh), No aus plolon la attaohad to CORBY la tar adrlaad that Dr. BOYXR bad rooantly rad* a contribution of J2,000. to tba Labour Prograaaira Party. DO CUM ENTARY evid en c e . Exhibit N o. BO - Undatad. On* ltom e onoarnlng TREDA raada •A lady frland of the Profaaaor". Anothe r Item raoda aa followai"Profaaaor Fre nchman. fall known ohemlat, about 40 yaara. forka in tba M oO lll U nivaralty. la ona of tha baat apoolallata on fiB on tha Am arioan oontlnant. O lraa ful l Inform a tion about BB and eham loal plants. Yary rich. Ha la afraid to w ork. (0«va tha form ula HDX up to present thara la no Taluation (m oaning by w ay of im portanoa) | from tha caeter) i G ave about O B. N Exhibit N o. 63 - Undatad nota from ZABOTIN*a s afe, whloh raadatcv -:',5 Rosa arch Council - report on the organization -and work. <■>9r,Ja b A-rr**a to th* Profaaoor through Orlaraon," Exhibit No. *3 • Undatad talagram ZABOTIN to t h a DI RECTO R, 1 v aue oaritlng informal ion Taportad by tha PROFESSOR concerning a pilot plant at Oranda y*ra«„7*Q. to produoe uranium. Pers onne l be ing obtaine d from MoOlll U niversity, It haa baan found that uranium m ay be“ uaed for,f i l l i ng bom ba and that tha Am arloana hita InvaiU d |dd0, 000,000. In v <4? . Exhibit N o, 37 - 6-1-45, ZABO TIN 1• m ail l i st* Item N o. 108 oonoarna inform ation reported by DKDO UZ (Fred R O SE)| including "oonveraation w ith Profess," Exhibit N o. 66 - U ndatad not* haaded "ALEX". A reoelpt w ritten on aaaa ehow a that Itwaa prepared on or about April 12, 1946. Item 8 raada "to think about developm ent" and underneath tha w ords"Frad RO SE* and ”Boye" vara w ritten but latar oroaaad out* Tha last item m entions about a plant being in O randa M ara, P,^« Exhibit N o, E6 • 9-8-46. Ttltgraa D lraotor to Zabotln asking for Inform ation on BB pow dara, a to., augge at lng that tha task be given to BAO O N* Exhibit N o. 11 - 14.8.48. Telegram ZABO TIN to tha DIRECTO R reporting detail* of the taaka to O RAY, BACO N and tha PRO FESSO R through DKBO UZ (R O SE). ■b *4 3t03- i isacn 'o.S? "W :-, �***+*my*)++m**rt»u**nra»*» to X i Rh - 001355 fyft»wjawaLMXSteMi*OHttJS&» raor*M*» ...Kon»r»l_______________________ •MW *9 DOCUKENTART 1YIDKI1CI (QONT'D* ) Ublblt Hole • 10.8,46. 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