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S8E10 - Our Man in Toronto: Sam Carr and a Soviet Spy Ring in Canada
In the Autumn of 1945 a Soviet cipher clerk defected to Canada instead of returning home to the Soviet Union. The information he brought with him shocked officials. It named a certain Sam Carr, a Toronto resident and labour activist, as a key figure in not only helping to establish a spy ring, but being the mastermind behind it all! Book recommendations: Amy Knight How the Cold War Began: The Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies 2005 by Mclelland and Stewart; https://www.amazon.com/How-Cold-War-Began-Gouzenko/dp/0771095775Tyler Wentzell Not for King and Country; Edward Cecil-Smith…
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