25-08-2017, 03:26 PM
However after reading the article it is clear that Simkin is not aware of several vitally important facts. Firstly, BSC had a firm mandate and this neither involved Soviet espionage or the turning and running of double agents. A British Soviet counter-espionage unit did not exist until the formation of MI6 Section IX. This was not until April 1943. Once this section got going it was soon run by a Soviet mole named Kim Philby. As for double agents, this was the job of John Cecil Masterman at MI6 and his Double Cross (XX) Committee. Belfrage did not belong to either XX or Section IX. Simkin is actually confusing efforts in North America to run turned Axis agents as part of Section XX operations with the statement made by Belfrage. One famous example being GARBO, a Spaniard whose real name was Juan Pujol Garcia. After the Spanish Civil War he hated both fascism and communism. His German code name was Arabel and they thought so highly of his work he was awarded the Iron Cross. Masterman states himself, “ Agent No.4 [Gibraltarian code named CHAMILLUS], who up to the time of OVERLORD had been one of GARBO’s main sources of information and who had been compelled through his excess of zeal in the search for news to desert the N.A.A.F.I [Navy, Army and Air Force Institute] , ultimately ‘escaped’ to Canada. Here he made contact with Agent No.5 [Venezuelan code named MOONBEAM] and set himself up as a wireless operator for Agent No.5’s network. With wireless facilities, the Canadian organization greatly appreciated in German eyes. They provided a highly complicated security plan for transmissions and a very high grade cipher. Wireless communications of the organization worked not only to London, but also directly between Canada and Madrid. Thus a weapon was prepared which could be used if required for deception against the Japanese or for counterespionage purposes against Germany in the New World, if a postwar Germany attempted to continue or inaugurate espionage activities there.” (NOTE: Masterman, John C. The Double-Cross System, In the War of 1939 to 1945. Page 173. Yale University Press, 1972.) Obviously since these XX operations were within North America, BSC the FBI and RCMP had to be carefully briefed on agents, as well as nominal agents, to prevent misunderstandings. No such operations existed in relation to the Soviet Union.
Secondly, by 1942 there was no need for Soviet double agents as intelligence information was being shared between Britain and the USSR. If the British desired to hand misinformation to the Soviets, they could have handed it to them in official correspondence. Thirdly, BSC, the RCMP and FBI, had already established a very cordial and I should say illegal relationship with all ethnic branches of the Comintern and their Communist Parties of the USA and Canada. They already employed several top members as recruiters and recruits as of 1941. While they may not have known the actual name, despite what NKVD dispatches state, it is very likely the Soviets were already well aware of the existence of a BSC type organization.
Thirdly, it is noted by Simkin and confirmed by Elizabeth Bentley and VENONA revelations that Belfrage handed a SIS or BSC manual on the handling of agents over to Jerome. This is not something a double agent would be given by BSC to entice the trust of Soviet agents. It is also very likely this was an actual BSC manual which Belfrage would have had access to. By 1944 BSC had produced and printed a library of their training material. If this is the case it also makes it likely that the Soviets were aware of BSC.
Unlike his colleagues who refused to comment during their interrogations, it appears as though Belfrage simply thought he could talk his way out of this predicament by simply stating something that was almost impossible to confirm. Obviously no member of BSC was asked to come forward to corroborate his claim. This is because they would likely never find anyone that had not already showed up on the lists of personnel singled out by defectors like Elizabeth Bentley.
Even Simkin’s attitude is odd. After berating those pointing to the guilt of Belfrage, he then goes on in an attempt to excuse Belfrages own admittance that he was a radical with pro-Communist and anti-Capitalist views. Apparently the Depression era was tough on Belfrage. I know my ancestors suffered as well during the Depression however none thought Communism was the answer. It is evident that most of the worlds population did not see Communism as the answer either.
Simkin then goes on to claim that the BBC is a defender of the “right wing” stating that they, “enjoy smearing socialists who bravely fought fascism before it was acceptable to do so.” (IBID) As a Canadian I can only think of one greater left wing propaganda outlet and that is the similarly tax payer funded CBC. To quote KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky, “Just listen with attention to the ideological nuances on Radio 4, BBC television, and the BBC World Service, and you will realize that communism is not a dying creed.” (NOTE: Gordievsky, Oleg. The Red Service, The Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2005.) To state that the BBC is “right wing” is where Simkin lost all credibility in his defense of Belfrage. The case put forward by Simkin that Belfrage was a double agent holds no water.
Then, in order to keep your head spinning with the possible implications, there were also Belfrage's American colleagues Duncan Chaplin Lee who was confidential advisor to the head of the Coordinator of Information /Office of Strategic Services William Donovan and OSS staffer Donald Niven Wheeler. The evidence against Lee has also been disputed despite the fact that he was fingered by Elizabeth Bentley. It was also Bentley that identified Wheeler as passing information to her via the Victor Perlo group. However many, like William Remington, turned the tables and sued his accusers. Bentley was only exonerated after Remington divorced his wife and she provided the evidence needed to prove he was a member of the CPUSA. Remington was a top official in the War Production Board. Bentley's record remains impressive.
It was the bombshell defections in 1945 of Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa and Elizabeth Bentley, an organizer of the Communist Party of the United States/GRU agent that struck terror into those being suspected. This resulted in shake downs within the US and Canadian Government as well as their police and intelligence services. However, while whistles were being blown, those implicated within top positions within Western Governments had the power to cover up these revelations. Sadly this is the information that remains inaccessible for that very reason.
The implications to history as we know it and what we have been taught by like minded Socio-Communists overseeing our nations educational system and history are tremendous. This article has not even scratched the surface of Soviet espionage in the west and its influences on the direction of our society and our politics. It is not a stretch to state that approx 90% or more of the records covering Communist espionage in the west remain closed. In particular to Canada, the actual evidence used in several Royal Commissions, RCMP investigations as well as corresponding Cabinet papers covering top permanent bureaucrats and other Liberal appointee's
British Secret intelligence of WW2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjSD99ZoBtg
Secondly, by 1942 there was no need for Soviet double agents as intelligence information was being shared between Britain and the USSR. If the British desired to hand misinformation to the Soviets, they could have handed it to them in official correspondence. Thirdly, BSC, the RCMP and FBI, had already established a very cordial and I should say illegal relationship with all ethnic branches of the Comintern and their Communist Parties of the USA and Canada. They already employed several top members as recruiters and recruits as of 1941. While they may not have known the actual name, despite what NKVD dispatches state, it is very likely the Soviets were already well aware of the existence of a BSC type organization.
Thirdly, it is noted by Simkin and confirmed by Elizabeth Bentley and VENONA revelations that Belfrage handed a SIS or BSC manual on the handling of agents over to Jerome. This is not something a double agent would be given by BSC to entice the trust of Soviet agents. It is also very likely this was an actual BSC manual which Belfrage would have had access to. By 1944 BSC had produced and printed a library of their training material. If this is the case it also makes it likely that the Soviets were aware of BSC.
Unlike his colleagues who refused to comment during their interrogations, it appears as though Belfrage simply thought he could talk his way out of this predicament by simply stating something that was almost impossible to confirm. Obviously no member of BSC was asked to come forward to corroborate his claim. This is because they would likely never find anyone that had not already showed up on the lists of personnel singled out by defectors like Elizabeth Bentley.
Even Simkin’s attitude is odd. After berating those pointing to the guilt of Belfrage, he then goes on in an attempt to excuse Belfrages own admittance that he was a radical with pro-Communist and anti-Capitalist views. Apparently the Depression era was tough on Belfrage. I know my ancestors suffered as well during the Depression however none thought Communism was the answer. It is evident that most of the worlds population did not see Communism as the answer either.
Simkin then goes on to claim that the BBC is a defender of the “right wing” stating that they, “enjoy smearing socialists who bravely fought fascism before it was acceptable to do so.” (IBID) As a Canadian I can only think of one greater left wing propaganda outlet and that is the similarly tax payer funded CBC. To quote KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky, “Just listen with attention to the ideological nuances on Radio 4, BBC television, and the BBC World Service, and you will realize that communism is not a dying creed.” (NOTE: Gordievsky, Oleg. The Red Service, The Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2005.) To state that the BBC is “right wing” is where Simkin lost all credibility in his defense of Belfrage. The case put forward by Simkin that Belfrage was a double agent holds no water.
Then, in order to keep your head spinning with the possible implications, there were also Belfrage's American colleagues Duncan Chaplin Lee who was confidential advisor to the head of the Coordinator of Information /Office of Strategic Services William Donovan and OSS staffer Donald Niven Wheeler. The evidence against Lee has also been disputed despite the fact that he was fingered by Elizabeth Bentley. It was also Bentley that identified Wheeler as passing information to her via the Victor Perlo group. However many, like William Remington, turned the tables and sued his accusers. Bentley was only exonerated after Remington divorced his wife and she provided the evidence needed to prove he was a member of the CPUSA. Remington was a top official in the War Production Board. Bentley's record remains impressive.
It was the bombshell defections in 1945 of Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa and Elizabeth Bentley, an organizer of the Communist Party of the United States/GRU agent that struck terror into those being suspected. This resulted in shake downs within the US and Canadian Government as well as their police and intelligence services. However, while whistles were being blown, those implicated within top positions within Western Governments had the power to cover up these revelations. Sadly this is the information that remains inaccessible for that very reason.
The implications to history as we know it and what we have been taught by like minded Socio-Communists overseeing our nations educational system and history are tremendous. This article has not even scratched the surface of Soviet espionage in the west and its influences on the direction of our society and our politics. It is not a stretch to state that approx 90% or more of the records covering Communist espionage in the west remain closed. In particular to Canada, the actual evidence used in several Royal Commissions, RCMP investigations as well as corresponding Cabinet papers covering top permanent bureaucrats and other Liberal appointee's
British Secret intelligence of WW2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjSD99ZoBtg