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Igor Gouzenko, Russian spy buster, on Seven Days
On Sept. 5, 1945, just after the end of the Second World War, a Russian cipher clerk named Igor Gouzenko fled the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa with 109 documents proving the existence of a Soviet spy ring in Canada. His revelations reverberated throughout the world and helped to ignite the Cold War.
The story of Gerda Munsinger, a German playgirl and alleged KGB spy, has just broken and Canada is again obsessed with Russian spies. Gouzenko is invited to appear on This Hour Has Seven Days to discuss what he knows of Soviet spying techniques.
• Gerda Munsinger was a German nightclub hostess who slept with senior politicians and was accused of being a spy. It was Canada's first political sex scandal of the 1960s. The scandal broke March 4, 1966, one week before Gouzenko appeared on Seven Days.
Program: This Hour has Seven Days
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1966
Guest(s): Igor Gouzenko
Host: Laurier LaPierre, Patrick Watson
Duration: 13:30
Last updated: December 3, 2012
Page consulted on April 16, 2013
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