The CIA in Canada
Alex Constantine
Excerpted From: A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNSEEN ESPIONAGE IN CANADA
By Floyd W. Rudmin
Dept. of Psychology
University of Tromso
Tromso, Norway N-9037
Email: fru...@psyk.uit.no
In Canada: 9 Gibson Ave.
Kingston, Ont. K7L 4R1
Draft of July, 1996
The following is a list of US agents who show signs of espionage activity
and who were posted in Canada since 1945. The sources for this listing
are: (i) intelligence classification by the State Department's Biographic
Register or by subsequent membership in the Association of Former
Intelligence Officers; (c) CIA exposes such as Mader's book, Who's Who in
CIA, or Agee and Wolf's book, Dirty Work; (h) contemporary history such as
Lisee's book, In the Eye of the Eagle, or numerous other books
cross-indexed in NAMEBASE, available from Public Information Research
(available on World Wide Web or send fax 210-509-3161); (p) postings to
cities of known espionage activity or career anomalies such as brief
assignments with different US military agencies; (j) journalism as might
appear in Macleans, Last Post, or the Toronto Star. A few people listed
here were stationed in the US but worked on Canada. When there was
conflicting information among several sources on names, dates, or cities
of assignment, the Canadian government's Diplomatic Corps directory was
considered most reliable. Asterisks * indicate fluency in French:
NAMES DATES CITIES CRITERIA
Mary S. Olmsted 1945-1946 Montreal i c p
James M. Macfarland* 1945-1948 Montreal i
Isabelle Pinard* 1945-1950 Ottawa p
Richard M. Herndon* 1946-1947 Montreal i c
Terry B. Sanders 1946-1949 Ottawa p
Thomas S. Estes 1946-1952 Quebec City p
Walter L. Campbell 1946-1955 n.a. c h p
Raymond F. de Ladurantaye 1947 Montreal i c p
James R. Ruchti 1947-1948 Vancouver c p
Henry N. Groman 1948 Ottawa i
L. Dean Brown 1948-1949 St.John c h p
Albert W. Stoffel 1948-1950 Toronto c p
James R. Ruchti 1948-1950 Montreal c p
Edward P. Prince 1948-1951 Montreal i c p
Ernest de W. Mayer* 1949-1950 Montreal p
Philip C. Habib 1949-1951 Ottawa i c h p
L. Dean Browm 1949-1952 Ottawa c h p
Frederick A. Pillett 1950-1951 Ottawa i
George A. Berkley 1950-1951 Hamilton p
Arthur P. Allen* 1950-1952 Vancouver i c
Ernest de W. Mayer* 1950-1953 Quebec City p
George F. Bogardus* 1950-1954 Toronto i c p
Dorothy M. Barker* 1951 Montreal i c p
Dorothy M. Barker* 1951-1953 Quebec City i c p
Xavier W. Eilers 1951-1953 Montreal p
George A. Berkley 1951-1957 Ottawa p
Borrie I. Hyman* 1952-1953 Toronto i p
Gerald Goldstein 1952-1956 Vancouver i c p
George W. Renchard 1953-1956 Quebec City p
Borrie I. Hyman* 1953-1956 Calgary i p
Ernest de W. Mayer* 1953-1956 Ottawa p
George R. Phelan Jr. 1953-1956 Niagara Falls i p
William D. Broderick 1953-1956 Windsor i p
Milton C. Rewinkle* 1954-1955 Kingston p
Andrew J. Steele 1954-1956 Ottawa h
Elmer C. Hulen 1954-1956 Windsor i c p
Frederic S. Armstrong Jr. 1954-1956 Quebec City i p
Adolph Dubs 1954-1957 Ottawa c h p
Raymond K. Oakley 1954-1957 Calgary i c
Ernest E. Ramsaur Jr. 1955 Toronto i c p
Tyler Thompson* 1955-1956 Ottawa p
Philip M. Lindsay* 1955-1957 Vancouver i c p
Delmar R. Carlson 1955-1957 Vancouver p
Robert T. Burns* 1955-1958 Vancouver p
Milton C. Rewinkle* 1955-1959 Ottawa p
Elmer C. Hulen 1956-1957 Halifax i c p
Ruth N. Joyner 1956-1957 Ottawa i h
William M. Wright 1956-1957 Toronto i c p
James A. McDevitt 1956-1958 Ottawa i c
Livingston T. Merchant 1956-1958 Ottawa h p
Herbert M. Hutchinson* 1956-1959 Niagara Falls i c p
P. Wesley Kriebel 1956-1961 Ottawa p
Paul C. Hutton 1956-1961 Winnipeg i c p
George MacMannus 1957 Ottawa c
Joseph W. Scott 1957-1958 Kingston i c h
Rufus Z. Smith 1957-1958 Kingston p
Donald Q. Coster* 1957-1959 n.a. i c h p
Delmar R. Carlson 1957-1959 Ottawa p
Isabelle Pinard* 1957-1959 Montreal p
Arthur L. Price 1957-1959 Hamilton p
Edward J. Thrasher 1957-1960 Ottawa i c p
Eugene F. Sillari 1957-1962 Montreal c p
Robert J. Tepper 1957-1962 Vancouver i c
G. Ryder Forbes 1957-1962 Winnipeg p
Xavier W. Eilers 1957-1965 Toronto p
Franklin O. McCord 1958 Halifax i c p
Balley K. Howard 1958 Chicago c
Edward M. Cohen 1958-1959 Niagara Falls c p
Tyler Thompson* 1958-1960 Ottawa p
Ruth N. Joyner 1958-1962 Washington DC i h
Willis C. Armstrong 1958-1962 Ottawa h p
George H. Raynor 1958-1963 Vancouver c p
Jerome T. Gaspard* 1958-1963 Montreal h p
Alan M. Hardy* 1959-1961 Toronto i c p
Jo Ann M. Hallquist* 1959-1961 Hamilton i c p
Alfred M. Hubbard circa 1959 New Westminster h j
William B. Kelly 1959-1960 Kingston p
Robert E. White* 1959-1961 Ottawa h p j
Eugene E. Champagne 1959-1961 Ottawa p
Donald M. Dessert 1959-1962 Ottawa i
Nicholas Platt 1959-1962 Windsor i c p
Robert Taylor, III 1959-1962 Ottawa i c
William Kane 1959-1963 Montreal i c p
Rufus Z. Smith 1959-1964 Ottawa p
Charles C. Kiselyak 1959-1965 Ottawa h p
Moss L. Innes 1959-1973 Ottawa j p
Seymour Young 1960s Washington DC h
George K. Crowell 1960- n.a. n.a. h
Richard A. Neale 1960-1962 Toronto c p
Robert H. Frowick* 1960-1962 Montreal i p
F. Raymond Senden* 1960-1964 Montreal c p
Jules H. Wayne 1960-1965 Ottawa i c
Rolfe Kingsley 1960-1965 Ottawa c h p
Daroslav S. Vlahovich 1960-1966 Toronto i c p
George W. Renchard 1960-1968 Hamilton p
Livingston T. Merchant 1961-1962 Ottawa h p
Gerald H. Murphy* 1961-1963 Toronto i c p
William P. Armstrong Jr. 1961-1963 Toronto i c h p
Charles T. Magee* 1961-1964 Windsor c p
Sidney Friedland* 1961-1964 Toronto c p
Robert D. Yoder 1961-1965 Quebec City i c p
Walter J. Mueller 1961-1965 St. John i c h
Maynard W. Glitman 1961-1965 Ottawa p
Louis A. Wiesner 1961-1967 Ottawa i c h p
Paul C. Bofinger 1961-1967 Ottawa p
John C. Hawley* 1962-1963 Ottawa i c p
Alice W. Clement 1962-1964 Windsor i c
James Smith 1962-1964 Washington DC h
Richard H. Courtenaye* 1962-1964 Quebec City i c h
Willis C. Armstrong 1962-1964 Washington DC h p
Joanna W. Witzel (Martin)* 1962-1965 Quebec City i c p
John H. Morris 1962-1968 Winnipeg i c p
William W. Butterworth 1962-1968 Ottawa h p
Harrell K. Fuller* 1963 St. John p
Cleveland C. Cram 1963- n.a. Ottawa c h p j
William M. Johnson Jr.* 1963-1964 Kingston c p
Harrell K. Fuller* 1963-1965 Ottawa p
Stephen T. Johnson* 1963-1965 Montreal p
Carl J. Clement 1963-1966 Winnipeg i c p
Lyman W. Priest* 1963-1966 Montreal i c p
William D. Duncan 1963-1966 Ottawa i
Chester L. Cooper 1964 Ottawa c h j
Sherman Kent 1964 Ottawa i c h p j
William H. Sullivan 1964 Ottawa c h p j
Patrick McGarvey 1964 Ottawa h j
James M. Smith Jr. 1964-1966 Ottawa h p
Joseph W. Scott 1964-1968 Ottawa i c h
John R. Vought 1964-1968 Ottawa p
Richard H. Courtenaye* 1964-1968 Windsor i c h
William M. Johnson Jr.* 1964-1969 Ottawa c p
Oliver Quayle 1965 Ottawa h
Lawrence H. Harris 1965 Washington DC h p
George W. Landau 1965-1966 Kingston h p
Charles C. Kiselyak 1965-1967 Washington DC h p
Frederick S. Quin* 1965-1967 Quebec City i c p
Leon A. Shelnutt 1965-1967 Montreal c p
Roger A. Provencher* 1965-1967 Montreal h p
Samuel J. Hamrick Jr.* 1965-1967 St. John's c
Raymond F. Courtney 1965-1968 Vancouver c p
Richard D. Harding* 1965-1968 Montreal i c h p j
Edward C. Bittner 1965-1968 Ottawa h p
Richard J. Slott* 1965-1968 Vancouver i c
Sydney A. Stein 1965-1969 Ottawa h p j
Harry F. Cunningham* 1965-1970 Quebec City h p
Harrison W. Burgess* 1965-1971 Montreal h p
William P. Bundy 1966 Ottawa c h
Richard J. Dols* 1966-1968 Toronto i p
Rufus Z. Smith 1966-1968 Washington DC p
Arthur L. Price 1966-1971 Halifax p
Robert F. Kelley 1966-1973 Ottawa i c p
David L. Boerigter* 1967 Ottawa p
Jeffery Gould 1967 Ottawa h p
Anton W. DePorte 1967 Washington DC i c h
Guido G. Weigend circa 1967 New Brunswick c
Eric Frank W. Barnes* circa 1967 Windsor c
Raoul Maora 1967 Montreal h
Jules R. Kimble 1967 Trois Riviere c
John F. Hostie* 1967 Washington DC i c
Samuel J. Hamrick Jr.* 1967-1968 Montreal c
J. Chapman Chester 1967-1969 Washington DC i c p
Vlademar N. Johnson 1967-1971 Calgary c p
Charles N. Manning 1967-1972 Hamilton i c
Edward W. Doherty 1968 Montreal i c h
Oscar H. Guerra 1968-1969 Montreal i c p
William L. Richardson 1968-1969 Toronto c j
James M. Howley 1968-1970 Washington DC i c h p
Joseph W. Scott 1968-1970 Washington DC i c h
Warren Hart 1968-1970 n.a. h j
Joseph J. Montilor* 1968-1970 Quebec City i p
Geryld B. Christianson* 1968-1971 Ottawa i c
Leopold J. Leclair* 1968-1971 Ottawa i c p
David J.S. Manbey 1968-1972 Ottawa i c p
Rufus Z. Smith 1968-1972 Ottawa p
John Ordway 1968-1974 Winnipeg c p
Borrie I. Hyman* 1969-1971 Ottawa i p
Orville K. McLay 1969 Ft. Holabird,MD j
W. Kenneth Thompson* 1969-1971 Washington DC i p
Milton C. Rewinkle* 1969-1971 Vancouver p
Robert J. Jantzen 1969-1972 Ottawa c h p
Vladimir I. Toumanoff 1969-1973 Ottawa i c p
Adolph W. Schmidt* 1969-1974 Ottawa c h
Charles E. Luckett 1969-1974 Toronto i c p
William B. Kelly 1969-1974 Winnipeg p
Eugene T. Olson 1969-1974 Ottawa i c p
Helmut Sonnenfeldt 1969-1974 Washington DC i c
Philip F. Fendig circa 1970 Washington DC c h
Henry A. Lagasse* 1970-1971 Vancouver h p
James H. DeCou* 1970-1972 Montreal p
William M. Johnson, Jr.* 1970-1972 Washington DC c p
Emerson M. Brown 1970-1973 Ottawa i p
Everett K. Melby* 1970-1974 Quebec City i c p j
Xavier W. Eilers 1970-1975 Vancouver p
Joseph A. Marion Jr. 1970-1977 Ottawa c h
Edward W. Proctor 1970 Washington DC i c h
Henry A. Lagasse* 1971-1975 Montreal h p
Goodwin Cooke* 1971-1972 Kingston p j
Donald V. Hester 1971-1973 Quebec City c
Charles T. Pooley 1971-1973 Toronto p
John K. Allen Sr. 1971-1974 Ottawa c j
Seymour Chalfin* 1971-1974 Ottawa j
Chester J. Pavlovski 1971-1975 Halifax c
Cleveland C. Cram 1971-1975 Ottawa c h p j
Paul L. Aylward Jr.* 1971-1975 Montreal i c p
Charles E. Wood 1971-1977 Ottawa j
William L. Richardson 1971-1983 Toronto c j
Marvin D. Green 1972-1974 Montreal p
Rufus Z. Smith 1972-1974 Washington DC p
Nelson Bardecio 1972-1974 Toronto j
Goodwin Cooke* 1972-1975 Ottawa p j
John H. Stutesman Jr.* 1972-1975 Vancouver p
Richard W. Ruble Jr. 1972-1975 Montreal h p
David J.S. Manbey 1972-1976 Halifax i c p
Ronald A. Gaiduk* 1972-1976 Ottawa p j
William M. Johnson Jr.* 1972-1976 Ottawa c p
Emerson M. Brown 1973-1974 Washington DC i p
Robert L. Charlton 1973-1974 Winnipeg p
David L. Boerigter* 1973-1974 Montreal p
Elizabeth J. Harper* 1973-1974 Montreal i p
Robert L. Funseth* 1973-1974 Ottawa p j
Inez L. Pulver 1973-1975 Calgary i p
J. Raymond Ylitalo 1973-1976 Toronto i c p h j
Walter C. McCabe 1973-1976 Ottawa c h p
Edward R. O'Connor 1973-1977 Ottawa i c p
Daroslav S. Vlahovich 1973-1978 Winnipeg i c p
Richard H. Reynolds 1973-1979 Ottawa j
Emilio Garza circa 1974 n.a. c j
Virginio Gonzales circa 1974 n.a. c j
William J. Porter* 1974-1976 Ottawa h p
William H. Anthony 1974-1976 n.a. i c
Joseph A. Burton 1975- n.a. n.a. h j
John A. Froebe Jr.* 1975-1976 n.a. i
Verne Lyon 1975-1976 n.a. c j
David W. Burgoon 1975-1978 Vancouver i c h p
F. Pierce Olson 1975-1978 Toronto i c p
Stacy B. Hulse Jr. 1975-1978 Ottawa c h p j
Francis T. McNamara* 1975-1979 Quebec City i c p h
Richard D. Vine* 1976-n.a. Washington DC h p
John H. Rouse Jr.* 1976-1978 Washington DC h p
Carl J. Clement 1976-1978 Washington DC i c h p
Joseph C. Bernard 1976-1978 Ottawa c p j
Hobart Luppi 1976-1979 Vancouver c h p
Stephen Winsky 1976-1979 Ottawa i c h p
Thomas O. Enders* 1976-1979 Ottawa i c h p
Robert W. Duemling* 1976-1980 Ottawa h p
Clyde G. Hess 1977-1979 Ottawa i c h p
James A. Placke 1977-1979 Ottawa c
Robert S. Ayling 1977-1979 Halifax c
William H. Anthony 1977-1979 Montreal c h p
Patrick T. O'Connor 1977-1981 Montreal i c p
Robert L. Moore 1977-1982 Ottawa i
Frank Marcheselli 1978 Tsawassan j
Richard Childers 1978 Tsawassan j
Zygmunt Nagorski* 1978 New York City i c h
John K. Knaus 1978-1981 Ottawa c h
Emil G. Lindahl 1979-1980 Ottawa c p
J. Gwyn Morgan 1979-1980 n.a. c h
Thomas E. Cusack 1979-1980 Montreal i
Alan B. Latimer 1979-1981 Quebec City c
Lloyd M. Rives* 1979-1981 Montreal i p h
George W. Jaeger* 1979-1983 Quebec City i c h p
Raymond W. Seefeldt 1979-1983 Ottawa i c j
Eleanor Lowenkron 1980 Baltimore, MD h
Bernie T. Marquis Jr.* 1980-1982 Vancouver c p
John P. Marx 1980-1982 Ottawa c
John C. Bishop 1980-1982 Ottawa c p
Richard L. Wilson 1980-1982 Calgary i p
Wingate Lloyd* 1980-1982 Washington DC c
Leonard J. Holsey 1981-1982 Vancouver c p
Lillian P. Mullin 1981-1984 Winnipeg c p
Jerard M. Paden 1982 Ottawa i p
Robert P. Jackson 1982-1984 Montreal i c
John W. Bligh 1982-1985 Ottawa i c p j
Scott Barnes 1983 Hawaii j
John Stein 1983 n.a. j
Gene Wilson 1983 n.a. j
George W. Jaeger* 1983-1984 Ottawa i c h p
Hugh F. Williams 1983-1984 Quebec City c
George W. Ogg* 1983-1985 Vancouver i c
Peter A. Bogatyr 1983-1987 Ottawa c j
Victor A. Abeyta 1985-1986 Winnipeg i p
John E. Hall* 1985-1987 Ottawa c
Richard B. Gadd 1986 Rouyn c h j
George Buchanan 1986-1988 Toronto c
Jerry G. Prehn 1986-1989 Ottawa c p
John E. Hall* 1987-1989 Toronto c
George F. Heritage 1988-1990 Ottawa c p
David L. Boerigter* 1988-1990 Montreal p
Paul T. Riley 1988-1991 Montreal p
Donald E. Nuechterlein 1989 Kingston i c p
Micaela A. Cella 1989-1991 Montreal p
Richard M. Brennan 1990 Ottawa c h p j
Raymond R. Baca 1990-1993 Toronto c
Robert E. Brown 1992-1994 Ottawa c
John J. La Mazza 1992-1994 Ottawa i c
H. Clarke Rodgers, Jr. 1994 Quebec City p
Official classification as an intelligence officer is the surest evidence
that a person has been in the espionage business, and more sources of
information means less doubt about it. For example, Donald Coster appears as
a spy in an exposee of CIA staff, in several histories of espionage, in his
own Who's Who in America biography, and in his Princeton alumni reunion
records. Coster was without doubt a spy. On the other hand, surmise based on
career postings is probably the weakest evidence of espionage. For example,
Isabelle Pinard has not been listed anywhere as an intelligence agent, but
in 1938 she was posted to Warsaw, in 1939 to Madrid, then a major center of
espionage activity, and from 1942 to 1945 to Bern, Switzerland, which was
then Allen Dulles's OSS headquarters for Central Europe. Pinard was probably
a spy. Sometimes surmise based on career records is even weaker. For
example, the US State Department's 1974 Biographic Register has dramatically
brief entries for two supposed diplomats posted to Canada: 1) Charles T.
Pooley was 58 years old and had an S-4 position in Toronto, and 2) Robert L.
Charlton was 42 and had an S-4 position in Winnipeg. That's all. Name, age,
but none of the usual long listing of education, military service, and
cities of assignment. Robert T. Dumaine and Charles T. Englehart in the same
Register have similarly brief biographies, and both of them have been
identified as espionage officers in other sources.