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Bet we en You and Me By RUTHI COLES MEMORIES 0F CAMP X This week is of a visit witb -BWl Hardeastie, a frlend who was a regular at Camp X from tbe very beginnlng. This man is fascinating to listen to as he bas a fund of knowledge about certain aspects in bis field. Some of the foilowrng may bave been in print before but 1 tbink it bears repeatlng. The way Bil was bired'amazes me. For eleven. years Bil worked for tbe Toronto Star in the adver- tislng department. Someone had talked witb the manager of this department and said Bil was assigned to a very important post. Because of tins, Bil was given severance pay for seven weeks. "How would you be interested -in a job in Soutb Amerca? "Justllke tbat out of the blue. "Ibhear you are a very adequate radio operator." He woud >work on bis own. BfII was told to meet persons unknown at the Stoodleigb restaurant, downstalrs at Wellington and Bay in Toronto. This was early in 1942. Notbing was divulged about Camp X. Another meeting at tbe Royal York wltb otber people, some of whom were Britisb army officers, and by tbis time Bfi feit al of this was tied up witb British Intelligence. Tbings were finalized that day but Bill did flot know where bis destination would be. A montb later tbey ail met again. Six people were to be sent to Camp X, but they were told just to go outside seperatelyand get into a station wagon parked outside. Cloak and daggerl1 Secrecy reigned supreme. They were ail given battle dress wi tb no insigna and If asked wbere they worked to reply, " near Oshawa." A long wait before he was cailed, so long that be joined tbe Air Force!1 However be was quickly taken out of that but did bave a years training in tbe Air Force. Bfi was top of bis class and tbey wanted' him to stay in Montreal as an instructor. He was the only one flot cailed to go to Halifax or Vancouver, but was sent back to Toronto. Then tbe bead office in Toronto was in tbe Bank of Commerce. building, 25, King West. The main headquarters were in New York, in the R.C.A. building. In Toronto tbe front was a well know broker's office. After V day, the girls from the New York office were stationed bore in tbis office. -These men were referred to as students and-Bul was top grade wben it came to working on code machines and transmitters, s0 tis became bis work at Camp X. Tbis operation was very critical wbeni infor- mation was sent back to England. In fact, the com- munications and service from Camp X were tops, better tban from any otber station. There was lost contact wben operated from Ottawa but nover Camp X, duo, no doubt, to atmospberic conditions and proximity to the lako., Tbese Camp X men always wore civies wben out of tbe compound. Tbey also always returned from leave on a bus, met in a restaurant in Osbawa and were driven to the Camp. If tbey missed the bus they walkedl1 On occasion, someone walked along tbe beach to a cottage area to teil tbe cottagers to stay out of the water at given time because the Camp was going &.1 do some testlng in tbe lake. Tbese tests oftek. produced great spouts of water. At one point during a test, not necossarily in tbe lake, windows were blown out, in Oshawa. Tbis result was similar to the broaking of tbe sound barrier. One girl drowne<> wbile swimming, a C W.A C, Canadian Woman's Auxiliary Corps, a member of the Staff. Bill was in tbe Sergeant's Mess at dusk wben he beard calls for belp and someone said tbey were Just fooling around. However Bill felt there was trouble'so be ran'down to the sbore Une and P arts e Sales e Service I 1025 DundaS St. W.9 Whltby hI !_692 Tor. Line 6862228j were weil known, such as Herbert Hoover. Groupe of staff memberq were not ailowed to assemble togetber and draw attention to eacb otber wben out and about. Flrst names were always usod. A great deal of training went on in tbls camp, in- cluding close combat wbich was taugbt by 'the British wbllo in England. Tbis was taught to my busband by, well tralned Canadians 1 So many otber tblngs to teil but so littIe space and ail of it a great part of our hist 'ory. Bill was an bonoured guest with many others in New York in Septomber 1903 at tbe Donovan Award Dinner beld by Veterans of OSS Office of Strateglc Services. The function was beld on board Tho In- trepid Sea Air Space Museum In New York. No doubt a great place for Canadians to visit. Memorles revlved and many meetings of old, friends took place. Sir William Stephenson was there and, many other famous and weil known people. Sir William, former British Intelligence cbief, blasted the Soviet Union for its determination to dominate the world. He warned that Soviets ,are in- tent on dividing the West and are trylng to make Premier Yuri Andropov appear to be a man of. peace. 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