In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the pivotal moment in September 1948 when Igor Gouzenko, a young cryptographer at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, stepped out into the cold with a suitcase full of secrets. We trace how his defection shattered the myth of Western innocence regarding Soviet espionage, exposing networks like Cambridge Five and triggering the Venona Project revelations. The conversation details the political fallout in Canada and the United States, the role of journalist Drew Pearson, and how one man's courage helped define the early Cold War landscape.
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