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Camp X

Camp X �Secret Training facility for Spies during WWII �Located in Whitby, Ontario (Just east of Toronto)

Leader �William Stephenson was selected to head the organization which was responsible to coordinating British Intelligence (MI 5, MI 6) in the Western Hemisphere �Most of the office staff were recruited in Canada, particularly Toronto �BSC representatives attracted potential recruits through adds placed in local newspapers.

Spy School Begins. . . � December 6 th , 1941, one day before the attack on Pearl Harbour, Camp X became operational, the first secret agent training school in North America. � Agent training at Camp X was extremely rigorous and ran nonstop round the clock, winter and summer. The Camp’s curriculum, which was designed to make or break potential agents, covered a variety of intelligence / counter intelligence and infiltration techniques.

Post WWII �Hundreds of agents were trained as spies and then sent behind enemy lines �The Camp played an integral role in the subsequent development of the OSS, now the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). �Following WWII, the camp went on to serve as a secret transmission facility during the cold war.

James Bond �Ian Fleming creator of the character James Bond received his secret agent training at Camp X. �Fleming took many of his storylines for the novels from actual Missions performed out of Camp X �Goldfinger's raid on Fort Knox was inspired by Intrepid's plan to steal Vichy French gold from Martinique.

Camp X in history �The work of the Camp X agents went unnoticed as with all secret spy missions, until recently. �As time passes many milestones are being passed in which Top Secret documents can be released, with it comes a new appreciation of their work.