| In the summer of 1955, he was observed attending the Russian Embassy in Ottawa. It was explained that he was investigating the availability of financial aid should he choose to further his education in Russia. The Navy promptly released him due to security concerns. In 1960 Time magazine reported that he had apparently accepted a scholarship to study at the Patrice Lumumba Freedom University in Moscow. He had become disillusioned with life in Russia and with two other students left the country and gave interviews to the press saying how poorly treated the African students were and how they were discriminated against, denouncing Russian efforts to help African nations. The Russians counterattacked, according to a December article in the Toronto Star, by claiming that he had been expelled from Russia after it was found out that he was "a graduate of a special naval school in Canada, where the teachers are US officers. The American Military had arranged his schooling and had serious plans for him. " |
