因此,一个组织被称为英国安全协调(BSC)成立于1940年在纽约洛克菲勒中心,在办公室无害地标记为“英国护照控制。”However, it functioned as a liaison between the Special Operations Executive (SOE) — a major British intelligence and espionage organization — and the U.S. officials leading the creation of American intelligence organizations. William Stephenson, a Canadian who had served Britain as a fighter pilot in World War I, headed BSC.
斯蒂芬森的方向下,温哥华商人名叫A.J.泰勒购买260英亩(105公顷)的土地附近的奥沙华,安大略,以12000美元的价格在不显眼的名字“农村不动产有限公司”。The property had varied terrain, including open fields, dense woodland, a swamp and a rocky length of Lake Ontario shoreline. It was home to a farmhouse and some storage buildings, to which were added barracks, classrooms and a building to house广播设备[来源:比克内尔]。领导的农田和果园营的学生和工作人员指设施仅仅是“农场”,虽然这是官方指定一个特殊的培训学校,STS 103。12月6日,1941年开放的运营。第二天,日本袭击珍珠港,美国完全进入战争。