Background
The daughter of a businessman working for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Romania, she was educated in Switzerland and at the Sorbonne, from where she graduated with a degree in International Law at the age of 21.
The daughter of a businessman working for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Romania, she was educated in Switzerland and at the Sorbonne, from where she graduated with a degree in International Law at the age of 21.
University of Paris.
Marion knew how to speak 7 languages, which helped her job as a spy become easier. There she was recruited to work for Canadian Sir William Stephenson (to whom Winston Churchill had given the codename "INTREPID"), travelling regularly to Washington, District of Columbia to debrief agents working on behalf of the allies for Stephenson. In 1943, two years after the entry of the United States of America into the war following Pearl Harbor, and the consequent closure of Axis embassies in Washington, her work for Stephenson was rendered less important and arrangements were made for her to take up a position with the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS — later MI6) in England.
When he died shortly after their return to Canada from Australia, she worked for Westburne International Industries Oil Division in Edmonton, Alberta, as the Executive Assistant to the President, until her retirement in her seventies.
The story of her wartime activities was included in the book series "The Canadians: Biography of a Nation", edited by Patrick Watson. lieutenant was also made into a documentary program by History Television, entitled "Family Secrets: Marion de Chastelain".