Index and Concordance to Alexander Vassiliev’s Notebooks and Soviet Cables Deciphered by the National Security Agency’s Venona Project
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A Group (or Group “A”): Section of KGB in 1947. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 84. “A”: Harry Gold’s designation of “Charles”/Fuchs in a report. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 75. “A”: Initial for a cover name or a real name connected with KGB plans for use of the music company of Boris Morros and Alfred Stern. Likely “A” for Alfred Stern in as much as it is paired with “B” for Boris Morros. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 16–19. “A” (cover name in Venona): Likely Anna Colloms. Venona analysts were unsure if “A” was a cover name or an initial used as one. “A” was a courier, and the description of her activities matches those of Anna Colloms. 4 Venona Mexico City KGB, 53, 55, 57. “A. Serov”: Soviet ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 19. “A. Sovorov”: Soviet ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 125. "A" technique: Venona analysts thought this the the manufacture and provision of false papers. Venona
“A/214” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): ? Marianov. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 10, 18, 23. A-26: American light bomber. Venona New York KGB 1944, 496. A’s committee: A for “Astrologer” – Atomic Energy Commission. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 72. AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Administration, U.S. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 1. AAC: Army Air Corps, U.S. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 99. AAF: Army Air Force, U.S. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 77, 135. Aarons, L.A.: Described as Treasury Department representatives in London, 1944. Likely an error for Lehman C. Aarons, Treasury Department assistant general counsel. Vassiliev White Notebook
Abakumov, Viktor Semenovich: Senior KGB officer, associate of Beria. Head of the KGB (MGB) 1946–1951. Executed in 1954. Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 20, 28; Vassiliev White
Abbiate, Roland: See Vladimir Pravdin. Abel, ?: Described as a former KGB foreign intelligence officer slated for infiltration of the German lines via the battle front, late 1941. Possibly this is KGB officer Rudolf Ivanovich Abel. The passage in Vassiliev’s notebook lists six former KGB officers as being prepared for infiltration of German lines in late 1941. In addition to Abel, another listed is ? Fisher. As explained in the Fisher entry, this may be Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, a friend of Abel’s who later used his name as a pseudonym when arrested by the FBI. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 178. Aberdeen Proving Grounds: U.S. Army Ordnance Crops testing range for weapons and vehicles.
“Able”: see “Gifted”. “Abner Mash”: U.S. ship. Venona New York KGB 1944, 546; Venona USA Naval GRU, 287. ———————————
4. “Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, Serial 3702, 15 December 1944,” FBI Comintern Apparatus File 100–203581; Colloms testimony, U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities, American Aspects of Assassination of Leon Trotsky. (Washington: U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951).
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ABRAHAM [ABRAM] (cover name in Venona): Jack Soble. Venona New York KGB 1944, 572, 574. ABRAHAM [AVRAAM] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Venona New York KGB 1943, 343. Abraham Lincoln Brigade or Battalion: Refers to the Abraham Lincoln Battalion and other American units in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 7, 9, 19, 112, 154; Venona New York KGB 1943, 224; Venona New York KGB 1944, 186; Venona USA GRU, 100. Abraham Lincoln School: CPUSA adult eduction school in Chicago. Venona Washington KGB, 55. Abram Case: Comintern official Boris Reinstein was described as involved in the “Abram Case.” Unclear what the case involved. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 105. “Abram” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Jack Soble prior to September 1944 (with occasional use thereafter into the 1950s). Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 55, 74; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 16–17, 65, 76, 82–84, 86–87, 91. ABRAM (cover name in Venona): Jack Soble. Venona New York KGB 1943, 184, 238, 359; Venona New York KGB 1944, 69–70, 224–25, 404, 462, 523–24, 572, 574–75, 719; Venona New York KGB 1945, 30–31; Venona Special Studies, 3, 78, 174. Translated as ABRAHAM: Venona New York KGB 1944, 572, 574. Abramov, ?: Described as Comintern official and an “enemy of the people”. Likely Jacob Mirov-Abramov, former chief of Comintern OMS executed in 1937. (Variant name in the literature Jacob Abramov-Mirov.) Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 135. Abramov, Aleksandr Stepanovich: Soviet internal security source. Cover name in Venona: DEMIDOV. As Abramov and DEMIDOV: Venona San Francisco KGB, 120; Venona Special Studies, 99. Abramov, Leonid Dmitrievich. Soviet intelligence officer in U.S. from May 1940 to 31 July 1944. Cover name in Venona: ARTEK. As Abramov: Venona New York KGB 1943, 111, 303; Venona New York KGB 1944, 97, 101, 236, 239, 318, 355, 514; Venona New York KGB 1945, 195; Venona Special Studies, 9. As ARTEK: Venona New York KGB 1943, 111, 302–3; Venona New York KGB 1944, 72, 96–97, 101, 195, 236, 238–39, 276, 318, 354–55, 514; Venona New York KGB 1945, 84, 195; Venona Special Studies, 9. Abramovich, Rafael: Menshevik leader. Venona New York KGB 1943, 88–89; Venona New York KGB 1944, 622–23. Abrams, ?: Described as director of Interchemical Corporation. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 62. Abt, John: Abt appears in Vassiliev’s notebooks with his name misspelled once as “Ant” as well as correctly spelled as “Abt”. The “Ant” misspelling was in the original KGB document, and a Vassiliev annotation noted it as a misspelling of “Abt.” Abt’s name appears in the Venona messages misspelled as “Amt.” Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Bat”. As Abt: Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 34; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 3–4, 37, 73; Vassiliev White
appears “‘Reyna’s’ brother John”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 10. Abwehr: German military intelligence agency. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 87–88. “Academic” [“Akademich”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): A 1948 cover name with unclear meaning, possibly Communist activity or espionage work. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 128. Academic Council of the Joint Institute on Nuclear Research (USSR). Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 61. Academy of Sciences (USSR): Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 24, 32, 66; Venona New York KGB 1945, 139; Venona San Francisco KGB, 221; Venona USA Diplomatic, 30. Acheson, Dean: Senior State Department official and Secretary of State, 1949–53. Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 22, 26; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 46, 61, 79–80; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 128–29; Venona New York KGB 1943, 136–37; Venona New York KGB 1945, 63, 103.
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ACHIEVEMENT [DOSTIZHENIE] (cover name in Venona): A KGB operation involving Mexico, possibly in reference to attempts to gain release of Trotsky’s assassin. Venona New York KGB 1943, 82–83; Venona New York KGB 1944, 39–40. ACHILLES [AKHIL] (cover name in Venona): Likely Arthur Adams. ACHILLES was an unidentified GRU agent in Venona. But ACHILLES is identified as Adams’ GRU cover name during 1939–1946 in Russian literature on the GRU, and ACHILLES’s activities reported in the Venona cables fit with FBI surveillance of Adams during World War II. 5 Venona USA GRU, 1, 90. “Achilles” [“Akhill”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Karl Dunts. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 27, 100; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 99, 106. “Achilles” (cover name in Venona): A speculative decoding of a partially solved cover name. Venona
“Acorn” [“Zholud'”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Bela (William) Gold. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 6, 68; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 31, 33; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 28, 30–31, 34–35, 38, 42. ACORN [ZHOLUD'] (cover name in Venona): Bela (William) Gold. Venona New York KGB 1945 8–9, 16; Venona Special Studies, 27. ACP: American Communist Party. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 147; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 46; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 50, 104. Active measures: Aktivakhi – aktivnye meropriyatiya. Described actions taken to plant disinformation in the mainstream press and media via ostensibly non-Communist or neutral sources. Vassiliev
“Actor” [“Akter”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Member of the American Socialist Party, source on Trotskyist movement in 1937, visited Trotsky in Mexico. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 28. ADA (cover name in Venona): Kitty Harris. Venona New York KGB 1943, 362–63; Venona Special
156, 189, 216, 232, 254–56, 261–62, 308, 310, 316, 330–31, 339–41, 343, 353. “Adam” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Eva Getsov. (“Adam” as a cover name for “Eva” Getzov looks like a KGB play on words “Adam” and “Eve”.) “Adam” was identified in 1944 and 1945 Venona decryptions as Rebecca Getzoff. While it seems likely, it is not firmly established that Eva Getsov and Rebecca Getzoff are the same person. “Adam” appears to be garbled once as “Adams” As “Adam”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 68, 78, 101, 176; Vassiliev
ADAM (cover name in Venona): “Probably” Rebecca Getzoff. Venona New York KGB 1944, 197–98, 224–25, 251, 271–72; Venona New York KGB 1945, 127; Venona Special Studies, 3. Adamic, Louis: Slovenian American writer active in left circles, supporter of Tito. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 26, 33. “Adams” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Soviet agent, referred to as a liaison/courier agent in 1942. Likely a garble for “Adam”/Getsov. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 48. Adams, Arthur Alexandrovich: Soviet intelligence officer, GRU. Adams, born in Sweden, spend much of his early life in Russia and joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in the early 1900s. He emigrated to Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in engineering. He then moved to the United States and joined the radical wing of the Socialist Party. In 1920 he became the head of the technical department of the Soviet Russian Information Bureau, the new Soviet regime’s unofficial diplomatic office. The ———————————
5. Vladimir Lota, GRU i Atomnaya Bomba (Moscow, Russia: OLMA-Press, 2002), 192–214.
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U.S. government shut down the Bureau in 1921 and deported its staff, including Adams. He returned for several visits in in the late 1920s and early 1930s as a representative of the Soviet aviation industry. In 1934 he joined the GRU and served as chief of the GRU illegal station in the United States from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1939 to early 1946. Cover name in Venona: ACHILLES [AKHIL]. As ACHILLES [AKHIL]: Venona USA GRU, 1, 90–91. Adams, James Truslow: Well-known American historian. No relation of Josephine Truslow Adams. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 40. Adams, Josephine Truslow: Secret Communist. Adams, who may have been mentally unbalanced, convinced CPUSA chief Earl Browder that she as a confidant of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and was a covert communications link between the President and Browder. 6 Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 40; Venona USA GRU, 105. Adams, Walter S.: American astronomer. Venona New York KGB 1945, 139. Adana conference: On 30 and 31 January 1943, Britain's Prime Minister Churchill met with Turkey's President Ismet İnönü in Adana, Turkey to discuss Turkey’s position in World War II. Venona New York KGB 1943, 108. Addis, Thomas: Communist and physician at Stanford Medical School. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 24. “Adjutant” [“Ad''yutant”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Herbert Gaston, circa 1944. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 115. “Adler” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified KGB agent/officer, Berlin, 1950. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 88. Adler, Friedrich Wolfgang: Refugee Austrian Social Democrat. Venona New York KGB 1943, 78–79, 84–85. Adler, Solomon: Soviet intelligence source. Secret Communist and Treasurey Department official. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Hello” [“Allo”] (prior to 1941) and “Sachs” [“Saks”] (1941–1945). Cover name in Venona: SACHS [SAKS]. As Adler: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 41; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 33; Vassiliev White Notebook
33; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 30, 34–35, 41, 44, 68. As SACHS [SAKS]: Venona New York KGB 1945, 11–12, 122; Venona Special Studies, 64. “Administration” [“Direktsiya”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Bell Telephone Laboratories. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116. ADN: Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst – General German News Service. State news agency of the German Democratic Republic. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 58. Adriatic Sea: Venona New York KGB 1944, 368. “Advokat” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Attorney”. “Ad''yutant” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Adjutant". AESCULAPIUS [ĒSKULAP] and AESCULAPIUS’s wife (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agents. AESCULAPIUS’s wife had some sort of association with the University of Chicago and with technical or scientific activities. Venona USA GRU, 70, 90. Af.: Initials for the name of a Soviet intelligence officer known to Boris Morros, possibility the officer know to him as Afanasy Efimov. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 86, 98. Afanas'ev, ?: Soviet ship crewman and internal security source. Cover name in Venona: MEL'NOSKIJ. As Afanas'ev: Venona Special Studies, 108. As MEL'NOSKIJ: Venona San Francisco KGB, 109; Venona Special Studies, 108. ———————————
6. Harvey Klehr, “The Strange Case of Roosevelt’s ‘Secret Agent’: Frauds, Fools, & Fantasies,” Encounter [Great Britain] 9, no. 6 (1982): 84–91.
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Afanas'ev, ?: Soviet officer. May be Viktor V. Afanas'ev. Venona San Francisco KGB, 100. AFANAS'EV (cover name in Venona): Ivan Afanas'evich Chuzhin. Venona San Francisco KGB, 120; Venona Special Studies, 93. Afanas'ev, Viktor Vasil'evich: Soviet intelligence officer. Chiefly assigned to the Fifth line: KGB security of Soviet merchant fleet and personnel. Cover as a diplomat at the San Franciso Consulate. Cover name in Venona: SERGEJ. As Afanas'ev: Venona San Francisco KGB, 100, 165, 198, 201, 205, 207–10, 213–14, 218, 220, 228, 231, 240–41, 243, 246, 249 (spelled as Afanasiev), 252–54, 256, 260–62, 265–66, 268, 270, 272–75, 278, 283, 286, 290, 294, 302–3, 306, 309–310; Venona New York KGB 1945, 137; Venona Special Studies, 66, 116; Venona USA Diplomatic, 20, 2. As SERGEJ: Venona New York KGB 1945, 137; Venona San Francisco KGB, 165–66, 198, 200–201, 205, 207–10, 213–14, 217–20, 231, 240–41, 243, 246, 249, 252–54, 256, 260–62, 265–66, 268, 270, 272–75, 278, 283, 286, 290, 294, 302–3, 306, 309–10; Venona Special Studies, 66, 116. Afanas'eva, Nina: Nina Jones, the Russian-born wife of Francis Arthur Jones. Venona USA Diplomatic, 24; Venona USA Diplomatic, 71. Afanasiev: See Viktor V. Afanas'ev. Venona San Francisco KGB, 249. AFL (A.F.L.): American Federation of Labor. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 2; Venona New York KGB
Africa: Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 31; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 53; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 54; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 147; Venona USA Naval GRU, 114, 204, 239–41. Also see North Africa, South Africa, and East Africa. AFSA: Armed Forces Security Agency, U.S. Predecessor to the National Security Agency. Venona
AFT: AMERIKANSKAYa FEDERATsIYa TRUDA – American Federation of Labor. Venona New York KGB 1944, 41–42; Venona Washington KGB, 40, 42. Agabekov, Grigory: Soviet intelligence defector and author of Ch.K. za rabotoi [The Cheka at Work] in 1931, which appeared in the U.S. As OGPU, the Russian Secret Terror. 7 Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 6; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 85. Agafonov, ?: Soviet diplomatic courier. Venona USA Diplomatic, 62, 68. Agapov, ?: Unidentified Soviet official. Venona USA Trade, 28. Agayants, I.: Soviet intelligence officer, Moscow Center. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 93–94, 144. Ageev, Aleksej Prokhorovich: On the staff of the SGPC. Venona San Francisco KGB, 2–3. Agentura: KGB collective term for its sources and agents. Ager, ?: Described as director of Jack Soble’s factory near Paris, 1952. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 88.
“Agnes” [“Agnessoy”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent, 1948. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 76. “Agnessoy” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Agnes”. Agranov, Yakov Samuilovich: Senior KGB officer executed in 1938. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 91, 94, 97. Agricultural Adjustment Administrations, U.S. (AAA): Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 1. Agricultural Commission in New York: Likely a reference to a CPUSA committee that dealt with agricultural policy matters. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 1, 64. Agriculture, U.S. Department of: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 2, 56, 68, 77; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 4;
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7. Grigorii Sergeevich Agabekov, Ch. K. Za Rabotoi [The Cheka at Work] (1931). Published in the U.S. as: G. S. Agabekov, OGPU, the Russian Secret Terror (New York: Brentano’s, 1931).
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Aguirre, Francisco: Cuban delegate to the San Francisco U.N. conference. Venona San Francisco KGB, 248.
“Agwi Prince”: U.S. ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 287. AHILL: Possible decryption of a cover name. Venona Special Studies, 174. AHMET: Possible decryption of a cover name. Venona Special Studies, 174. “Aida” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Likely Esther Trebach Rand. Unidentified in Vassiliev’s notebooks but identified in Venona as Rand. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 55. AIDA (cover name in Venona): Esther Trebach Rand. Venona New York KGB 1944, 82, 462; Venona Special Studies, 3, 36, 174. AILERON [ELERON] (cover name in Venona): Abraham George Silverman. Venona New York KGB 1943, 210, 230–31, 236, 314; Venona New York KGB 1944, 461, 583; Venona New York KGB 1945, 8; Venona Special Studies, 81 Venona Special Studies. “Aileron” [“Eleron”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Abraham George Silverman. Vassiliev Download 5.57 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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