Index and Concordance to Alexander Vassiliev’s Notebooks and Soviet Cables Deciphered by the National Security Agency’s Venona Project
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“Reservation” [Zapovednik]: See “Preserve”. RESERVATION [ZAPOVEDNIK] (cover name in Venona): Los Alamos Manhattan atomic project facility. Venona New York KGB 1945, 190–91. Reserve Officers’ Association (USA): Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 72. Resettlement Administration, U.S.: New Deal agency. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 9, 23. Residency [Rezidentura]: KGB tradecraft term. See Station.
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——————————— 131. Identified by Elizabeth Bentley as one of her singleton espionage sources. Bentley, “Deposition 1945,” 47–49. 132. Adolf Berle, “Underground Espionage Agent [Transcription of Berle’s Notes of 2 September 1939 Interview with Whittaker Chambers],” in Interlocking Subversion in
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953), part 6, pp. 329–30. Resident [Rezident] (KGB tradecraft term: See Station Chief. “Rest” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Klaus Fuchs prior to October 1944. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 111–13; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 107–8, 111–12; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 8–9, 11–13, 15, 68–69, 71, 73, 102–3. REST (cover name in Venona): Klaus Fuchs. Venona New York KGB 1944, 11–12, 88, 221–22, 334, 454–55, 515–16, 539–40, 542–43; Venona Special Studies, 60, 77, 176. Retterson, Dorothy: Sister of Edward Fitzgerald. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 63. Reuters news service: Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 73; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 87. Revizorov, Pavel Kuzmich: Soviet intelligence officer, internal security. SGPC official, Portland, OR. Cover name in Venona: VITALIJ. As Revizorov: Venona New York KGB 1944, 233, 318, 361, 395, 418; Venona New York KGB 1945, 26, 193; Venona San Francisco KGB, 28, 56, 60–61, 75, 77, 79, 98, 105, 112, 131, 144, 155, 165, 193, 198–99, 201–2, 205, 207, 210, 220, 243, 271, 283, 294; Venona Special Studies, 16, 96; Venona USA Trade, 29–30. As VITALIJ: Venona New
13, 130–32, 144, 155, 163, 165, 167, 182–83, 193, 198–202, 205, 207, 210, 216, 219–20, 242– 43, 271, 283, 294; Venona Special Studies, 16, 96–97. “Revolyutsioner”: Soviet ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 253. ...rey, ?: Partial decryption of the surname of senior engineer at the Carbide ? company. Venona New
“Reyd” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Raid”. Reyes, Hector Payssé: Uruguayan delegate to the San Francisco U.N. Conference. Venona San
Reyes, Juan Garcia: Venona analysts thought him a candidate for the cover names ANTON, PAV, and AL. Venona New York KGB 1944, 40. If PAV: Venona New York KGB 1944, 39–40; Venona
Reyn: See Bill Rain. Venona New York KGB 1945, 210. “Reyna” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Marion Bachrach, sister of John Abt. (“Reyna” in Vassiliev’s notebooks is transliterated and retained as the cover name without translation. Possible translations include: Reina, Rhine, Rain, Rhein, and Rein.) Vassiliev White Notebook
Reynan: Misspelling of Ryan. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 47. Reynolds, ?: Described as as aide to Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace. Vassiliev White Notebook
Reynolds, J. Wesley: FBI agent. Venona Special Studies, 156. Reynolds, John Hazard: Socially prominent and wealthy CPUSA sympathizer. President of U.S. Service and Shipping Corporation. 133 Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Scott”, 1943–1945. As Reynolds: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 153; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 2. As “Scott”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 155; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 21–26, 31. Reynolds, Thomas: Journalist with the Chicago SUN. Venona New York KGB 1944, 601–2. Rezident (tradecraft term): Resident. See Station Chief. Rezidentura (tradecraft term): Residency. See Station. REZNER: Unidentified. Venona San Francisco KGB, 139. RGASPI: Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History. Rhein: See Bill Rain. Venona New York KGB 1945, 210. Rheiner, Samuel: Hollywood producer. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 49.
——————————— 133. Bentley, “Deposition 1945,” 14–15, 18, 59–62, 86, 89, 94–104. Rhine: See Bill Rain. Venona New York KGB 1945, 210. Rhodes, ?: Described as an employee of the Lend-Lease administration. Venona USA GRU, 103. Rhodes, Ione: Belgian-born wife of Peter Rhodes. As wife of “Peter”: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9. Rhodes, Peter: Soviet intelligence source/agent. 134 Journalist. Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Paul” and work name “Peter”. As Rhodes: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 29; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 28, 33; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 130; Venona New York KGB 1944, 451–52. As “Paul”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 45–46, 173–75; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 20, 31; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9, 33. As “Peter”: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9. “Rhone”: See “Rona”. RIAS: Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor – Broadcasting in the American Sector. American controlled radio station in the American sector of Berlin. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 144. Ribbentrop, Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von: Nazi foreign minister. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 98; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 15, 120; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 26; Venona Washington KGB, 33, 38. Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact: Reference to the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 120. Ribicoff, Abraham: Governor (D) of Connecticut, 1955–1961. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 102. RICH (cover name in Venona): Unidentified. Venona Special Studies, 61. Rich, Stephen: Likely a Soviet intelligence source/agent, GRU. Cover name in Venona: SANDI. As Rich and SANDI: Venona USA GRU, 130. “Richard Alvey”: U.S. ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 286. “Richard” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence officer/agent, illegal, came with his wife to U.S. in 1939 from Harbin, China. Real name partially given and “K-r”.
RICHARD (cover name in Venona): Harry Dexter White. Venona New York KGB 1944, 462–63, 661– 63, 774–76; Venona New York KGB 1945, 44–45, 48, 107, 126–27, 151, 183–85; Venona San
“Richard” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Harry Dexter White starting in September 1944. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 77; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 5, 26–27, 55–56, 63, 65, 67–69, 154; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 10, 31, 33, 45; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 17, 21–23, 25–32, 37, 41, 46–47, 50–51, 53–56, 59–62, 76–77, 98. RICHARD (cover name in Venona): Robinson Bobrow. Venona USA GRU, 130. “Richard Henderson”: U.S. ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 350. “Richard” [Rishar”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence officer, Paris, 1949. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 48. “Richard’s” department: Harry White’s department, i.e., Department of the Treasury. Vassiliev White
Richardson, Kenneth: Soviet intelligence source/agent, technical line. Employee of World Wide Electronics. Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Condenser”. Cover name in Venona: CONDENSER [KONDENSATOR]. As Richardson: Venona New York KGB 1943, 221; Venona New York KGB 1945, 198; Venona Special Studies, 37. As “Condenser”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 120–21. As CONDENSER [KONDENSATOR]: Venona New York KGB 1943, 221; Venona New York KGB 1945, 198; Venona Special Studies, 37. “Richelieu”: French battleship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 203.
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——————————— 134. Elizabeth Bentley identified Rhodes as a KGB source with whom contact was lost and reported KGB tasked her with attempting to restore contact via Rhodes’ wife. Deciphered Venona cables also documents attempts to restore contact with Rhodes in 1945. Bentley, “Deposition 1945,” 37, 87.
Richter, Frieda and Rose: Sisters married to, respectively, Nathan Einhorn and Zalmond Franklin. Venona New York KGB 1944, 159. Rickenbacker, Edward: World War I American ace fighter pilot, later an active businessman involved in the automobile and aviation industry and in public affairs. Made a 1943 fact-finding tour of the USSR with War Department cooperation. Venona New York KGB 1943, 222, 292–93. “Rickshaw” [Riksha] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Described as someone connected to the “Nat’l Association of Amer. Industries”, 1946. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 60. Rico [or Ric?]: Unidentified. Venona Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 4. RID [REED] (cover name in Venona): James H. Hibben. Unidentified by Venona analysts but identified in Vassiliev’s notebooks as Hibben. Venona New York KGB 1944, 628. “Rid” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Reed”. “Riddle” [Zagadka] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source. Described as Senator Robert Wagner’s secretary. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 33. Riddleberger, James William: American diplomat Central and Southern European specialist. Vassiliev
RIFI, RIFS, and RIFY [The Reefs] (cover name in Venona): Nicolas and Maria Fisher. Venona New York KGB 1944, 184, 757; Venona New York KGB 1945, 27–28, 37–39, 152 NY45; Venona Special Studies, 60, 78. “Riksha” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Rickshaw”. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay: Russian composer. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 27, 33, 49, 52, 105. “Rina” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Ruth Graze. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 95; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 74. RING-TAIL [LUN'] (cover name in Venona): Cordell Hull. Venona New York KGB 1944, 51, 153, 156. Rinis, Joseph A.: Member of “Vendor’s” CPUSA espionage group. Former student at International Lenin School and CPUSA Maryland cadre. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 54–55. Rinn, Sergej: Unidentified. Venona New York KGB 1943, 100–101. “Rio” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Argentina crica 1944. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 115. RIO (cover name in Venona): Argentina or Buenos Aires. Venona New York KGB 1943, 31–32, 129–30, 207, 274–77; Venona New York KGB 1944, 155, 371–72. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 39; Venona Washington KGB, 48; Venona USA
Ripka, Hubert: Deputy/Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Czechoslovak Government in Exile in London. Venona New York KGB 1944, 15–16. ...ris: Unidentified partial decryption of a name. Venona New York KGB 1943, 355–56. “Rishar” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Richard”. Riss, Nat: Misspelling of Nat Ross. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 48. RIT (cover name in Venona): Unidentified, some relationship to the KGB. Venona New York KGB 1944, 548–49; Venona Special Studies, 60. RITA (cover name in Venona): Jaime Ramón Mercader. Venona New York KGB 1943, 36, 112–13, 132, 199, 330; Venona New York KGB 1944, 398, 401; Venona New York KGB 1945, 169; Venona Special Studies, 60; Venona Mexico City KGB, 9, 12, 15 . RITA (cover name in Venona): Someone who accompanied Elena Nikitichna Kukin to London. Venona analysts thought this likely E.N. Vaganova. Venona New York KGB 1943, 199. “Rita”: Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Described as used by Iskhak Akhmerov (along with the unidentified agent “Valet”) in the mid-1930s for surveillance of “Leo”/Lore. Likely “Rita” was Hede Massing or Gerda Frankfurter. Hede Massing in her memoir wrote that in January or February of 1937, she and Frankfurter were assigned to surveil Ludwig Lore by two
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senior Soviet intelligence officers, Boris Bazarov (known to her under the work name “Fred”) and “Bill” (a work name used by Iskhak Akhmerov). 135,136 Vassiliev Black Notebook, 140. Ritchie, Albert: Democratic governor of Maryland, 1920–1935. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 64. Ritchie, Camp: Site of the principal U.S. Army military intelligence school. Venona New York KGB 1943, 41, 44, 110, 622–23. Rivera, Diego: Mexican muralist and radical sometimes closely aligned with the Communist movement. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 20. Rivkin, Ruth: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Staff of UNRRA. Roommate of Helen Tenney. 137 Cover
name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Flora”. As Rivkin: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 33. As “Flora”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9, 33.
RKKA: Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya – Workers and Peasants Red Army, popularly called the “Red Army”. Official title of the USSR’s army until it was retitled the “Soviet Army” in 1946. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 123; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 14; Vassiliev Yellow
RKO film studios: Venona New York KGB 1944, 412, 432; Venona Special Studies, 131; Venona USA Diplomatic, 6–7. RKP: Rossiyskaya Kommunisticheskaya partiya — Russian Communist Party. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 46, 67, 83. RO (cover name in Venona): The Coca-Cola company. Venona New York KGB 1945, 43; Venona Special Studies, 61. Robbins, Irving: Associate of Communist Party official Roy Bannerman. Venona New York KGB 1944, 519, 521. “Robert” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Nathan Gregory Silvermaster beginning in August 1944. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 55–57, 63–73, 94, 154;
60, 76, 130; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 62, 79–80, 84–85, 87–88; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 119, 124–25, 137. ROBERT (cover name in Venona): Nathan Gregory Silvermaster. Venona New York KGB 1944, 461, 582–83, 587–88, 591–92, 603–4, 644, 652, 661–65, 690, 717–18, 730–32, 741, 757, 774–76;
85, 97–98 (unclear if Silvermaster), 107–8, 119–20, 126–27, 151, 156–5; Venona Special Studies, 58, 61–62, 129. ROBERT (cover name in Venona): Unclear if Silvermaster or an unknown person. The message is only partly deciphered, and this ROBERT may be connected to GRU, in which case it is not Silvermaster. Venona New York KGB 1945 97–98. ROBERT’s wife (cover name in Venona): Helen Silvermaster. Venona New York KGB 1944, 775. “Robert” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): ? Rosenstein, early 1930s. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 1, 5, 140. ROBERT: (cover name in Venona): Unidentified, associated with South America. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 51; Venona New York KGB 1944, 98.
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——————————— 135. Massing, This Deception, 199–205. 136. 137. Identified by Elizabeth Bentley as one of her singleton espionage sources. Bentley, “Deposition 1945,” 41. “Robert”: Work name used by Mikhail Korneev. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 52–53. Roberts, ?: Described as a “reactionary congressman” in 1949. Likely a reference to Senator Absalom Willis Robertson, (D. VA). Roberts, ?: Described as counselor, British embassy, Washington, 1945. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 134. Roberts, Elena: Unidentified. Venona New York KGB 1943, 310–11. Roberts, Holland: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Lion”. As Roberts: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 107, 117. As “Lion”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 107, 117, 138. Robertson, ?: Name in the Whalen documents, 1930. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 74. Robertson, Absalom Willis: See ? Roberts in 1949. Robeson, Paul: Well-known pro-Soviet Black American singer. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 98. “Robin Doncaster”: American ship. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 23. Robins, Raymond: Prominent member of the American Red Cross commission in Russia at the time of the Bolshevik coup, he later became an ardent defender of Soviet policy. Vassiliev Yellow
Robinson, ?: Described as “Chief of the Russian Section” of OSS who defended Leonard Mins. Venona analysts thought this likely Arthur Robinson of the Cartographic Section, OSS Research and Analysis Branch, and Mins’ superior. Likely this is correct. But another possibility is Geroid T. Robinson, overall chief of OSS Russian analytic section. Geroid T. Robinson, however, was unsympathetic to the USSR, making him an unlikely defender of the aggressively pro-Soviet Mins. Venona USA GRU, 104–5. Robinson, Arthur H.: Chief of the Cartographic Section, Research and Analysis Branch, OSS, Venona USA GRU, 105. Robinson, Geroid T.: Chief of OSS Russian analytic section. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 133, 136. Robinson, Joseph: U.S. Senator, 1913–1937 (D. Ark). Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 11, 29. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Donald L.: Pseudonyms used by Arnold Ikal and Ruth Boerger. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 79. Robles Galdames, Carlos: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Cover name in Venona: GRISHA. As Carlos Robles Galdames: Venona New York KGB 1944, 136, 155, 225; Venona Special Studies, 20: As GRISHA: Venona New York KGB 1944, 136, 154–55, 224–25; Venona Special Studies, 20. ROBOTS (cover name in Venona): Early cruise missiles modeled on the German V-1. Venona New York KGB 1944, 498–99, 558; Venona Special Studies, 144. “Rocco” [Rokko] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Soviet intelligence officer/agent, mid-1930s. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 20. “Rock” [Rok] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Solomon Lischinsky. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9. Rockefeller Commission or Rockefeller Committee: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs headed by Nelson Rockefeller. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 7, 27, 29, 115; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 63; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 73. Rockefeller Foundation: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 83; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 89; Venona
Rockefeller, Nelson A.: Assistant Secretary of State and Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Venona San Francisco KGB, 227–28. “Rocko” [Rokko]: See “Rocco”. “Rod” [Shtok]: See “Stock”. “Rodich” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Relative”. “Rodina”: Soviet ship. Venona New York KGB 1944, 360; Venona USA Naval GRU, 82. Rodionov, K.: Soviet intelligence officer, Moscow Center. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 71; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 150.
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Rodionov, ?: Unidentified Soviet personnel. Venona USA Diplomatic, 74. Rodman, Samuel Jacob: Journalist and UNRRA official who had some arrangement with Communist and Soviet intelligence agent Jacob Schuster. Venona New York KGB 1944, 625–26. “Rodney”: British battleship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 13. Rodregez, Manuel Francis: Pseudonym used by Iosif Grigulevich. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 125. “Rodstevennik” (cover name in the Venona decryptions notebooks): See “Kinsman”. RODSTVENNIK [KINSMAN] (cover name in the Venona decryptions): James H. Hibben. Unidentified by Venona analysts but identified in Vassiliev’s notebooks as Hibben. In the Venona decryptions the cover name SOLID appeared as that of an unidentified technical source in 1943 and 1944 that was changed to KINSMAN in October 1944. “Solid” is identified in Alexander Download 5.28 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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