Index and Concordance to Alexander Vassiliev’s Notebooks and Soviet Cables Deciphered by the National Security Agency’s Venona Project
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“Rats” [Krysy] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Zionists in particular but applied broadly to Jewish ethnic organizations and their adherents that were not under Communist leadership.
RAT [KRYSA] and RATS [KRYSY] (cover name in Venona): Venona analysts judged this cover name as meaning “possibly Jews”. Venona New York KGB 1943, 4; Venona New York KGB 1944, 82;
RATSIYA [RADIO STATION] (cover name in Venona): The Office of War Information. Venona New York KGB 1943, 103, 112–13, 171, 187, 241, 272, 355; Venona New York KGB 1944, 54–55, 76, 108–09, 157, 227, 293, 348, 451–52, 492, 537, 683, 686, 700–701; Venona New York KGB 1945, 122, 124. “Ratsiya” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Radio Station”. Rauschning, Hermann: German author and former government official. Venona San Francisco KGB, 9. RAVINE [YAR] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified. Venona Special Studies, 122. Rawson, ?: Unidentified, associated with Argentina. Venona New York KGB 1943, 129–30. Ray, George D.: Engineer with Bell Aircraft. Venona New York KGB 1943, 192. “Ray” [Skat] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Likely William Stapler. Stapler is not directly identified as “Ray.” But “Ray” is described as a Soviet intelligence source, technical line, prior to October 1944, then the cover name changed to “Karl”. As “Karl” described as “chemical engineer at the Hercules Powder Company.” Stapler, a chemist, worked for Hercules. KGB agent Thomas Black identified Stapler as a Soviet industrial espionage source. Black’s description of Stapler’s activities matches the activities of the Soviet source “Ray”/“Karl” in Vassiliev’s notebooks. “Ray” and “Karl” also appeared in the Venona decryptions, and Venona analysts identified the real name but redacted it. However, a 1951 FBI memo reviewing Venona noted that nine persons that Venona demonstrated were assisting Soviet espionage were deceased. One of those listed as deceased was Stapler. That, along with Black’s evidence, indicates that the redacted name in the Venona decryptions for “Ray”and “Karl” was William Stapler.
124 Vassiliev Black Notebook, 49, 69, 105, 110, 117; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 109. RAY [SKAT] (cover name in Venona): Likely William Stapler. See discussion of “Ray”/Stapler above.
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——————————— 124. Interview with Thomas Black, 20 June 1950, pp. 195-205, 257-260, Philadelphia file, Thomas L. Black, 65-4332-1-B-17 FBI FOIA “Julius Rosenberg et al.”; Ladd to Director, 28 February 1951, “This memorandum is designed ...,” page 19 of the FBI FOIA “Venona” released to Daniel P. Moynihan, part 1, <;">http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/venona.htm>; Stapler is likely the source Feklisov gives the cover name “Knvat” or “Vulture” in Feklisov and Kostin, Man Behind, 55–56. Raykhmanm ?: Deputy Chief, Second Chief Directorate of the MGB, 1946. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 80. “Raymond” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Nathan Poretsky, mid-1930s. Also known as Ignace Reiss. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 58–59, 61; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 10–11, 17–19, 24, 33.
“Raymond”: Work name used by Harry Gold. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 72–73, 106. Rayne: See Bill Rain. Venona New York KGB 1945, 210. Rayner, ?: Described as a oil industry executive and advisor to the State Department on oil matters.
Razd'yaovskij, ?: Described as a major associated with the war cabinet of the Yugoslav government-in- exile. Likely Vlastimir Rozdalovski. 125
Venona analysts thought the name had been poorly transliterated into Russian Cyrillic. Venona New York KGB 1943, 13. Razin, ?: Soviet official, Soviet Government Purchasing Commission, friend of Lauchlin Currie in 1942. Likely but not certainly Leonid Alekseevich Razin. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 49. Razin, ?: Unidentified Soviet official in the United States. Likely but not certainly Leonid Alekseevich Razin. Venona USA Naval GRU, 103. Razin, Leonid Alekseevich: SGPC official, Portland. Venona San Francisco KGB, 179; Venona USA
Razinovsky, ?: Described as a Russian in Washington. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 47. Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie (RU): Intelligence Directorate. Usually a reference to the Red Army’s military intelligence agency, more often called the GRU, or to the Red Navy intelligence arm, Naval GRU. Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie Moryakov: Seamen's Intelligence Directorate i.e., Naval GRU. Venona New York KGB 1945, 96. RCA (R.C.A.): Radio Corporation of America. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 111; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 108; Venona USA Trade, 19. Reade, ?: Described as a WPR official. Name may be Reed, Reede, or Reid. Venona USA GRU,. Reader’s Digest (journal): Venona New York KGB 1944, 114; Venona San Francisco KGB, 233. Reader’s Scope (journal): Vassiliev Black Notebook, 126; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 39. Reagan, Ronald: President of the United States. Vassiliev Odd Pages, 7. Reber, Samuel: Senior American diplomat. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 11. Recht, Charles: Attorney for the Soviet diplomatic mission. Venona USA Diplomatic, 32. Reconstruction Financial Corporation, U.S.: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 38.
Recordac company: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 94. “Rector” [Rektor] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): George Zlatowski. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 80; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 71–72, 92, 94–95, 100–101, 103. Red Army intelligence service: See GRU. Red Army (R.A. and RA and KA – Krasnaya Armiya): Popular term for the “Workers and Peasants Red Army” (RKKA) until the name changed in 1946 to the Soviet Army. As Red Army, KA, RA, or RKKA: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 122; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 20, 54, 91, 123, 135;
125; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 67, 77; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 14, 41, 86–87; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 52; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 11, 35, 45, 51, 72, 77, 91, 106, 108, 111–12, 117, 134; Venona New York KGB 1943, 42, 253; Venona New York KGB 1944,
——————————— 125. Alfred Davidson supplied the information that corrected this identification in October 2014.
267, 567, 576; Venona New York KGB 1945, 38, 76; Venona USA GRU, 32, 35, 37, 49, 63, 83, 87, 97, 100–101, 103, 109, 124, 126, 171; Venona USA Naval GRU, 9, 32–33, 223. Red Banner, Order of the: Soviet decoration. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 140; Venona Washington KGB, 35; Venona USA Naval GRU, 206. Red Cross: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 1, 3, 174, 178; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 3, 14, 38, 121;
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RED HEAD and RED HEADED WOMAN [RYZHAYA] (female) (cover name in Venona): Hede Massing. RED HEAD was footnoted as unidentified in the deciphered Venona messages but was later identified as Massing in a retrospective NSA history. 126
Massing was also identified as “Redhead” in Vassiliev’s notebooks. Venona New York KGB 1944, 293; Venona Special Studies, 64. Red Star, Order of the: Soviet decoration. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 120, 140; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 109, 151; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 18, 57–58; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 102–3; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 23; Venona Washington KGB, 35; Venona San Francisco KGB, 162. REDAKTOR [EDITOR] (cover name in Venona): Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky, Soviet Ambassador to Mexico. Venona New York KGB 1943, 327; Venona San Francisco KGB, 138;
REDAKTSIYA [EDITORIAL OFFICE] (cover name in Venona): TASS. Venona New York KGB 1944, 127, 157, 192, 479, 486–87, 564–65. “Redaktsiya” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Editorial Office”. Redeker, Nadine: Soviet intelligence source/contact of Elizabeth Bentley. Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Youth”. As Redeker and “Youth”: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 10. “Redhead” [Ryzhaya] (female) (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Hede Massing. Vassiliev Black
“Redhead” [Ryzhy] (male) (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence contact in 1946 that appears to be in official diplomatic circles. The cover name, “Ryzhy”, is the masculin form of Readhead in Russian. “Ryzhaya”, the feminine form of Redhead in Russian, is the cover name for Hede Massing. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 61. REDHEAD: See RED HEAD. Redin, Nikolaj Grigor'evich: Soviet intelligence officer/agent (Naval GRU). 127
Cover name in Venona: VLADISLAV. As Redin: Venona New York KGB 1944, 361; Venona San Francisco KGB, 135, 155, 231, 294–9; Venona Special Studies, 97. As VLADISLAV: Venona New York KGB 1944, 361; Venona San Francisco KGB, 155, 230–31 (spelled VLADISLOV), 294, 296–97, 299; Venona Special Studies, 16, 97. Redmont, Bernard: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Staff of the Office of the Co-ordinator of Inter- American Affairs. Identified by Elizabeth Bentley as one of her singleton espionage sources. 128
Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Mon”, party name: “Berny”. Cover name in Venona:
——————————— 126. Benson, Venona Story, 36. 127. On Redin’s trial and acquittal on charges of espinage, see Daniel J. Leab, “The Red Menace and Justice in the Pacific Northwest,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 87, no. 2 (Spring 1996).
128. Bentley, “Deposition 1945,” 47–50, 79–80. MON. As Redmont: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9, 19, 33. As “Berny”: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 19. As “Mon”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9, 33. “Mor”: Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 71, is likely an error for “Mon”/Redmont. As MON: Venona New York KGB 1943, 207, 226–27, 229; Venona Special Studies, 49. REDZHI [REGGIE] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified. Venona New York KGB 1943, 145–46; Venona Special Studies, 59. “Redzhi” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Reggie”. Reed, ?: Described as a WPR official. Name may be Reade, Reede, or Reid. Venona USA GRU, 149. “Reed” [Rid] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): James H. Hibben, references to in January-June 1945. “Reed” was earlier “Solid”. “Solid” and “Reed” were identified as the chief of the Chemical Division of the U.S. Tariff Commission, a position James Hibben held at the time. FBI also identified Hibben as an associate of Soviet agent Mary Price and had information that he was using his position to access documents on military explosives that were unrelated to his official duties. 129
Vassiliev Black Notebook, 69, 114, 119, 135. REED [RID] (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. “Reed” [Rid] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Harry Dexter White, references to in July-October 1945. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 69–74; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 34–36; Vassiliev
“Reed” [Rid] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Richard Morros in 1950. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 76–78, 81. Reede, ?: Described as a WPR official. Name may be Read, Reede, or Reid. Venona USA GRU, 149. REEFS, The [RIFY, RIFI, RIFS] (cover name in Venona): Nicolas and Maria Fisher. Venona New York
Reese, William Albert: Garble for Albert Reese Williams. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 110. Reespan, David: Described as a WPB official, 1945. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 85. “Ref” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Contact of Klaus Fuchs in Britian. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 94. “Refrigerator II”: Soviet ship. Venona San Francisco KGB, 121. Regent, Mrs. Enos: Garble for Mrs. Enos Regnet Wicher (Maria Wicher). Venona New York KGB 1944, 404.
“Reggie” [Redzhi] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Zelman Passov, 1939. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 125; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 94. REGGIE [REDZHI] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified (Not Passov, who had been executed in 1940). Venona New York KGB 1943, 146; Venona Special Studies, 59. Register: CPUSA party term. A person with official CPUSA membership was said to be on the CPUSA “register”. A person said to be on a “special” or “secret” register was a official CPUSA member but his or her membership was not with an ordinary party unit and the secret member did not participate in regular party activities. Instead, the record of membership was know to only select senior party cadre and dues were paid only to especially designated liaison persons who kept in touch with the secret member. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 119–20, 164. Regolo type: A class of Italian light cruisers. Venona USA Naval GRU, 239. Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt – RSHA) Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 103–04.
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——————————— 129. “FBI Silvermaster File 65–56402,” serial 557; Cover name dating based on Venona 1403 KGB New York to Moscow, 5 October 1944; Venona 1509 KGB New York to Moscow, 23 October 1944; Venona 1557 KGB New York to Moscow, 6 November 1944. Reichsforschungsrates: Reich Research Council. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 140. Reichskanzlei: Reich Chancellery. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 98–99. Reichsluftshubtzbundt: National Air Defense League: German civil air defense and air-raid warning organization in the 1930s. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 25. Reichswehr: National Defense – title of the German army from 1919 until 1935 when it was renamed Wehrmacht (Defence Force). Vassiliev Black Notebook, 25; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 35. Reid, ?: Described as a WPR official. Name may be Reade, Reede, or Reed. Venona USA GRU, 149–50. Reidel, ?: Described as German military attache in Sweden who offered OSS information on Soviet air power. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 91. “Reigh Count”: U.S. Ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 287. Reinhardt, Gunther: Described as agent of Frank Prince. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 97. Reinhardt, Max: Emigre German theatre director, ran a well-know acting school in New York. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 10. Reinstein, Boris: Born in Russian and exiled for political agitation at the turn of the century. In 1901 he immigrated to the U.S. and became active in Daniel De Leon’s Socialist Labor Party. When in Sweden in 1917 on an SLP mission, he was won over to the Bolshevik cause and returned to Russia. Reinstein became Comintern official and undertook a number of Comintern missions.
Reiss, Elsa: See Elisabeth Poretsky. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 59; Venona New York KGB 1944, 622–23. Reiss, Ignace: See Nathan Poretsky. Reitler, Arthur: Described as a Swiss banker. Venona New York KGB 1944, 652. Reizin, Siliya Samoylovna: See Siliya Golos. REJDER [RAIDER] (cover name in Venona): Victor Perlo. Venona New York KGB 1944, 113, 172, 307, 311–12, 446–47; Venona New York KGB 1945, 44–45; Venona Washington KGB, 21–22, 56–58, 63 Venona Special Studies, 59, 126. Rejn, Bil': see Bill Rain. Venona New York KGB 1944, 365–66. Rejn, Nikolaj Mikhajlovich: Unidentified. Venona New York KGB 1944, 162. “Rektor” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Rector”. “Relative” [Rodich] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent, 1948. Brother of “Godsend” and “Godfather”. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 128, 130. “Relay” [Rele] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Joseph Chmilevski prior to September 1944. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 111, 117; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 55, 110, 112. RELAY [RELE] (cover name in Venona): Joseph Chmilevski. Unidentified by Venona analysts but identified in Vassiliev’s notebooks as Chmilevski. 130
Venona New York KGB 1944, 273–74, 295, 462; Venona Special Studies, 60, 65, 143. REMBRANDT (cover name in Venona): Jose Sancha Padros. Venona New York KGB 1943, 336–38, 364; Venona Special Studies, 60. Remington Arms: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 30.
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——————————— 130. In one Venona decryption (Venona KGB New York 1944 Cables, 295) Venona analysts suggest that RELAY, later changed to SERB, was “possibly Morton Sobell”. However, in another decoded message Venona analysts withdraw this identification as impossible (Venona KGB New York 1944 Cables, 462) and list RELAY as unidentified. In two other messages (Venona KGB New York 1944 Cables, 274 and Venona KGB New York 1945 Cables, 33) RELAY and SERB are unidentified. Venona analysts also noted their withdrawal of the Sobell identification at Venona Special Studies, 60 and 65) Remington, William: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Economist with the War Production Board and Commerce Department. 131 Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Fedya”. As Remington: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 6; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 33. As “Fedya”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79, 189; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 6; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 9, 33. “Rench” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Wrench”. RENE, RENĒ, and RENÉ (cover name in Venona): Valentin Vasil'evich Ryabov. Venona New York
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Reno, Franklin Victor: Also known as Vincent Reno. Soviet intelligence source/agent. Mathematician (statistician) at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds working on advanced military technology. On Adolf Berle’s 1939 list of those identified by Whittaker Chambers as covert Communists who were espionage risks. Confronted by the FBI, in 1949 he confessed that he had supplied technical data to Chambers’ espionage apparatus in the mid-1930s. In 1952 he pled guilty to perjury and was imprisoned for submitting deceptive information on his federal employment and security applications. 132
Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “118 th ”. As Reno: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 73, 77. As “118 th ”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 77. Renouveau: French Jewish agricultural society. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 10. “Renown”: British battleship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 366. RENTERA: Unidentified. Either the real name of a place or a cover name of a place in South America.
Reparations Committee and Reparations Commission: See Moscow Reparations Commission. Republican Party, Republican National Committee, and Republicans: Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Bear Cubs”. Plain text citations: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 48; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 123; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 27, 34, 40, 45, 61–63; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 24, 49, 51, 58, 92, 116, 118, 120, 124, 130, 143; Venona New York KGB 1943, 217, 283, 311; Venona New York KGB 1944, 41–42, 100, 217, 333; Venona New York KGB 1945, 183; Venona San Francisco KGB, 227; Venona USA GRU, 63–64. As “Bear Cubs”: Vassiliev
“Reputable” [Solidny]: See “Solid”. Research and Analysis Branch of the OSS: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 77, 91; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, , 19, 35; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 125. Download 5.28 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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