The VENONA Documents, August 1940

These are the scanned-in images of the VENONA documents which have been declassified up to this point that are from the month of August 1940.

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Quick Index:

Day of the Month: 1, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

1 August

• IRIS reports after visit to Liverpool (1940). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

3 August

• Reissue of: Information about German air attacks (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Reissue of: STENLI; and ChERNIJ and KAPRANOV. (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

6 August

• Call-up in Britain; Anti-tank obstacles being removed; and Information from the FRIENDS on use of sirens. (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

10 August

• German air raids (1940). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Intelligence from JEROME; Jerome offers to supply French passports; Difficulty in sending photographs; and MUSE (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

13 August

• MARY (1940). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Poultry-dealer, BROWN and STANLEY; and MUSE (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

14 August

• 2nd reissue of: WRITER; and Kh. Z. SLONI (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Request for Repeats of Moscow's Telegrams Nos. 403 and 404 (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Foreign Office Attitude To Baltic Countries: Strategy of German Bombing: Businessman: Poultry-Dealer (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

15 August

• Press Reports about The Luftwaffe and Use of Gas in France (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Request for Repeat of Moscow's Telegram No. 403 (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Turkish Ambassador tells American Diplomat of Italian Preparations to Attack Salonika: WRITER (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

16 August

• Intelligentsia: MARTHA, MARY,DICK,and MARK: Recruitment of Hein (covername BAUER) (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

• Dick's visit to Croydon Aerodrome: Press Report on Bombing of Croydon Aerodrome (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

17 August

• Situation in Britain: HEAVERBROOK Tells Soviet Ambassador about Aircraft losses and production: Therapeutist (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

20 August

• DICK'S Visit to MORDEN: Report from The FRIENDS: Press Report on German Bombs (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• WRITER: Intelligence on Chemical Work for Military Purposes in Britain and Germany (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• DICK'S Visit to Kenley Air Station (1940) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

21 August

• Bomb Damage and Defences in South-West London (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

22 August

• Report on British Anti-Invasion Defences (1940) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

23 August

• German shelling of south-east England; and Arrival of Admiral and Generals from the U.S.A. (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Report on bombing in London area (1940). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

24 August

• Report fron JEROME; and Report from THERAPEUTIST (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

26 August

• German bombing and air raid tactics; and WRITER. (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• 3rd reissue of: Report on airfields around London; and Air raid damage in the London area (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

27 August

• Communications with MUSE; and STANLEY (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Information from Soviet Ambassador; Bombing of London; and Press report on observation system (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• MUSE (194). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

28 August

• EDGAR PHILLIP YOUNG; MINISTER's and CARPENTER's reports on German bombing; Press report on German bombs; and German shelling of Dover (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

29 August

• German bombing; Report on British bombing raid; Press report on German and British aircraft losses; and Press report on new machine guns (1940). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

30 August

• LOUISA's radio instructions (1940). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

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