The VENONA Documents, January 1944
These are the scanned-in images of the VENONA documents which have been
declassified up to this point that are from the month of January 1944.
Quick Index:
- Boris Eliacheff (PLAM) telephoned Kheiifits (the KGB Chief in San Francisco) at home. Says he can be "more useful to us on the coast". (Release Four)
- Wavelengths and communications with aircraft (1944) (Release Five)
- A Soviet merchant sailor deserter is in the custody and has been shipped back to Soviet Union. (Release Four)
- ZILLIACUS describes situation in Finland to "KLARA" (1944) (Release Five)
- ZILLIACUS describes situation in Finland to "KLARA" (1944) (Release Five)
- New agent (1944) (Release Five)
- 1. ROGEN informed by Norwegian colleague of arrest of Norwegian agents; 2. Posting and replacement of; 3. STIG's expected arrival (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue of: People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade (1944). (Release Five)
- 1. Rogen informed by Norwegian colleague "Kh" (Henriksen) of arrest of Norwegian agents 2. Posting and replacement of "Kh" (Henriksen) 3. STIG's expected arrival (1944) (More complete version of a VENONA 5th release document) (Release 6)
- Request for news of Italian P.O.W. presents an opportunity to obtain information (1944) (Release Five)
- New York KGB reports on Diplomatic Matters (Release Three)
- KGB personility ELENA (Release Four)
- Various KGB personalities (Release Four)
- Report about Polish/French persons. (Release Four)
- A small cash payment. (Release Four)
- More on codename IVERI and the film industry in California. (Release Four)
- A Soviet engineer working at U.S. aircraft plants wants to get back into intelligence reporting. Says he formerly worked with covername BLERIOT (alcb) pffoce. (Release Four)
- IVERI reports that an emigre in California would like to return to the Soviet Union. Mention of RKO. (Release Four)
- Covername BUTCHER of opinion that Leo Levanes (Shell Oil Company) will help the KGB. KGB officer Olga Khlopkova now has a direct cipher link. (Release Four)
- Assessment of Michael Leshing, head of 20th Century Fox film laboratory and of his friend Sam Goldblat. (Release Four)
- 2nd Reissue: "METALLIST" report on courses for political leaders at Gottroera (1944) (Release Five)
- New York reports on Los Angeles resident named Kinskij (Release Three)
- Cipher problems. (Release Four)
- Reissue: [Name BV's] people, [Name BV's] people and ROGEN's people: contacts (1944) (Release Five)
- Information through ROGEN from an assistant of colleague N (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue- [Name BV's] People, [Name BK's] People and Rogen's people: Contacts (1944) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
- Information through Rogen from an assistant of colleague N (1944) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
- Mentions work of KGB agents Joseph (Jack) Katz and Bernard Schuster. (Release Three)
- A GRU officer is recalled to the Soviet Union. (Release Four)
- Personnel matters. (Release Four)
- References to BERG (1944-1945) (Release Five)
- 2nd Reissue: German appeal to Swedish trade unions about transit traffic (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue: Information from "TERENTIJ" passed by "KLARA" (1944) (Release Five)
- Information about KGB agents. (Release Four)
- San Francisco reports local address of covername KLARA (Augustina Stridsberg). (Release Four)
- Amendment to a telegram. (Release Four)
- Reissue: Arrivals of "KLIM" and USENKO (1944) (Release Five)
- "GREEN's" information on war production in Canada (1944). (Release Five)
- Reference to VRONSKIJ (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue: BURGEN's people, [Name BK's] people and ROGEN's people: arrangements for maintaining contact (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue: Information of German troops from Norway (1944) (Release Five)
- Soviet acquisition of Polish cipher telegram (1944). (Release Five)
- Report by ZABOTIN (1944). (Release Five)
- DAVIE, LEON and MARTIN considered for awards (1944). (Release Five)
- 2nd Reissue: Defeatist opinions of DVORETsKIJ and mention of Soviet Trade Delegation members connected with "MILITARY NEIGHBOURS" in England (1944) (Release Five)
- Reissue- Burgen's people, [Name BK's] people and Rogen's people; arrangements for maintaining contact (1944) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
- KGB source ZORA and the OSS (Release Three)
- Information from "MOUNTAINEER" (Release Five)
- Coommunication with Sweden Nansen,Gunar,Knud and Brother, Stockholm Address; Underground Work; "ARBEJTER FRI";"SEN" to work for Allies (Release Five)
- 5th Reissue: Report by "ORESTES" on MOUNTAINEER" (1944) (Release Five)
- BROTHER-IN LAW'S connection with the MILITARY NEIGHBOURS and with the Swedes (1944) (Release Five)
- Covername ALEKSANDR mentioned (Release Three)
- Report about U.S. P-70 night fighter airplanes. (Release Four)
- A KGB personality who does not know photography and cannot type. (Release Four)
- [NAME BV]: Employment on Special Tasks, Recall Inexpedient; Replacement Trainees Required; [NAME DV's] Work on a Tale; STIG, AKSEL' (Release Five)
- Recommendation by "GREEK" of certain germans (Release Five)
- Movements of Soviet and Canadian officials (1944). (Release Five)
- Reference to V.S. Nikolaev. (Release Four)
- RAUL', ZhAN, PETRUS, GANS, ANTONI, B, A, Norwegian Organisation (Release Five)
- Reissue: "GUSTAV" (Release Five)
- Correction to "GUSTAV" (Release Five)
- Reissue of: A message from GRANT mentioning LECKIE, STEWART and EVSTIGNEEV (1944). (Release Five)
- RAUL', ZhAN, PETRUS, GANS, ANTONI, B, A, TRAMEL's Norwegian organisation (1944) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
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