The VENONA Documents, May 1942

These are the scanned-in images of the VENONA documents which have been declassified up to this point that are from the month of May 1942.

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Quick Index:

Day of the Month 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30.

1 May

• Report on conversation with the Swedish Naval attache in Moscow (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

2 May

• 1. May day greetings; 2. Instructions for test transmissions by SAMUEL, AKMA, VAL'DEN and BERNS (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

• Training of SVANTE and FRITS completed (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Training of SVANTE and FRITS COMPLETED (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth venona release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

4 May

• A largely unreadable GRU message of 1942. (Release Four)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Name No. 64 asks for guidance in reporting intelligence (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Name No. 64 asks for guidance in reporting intelligence (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

5 May

• Report from VALER; and reference to the FRIENDS (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

7 May

• Intelligence from a Swedish editor: reference to ANDRE (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Allocation of money for the second quarter of 1942 (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

• Reissue: 1. "BRIDGEBUILDER" identified as . . . 2. Attempt by a NEIGHBOUR to enlist "BRIDEGBUIDER" who was developed by GRU agent ELOR; 3. Intelligence passed by STAS on German Army (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

8 May

• Re-issue: Report from a Newspaper Correspondent (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• 1. ANDERSON's TALMUD and book handed over to SVANTE and FRED; 2. LEVANGER, NARYM, IVANOV, ANDERSON (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• 4th Reissue: ANDERSON, SAMUEL', SVANTE, FRITs, FELIKS, FOL'KE ("VAL'TER") (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 4- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 5- GIF, PostScript.

• Cipher for "FELIX" to be modelled on that used by "ALBIN" (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Anderson's Talmud and book handed over to Svante and Fred (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth venona release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• 4th Reissue-Anderson, Samuel, Svante, Frits, Feliks, Fol'ke, Svendsen (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth venona release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 4- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 5- GIF, PostScript.

9 May

• Reissue: Information from a Norwegian on Arrival in Sweden (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

11 May

• Reissue: 1. Proposed meeting between fishing boat and submarine; 2. Preparation to send man at NIL'SON's place to COWLAND to teach the TALMUD to MORTIs, a radio operator; 3. AREL's SAT . . . (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• ANDERSON and FELIKS: TALMUDS and key books (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Reissue-Anderson and Feliks: Talmuds and Key Books (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth venona release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

13 May

• Ship cargo/displacement data (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Information from OLSEN about Germany (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

14 May

• US Military budget/productivity reports (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript.

15 May

• Instructions for selections of candidates in Europe (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3 - GIF, PostScript.

• Information from FRITZ (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• 2nd Reissue-"DIPLOMAT","VIKTOR","INDEETs","ZhORES","..SKIJ";"LOM" and "LAR". ARTUR: instructions on selection of candidates for Europe etc (1942) (A more complete version of documents previously released in second venona release on 10 Oct. 1995) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript.

16 May

• Per Travels to OSTERSUND to Meet His Acquaintance (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• PER travels to Ostersund to meet his acquaintance (1942) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

17 May

• Request for information of "IZBA" (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

19 May

• Re-issue: Information from PER (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

21 May

• ARTUR in Mexico, KARMEN warned of courier's arrival (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3 - GIF, PostScript.
• Mostly unrecovered descriptions of individuals' wages (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

22 May

• Detailed description of European assets (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 4 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 5 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 6 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 7 - GIF, PostScript.

24 May

• Mostly unrecovered. Refers to New York #466 (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

25 May

• Data on construction/distribution of military aircraft (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

27 May

• Weapons production data (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3 - GIF, PostScript.

28 May

• Suggestion for new recruitment effort (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

29 May

• Biographical details of Latin Americans and Germans (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 4 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 5 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 6 - GIF, PostScript.
• Highly garbled references to the persons in the previous message (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript.

• Recruiting Cleveland resident into the Local Organization (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript;

• "KUM"; "UCN 32" in Odessa in 1931 (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

30 May

• Departure of KURNEVSKIJ for the U.S.A (Release Two)
  Page 1 - GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2 - GIF, PostScript.

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