The VENONA Documents, May 1943
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 1943.
Quick Index:
- Naval vessels and equipment. (Release Four)
- Human interest - an artificial limb for a Soviet admiral. (Release Four)
- A press report re: a new U.S. Army unit. (Release Four)
- Washington reports about General Vlasov's new organization that will fight against the Soviets. (Release Four)
- The Soviet military attache discusses persons on his staff. (Release Four)
- Changes in Soviet naval leadership. (Release Four)
- TRIO denies contact with the Communist Party (Release Two)
- U.S. steel reserves. (Release Four)
- Discussion of Soviet Navy uniforms. (Release Four)
- Washington GRU reports about U.S. air operations out of Florida. (Release Four)
- Washington GRU discusses U.S. electronic technology. (Release Four)
- U.S. Customs and INS and Soviet trawler crews. (Release Four)
- Ship movements. (Release Four)
- Probable discussion of code clerks. (Release Four)
- Covername TAYLOR (probably a Naval GRU officer). (Release Four)
- Lend - Lease matters. (Release Four)
- Location in CONUS of various U.S. Army artillery and ordnance units. (Release Four)
- Information about U.S. dirigibles. (Release Four)
- Washington GRU reports heavy U.S. Army Air Force losses in aircraft accidents. (Release Four)
- GRU personnel item. (Release Four)
- Report of GRU visit to U.S. Army Arsenal at Chester, PA. (Release Four)
- A report on liaison. (Release Four)
- Instructions re: Soviet naval uniforms. (Release Four)
- Over-expenditure by Soviet Naval attache in Stockholm (1943) (Release Five)
- Soviet internee in Sweden requests information about his family (1943) (Release Five)
- A source for information about Japan. (Release Four)
- "I" signs a message reporting lack of discipline (1943) (Release Five)
- Intelligence from FRITZ (1943) (Release Five)
- U.S. built Soviet trawlers to cross Iceland from U.S. East Coast. (Release Four)
- Information from the Dutch Naval attache. (Release Four)
- A personnel matter. (Release Four)
- Information and materials have been dispatched by courier. (Release Four)
- Code and cipher matters. Mention of cipher pads used for communication with Soviet submarines. (Release Four)
- Washington wonders who is in charge of the operation re: the Naval GRU Illegal, covername SALLY. (Release Four)
- Amendment to message no. 1016. (Release Four)
- 1. Departure of "I" for England; 2. Instructions awaited to contact . . .(1943) (Release Five)
- References to IBSEN's American colleague (1943) (Release Five)
- Budgetary matters; also, U.S. Naval attache. (Release Four)
- Moscow requests office supplies. (Release Four)
- A letter from an Argentinian. (Release Four)
- A Soviet Naval crew. (Release Four)
- Shipping intelligence obtained from OSKAR through RUNAR (1943) (Release Five)
- Administrative matters. (Release Four)
- U.S. Operations in the Aleutians. (Release Four)
- The Illegal SALLY (here given as AUSTRALIAN WOMAN). (Release Four)
- Biographical details of "ROLAND" and "ERIK" (1943) (Release Five)
- Biographical details of 1. Arne Lund, in future "ROLAND" 2. Artur Folden, in future "ERIK" (1943) (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
- The plans for landing the Illegal SALLY. A very detailed message. (Release Four)
- Ship movement. (Release Four)
- Moscow challenges information about U.S. troop movements. (Release Four)
- Future plans for OLAV, ROLAND and ERIK (1943) (Release Five)
- Intelligence from "N's" colleague (1943) (Release Five)
- Future plans for OLAV, ROLAND, and ERIC (A more complete version of British Government-excised messages previously released in fifth VENONA release on 1 Oct 1996) (Release 6)
- The Illegal SALLY. (Release Four)
- Report on individual still classified (Release Two)
- Arrangement of passwords to be used when meeting BOB (Release Two)
- Ship movements. (Release Four)
- Cipher and mail work. (Release Four)
- Navigation information. (Release Four)
- Important tradecraft message about the Illegal SALLY. (Release Four)
- New York supplies additional info on individual still classified (Release Two)
- Possible transfer of a liaison to Canada (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. References several individuals (Release Two)
- Suicide of NEDEL'TSHE (Release Two)
- KABAN'S U.S. visit and ZVUK works in England (Release Two)
- Ship message. (Release Four)
- Soviet personnel en route to England. (Release Four)
- The Illegal SALLY. (Release Four)
- Status of relations with French gov't. (Release Four)
- Report about organization of U.S. fleets. (Release Four)
- Disciplinary matters re: Soviet Naval personnel. (Release Four)
- The cipher room. Also, dicussion of Japanese actions. (Release Four)
- German mining/steel output data (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. References Soviet cargo on ship Santa Catalina (Release Two)
- Message from BELYaEV to MIKOYaN mentions "special document from President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Stimson". (1943) (Release Five)
- Mostly unrecovered. References SERGEJ (Release Two)
- Instructions about operational communications. (Release Four)
- Lend - Lease matter. (Release Four)
- Highly unrecovered. Reports on several individuals (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. References MARK (Release Two)
- 6th "EZh", ARTUR, A Naturalised French Citizen, KNYaZEVSKIJ,"SONYa", JACOB MUChNIK ("FINANSIST"),"KALISTRAT" (1943) (A more complete version of documents previously released in second venona release on 10 Oct 1995) (Release 6)
- Message to ANDREJ from UCN/12 (Release Two)
- Information from CARLOS about possible assistant (Release Two)
- Admin. matters. (Release Four)
- Armament output for the U.S. War Dept. for the first quarter, 1943 (Release Two)
- Highly detailed breakdown of the Military Intelligence Training School (Release Two)
- Meetings with underground groups. Roosevelt/Churchill conference (Release Two)
- "Processing" of President Roosevelt's wife (Release Two)
- Liaison with MOL's group through LEVIN's line (Release Two)
- Expense reports of an unrecovered source (Release Two)
- Reference to enemy submarines and to courier matters. (Release Four)
- The grief of a Soviet admiral - his comrades must send telegraphs of sympathy. (Release Four)
- Output of German armaments for 1942 (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. References HARRY-2 (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. Telephone conversation between OCTANE and TWAIN (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. Many covernames references (Release Two)
- Mostly unrecovered. ARTUR's work (Release Two)
- Agent en route to the U.S. gets stuck in Iraq (Release Two)
- Disagreements between the FBI and British Secret Service (Release Two)
- 19 reports on Roosevelt/Churchill meetings (Release Two)
- Chemical warfare against the USSR (Release Two)
- A book to be sent by courier. (Release Four)
- HARRY's plan for the GNOME project (Release Two)
- A Soviet naval crew en route to U.S. (Release Four)
- Opinion of STENBERG on SIDORENKO's condition (Release Five)
- Mostly unrecovered. References War Department and Sec. of State (Release Two)
- Pretty much incomprehensible (Release Two)
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