The VENONA Documents, December 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 December 1942.

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Quick Index:

Day of the Month 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.

6 December

• Reference to interception of letters by censorship. (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

8 December

• Reissue: A letter to General ARNOLD from BELYaEV (1942). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

9 December

• Signatories of Moscow-originated telegrams (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• 1. Evaluation of information supplied by AKASTO; 2. Evacuation of AUGUST's wife (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

10 December

• Message to BELYaEV and ShUMOVSKIJ on arrangements for transport of secret reports (1942). (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

13 December

• 1. Inquiry about STEGE; 2. Query about certain books (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

17 December

• Warning against business relations with "G." (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

21 December

• A letter from ROSTARChUK to MIKOYaN discussing matters of security among department chiefs (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

• Letter to AKULIN from Admiral KING (1942). (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

23 December

• Reissue: Information obtained by "GRIShA" from French military attache verified through "BRAT" (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

24 December

• Meaningless, nearly totally unrecovered (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

26 December

• Meaningless, nearly totally unrecovered (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

27 December

• Mostly unrecovered. References someone named Shoshman (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

28 December

• Covernames designated to the crew of several ships (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

29 December

• Mostly unrecovered. References NEJTRON (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Mention of safe-cracking at the annex. (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• Comments regarding document handling. (1942) (Release Five)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript.

30 December

• Meaningless, nearly totally unrecovered (Release Two)
  GIF, PostScript.

• "SERZhANT" (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

• L. and the Naval Neighbours (1942) (Release Five)
  GIF, PostScript.

31 December

• Washington Naval GRU discusses the operational atmosphere in the U.S. for the Illegal covernamed AUSTRALIAN WOMAN (later SALLY). One of the longest & most extraordinary messages in Venona. (Release Four)
  Page 1- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 2- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 3- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 4- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 5- GIF, PostScript;
  Page 6- GIF, PostScript.

• Happy New Year Message (Release Four)
  GIF, PostScript.

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