Venona 687 KGB New York to Moscow, 13 May 1944, Perlo group

VENONA Reissue (T910) From: NEW YORK To: MOSCOW No: 687 13 May 1944 On HELMSMAN's (RULEVOJ) [i] instructions GOOD GIRL (UMNITsA) [ii] contacted through AMT [iii] a new group [C% in CARTHAGE} {C% KARFAGEN} {iv]: [53 groups unrecoverable] MAGDOFF - "KANT" [v]. GOOD GIRL's impressions: They are reliable FELLOWCOUNTRYMEN [ZEMLYaKI] [vi], politically highly mature; they want to help with information. They said that they had been neglected and no oone had taken any interest in their potentialities [29 groups unrecoverable] "STORM [ShTORM]" [vii]. RAIDER [REJDER] [viii], PLUMB [LOT] [ix], TED [x], and KANT will go to TYRE [TIR] [xi] once every two weeks in turn. PLUMB and TED know PAL [PEL] [xii]. We shall let you have identifying particulars later. No. 373

Comments: [i] HELMSMAN: Earl BROWDER. [ii] GOOD GIRL: Elizabeth BENTLEY. [iii] AMT: Presumably a mistake for John ABT. See also NEW YORK to MOSCOW No. 588 of 29 April 1944. (S/NBF/T110). [iv] CARTHAGE: WASHINGTON, D.C. [v] KANT: Henry Samuel MAGDOFF. [vi] FELLOW COUNTRYMEN: Members of a Communist Party. [vii] STORM: Unidentified. [viii] RAIDER: Victor PERLO. [ix] PLUMB: Possibly Charles KRAMER. [x] TED: Probably Edward Joseph FITZGERALD. [xi] TYRE: NEW YORK CITY. [xii] PAL: Nathan Gregory SILVERMASTER. [xiii] MAYOR: Probably Iskhak Abdulovich AKhMEROV. 25 July 1968 VENONA