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again readmitted in 1934. Executed in the purge of the Soviet security services in 1937.
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 87.
“Wolf” [Volk] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Nikolay Novikov. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 59.
Wolff, Robert Lee: Chief of the Balkan Section of OSS Research and Analysis division. Vassiliev White
Notebook #3, 125; Venona Washington KGB, 50.
Wolfson, Abraham: Dentist in New Jersey and active Communist. Married to Ruth Terry, sister of Anne
Terry, Harry Dexter White’s wife. Wolfson and Ruth Terry divorced in 1934. White remained
in touch with Wolfson. Possibly the Volman or Volper described in Vassiliev’s notebooks as a
doctor and relative of Harry Dexter White.
Wolfson, Joseph: Owner of Meriden Dental Laboratory that provided KGB agent Joseph Katz with
business cover. Venona New York KGB 1944, 58–59.
Woll, Matthew: American Federation of Labor official and strong anti-Communist. Vassiliev Black
Notebook, 22;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 18, 32.
Wollner, Herbert J.: Consulting chemist with the U.S. Treasury. Venona USA GRU, 72–73.
Wolston, Arnold: Business partner and brother-in-law of Jack Soble. Father of Ilya Wolston. Venona
New York KGB 1944, 70.
Wolston, Ilya Elliott: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Jack Soble’s nephew (son of one of Jack’s
sisters). A U.S. Army intelligence officer in WWII assigned to Russian-related tasks. Cover
name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Slava”. Cover name in Venona: SLAVA. As Wolston:
Venona New York KGB 1943, 44, 110;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 147. As
“Czech’s”/Soble’s nephew “Ilya”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 52; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3,
21. As “Slava”: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 92, 94–100, 102–3. As SLAVA: Venona New
York KGB 1943, 41, 43–44, 110; Venona New York KGB 1945, 146–47; Venona Special Studies,
68.
Women’s League for Peace and Freedom:
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 94.
Wood, Robert A.: American ship crewman of Belarusian origin. Venona New York KGB 1944, 4–5.
Wood, Robert E.: WWI U.S. Army general, later chairman of Sears, Roebuck company. Vassiliev
Yellow Notebook #3, 64; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 118.
Wood, Roberts: Venona analysts thought this a reference to Robert Williams Wood, a senior American
physicist. Venona New York KGB 1945, 139–40.
“Wood” [Vud] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified target of recruitment as a liaison and
recruitment agent, 1942. Some relationship to oil industry matters. Vassiliev Black Notebook,
109.
WOOD [VUD] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent, 1944, reported on
contacts with oil industry people. Venona New York KGB 1944, 9–10.
Wooden, W. H.: President of American Car & Foundry Co., active in the American-Russian Chamber of
Commerce. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 73.
Woolworth: Described as a Justice Department official in the military section of the Justice Department.
Venona analysts thought this a reference to Robert Martin Wohlforth. Venona New York KGB
1945, 122–24.
Workers (Communist) Party of America: Title of the CPUSA in late 1920s. As Workers Party: Vassiliev
White Notebook #1, 140.
Workers Party of America: Title of the CPUSA in the early 1920s. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 46, 83.
Workers Party: Reference in 1927 to the Workers (Communist) Party of America. Vassiliev Yellow
Notebook #4, 1.
Workers Party: Reference in 1944 to the American Labor Party in New York. Vassiliev Black Notebook,
120.
Works Progress Administration (WPA): New Deal agency. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 47–48;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 109.
“Workshop” [Tsekh] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics (NACA), circa 1944. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116.
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World Bank:
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 69, 73;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 128;
Venona New York
KGB 1944, 229.
World Peace Committee: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 50.
World Tourists (W.T.): Travel agency run by Jacob Golos and secretly controlled by the CPUSA. Cover
name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “T”. As World Tourists and W.T.: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 41,
162–63; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 130, 139–43, 145–46, 153–54, 156; Vassiliev White
Notebook #2, 1, 10, 15, 28–30. As “T”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 56.
Worms et Cie Bank: Venona New York KGB 1943, 164, 166.
Wovschin, Flora Don: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Secretary in the Justice Department and later in
the Office of War Information. Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Zora”. Cover name in
Venona: ZORA. As Wovschin: Venona New York KGB 1943, 335; Venona New York KGB
1944, 5, 310, 336, 492, 532, 540, 669, 770–71; Venona New York KGB 1945, 36, 42, 94, 98–99,
120, 124; Venona Special Studies, 29. As “Zora”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 53, 67; Vassiliev
White Notebook #1, 77–78, 93–94. As ZORA:
Venona New York KGB 1943, 334–35;
Venona
New York KGB 1944, 5, 310, 335–36, 492, 531–32, 539–40, 642, 669, 699–700, 703, 771;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 35–36, 42, 94, 97–99, 119–20, 122–24;
Venona Special Studies,
29.
Wovschin, Mrs. William A: See Maria Wicher.
Venona New York KGB 1944, 404.
WP: Workers Party, likely a reference (1943) to the Workers Party of Max Shachtman (a splinter of the
Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party) or possibly to the Socialist Workers Party itself. Vassiliev
White Notebook #2, 102.
WPB: War Production Board. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 44, 55; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116;
Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 63, 66, 72–73, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84–85;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2,
40, 49, 66–67, 77, 79.
“Wrench” [Rench] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Benny Bederson. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook
#1, 43.
Wright Aeronautical company: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 113; Venona USA GRU, 89.
Wright Field: U.S. Army Air Force and later U.S. Air Force facility in Ohio where advanced aviation
equipment was developed and tested. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 31, 100; Vassiliev White
Notebook #1, 106;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 72, 380, 499, 645.
“Writer” [Literator] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Cover name for a Soviet intelligence agent to
be left behind German lines in September 1941. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 62.
Wrzesinski, Bolaslav John: See Boris Korvin. Venona San Francisco KGB, 85.
W.T.: World Tourists. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 130, 146; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 10, 15, 30.
Wuchinich, George Samuel: American officer in the OSS of Yugoslav origin. Target of KGB recruitment.
Provided information to GRU source Leonard Mins/BRÊME [BREM]. Also known as George
Samuel Vuchinich. Wuchinich invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions
from a Congressional committee regarding his Communist background and espionage
connections.
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Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Lid”. As Wuchinich: Vassiliev White
Notebook #1, 10. As “Lid”:
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 11. As Vuchinich:
Venona USA
GRU, 98–99.
Wulfson, ?: Soviet trade official in Paris in 1937. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 28.
Wuorinen, John Henry: Senior analyst and later head of Scandinavian Baltic Research and Analysis
section of OSS. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 27, 29.
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197. Testimony of George S. Wuchinich, 4 June 1953, U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee,
Interlocking Subversion, part 11.