477
Zajtsev, ?: Soviet ship captain.
Venona New York KGB 1944, 349.
Zajtsev, Nikolaj Sergeevich: GRU Cipher officer. Venona San Francisco KGB, 294; Venona Special
Studies, 101;
Venona USA Diplomatic, 79.
Zakharov, Matvei Vasilevich: Senior Soviet general. Vassiliev Odd Pages, 28, 33.
Zakharov, Nikolaj Ivanovich: Worker in the Los Angeles consulate cipher office. Venona San
Francisco KGB, 310.
Zakharov, Vyacheslav N.: Soviet intelligence officer, cipher clerk. References to in 1949. Cover
name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Nikolay”. As Zakharov and “Nikolay”: Vassiliev Black
Notebook, 74.
ZAKOULOK [NOOK] (cover name in Venona): British Foreign Office. Venona Washington KGB, 11,
13–14, 16, 23–24.
“Zakoulok” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Nook”.
Zalmond, Franklin: Inversion of the name Zalmond Franklin. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78.
“Zam” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): Medes Grineff. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 110.
ZAMESTITEL' [DEPUTY] (cover name in Venona): Likely Henry Wallace. ZAMESTITEL'
[DEPUTY] is reported in conversation with CAPTAIN/Roosevelt at the 1943 TRIDENT
conference. Venona analysts judged Henry Wallace the most likely candidate with Harry
Hopkins as a less likely possibility. In light of “Captain’s deputy” in Vassiliev’s notebooks
being identified as Wallace, the latter is surely correct. Venona New York KGB 1943, 65–66.
“Zamestitel' Kapitana” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Captain’s
deputy”.
“Zamestitel'” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Deputy”.
Zamoskvorechye: a district of Moscow south of the Kremlin. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 78.
Zander, Randolph: Instructor at the U.S. Army Military Intelligence School. Venona New York KGB
1943, 43–44.
Zaporozhchenko, ?: KGB officer, 1943. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 104.
Zaporozhstal: Zaporozhye Integrated Iron and Steel Works. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 109.
“Zapovednik”: (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): “Zapovednik” is usually translated from Cyrillic
Russian as “Preserve” in Vassiliev’s notebooks and is the cover name for the Manhattan atomic
project facilities at Los Alamos. However, Vassiliev’s notebooks also once quote a report by
Harry Gold written in English about a visit to Los Alamos where he uses the Latin alphabet
transliterated Russian, “Zapovednik”, rather than “Preserve.” Consequently, in that case
“Zapovednik” is not translated. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 76.
“Zapovednik” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): See “Preserve”.
ZAPOVEDNIK [PRESERVE and RESERVATION] (cover name in Venona): Los Alamos Manhattan
atomic project facility. Venona New York KGB 1945, 72 (translated as PRESERVE), 190
(translated as RESERVATION).
ZARE and ZARĒ (cover name in Venona): Elena Konstantinovna Gorbunov (Gorbunova) Venona New
York KGB 1944, 67–68, 83, 106–7, 128–29, 165, 185, 202, 297, 320;
Venona San Francisco
KGB, 25, 27, 30–31, 52, 101.
Zaret, Daniel Abraham: Soviet intelligence source. Former officer in the Lincoln Battalion in Spain who
had dealt with Soviet advisors to the International Brigades. Chemist (PhD). Explosives
expert, worked as assistant director of the T.N.T. factory in Williamsport, PA, then production
safety inspector with the Explosives Division of the U.S. War Department.
202
Venona USA
GRU, 100.
Zaretskaya, Rozaliya: Likely a relative of Daniel Zaret living in the USSR. Venona USA GRU, 100.
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202. A “Daniel A. Zaret” later served with the OSS. It is not clear if this was the same man.
478
Zarubin, ?: Unidentified. At the Soviet embassy in Ottawa in August 1944.
Venona USA Diplomatic,
69.
Zarubin, Elizabeth: Soviet intelligence officer. Also know as Yelizaveta Zarubina and Yelizaveta
Yulyevna Gorskaya. Birth name Rozentsvaig. Wife of Vasily Zarubin. Used the pseudonym
of Elizabeth Zubilin (Zubilina) in the United States. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks:
“Erna” (1935) and “Vardo” (early 1940s). Cover name in Venona: VARDO. As Zarubin or
Zarubina: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 78. As Gorskaya: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 134. As
Rozentsvaig: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 134. As Zubilin or Zubilina: Venona New York
KGB 1943, 47, 83, 101, 198;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 110, 474. As “Erna”:
Vassiliev
White Notebook #1, 134. As “Vardo”:
Vassiliev Black Notebook, 64, 78, 91, 179, 181–85,
187–90; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 3–4, 37, 42–44, 49, 51, 58, 139; Vassiliev White Notebook
#2, 2, 4, 7, 35–36;
Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 16, 18, 44, 68, 103, 133–34, 136. As VARDO:
Elizaveta Zarubin. Venona New York KGB 1943, 46–47, 82–83, 100–101, 197–98; Venona New
York KGB 1944, 110, 116, 413, 474;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 6;
Venona Special Studies, 15,
131.
Zarubin, Vasily Mikhailovich: Chief of the New York KGB station and senior KGB officer in the U.S.,
arrived 4 January 1942 and departed 24 August 1944. Pseudonym under diplomatic cover in the
United States, Vasily Zubilin. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Jaspar” (in Germany,
1928), “Katya” (1934?), “Betty” (1935 and later 1930s), and “Maxim” (early 1940s). Also
referred to as “Vashch” and as Vasily Mikhailovich. Pseudonym in Germany as a Paramount
talent scout: Edward Joseph Herbert, 1934–1940. Cover names in Venona: MAKSIM [MAXIM]
and MAXIMUS [MAKSIM]. As Zarubin: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 168; Vassiliev White
Notebook #1, 15, 45, 52, 62, 133–34; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 43–44, 79; Vassiliev Yellow
Notebook #2, 18; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 7, 9, 11, 27; Venona New York KGB 1941–42,
37; Venona New York KGB 1943, 9, 144. As Zubilin: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 179; Venona
New York KGB 1941–42, 19, 23, 29, 34, 37, 44–45, 47, 50–51, 53, 59, 65–67, 71, 73, 75–76;
Venona New York KGB 1943, 7, 9, 11, 13–15, 18, 23, 25–26, 28–29, 35, 45, 47, 49, 54–55, 58, 64,
81, 83, 90, 92, 97–98, 104, 144, 149, 151, 166, 170, 172, 175, 183–84, 194, 196, 198–99, 214,
216, 238, 243, 245, 257–58, 265–66, 296–97, 301, 322, 339, 343, 359, 363, 365; Venona New
York KGB 1944, 6, 14, 33, 35, 63, 78, 92, 110, 220, 225, 230, 237, 247, 275, 298, 309, 340, 355,
366, 379, 393, 418, 503, 713, 778; Venona New York KGB 1945, 6, 31, 41; Venona Special
Studies, 15, 45, 106. As “Vashch”:
Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 79. As Vasily Mikhailovich
and V.M.: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 17, 19, 20, 27. As Herbert: Vassiliev White Notebook
#1, 133;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 11. As “Jaspar”:
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 133.
As “Katya”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 133–34; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 2–3, 7. As
“Betty”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 133–34; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 18, 21, 72, 83;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 7, 9. As “Maxim”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 64, 66, 104, 106–7,
110–11, 179–90; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 30–31, 35–40, 42–43, 48, 50, 52–53, 58, 70, 83,
133, 136–37, 152; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 1–4, 7–8, 35–37, 41, 102; Vassiliev White
Notebook #3, 12, 16, 44–45, 67, 102–3, 123, 135; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 1–2, 6, 8;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 79; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 12–15, 39. As MAKSIM
[MAXIM]: Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 19–20, 23, 28–29, 34, 37, 44–47, 49–53, 58–59,
64–67, 71, 73, 75–76; Venona New York KGB 1943, 7, 9, 11, 13–15, 17–18, 23, 25–26, 28–29,
34–35, 45, 47–49, 54–55, 58, 63–64, 81–83, 90, 92, 96–98, 103–4, 144, 149, 151, 153, 164, 166,
170, 172, 175, 183–84, 194–99, 213–14, 238, 241, 243–45, 257–58, 264–66, 295–97, 301–2, 322,
338–39, 343, 359, 363, 365; Venona New York KGB 1944, 6, 13–14, 31–33, 35, 63, 77–78, 91–92,
110, 219–20, 224–25, 230, 236–37, 247, 274–75, 298, 308–9, 339–40, 354–55, 365–66, 374, 376,
379, 392–93, 418, 502–3, 713, 738, 777–78; Venona New York KGB 1945, 30–31, 40–41;
Venona Special Studies, 45, 106. As MAXIMUS [MAKSIM]:
Venona New York KGB 1941–42,
20.
Zarubina, Anna Yakovlevna: First wife of Vasily Zarubin.
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 134.