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message or document because they were aware of the identifies of the persons being discussed. And
even today, often the context of the name allows one to attach a given name to a surname without
difficulty. Still, however, there remain numerous surnames where the lack of information about the
person prevents the attachment of a given name and leaves the person named only partially identified. A
question mark, ?, indicates that a given name or, occasionally, a surname, is missing.
The Index
A: Abbreviation for Anglia, i.e. England. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 85.
A Group (or Group “A”): Section of KGB in 1947.
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 84.
“A”: Harry Gold’s designation of “Charles”/Fuchs in a report. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 75.
“A”: Initial for a cover name or a real name connected with KGB plans for use of the music company of
Boris Morros and Alfred Stern. Likely “A” for Alfred Stern in as much as it is paired with “B”
for Boris Morros. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 16–19.
“A” (cover name in Venona): Likely Anna Colloms. Venona analysts were unsure if “A” was a cover
name or an initial used as one. “A” was a courier, and the description of her activities matches
those of Anna Colloms.
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Venona Mexico City KGB, 53, 55, 57.
“A. Serov”: Soviet ship.
Venona USA Naval GRU, 19.
“A. Sovorov”: Soviet ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 125.
"A" technique: Venona analysts thought this the the manufacture and provision of false papers. Venona
New York KGB 1944, 355.
“A/214” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): ? Marianov. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 10, 18, 23.
A-26: American light bomber. Venona New York KGB 1944, 496.
A’s committee: A for “Astrologer” – Atomic Energy Commission. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 72.
AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Administration, U.S. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 1.
AAC: Army Air Corps, U.S. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 99.
AAF: Army Air Force, U.S. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 77, 135.
Aarons, L.A.: Described as Treasury Department representatives in London, 1944. Likely an error for
Lehman C. Aarons, Treasury Department assistant general counsel. Vassiliev White Notebook
#3, 61–63.
Abakumov, Viktor Semenovich: Senior KGB officer, associate of Beria. Head of the KGB (MGB)
1946–1951. Executed in 1954. Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 20, 28; Vassiliev White
Notebook #2, 44; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 49; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 143.
Abbiate, Roland: See Vladimir Pravdin.
Abel, ?: Described as a former KGB foreign intelligence officer slated for infiltration of the German lines
via the battle front, late 1941. Possibly this is KGB officer Rudolf Ivanovich Abel. The
passage in Vassiliev’s notebook lists six former KGB officers as being prepared for infiltration of
German lines in late 1941. In addition to Abel, another listed is ? Fisher. As explained in the
Fisher entry, this may be Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, a friend of Abel’s who later used his name
as a pseudonym when arrested by the FBI. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 178.
Aberdeen Proving Grounds: U.S. Army Ordnance Crops testing range for weapons and vehicles.
Vassiliev Black Notebook, 77; Venona New York KGB 1945, 114, 132.
“Able”: see “Gifted”.
“Abner Mash”: U.S. ship. Venona New York KGB 1944, 546; Venona USA Naval GRU, 287.
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4. “Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, Serial 3702, 15 December 1944,” FBI Comintern
Apparatus File 100–203581; Colloms testimony, U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities,
American Aspects of Assassination of Leon Trotsky. (Washington: U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951).
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ABRAHAM [ABRAM] (cover name in Venona): Jack Soble.
Venona New York KGB 1944, 572, 574.
ABRAHAM [AVRAAM] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent.
Venona New York KGB 1943, 343.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade or Battalion: Refers to the Abraham Lincoln Battalion and other American
units in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 7, 9,
19, 112, 154; Venona New York KGB 1943, 224; Venona New York KGB 1944, 186; Venona USA
GRU, 100.
Abraham Lincoln School: CPUSA adult eduction school in Chicago. Venona Washington KGB, 55.
Abram Case: Comintern official Boris Reinstein was described as involved in the “Abram Case.”
Unclear what the case involved. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 105.
“Abram” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Jack Soble prior to September 1944 (with occasional
use thereafter into the 1950s). Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 55, 74; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook
#3, 16–17, 65, 76, 82–84, 86–87, 91.
ABRAM (cover name in Venona): Jack Soble. Venona New York KGB 1943, 184, 238, 359; Venona
New York KGB 1944, 69–70, 224–25, 404, 462, 523–24, 572, 574–75, 719;
Venona New York
KGB 1945, 30–31;
Venona Special Studies, 3, 78, 174. Translated as ABRAHAM
: Venona New
York KGB 1944, 572, 574.
Abramov, ?: Described as Comintern official and an “enemy of the people”. Likely Jacob
Mirov-Abramov, former chief of Comintern OMS executed in 1937. (Variant name in the
literature Jacob Abramov-Mirov.) Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 135.
Abramov, Aleksandr Stepanovich: Soviet internal security source. Cover name in Venona: DEMIDOV.
As Abramov and DEMIDOV: Venona San Francisco KGB, 120; Venona Special Studies, 99.
Abramov, Leonid Dmitrievich. Soviet intelligence officer in U.S. from May 1940 to 31 July 1944.
Cover name in Venona: ARTEK. As Abramov: Venona New York KGB 1943, 111, 303;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 97, 101, 236, 239, 318, 355, 514;
Venona New York KGB 1945,
195; Venona Special Studies, 9. As ARTEK: Venona New York KGB 1943, 111, 302–3; Venona
New York KGB 1944, 72, 96–97, 101, 195, 236, 238–39, 276, 318, 354–55, 514;
Venona New
York KGB 1945, 84, 195;
Venona Special Studies, 9.
Abramovich, Rafael: Menshevik leader. Venona New York KGB 1943, 88–89; Venona New York KGB
1944, 622–23.
Abrams, ?: Described as director of Interchemical Corporation. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 62.
Abt, John: Abt appears in Vassiliev’s notebooks with his name misspelled once as “Ant” as well as
correctly spelled as “Abt”. The “Ant” misspelling was in the original KGB document, and a
Vassiliev annotation noted it as a misspelling of “Abt.” Abt’s name appears in the Venona
messages misspelled as “Amt.” Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Bat”. As Abt:
Vassiliev’s Vassiliev Odd Pages, 34; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 3–4, 37, 73; Vassiliev White
Notebook #3, 44–45, 60, 67–68, 86, 90, 96; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 62; Venona New York
KGB 1944, 33, 113. As Amt: Venona New York KGB 1944, 33, 113. As “Bat”: Vassiliev
White Notebook #2, 4. Abt’s sister was Marion Bachrach (cover name “Reyna”), and Abt also
appears “‘Reyna’s’ brother John”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 10.
Abwehr: German military intelligence agency. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 87–88.
“Academic” [“Akademich”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): A 1948 cover name with unclear
meaning, possibly Communist activity or espionage work. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 128.
Academic Council of the Joint Institute on Nuclear Research (USSR). Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1,
61.
Academy of Sciences (USSR): Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 24, 32, 66; Venona New York KGB 1945,
139;
Venona San Francisco KGB, 221;
Venona USA Diplomatic, 30.
Acheson, Dean: Senior State Department official and Secretary of State, 1949–53. Vassiliev’s Vassiliev
Odd Pages, 22, 26;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 46, 61, 79–80;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4,
128–29; Venona New York KGB 1943, 136–37; Venona New York KGB 1945, 63, 103.