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AL'BERT (cover name in Venona): Iskhak Akhmerov. See ALBERT.
Venona New York KGB 1944,
443, 582–83, 591–92, 648–49, 665–67, 722, 734 , 758, 774, 776; Venona New York KGB 1945,
7–10, 16, 46; Venona Special Studies, 5–6, 50.
“Al'bert” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Albert”.
Albuquerque, NM: Cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Sernovodsk”. As Albuquerque: Vassiliev
Black Notebook, 122, 134; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 73;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 68–69. As “Sernovodsk”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 133, 138;
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 116, 118; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 18, 23, 26–27, 71, 74–76.
Alco: Described as a company producing perfumes. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 31.
Alder, Andrew H.: Writer for Film Daily. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 45.
Al-drich, ?: Described as a State Department official in the “Trade Division” in 1938, likely a garble for
the name Aldrich. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 152.
Aldrich, Winthrop Williams: Chairman of the board of the Chase National Bank. Venona New York
KGB 1944, 312.
ALEJANDRO (cover name in Secret Writings): Unidentified Soviet intelligence agent associated with
Central and South American matters. Also appears as ALEX, ALEKSANDER, and
ALEKSANDR. Leopol Arenal in Mexico had the cover name “Aleksandr”, translated as
“Alexander”, in Vassiliev’s notebooks and is a possible candidate for this cover name. Venona
Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 15.
ALEKS [ALEX] (cover name in Venona): Maj. Gen. A. I. Belyaev, Chairman of the SGPC in
Washington. Venona USA GRU, 4, 62, 94, 112, 115, 146, 151.
ALEKSANDER (cover name in Secret Writings): Unidentified Soviet intelligence agent associated with
Central and South American matters. Also appears as ALEX, ALEJANDRO, and
ALEKSANDR. Leopol Arenal in Mexico had the cover name “Aleksandr”, translated as
“Alexander”, in Vassiliev’s notebooks and is a possible candidate for this cover name. Venona
Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 16.
“Aleksandr Nevskij”: Soviet ship. Venona San Francisco KGB, 108; Venona USA Naval GRU, 125.
ALEKSANDR (cover name in Secret Writings): Unidentified Soviet intelligence agent associated with
Central and South American matters. Also appears as ALEX, ALEJANDRO, and
ALEKSANDER. Leopol Arenal in Mexico had the cover name “Aleksandr”, translated as
“Alexander”, in Vassiliev’s notebooks and is a possible candidate for this cover name. Venona
Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 3, 6, 15–16.
ALEKSANDR (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. There may be
two or possible three different ALEKSANDRs in Venona. A number of the appearances of
ALEKSANDR in Venona are associated with Central and South American matters and are
compatible with Leopol Arenal who had the cover name “Aleksandr”, translated as “Alexander”,
in Vassiliev’s notebooks. Two other appearances of ALEKSANDR, however, do not appear
compatible with Arenal. As ALEKSANDR/Arenal: Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 18, 39,
41; Venona New York KGB 1943, 112–13, 158–60; Venona New York KGB 1944, 6, 40, 136, 321,
396–97; Venona Special Studies, 4. As ALEKSANDR/unidentified (appears incompatible with
Arenal): Venona New York KGB 1944, 62, 361; Venona Special Studies, 4.
“Aleksandr” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Alexander”.
ALEKSANDROV (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Venona New
York KGB 1944, 493–94, 640;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 66–67, 100–101, 104;
Venona
Special Studies, 4.
Aleksandrov, Petr Vsevolodovich: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 141, 146.
Aleksandrova, ?: Daughter of the sister of Varvara Hamer. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 141.
Alekseev, Bella: Soviet ship crew. Venona San Francisco KGB, 98.
Alekseev, P.I.: Also known as Paul Ivan Alexeef. Venona New York KGB 1944, 54–55.
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Alekseev, Vasilij Mikhailovich: Chief KGB agent on the ship “Soviet” with the cover name
ZNAMENSKIJ. As Alekseev and ZNAMENSKIJ: Venona San Francisco KGB, 139; Venona
Special Studies, 101.
Alekseeva, Lyudmila Nikolaevna: Soviet intelligence source/agent. Also know Ludmilla Alexeef.
Wife of Paul Ivan Alexeef. Cover name in Venona: WASP [OSA] in May 1944. As
Alekseeva: Venona New York KGB 1944, 55; Venona Special Studies 53. As WASP [OSA]:
Venona New York KGB 1944, 54–55;
Venona Special Studies 53.
Aleksei: See Aleksey.
ALEKSEJ (cover name in Venona): Anatoly Antonovich Yatskov (pseudonym Anatoly Antonovich
Yakovlev). Venona New York KGB 1943, 302–3; Venona New York KGB 1944, 29, 45, 87, 96,
148, 226, 390–91, 404–5, 454–55, 472–73, 492, 638–39, 719; Venona New York KGB 1945,
55–56, 167–68; Venona Washington KGB, 31; Venona Special Studies, 5.
Aleksej: See Aleksey.
“Aleksey Afanasyevich” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): KGB liaison with Armand V. Hammer
in the USSR, 1953. Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 139.
“Aleksey" (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): KGB officer at Moscow center, 1937. Vassiliev
Black Notebook, 27–29.
“Aleksey” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Anatoly Antonovich Yatskov (pseudonym Anatoly
Antonovich Yakovlev). Vassiliev Black Notebook, 79, 113, 117–25, 129, 135–37; Vassiliev
White Notebook #1, 108–9, 116–19; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 16–17, 22–24, 26–27, 29, 34,
72, 74, 99, 105–6.
Alekseyev: See P.I. Alekseev. Venona Special Studies, 165.
Alekseyevna, Mariya: Wife of Ivan Ivanovich Markin. Venona USA Trade, 14.
Aleksij, Archbishop: Unclear who is referenced in this January 1945 message. Possibly Alexis
Panteleev. Venona New York KGB 1945, 49.
ALEKSIJ: See Alexis.
“Ales” (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Soviet intelligence (GRU) source in the State Department,
1945, likely Alger Hiss. “Ales” was described as having been recruited in the mid-1930s and
been part of “Karl”/Chambers’s group, as associated with Harold Glasser, and having other
attributes that fit Hiss. Black Notebook, 50–51, 66; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 57–58, 80, 98.
ALES: Identified as “probably Alger Hiss” in the footnote to a Venona message and simply as “Alger
Hiss” in a Venona special study. Venona Washington KGB, 20; Venona Special Studies, 124.
“Aleut”: Soviet ship. Venona San Francisco KGB, 174, 182, 246.
Aleutian Islands: Venona USA Naval GRU, 156, 195, 204, 236–38, 254, 343–44.
ALEX [ALEKS] (cover name in Venona): Maj. Gen. A. I. Belyaev, Chairman of the SGPC in
Washington. Venona USA GRU, 4, 12, 34, 62, 94, 112, 115, 131, 146–47, 151.
ALEX (cover name in Secret Writings): Unidentified Soviet intelligence agent associated with Central
and South American maters. Also appears as ALEKSANDR, ALEJANDRO, and
ALEKSANDER. Leopol Arenal in Mexico had the cover name “Aleksandr”, translated as
“Alexander”, in Vassiliev’s notebooks and is a possible candidate for this cover name. Venona
Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 3–6, 8–9, 15–16.
“Alex”: Work name used by Alexander Feklisov. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 119–20.
Alexander, ?: Described as a senior U.S. State Department official, 1939.
“Alexander” [“Aleksandr”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Leopol Arenal. Vassiliev White
Notebook #2, 33.
“Alexander” [“Aleksandr”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Boris Vinogradov. Vassiliev White
Notebook #2, 46, 49–50, 52–53.
Alexander, Esther: Wife of the Albert Alexander, Minister of Defense in the postwar British Labour
government. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 31.
Alexander, James: Member of the American Scientific Delegation to the celebration of the anniversary
Soviet Academy of Science. Venona USA Diplomatic, 30.