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rolls of microfilmed secret documents, and one time received as many as forty. She would stuff all the film and documents into a knitting bag or other innocent feminine accessory, then take it back to New York on the train." Moscow complained that around half of the photographed documents received in the summer of 1944 were unreadable and suggested that
Ullmann receive more training. However, Pavel Fitin, who was responsible for analyzing the material, described it as very important data.
334:, Silvermaster was able to provide the Soviet Union with a large amount of data on arms, aircraft, and shipping production. In June 1943, Silvermaster sent a War Production Board report on arms production in the United States, including bombers, pursuit planes, tanks, propelled guns, howitzers, radar and submarines, sub chasers, and the like, to Soviet intelligence. Then, in December 1944, the New York
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416:, Assistant Director, Division of Monetary Research, Treasury Department; Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador in London; Assistant to the Executive Director, Board of Economic Warfare; Assistant Administrator,
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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations
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Data on construction and distribution of U.S. military aircraft.
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Lenin's Economic Thought Prior to the October Revolution
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Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939 -1945
684:"1251 KGB New York to Moscow, 2 September 1944, pg. 2"
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550:"1017 KGB New York to Moscow, June 29/30, 1943, pg. 2"
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710:"83 KGB New York to Moscow, January 18, 1945, pg. 1"
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842:"1821 KGB New York to Moscow, December 26, 1944"
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295:). In March 1946, he resigned from government.
120:in the U.S. government. It is from him that the
802:"1017 KGB New York to Moscow, June 29/30, 1943"
283:From 1942 to 1945, he was also assigned to the
825:FBI Memorandum L.V. Boardman to A.H. Belmont,
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163:Silvermaster was born to a Jewish family in
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967:. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002.
1010:Richard C.S. Trahair and Robert Miller,
647:, op. cit., pgs. 21-23 (PDF pgs. 26-28)
502:He died on October 7, 1964, aged 65, in
370:United States Department of the Treasury
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322:(2002), points out: "Every two weeks,
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1219:People from Harvey Cedars, New Jersey
351:Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
95:Elena Witte aka Helen P. Silvermaster
37:Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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1214:American people in the Venona papers
1209:American spies for the Soviet Union
904:. November 23, 1953. Archived from
408:United States Department of Justice
378:Reconstruction Finance Corporation
349:, and his testimony before the US
318:Kathryn S. Olmsted, the author of
289:Reconstruction Finance Corporation
197:University of California, Berkeley
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633:FBI Silvermaster file, Volume 82)
400:, U.S. Department of the Treasury
398:Solomon Adler aka Schlomer Adler
199:, where his thesis was entitled
16:Russian-American spy (1898–1964)
1189:University of Washington alumni
1016:(New York: Enigma Books, 2008)
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418:Foreign Economic Administration
1058:FBI Silvermaster File 65-56402
449:Military Government of Germany
287:. In mid-1945, he joined the
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934:(New York: Basic Books, 1999)
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314:Espionage: Silvermaster Group
233:Farm Security Administration
136:, were members of his ring.
1116:Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
1064:Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA
1037:. London: William Collins.
492:International Monetary Fund
103:Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
23:Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
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989:February 27, 2008, at the
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248:Board of Economic Warfare
241:Department of Agriculture
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482:Bretton Woods conference
347:Bretton Woods conference
185:University of Washington
964:Brotherhood of the Bomb
404:Norman Chandler Bursler
139:He was identified as a
109:with the United States
1199:Jewish Chinese history
1028:Hastings, Max (2015).
898:"A Cast of Characters"
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381:Department of Commerce
293:War Assets Corporation
285:United States Treasury
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767:"Nathan Silvermaster"
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122:FBI Silvermaster File
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1127:William Henry Taylor
875:. October 15, 1964.
848:on February 27, 2008
716:on November 29, 2007
581:on February 27, 2008
480:Charter meeting and
474:William "Lud" Ullman
468:William Henry Taylor
392:Anatole Boris Volkov
332:War Production Board
298:On August 28, 1950,
237:Maritime Labor Board
111:War Production Board
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939:Chambers, Whittaker
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607:on 27 February 2008
521:Herken 2002, pg. 88
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410:Anti-Trust Division
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488:Harry Dexter White
386:Helen Silvermaster
343:Harry Dexter White
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