Milton Schwartz
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Milton Schwartz was an American who worked for Soviet Lilitary Intelligence GRU in during World War II. A decryption by the Army Signals Intelligence Corp in 1943 revealed Schwartz's activity on behalf of the GRU to be of such that value that a request to Moscow was put in for $1200 to assist Schwartz in personal financial matters.
Schwartz's code name with the GRU, and a decyphered by the Venona project is "Matvey".
Venona
Milton Schwartz is referenced in the following Venona decryptions:
- 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943;
- 1579 GRU New York to Moscow, 28 September 1943.
References
- Who was 'Venona's' 'Ales'? cryptanalysis and the Hiss case Intelligence & National Security, Taylor & Francis Group, Volume 18, Number 3 / September 2003, pgs. 45 - 72
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 186.
