'''Ralph Bowen''' was an economist in the [[United States Department of State]] during [[World War II]] who worked with [[NKVD|Soviet spy]], [[Flora Wovschin]]. Wovschin, who was acquainted with Bowen and his wife Sue since their youth together in the [[Comintern]] affiliated [[Young Communist League]]. A March 1945 Venona project decryption from the Soviet [[Communist]] Moscow Center ordered the New York KGBV office to follow up on a report from Wovschin. was cone of Soviet intelligence's most productive spies. Bowen was assigned cover name ALAN. | '''Ralph Bowen''' was an economist in the [[United States Department of State]] during [[World War II]] who worked with [[NKVD|Soviet spy]], [[Flora Wovschin]]. Wovschin, who was acquainted with Bowen and his wife Sue since their youth together in the [[Comintern]] affiliated [[Young Communist League]]. A March 1945 Venona project decryption from the Soviet [[Communist]] Moscow Center ordered the New York KGBV office to follow up on a report from Wovschin. was cone of Soviet intelligence's most productive spies. Bowen was assigned cover name ALAN. |