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[[League of American Writers]]<br/>
[[League of American Writers]]<br/>
[[Office of Strategic Services]]<br/>
[[Office of Strategic Services]]<br/>
[[United_States_Army_Signal_Corps#PSI_Investigations"|Fort Monmouth Army Signal Corps Laboratories]]
[[United States Army Signal Corps#PSI Investigations"|Fort Monmouth Army Signal Corps Laboratories]]
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Mins worked for the OSS from 1942 to late 1943, and worked mostly on a survey of strategic minerals and [[oil reserves]] in Asia and the Soviet Union. Mins was the subject of a [[Dies Committee]] investigation in 1943. Mins denied being a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) but admitted he taught at the Workers School, a Communist controlled entity, and served on the editorial board of ''[[Partisan Review]]'', had been a member of the [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed Club]], written for the ''[[New Masses]]'', and a member of the League of American Writers. Mins admitted he had lived in Moscow from 1934 to 1936 but insisted he only made translations for the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]].
Mins worked for the OSS from 1942 to late 1943, and worked mostly on a survey of strategic minerals and [[oil reserves]] in Asia and the Soviet Union. Mins was the subject of a [[Dies Committee]] investigation in 1943. Mins denied being a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) but admitted he taught at the Workers School, a Communist controlled entity, and served on the editorial board of ''[[Partisan Review]]'', had been a member of the [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed Club]], written for the ''[[New Masses]]'', and a member of the League of American Writers. Mins admitted he had lived in Moscow from 1934 to 1936 but insisted he only made translations for the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]].
==Venona==
Leonard Mins cover name in Soviet Military Intelligence, and as deciphered in the [[Venona project]], is "Smith". Mins is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:
Leonard Mins cover name in Soviet Military Intelligence, and as deciphered in the [[Venona project]], is "Smith". Mins is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p. 1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p. 2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p. 1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p. 2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1348 GRU New York to Moscow, 16 August 1943]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1348 GRU New York to Moscow, 16 August 1943]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p. 1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p. 2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p. 1
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p. 2
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.3
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p. 3
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.4
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p. 4
===Reference===
==References==
*CPUSA Comintern Representative to CPUSA, 26 January 1935, Archive of the Communist Party of the USA, RTsKhIDNI 515-1-3750.
*CPUSA Comintern Representative to CPUSA, 26 January 1935, Archive of the Communist Party of the USA, RTsKhIDNI 515-1-3750.
* Markus Wolf, Man Without a Face (New York: Times Books, 1997), 304.
* Markus Wolf, Man Without a Face (New York: Times Books, 1997), 304.