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'''Abraham George Silverman''' graduated from Harvard was considered a brilliant mathemetician and statistician who went to work in Washington D.C. in the early days of the President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] in the [[Railroad Retirement Board]].  From there he found employment in the Federal Coordinator of Transport, the United States Tariff Commission and the Labor Advisory Board of the [[National Recovery Administration]]. During World War II, Silverman was civilian Chief of Analysis and Plans to the Assistant Chief of the [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] Air Staff for Material and Service, assinged to [[The Pentagon]]. Silverman supplied documents from the Pentagon to the [[Silvermaster group]] of Soviet spies.  Silverman knew [[Greg Silvermaster]] to be a conduit for [[CPUSA]] chairman, [[Earl Browder]].   

'''Abraham George Silverman''' graduated from Harvard was considered a brilliant mathemetician and statistician who went to work in Washington D.C. in the early days of the President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] in the [[Railroad Retirement Board]].  From there he found employment in the Federal Coordinator of Transport, the United States Tariff Commission and the Labor Advisory Board of the [[National Recovery Administration]]. During World War II, Silverman was civilian Chief of Analysis and Plans to the Assistant Chief of the [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] Air Staff for Material and Service, assinged to [[The Pentagon]]. Silverman supplied documents from the Pentagon to the [[Silvermaster group]] of Soviet spies.  Silverman knew [[Greg Silvermaster]] to be a conduit for [[CPUSA]] chairman, [[Earl Browder]].   

In 1941, Silverman was on loan to the [[Treasury Department]] and worked for a period of time on the frozen funds policy.  Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury [[Harry Dexter White]] used Silverman to supply documents also for Soviet intelligence in the latter part of 1942 and early 1943.  Presidential Assistant [[Lauchlin Currie]] furnished Silverman with oral information, including information that the United States was on the verge of breaking Soviet codes.  [[Irving Kaplan]] of [[War Production Board]] also was giving information to be transmitted to the Soviet Union to Silverman. As the war progressed, the volume of material increased.  Silverman worked closely with [[Lud Ullman]], who also worked at the Pentagon and did the photographing of the stolen documents prior to being turned over to the [[Elizabeth_Bentley#Golos_network|Golos network]].

In 1941, Silverman was on loan to the [[Treasury Department]] and worked for a period of time on the frozen funds policy.  Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury [[Harry Dexter White]] used Silverman to supply documents also for Soviet intelligence in the latter part of 1942 and early 1943.  Presidential Assistant [[Lauchlin Currie]] furnished Silverman with oral information, including information that the United States was on the verge of breaking Soviet codes.  [[Irving Kaplan]] of [[War Production Board]] also was giving information to be transmitted to the Soviet Union to Silverman. As the war progressed, the volume of material increased.  Silverman worked closely with [[Lud Ullman]], who also worked at the Pentagon and did the photographing of the stolen documents prior to being turned over to the [[Elizabeth Bentley#Golos network|Golos network]].

In August 1945 Silverman left the Pentagon to work for the French Supply Council in Washington D.C., an office of the new French regime.

In August 1945 Silverman left the Pentagon to work for the French Supply Council in Washington D.C., an office of the new French regime.

Aileron as a cover name was an obvious reference to Silverman’s Air Force position.

Aileron as a cover name was an obvious reference to Silverman’s Air Force position.

==Source==

==Sources==

* [http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]

* [http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]

* [http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/sandilands_fdr_economists.html Politics and the Attack on FDR's Economists]

* [http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/sandilands_fdr_economists.html Politics and the Attack on FDR's Economists]