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Akhmerov worked closely with [[Joseph Katz]]. He had turned his surveillance operations over to Katz, and Katz had succeeded him as the superior of [[Elizabeth Bentley]] and her web of agents. On March 3, 1945, the director of the [[KGB]], Lt. General [[Pavel Fitin]] instructed Akhmerov to learn what he could about American plans for the forthcoming San Francisco [[United Nations]] Charter Conference. Assigning top priority to the task, Fitin ordered an early report. [[Alger Hiss]] was responsible for planning the conference, and Akhmerov was tasked with carrying a breach of standard security precuations which ordinarily prevented an officer of the KGB from contacting an agent of the GRU.
Akhmerov worked closely with [[Joseph Katz]]. He had turned his surveillance operations over to Katz, and Katz had succeeded him as the superior of [[Elizabeth Bentley]] and her web of agents. On March 3, 1945, the director of the [[KGB]], Lt. General [[Pavel Fitin]] instructed Akhmerov to learn what he could about American plans for the forthcoming San Francisco [[United Nations]] Charter Conference. Assigning top priority to the task, Fitin ordered an early report. [[Alger Hiss]] was responsible for planning the conference, and Akhmerov was tasked with carrying a breach of standard security precuations which ordinarily prevented an officer of the KGB from contacting an agent of the GRU.
He was And he was also [[Josef Stalin]]'s personal representative to [[Harry Hopkins]], who he considered an agent of "major significance" but "an unconscious rather than a conscious agent." <ref>ChristopherAndrew and Oleg Gordievsky, ''KGB: The Inside Story'', New York: Harper Collins, 1990, p. 387. </ref>
He was And he was also [[Josef Stalin]]'s personal representative to [[Harry Hopkins]], who he considered an agent of "major significance" but "an unconscious rather than a conscious agent." <ref>ChristopherAndrew and Oleg Gordievsky, ''KGB: The Inside Story'', New York: Harper Collins, 1990, p. 387. </ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/taylor200403220910.asp Armchair Diplomat, Back-Channel Ba'athist]</ref>
In late 1945 or early 1946 Akhmerov returned to the [[Soviet Union]] and became deputy chief of the KGB's covert intelligence section (отдел нелегальной разведки). He attained the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of the Badge of Honor, and the badge of Honored Chekist. <ref>[http://svr.gov.ru/history/ah.html Biography] (in Russian)</ref>
In late 1945 or early 1946 Akhmerov returned to the [[Soviet Union]] and became deputy chief of the KGB's covert intelligence section (отдел нелегальной разведки). He attained the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of the Badge of Honor, and the badge of Honored Chekist. <ref>[http://svr.gov.ru/history/ah.html Biography] (in Russian)</ref>
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