| | In 1941, Golos had set up a commercial forwarding enterprise, called the U.S. Shipping and Service Corporation, with Elizabeth Bentley, his lover, as one of its officers. | | In 1941, Golos had set up a commercial forwarding enterprise, called the U.S. Shipping and Service Corporation, with Elizabeth Bentley, his lover, as one of its officers. |
| − | In the fall of 1942, a Communist cell of engineers was turned over to Golos for Soviet espionage purposes and [[Julius Rosenberg]] was the contact between Golos and the group. Golos believed this cell, the XY Line of engineers was capable of development. The XY Line began enormous efforts to penetrate the [[Manhattan Project]], code-named ENORMOUS (ENORMOZ). | + | In the fall of 1942, a Communist cell of engineers was turned over to Golos for Soviet espionage purposes and [[Julius Rosenberg]] was the contact between Golos and the group. Golos believed this cell, the XY Line of engineers was capable of development. The XY Line began enormous efforts to penetrate the [[Manhattan Project]], code-named ENORMOUS ([[ENORMOZ]]). |
| | Sometime in November 1943, Golos met in New York with key figures of the [[Perlo group]], a group working in several government departments and agencies in Washington, D.C. The group was already in the service of Browder. Later that same month, after a series of heart attacks over the previous two years, Golos died <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster083.pdf Vol. 83, pg. 43 - 44] pdf, Scheidt to the Director, December 23, 1946. Statement by [[Louis Budenz]] that [[Gerhart Eisler]] attended funeral of Jacob Golos.</ref> in bed in the arms of Elizabeth Bentley, who then took over operations (thus the reference in the decrpyts to him as a “former” colleague). | | Sometime in November 1943, Golos met in New York with key figures of the [[Perlo group]], a group working in several government departments and agencies in Washington, D.C. The group was already in the service of Browder. Later that same month, after a series of heart attacks over the previous two years, Golos died <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster083.pdf Vol. 83, pg. 43 - 44] pdf, Scheidt to the Director, December 23, 1946. Statement by [[Louis Budenz]] that [[Gerhart Eisler]] attended funeral of Jacob Golos.</ref> in bed in the arms of Elizabeth Bentley, who then took over operations (thus the reference in the decrpyts to him as a “former” colleague). |