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'''Michael S. Leshing''' was an American citizen and the Superintendent of [[Twentieth Century Fox]] film laboratories in the 1940s. Leshing was awarded an [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) [[Oscar]] in 1945 for Technical Achievement for color film processing.
Leshing is also known to have had a covert relationship with [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] during [[World War II]]. In 1943 Leshing provided to the KGB's Technical Line of intelligence documents and a formula for color motion pictures and other filmprocessing technology.
Leshing is referenced in the following [[Venona project]] decryption:
*512 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 7 December 1943.
==References==
*[http://wwwdb.oscars.org/ampas/plsql/ampas_search.main?free_text_in=MICHAEL%20S%2e%20LESHING AMPAS - Index of Motion Picture Credits - Films]
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), pg. 292.
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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]
Leshing is also known to have had a covert relationship with [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] during [[World War II]]. In 1943 Leshing provided to the KGB's Technical Line of intelligence documents and a formula for color motion pictures and other filmprocessing technology.
Leshing is referenced in the following [[Venona project]] decryption:
*512 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 7 December 1943.
==References==
*[http://wwwdb.oscars.org/ampas/plsql/ampas_search.main?free_text_in=MICHAEL%20S%2e%20LESHING AMPAS - Index of Motion Picture Credits - Films]
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), pg. 292.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leshing, Michael}}
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]